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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 9-1.15, 9-10, and 9-11 and by adding Section 9-7.6 as | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | (10 ILCS 5/9-1.15) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 9-1.15. Independent expenditure. "Independent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | expenditure" means any payment, gift, donation, or expenditure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | of funds (i) by a natural person or political committee for the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | purpose of making electioneering communications or of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | expressly advocating for or against the nomination for | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | election, election, retention, or defeat of a clearly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | identifiable public official or candidate or for or against any | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | question of public policy to be submitted to the voters and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | (ii) that is not made in connection, consultation, or concert | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | with or at the request or suggestion of the public official or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | candidate, the public official's or candidate's designated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | political committee or campaign, or the agent or agents of the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | public official, candidate, or political committee or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | campaign. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | following expenditures do not qualify as independent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | expenditures: |
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1 | (1) an expenditure made by a person in cooperation, | ||||||
2 | consultation, or concert with, at the request, suggestion | ||||||
3 | or direction of, or pursuant to a general or particular | ||||||
4 | understanding with (A) a candidate, candidate political | ||||||
5 | committee, political action committee, or political party | ||||||
6 | committee, or (B) a consultant or other agent acting on | ||||||
7 | behalf of a candidate, candidate political committee, | ||||||
8 | political action committee, or political party committee; | ||||||
9 | (2) an expenditure made by a person for the production, | ||||||
10 | dissemination, distribution, or publication, in whole or | ||||||
11 | in substantial part, of any broadcast or any written, | ||||||
12 | graphic, or other form of political advertising or campaign | ||||||
13 | communication prepared by (A) a candidate, candidate | ||||||
14 | political committee, political action committee, or | ||||||
15 | political party committee, or (B) a consultant or other | ||||||
16 | agent acting on behalf of a candidate, candidate political | ||||||
17 | committee, political action committee, or political party | ||||||
18 | committee; | ||||||
19 | (3) an expenditure made by a person based on | ||||||
20 | information about a candidate's, political action | ||||||
21 | committee's, or political party committee's plans, | ||||||
22 | projects, or needs, provided by (A) a candidate, candidate | ||||||
23 | political committee, political action committee, or | ||||||
24 | political party committee, or (B) a consultant or other | ||||||
25 | agent acting on behalf of a candidate, candidate political | ||||||
26 | committee, political action committee, or political party |
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1 | committee, with the intent that such expenditure be made; | ||||||
2 | (4) an expenditure made by an individual who, in the | ||||||
3 | same election cycle, is serving or has served as the | ||||||
4 | chairman or treasurer of a candidate, candidate political | ||||||
5 | committee, political action committee, or political party | ||||||
6 | committee, benefiting from such expenditure, or in any | ||||||
7 | other executive or policymaking position, including as a | ||||||
8 | member, employee, fundraiser, consultant, or other agent | ||||||
9 | of a candidate, candidate political committee, political | ||||||
10 | action committee, or political party committee; | ||||||
11 | (5) an expenditure made by a person whose officer, | ||||||
12 | director, member, employee, fundraiser, consultant, or | ||||||
13 | other agent who serves the person in an executive or | ||||||
14 | policymaking position also serves as or has served in the | ||||||
15 | same election cycle as the candidate or the chairman or | ||||||
16 | treasurer of a candidate political committee, political | ||||||
17 | action committee, or political party committee, benefiting | ||||||
18 | from such expenditure, or in any other executive or | ||||||
19 | policymaking position of a candidate political committee, | ||||||
20 | political action committee, or political party committee; | ||||||
21 | (6) an expenditure made by a person for fundraising | ||||||
22 | activities (A) with or for a candidate, candidate political | ||||||
23 | committee, political action committee, or political party | ||||||
24 | committee, or a consultant or other agent acting on behalf | ||||||
25 | of a candidate, candidate political committee, political | ||||||
26 | action committee, or political party committee, or (B) for |
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1 | the solicitation or receipt of contributions on behalf of a | ||||||
