Sen. Matt Murphy

Filed: 3/28/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2988

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2988 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section
59-8.20 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/9-8.20 new)
7    Sec. 9-8.20. Prohibition on contributions by labor
8organizations.
9    (a) As used in this Section:
10    The terms "contract", "State contract", and "contract with
11a State agency" each mean any contract, as defined in Section
121-15.30 of the Illinois Procurement Code, between a labor
13organization and a State agency, including a collective
14bargaining agreement.
15    "Collective bargaining" means collective bargaining as
16defined in subsection (b) of Section 3 of the Illinois Public

 

 

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1Labor Relations Act.
2    "Labor organization" means a labor organization as defined
3in subsection (i) of Section 3 of the Illinois Public Labor
4Relations Act.
5    "Officeholder" means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
6Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, or
7Treasurer. The Governor shall be considered the officeholder
8responsible for negotiating or entering into all contracts by
9all officers and employees of, and vendors and others doing
10business with, executive branch State agencies under the
11jurisdiction of the Executive Ethics Commission and not within
12the jurisdiction of the Attorney General, the Secretary of
13State, the Comptroller, or the Treasurer.
14    "State agency" means and includes all boards, commissions,
15agencies, institutions, authorities, and bodies politic and
16corporate of the State, created by or in accordance with the
17Illinois Constitution or State statute, of the executive branch
18of State government and does include colleges, universities,
19public employee retirement systems, and institutions under the
20jurisdiction of the governing boards of the University of
21Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Illinois State
22University, Eastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois
23University, Western Illinois University, Chicago State
24University, Governors State University, Northeastern Illinois
25University, and the Illinois Board of Higher Education.
26    (b) Any labor organization whose contracts with State

 

 

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1agencies, in the aggregate, annually total more than $50,000 is
2prohibited from making any contributions to any political
3committees established to promote the candidacy of (i) the
4officeholder responsible for negotiating or entering into the
5contracts or (ii) any other candidate for that office. This
6prohibition shall be effective for the duration of the term of
7office of the incumbent officeholder negotiating or entering
8into the contracts or for a period of 2 years following the
9expiration or termination of the contracts, whichever is
10longer.
11    (c) Any labor organization whose aggregate pending
12negotiations on State contracts total more than $50,000, or
13whose aggregate pending negotiations on State contracts
14combined with the labor organization's aggregate annual total
15value of State contracts exceed $50,000, is prohibited from
16making any contributions to any political committee
17established to promote the candidacy of the officeholder
18responsible for negotiating or entering into the contract
19during the period beginning on the date the negotiations are
20begun and ending on the day after the date the contract is
21entered into.
22    (d) For the purposes of the prohibitions under subsections
23(b) and (c) of this Section, (i) any contribution made to a
24political committee established to promote the candidacy of the
25Governor or a candidate for the office of Governor shall also
26be considered as having been made to a political committee

 

 

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1established to promote the candidacy of the Lieutenant
2Governor, in the case of the Governor, or the candidate for
3Lieutenant Governor having filed a joint petition, or write-in
4declaration of intent, with the candidate for Governor, as
5applicable, and (ii) any contribution made to a political
6committee established to promote the candidacy of the
7Lieutenant Governor or a candidate for the office of Lieutenant
8Governor shall also be considered as having been made to a
9political committee established to promote the candidacy of the
10Governor, in the case of the Lieutenant Governor, or the
11candidate for Governor having filed a joint petition, or
12write-in declaration of intent, with the candidate for
13Lieutenant Governor, as applicable.
14    (e) All contracts between State agencies and a labor
15organization that violate subsection (b) or (c) may be declared
16void if the State agency determines that voiding the contract
17is in the best interests of the State. If a labor organization
18violates subsection (b) 3 or more times within a 36-month
19period, then all contracts between State agencies and that
20labor organization shall be void, and that labor organization
21shall not enter into any contract with any State agency for 3
22years from the date of the last violation. A notice of each
23violation and the penalty imposed shall be published in the
24Illinois Register.
25    (f) Any political committee that has received a
26contribution in violation of subsection (b) or (c) shall pay an

 

 

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1amount equal to the value of the contribution to the State no
2more than 30 days after notice of the violation concerning the
3contribution appears in the Illinois Register. Payments
4received by the State pursuant to this subsection shall be
5deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.".