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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 9-28 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/9-28)
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| (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 96-832 )
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| Sec. 9-28. Electronic filing and availability. The Board |
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| shall
by rule
provide for the electronic filing of expenditure |
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| and contribution
reports as follows:
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| Beginning July 1, 1999, or as soon thereafter as the Board |
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| has provided
adequate software to the political committee, |
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| electronic filing is required for
all
political
committees that |
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| during the
reporting period (i) had at any time a balance or an |
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| accumulation of
contributions
of $25,000 or more, (ii) made |
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| aggregate expenditures of $25,000 or more, or
(iii) received |
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| loans of an aggregate of $25,000 or more.
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| Beginning July 1, 2003, electronic filing is required for |
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| all political
committees that during the reporting period (i)
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| had at any time a balance or
an accumulation of contributions |
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| of $10,000 or more, (ii) made aggregate
expenditures of $10,000 |
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| or more, or (iii) received loans of an aggregate of
$10,000
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| more.
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| Beginning January 1, 2011, each political committee |
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| required by this Section to file electronically must be capable |
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| of electronically receiving all notices, reports, and other |
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| dispatches from the State Board of Elections. Beginning January |
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| 1, 2011, the State Board of Elections, when transmitting |
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| notices, reports, and other dispatches to a political committee |
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| required by this Section to file electronically, must do so |
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| electronically. |
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| The Board may provide by rule for the optional
electronic |
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| filing of
expenditure and contribution reports for all other |
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| political committees.
The Board shall promptly
make all reports |
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| filed under this Article by
all political committees publicly
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| available by means of a searchable database that is accessible |
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| through
the World Wide Web.
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| The Board shall provide all software necessary to comply |
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| with this
Section to candidates, public officials, political |
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| committees, and election
authorities.
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| The Board shall implement a plan to provide computer access |
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| and assistance
to candidates, public officials, political |
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| committees, and election authorities
with respect to |
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| electronic filings required under this Article.
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| For the purposes of this Section, "political committees" |
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| includes entities
required to report to the Board under Section |
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| 9-7.5.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-495, eff. 8-18-97; 90-737, eff. 1-1-99.)
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LRB096 17869 JAM 33237 b |
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| (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96-832 )
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| Sec. 9-28. Electronic filing and availability. The Board |
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| shall
by rule
provide for the electronic filing of expenditure |
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| and contribution
reports as follows:
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| Electronic filing is required for
all
political
committees |
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| that during the
reporting period (i) had at any time a balance |
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| or an accumulation of
contributions
of $10,000 or more, (ii) |
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| made aggregate expenditures of $10,000 or more, or
(iii) |
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| received loans of an aggregate of $10,000 or more.
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| Beginning January 1, 2011, each political committee |
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| required by this Section to file electronically must be capable |
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| of electronically receiving all notices, reports, and other |
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| dispatches from the State Board of Elections. Beginning January |
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| 1, 2011, the State Board of Elections, when transmitting |
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| notices, reports, and other dispatches to a political committee |
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| required by this Section to file electronically, must do so |
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| electronically. |
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| The Board may provide by rule for the optional
electronic |
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| filing of
expenditure and contribution reports for all other |
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| political committees.
The Board shall promptly
make all reports |
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| filed under this Article by
all political committees publicly
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| available by means of a searchable database that is accessible |
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| on the Board's website.
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| The Board shall provide all software necessary to comply |
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| with this
Section to candidates, public officials, political |
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| committees, and election
authorities.
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| The Board shall implement a plan to provide computer access |
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| and assistance
to candidates, public officials, political |
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| committees, and election authorities
with respect to |
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| electronic filings required under this Article.
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| (Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 1-1-11.)
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| Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes |
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| changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text |
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| that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section |
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| represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does |
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| not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes |
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| made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other |
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| Public Act.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January |
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| 1, 2011.
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