2 | candidate, candidate political committee, political action | ||||||
3 | committee, or political party committee, or a consultant or | ||||||
4 | other agent acting on behalf of a candidate, candidate | ||||||
5 | political committee, political action committee, or | ||||||
6 | political party committee; | ||||||
7 | (7) an expenditure made by a person based on | ||||||
8 | information about a candidate's campaign plans, projects, | ||||||
9 | or needs that is directly or indirectly provided by a | ||||||
10 | candidate, the candidate's candidate political committee, | ||||||
11 | political action committee, or political party committee, | ||||||
12 | or a consultant or other agent acting on behalf of such | ||||||
13 | candidate, candidate political committee, political action | ||||||
14 | committee, or political party committee, to the person | ||||||
15 | making the expenditure or such person's agent, with an | ||||||
16 | express or tacit understanding that such person is | ||||||
17 | considering making the expenditure; | ||||||
18 | (8) an expenditure made by a person for a communication | ||||||
19 | that clearly identifies a candidate during an election | ||||||
20 | campaign, if the person making the expenditure, or such | ||||||
21 | person's agent, has informed the candidate who benefits | ||||||
22 | from the expenditure, that candidate's candidate political | ||||||
23 | committee, political action committee, or political party | ||||||
24 | committee, or a consultant or other agent acting on behalf | ||||||
25 | of the benefiting candidate, candidate political | ||||||
26 | committee, political action committee, or political party |
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1 | committee, concerning the communication's contents, or of | ||||||
2 | the intended audience, timing, location, or mode or | ||||||
3 | frequency of dissemination; | ||||||
4 | (9) an expenditure made by a person or an entity for | ||||||
5 | consultant or creative services, including, but not | ||||||
6 | limited to, services related to communications strategy or | ||||||
7 | design or campaign strategy, to be used to promote or | ||||||
8 | oppose a candidate's election to office if the provider of | ||||||
9 | such services is also providing consultant or creative | ||||||
10 | services to such candidate, such candidate's candidate | ||||||
11 | political committee, or to any opposing candidate in the | ||||||
12 | same primary or election, or to such opposing candidate's | ||||||
13 | candidate political committee. For purposes of this | ||||||
14 | subdivision, communications strategy or design does not | ||||||
15 | include the costs of printing or costs for the use of a | ||||||
16 | medium for the purpose of communications; | ||||||
17 | (10) an expenditure made by a person or an entity on or | ||||||
18 | after January 1 in the year of an election in which a | ||||||
19 | candidate is seeking office that benefits such candidate | ||||||
20 | when such person or entity has hired an individual as an | ||||||
21 | employee or consultant and such individual was an employee | ||||||
22 | of or consultant to such candidate during any part of the | ||||||
23 | 18-month period preceding such expenditure; and | ||||||
24 | (11) an expenditure made by a person or an entity on or | ||||||
25 | after January 1 in the year of an election in which a | ||||||
26 | candidate is seeking office that benefits such candidate |
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1 | when such person or entity making the expenditure has hired | ||||||
2 | a campaign-related vendor that has been hired by such | ||||||
3 | candidate during the same election cycle. For purposes of | ||||||
4 | this subdivision, "campaign-related vendor" includes, but | ||||||
5 | is not limited to, vendors that provide the following | ||||||
6 | services: polling, mail design, mail strategy, political | ||||||
7 | strategy, general campaign advice, or telephone banking.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 7-1-10; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.) | ||||||
9 | (10 ILCS 5/9-7.6 new) | ||||||
10 | Sec. 9-7.6. Nonprofit organization registration and | ||||||
11 | disclosure. | ||||||
12 | (a) Each nonprofit organization, except for a labor union, | ||||||
13 | that accepts contributions, makes contributions, or makes | ||||||
14 | expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount | ||||||
15 | exceeding $5,000 (i) on behalf of or in opposition to public | ||||||
16 | officials, candidates for public office, or a question of | ||||||
17 | public policy or (ii) for electioneering communications shall | ||||||
18 | register with the State Board of Elections. The Board by rule | ||||||
19 | shall prescribe the registration procedure and form. The | ||||||
20 | registration form shall require the following information: | ||||||
21 | (1) The registrant's name, address, and purpose. | ||||||
22 | (2) The name, address, and position of each custodian | ||||||
23 | of the registrant's financial books, accounts, and | ||||||
24 | records. | ||||||
25 | (3) The name, address, and position of each of the |
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1 | registrant's principal officers. | ||||||
2 | (b) Each nonprofit organization required to register under | ||||||
3 | subsection (a) shall file contribution and expenditure reports | ||||||
4 | with the Board. The Board by rule shall prescribe the form, | ||||||
5 | which shall require the following information: | ||||||
6 | (1) The organization's name, address, and purpose. | ||||||
7 | (2) The amount of funds on hand at the beginning of the | ||||||
8 | reporting period. | ||||||
9 | (3) The full name and address of each person who has | ||||||
10 | made one or more contributions to or for the organization | ||||||
11 | within the reporting period in an aggregate amount or value | ||||||
12 | in excess of $150, together with the amount and date of the | ||||||
13 | contributions, and if a contributor is an individual who | ||||||
14 | contributed more than $500, the occupation and employer of | ||||||
15 | the contributor or, if the occupation and employer of the | ||||||
16 | contributor are unknown, a statement that the organization | ||||||
17 | has made a good faith effort to ascertain this information. | ||||||
18 | (4) The total sum of individual contributions made to | ||||||
19 | or for the organization during the reporting period and not | ||||||
20 | reported in item (3). | ||||||
21 | (5) The name and address of each organization and | ||||||
22 | political committee from which the reporting organization | ||||||
23 | received, or to which that organization made, any transfer | ||||||
24 | of funds in an aggregate amount or value in excess of $150, | ||||||
25 | together with the amounts and dates of the transfers. | ||||||
26 | (6) The total sum of transfers made to or from the |
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1 | organization during the reporting period and not reported | ||||||
2 | in item (5). | ||||||
3 | (7) Each loan to or from any person within the | ||||||
4 | reporting period by or to the organization in an aggregate | ||||||
5 | amount or value in excess of $150, together with the full | ||||||
6 | names and mailing addresses of the lender and endorsers, if | ||||||
7 | any, and the date and amount of the loans, and if a lender | ||||||
8 | or endorser is an individual who loaned or endorsed a loan | ||||||
9 | of more than $500, the occupation and employer of the | ||||||
10 | individual or, if the occupation and employer of the | ||||||
11 | individual are unknown, a statement that the organization | ||||||
12 | has made a good faith effort to ascertain this information. | ||||||
13 | (8) The total amount of proceeds received by the | ||||||
14 | organization from (i) the sale of tickets for each dinner, | ||||||
15 | luncheon, cocktail party, rally, and other fundraising | ||||||
16 | event, (ii) mass collections made at those events, and | ||||||
17 | (iii) sales of items such as buttons, badges, flags, | ||||||
18 | emblems, hats, banners, literature, and similar materials. | ||||||
19 | (9) Each contribution, rebate, refund, or other | ||||||
20 | receipt in excess of $150 received by the organization not | ||||||
21 | otherwise listed under items (3) through (8), and if a | ||||||
22 | contributor is an individual who contributed more than | ||||||
23 | $500, the occupation and employer of the contributor or, if | ||||||
24 | the occupation and employer of the contributor are unknown, | ||||||
25 | a statement that the organization has made a good faith | ||||||
26 | effort to ascertain this information. |
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1 | (10) The total sum of all receipts by or for the | ||||||
2 | organization during the reporting period. | ||||||
3 | (11) The full name and mailing address of each person | ||||||
4 | to whom expenditures have been made by the organization | ||||||
5 | within the reporting period in an aggregate amount or value | ||||||
6 | in excess of $150, the amount, date, and purpose of each | ||||||
7 | expenditure, and the question of public policy on behalf of | ||||||
8 | which the expenditure was made. | ||||||
9 | (12) The full name and mailing address of each person | ||||||
10 | to whom an expenditure for personal services, salaries, and | ||||||
11 | reimbursed expenses in excess of $150 has been made and | ||||||
12 | which is not otherwise reported, including the amount, | ||||||
13 | date, and purpose of the expenditure. | ||||||
14 | (13) The total sum of expenditures made by the | ||||||
15 | organization during the reporting period. | ||||||
16 | (14) The full name and mailing address of each person | ||||||
17 | to whom the organization owes debts or obligations in | ||||||
18 | excess of $150 and the amount of the debts or obligations. | ||||||
19 | The State Board by rule shall define a "good faith effort". | ||||||
20 | (c) The reports required under subsection (b) shall be | ||||||
21 | filed at the same times and for the same reporting periods as | ||||||
22 | reports of campaign contributions and semi-annual reports of | ||||||
23 | campaign contributions and expenditures required by this | ||||||
24 | Article of political committees. The reports required under | ||||||
25 | subsection (b) shall be available for public inspection and | ||||||
26 | copying in the same manner as reports filed by political |
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1 | committees. The Board may charge a fee that covers the costs of | ||||||
2 | copying and distribution, if any. | ||||||
3 | (d) An organization required to file reports under | ||||||
4 | subsection (b) shall include a statement on all literature and | ||||||
5 | advertisements soliciting funds stating the following: | ||||||
6 | "A copy of our report filed with the State Board of | ||||||
7 | Elections is (or will be) available for purchase from the State | ||||||
8 | Board of Elections, Springfield, Illinois". | ||||||
9 | (10 ILCS 5/9-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-10)
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10 | Sec. 9-10. Disclosure of contributions and expenditures.
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11 | (a) The treasurer of every political committee shall file | ||||||
12 | with the
Board reports of campaign contributions and | ||||||
13 | expenditures as required by this Section on forms to be
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14 | prescribed or approved by the Board.
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15 | (b) Every political committee shall file quarterly reports | ||||||
16 | of campaign contributions, expenditures, and independent | ||||||
17 | expenditures. The reports shall cover the period January 1 | ||||||
18 | through March 31, April 1 through June 30, July 1 through | ||||||
19 | September 30, and October 1 through December 31 of each year. A | ||||||
20 | political committee shall file quarterly reports no later than | ||||||
21 | the 15th day of the month following each period. Reports of | ||||||
22 | contributions and expenditures must be filed to cover the | ||||||
23 | prescribed time periods even though no contributions or | ||||||
24 | expenditures may have been received or made during the period. | ||||||
25 | The Board shall assess a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for |
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1 | failure to file a report required by this subsection. The fine, | ||||||
2 | however, shall not exceed $1,000 for a first violation if the | ||||||
3 | committee files less than 10 days after the deadline. There | ||||||
4 | shall be no fine if the report is mailed and postmarked at | ||||||
5 | least 72 hours prior to the filing deadline. When considering | ||||||
6 | the amount of the fine to be imposed, the Board shall consider | ||||||
7 | whether the violation was committed inadvertently, | ||||||
8 | negligently, knowingly, or intentionally and any past | ||||||
9 | violations of this Section. | ||||||
10 | (c) A political committee shall file a report of any | ||||||
11 | contribution of $1,000 or more electronically with the Board | ||||||
12 | within 5 business days after receipt of the contribution, | ||||||
13 | except that the report shall be filed within 2 business days | ||||||
14 | after receipt if (i) the contribution is received 30 or fewer | ||||||
15 | days before the date of an election and (ii) the political | ||||||
16 | committee supports or opposes a candidate or public question on | ||||||
17 | the ballot at that election or makes expenditures in excess of | ||||||
18 | $500 on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate, candidates, | ||||||
19 | a public question, or public questions on the ballot at that | ||||||
20 | election.
The State Board shall allow filings of reports of | ||||||
21 | contributions of $1,000 or more by political committees that | ||||||
22 | are not required to file electronically to be made by facsimile | ||||||
23 | transmission. The Board shall assess a civil penalty for | ||||||
24 | failure to file a report required by this subsection. Failure | ||||||
25 | to report each contribution is a separate violation of this | ||||||
26 | subsection. The Board shall impose fines for willful or wanton |
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1 | violations of this subsection (c) not to exceed 150% of the | ||||||
2 | total amount of the contributions that were untimely reported, | ||||||
3 | but in no case shall it be less than 10% of the total amount of | ||||||
4 | the contributions that were untimely reported. When | ||||||
5 | considering the amount of the fine to be imposed for willful or | ||||||
6 | wanton violations, the Board shall consider the number of days | ||||||
7 | the contribution was reported late and past violations of this | ||||||
8 | Section and Section 9-3. The Board may impose a fine for | ||||||
9 | negligent or inadvertent violations of this subsection not to | ||||||
10 | exceed 50% of the total amount of the contributions that were | ||||||
11 | untimely reported, or the Board may waive the fine. When | ||||||
12 | considering whether to impose a fine and the amount of the | ||||||
13 | fine, the Board shall consider the following factors: (1) | ||||||
14 | whether the political committee made an attempt to disclose the | ||||||
15 | contribution and any attempts made to correct the violation, | ||||||
16 | (2) whether the violation is attributed to a clerical or | ||||||
17 | computer error, (3) the amount of the contribution, (4) whether | ||||||
18 | the violation arose from a discrepancy between the date the | ||||||
19 | contribution was reported transferred by a political committee | ||||||
20 | and the date the contribution was received by a political | ||||||
21 | committee, (5) the number of days the contribution was reported | ||||||
22 | late, and (6) past violations of this Section and Section 9-3 | ||||||
23 | by the political committee. | ||||||
24 | (d) For the purpose of this Section, a contribution is | ||||||
25 | considered received on the date (i) a monetary contribution was | ||||||
26 | deposited in a bank, financial institution, or other repository |
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1 | of funds for the committee, (ii) the date a committee receives | ||||||
2 | notice a monetary contribution was deposited by an entity used | ||||||
3 | to process financial transactions by credit card or other | ||||||
4 | entity used for processing a monetary contribution that was | ||||||
5 | deposited in a bank, financial institution, or other repository | ||||||
6 | of funds for the committee, or (iii) the public official, | ||||||
7 | candidate, or political committee receives the notification of | ||||||
8 | contribution of goods or services as required under subsection | ||||||
9 | (b) of Section 9-6. | ||||||
10 | (e) A political committee that makes independent | ||||||
11 | expenditures at any time of $1,000 or more for goods to be | ||||||
12 | delivered or services to be performed during (i) a quarterly | ||||||
13 | disclosure the period that contains 30 days or fewer before an | ||||||
14 | election or (ii) during the first quarter of the calendar year, | ||||||
15 | if made in relation to a candidate seeking election in the | ||||||
16 | consolidated election in that same year, shall electronically | ||||||
17 | file a report with the Board within 5 business days after | ||||||
18 | making the independent expenditure. The report shall contain | ||||||
19 | the information required in Section 9-11(c) of this Article.
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20 | The Board shall assess a civil penalty for failure to file a | ||||||
21 | report required by this subsection. Failure to report each | ||||||
22 | expenditure is a separate violation of this subsection. The | ||||||
23 | Board shall impose fines for willful or wanton violations of | ||||||
24 | this subsection (e) not to exceed 150% of the total amount of | ||||||
25 | the expenditures that were untimely reported, but in no case | ||||||
26 | shall it be less than 10% of the total amount of the |
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1 | expenditures that were untimely reported. When considering the | ||||||
2 | amount of the fine to be imposed for willful or wanton | ||||||
3 | violations, the Board shall consider the number of days the | ||||||
4 | expenditure was reported late and past violations of this | ||||||
5 | Section and Section 9-3. The Board may impose a fine for | ||||||
6 | negligent or inadvertent violations of this subsection not to | ||||||
7 | exceed 50% of the total amount of the expenditures that were | ||||||
8 | untimely reported, or the Board may waive the fine. When | ||||||
9 | considering whether to impose a fine and the amount of the | ||||||
10 | fine, the Board shall consider the following factors: (1) | ||||||
11 | whether the political committee made an attempt to disclose the | ||||||
12 | expenditure and any attempts made to correct the violation, (2) | ||||||
13 | whether the violation is attributed to a clerical or computer | ||||||
14 | error, (3) the amount of the expenditure, (4) the number of | ||||||
15 | days the expenditure was reported late, and (5) past violations | ||||||
16 | of this Section and Section 9-3 by the political committee. | ||||||
17 | (e-5) An independent expenditure committee that makes an | ||||||
18 | independent expenditure supporting or opposing a public | ||||||
19 | official or candidate that, alone or in combination with any | ||||||
20 | other independent expenditure made by that independent | ||||||
21 | expenditure committee supporting or opposing that public | ||||||
22 | official or candidate during the election cycle, equals an | ||||||
23 | aggregate value of more than (i) $250,000 for statewide office | ||||||
24 | or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective offices must file a | ||||||
25 | written disclosure with the State Board of Elections within 2 | ||||||
26 | business days after making any expenditure that results in the |
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1 | independent expenditure committee exceeding the applicable | ||||||
2 | threshold. The Board shall assess a civil penalty against an | ||||||
3 | independent expenditure committee for failure to file the | ||||||
4 | disclosure required by this subsection equal to 5% of the | ||||||
5 | unreported expenditure for each day the report is filed late, | ||||||
6 | but not to exceed 150% of the unreported expenditure not to | ||||||
7 | exceed (i) $500 for an initial failure to file the required | ||||||
8 | disclosure and (ii) $1,000 for each subsequent failure to file | ||||||
9 | the required disclosure .
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10 | (f) A copy of each report or statement filed under this | ||||||
11 | Article
shall be
preserved by the person filing it for a period | ||||||
12 | of two years from the
date of filing.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 1-1-11; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.)
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14 | (10 ILCS 5/9-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-11)
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15 | Sec. 9-11. Financial reports. | ||||||
16 | (a) Each quarterly report of campaign contributions, | ||||||
17 | expenditures, and independent expenditures under Section 9-10 | ||||||
18 | shall disclose the following: | ||||||
19 | (1) the name and address of the political committee; | ||||||
20 | (2) the name and address of the person submitting the | ||||||
21 | report on behalf of the committee, if other than the | ||||||
22 | chairman or treasurer; | ||||||
23 | (3) the amount of funds on hand at the beginning of the | ||||||
24 | reporting period; | ||||||
25 | (4) the full name and mailing address of each person |
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1 | who has made one or more contributions to or for the | ||||||
2 | committee within the reporting period in an aggregate | ||||||
3 | amount or value in excess of $150, together with the | ||||||
4 | amounts and dates of those contributions, and, if the | ||||||
5 | contributor is an individual who contributed more than | ||||||
6 | $500, the occupation and employer of the contributor or, if | ||||||
7 | the occupation and employer of the contributor are unknown, | ||||||
8 | a statement that the committee has made a good faith effort | ||||||
9 | to ascertain this information; | ||||||
10 | (5) the total sum of individual contributions made to | ||||||
11 | or for the committee during the reporting period and not | ||||||
12 | reported under item (4); | ||||||
13 | (6) the name and address of each political committee | ||||||
14 | from which the reporting committee received, or to which | ||||||
15 | that committee made, any transfer of funds in the aggregate | ||||||
16 | amount or value in excess of $150, together with the | ||||||
17 | amounts and dates of all transfers; | ||||||
18 | (7) the total sum of transfers made to or from the | ||||||
19 | committee during the reporting period and not reported | ||||||
20 | under item (6); | ||||||
21 | (8) each loan to or from any person, political | ||||||
22 | committee, or financial institution within the reporting | ||||||
23 | period by or to the committee in an aggregate amount or | ||||||
24 | value in excess of $150, together with the full names and | ||||||
25 | mailing addresses of the lender and endorsers, if any; the | ||||||
26 | dates and amounts of the loans; and, if a lender or |
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1 | endorser is an individual who loaned or endorsed a loan of | ||||||
2 | more than $500, the occupation and employer of that | ||||||
3 | individual or, if the occupation and employer of the | ||||||
4 | individual are unknown, a statement that the committee has | ||||||
5 | made a good faith effort to ascertain this information; | ||||||
6 | (9) the total amount of proceeds received by the | ||||||
7 | committee from (i) the sale of tickets for each dinner, | ||||||
8 | luncheon, cocktail party, rally, and other fund-raising | ||||||
9 | events; (ii) mass collections made at those events; and | ||||||
10 | (iii) sales of items such as political campaign pins, | ||||||
11 | buttons, badges, flags, emblems, hats, banners, | ||||||
12 | literature, and similar materials; | ||||||
13 | (10) each contribution, rebate, refund, income from | ||||||
14 | investments, or other receipt in excess of $150 received by | ||||||
15 | the committee not otherwise listed under items (4) through | ||||||
16 | (9) and, if the contributor is an individual who | ||||||
17 | contributed more than $500, the occupation and employer of | ||||||
18 | the contributor or, if the occupation and employer of the | ||||||
19 | contributor are unknown, a statement that the committee has | ||||||
20 | made a good faith effort to ascertain this information; | ||||||
21 | (11) the total sum of all receipts by or for the | ||||||
22 | committee or candidate during the reporting period; | ||||||
23 | (12) the full name and mailing address of each person | ||||||
24 | to whom expenditures have been made by the committee or | ||||||
25 | candidate within the reporting period in an aggregate | ||||||
26 | amount or value in excess of $150; the amount, date, and |
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1 | purpose of each of those expenditures; and the question of | ||||||
2 | public policy or the name and address of, and the office | ||||||
3 | sought by, each candidate on whose behalf that expenditure | ||||||
4 | was made; | ||||||
5 | (13) the full name and mailing address of each person | ||||||
6 | to whom an expenditure for personal services, salaries, and | ||||||
7 | reimbursed expenses in excess of $150 has been made and | ||||||
8 | that is not otherwise reported, including the amount, date, | ||||||
9 | and purpose of the expenditure; | ||||||
10 | (14) the value of each asset held as an investment, as | ||||||
11 | of the final day of the reporting period; | ||||||
12 | (15) the total sum of expenditures made by the | ||||||
13 | committee during the reporting period; and | ||||||
14 | (16) the full name and mailing address of each person | ||||||
15 | to whom the committee owes debts or obligations in excess | ||||||
16 | of $150 and the amount of those debts or obligations ; and . | ||||||
17 | (17) the beneficial owner of any entity, other than a | ||||||
18 | political committee or a natural person, that contributes | ||||||
19 | more than $10,000 to a ballot initiative committee or an | ||||||
20 | independent expenditure committee during any election | ||||||
21 | period; if the entity does not have a beneficial owner, the | ||||||
22 | recipient shall so declare. | ||||||
23 | For purposes of reporting campaign receipts and expenses, | ||||||
24 | income from investments shall be included as receipts during | ||||||
25 | the reporting period they are actually received. The gross | ||||||
26 | purchase price of each investment shall be reported as an |
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1 | expenditure at time of purchase. Net proceeds from the sale of | ||||||
2 | an investment shall be reported as a receipt. During the period | ||||||
3 | investments are held they shall be identified by name and | ||||||
4 | quantity of security or instrument on each semi-annual report | ||||||
5 | during the period. | ||||||
6 | (b) Each report of a campaign contribution of $1,000 or | ||||||
7 | more required under subsection (c) of Section 9-10
shall | ||||||
8 | disclose the following:
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9 | (1) the name and address of the political committee;
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10 | (2) the name and address of the person submitting the | ||||||
11 | report on behalf of the committee, if other than the | ||||||
12 | chairman or treasurer; and
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13 | (3) the full name and mailing address of each person | ||||||
14 | who has made a contribution of $1,000 or more.
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15 | (c) Each quarterly report shall include the following | ||||||
16 | information regarding any independent expenditures made during | ||||||
17 | the reporting period: (1) the full name and mailing address of | ||||||
18 | each person to whom an expenditure in excess of $150 has been | ||||||
19 | made in connection with an independent expenditure; (2) the | ||||||
20 | amount, date, and purpose of such expenditure; (3) a statement | ||||||
21 | whether the independent expenditure was in support of or in | ||||||
22 | opposition to a particular candidate; (4) the name of the | ||||||
23 | candidate;
(5) the office and, when applicable, district, | ||||||
24 | sought by the candidate; and (6) a certification, under penalty | ||||||
25 | of perjury, that such expenditure was not made in cooperation, | ||||||
26 | consultation, or concert with, or at the request or suggestion |
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1 | of, any candidate or any authorized committee or agent of such | ||||||
2 | committee. The report shall also include (I) the total of all | ||||||
3 | independent expenditures of $150 or less made during the | ||||||
4 | reporting period and (II) the total amount of all independent | ||||||
5 | expenditures made during the reporting period. | ||||||
6 | (d) The Board shall by rule define a "good faith effort".
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7 | The reports of campaign contributions filed under this | ||||||
8 | Article shall be
cumulative during the reporting period to | ||||||
9 | which they relate.
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10 | (e) Each report shall be verified, dated, and signed by | ||||||
11 | either the treasurer of the political committee or the | ||||||
12 | candidate on whose behalf the report is filed and shall contain | ||||||
13 | the following verification: | ||||||
14 | "I declare that this report (including any accompanying | ||||||
15 | schedules and statements) has been examined by me and, to the | ||||||
16 | best of my knowledge and belief, is a true, correct, and | ||||||
17 | complete report as required by Article 9 of the Election Code. | ||||||
18 | I understand that willfully filing a false or incomplete | ||||||
19 | statement is subject to a civil penalty of up to $5,000.". | ||||||
20 | (f) A political committee may amend a report filed under | ||||||
21 | subsection (a) or (b). The Board may reduce or waive a fine if | ||||||
22 | the amendment is due to a technical or inadvertent error and | ||||||
23 | the political committee files the amended report, except that a | ||||||
24 | report filed under subsection (b) must be amended within 5 | ||||||
25 | business days. The State Board shall ensure that a description | ||||||
26 | of the amended information is available to the public. The |
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1 | Board may promulgate rules to enforce this subsection. | ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 1-1-11 .)
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3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
4 | becoming law.
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