Full Text of SB0290 94th General Assembly
SB0290 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 SB0290
Introduced 2/3/2005, by Sen. Dale A. Righter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Election Code. Requires that a political committee's reports of campaign contributions during the 30 days before an election and the 15 days before a primary must be filed electronically if the aggregate amount of the contributions being reported, when combined with the committee's previously reported aggregate contributions, equals or exceeds $10,000. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SRS094 00003 JEJ 30003 b |
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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 | 5 |
| 9-28 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/9-28)
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| Sec. 9-28. Electronic filing and availability. The Board | 8 |
| shall
by rule
provide for the electronic filing of expenditure | 9 |
| and contribution
reports as follows:
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| Beginning July 1, 1999, or as soon thereafter as the Board | 11 |
| has provided
adequate software to the political committee, | 12 |
| electronic filing is required for
all
political
committees that | 13 |
| during the
reporting period (i) had at any time a balance or an | 14 |
| accumulation of
contributions
of $25,000 or more, (ii) made | 15 |
| aggregate expenditures of $25,000 or more, or
(iii) received | 16 |
| loans of an aggregate of $25,000 or more.
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| Beginning July 1, 2003, electronic filing is required for | 18 |
| all political
committees that during the reporting period (i)
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| had at any time a balance or
an accumulation of contributions | 20 |
| of $10,000 or more, (ii) made aggregate
expenditures of $10,000 | 21 |
| or more, or (iii) received loans of an aggregate of
$10,000
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| more. In addition, a political committee must electronically | 23 |
| file each report or schedule required under subsection (b-5) of | 24 |
| Section 10 if the aggregate amount of contributions in that | 25 |
| report or schedule, when combined with the aggregate amounts of | 26 |
| (i) other contributions previously reported under subsection | 27 |
| (b-5) of Section 10 and (ii) contributions previously reported | 28 |
| under subsection (b) of Section 10 with respect to the same | 29 |
| primary or election, equals or exceeds $10,000.
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| The Board may provide by rule for the optional
electronic | 31 |
| filing of
expenditure and contribution reports for all other | 32 |
| political committees.
The Board shall promptly
make all reports |
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SRS094 00003 JEJ 30003 b |
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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 | 3 |
| through
the World Wide Web.
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| The Board shall provide all software necessary to comply | 5 |
| with this
Section to candidates, public officials, political | 6 |
| committees, and election
authorities.
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| The Board shall implement a plan to provide computer access | 8 |
| and assistance
to candidates, public officials, political | 9 |
| committees, and election authorities
with respect to | 10 |
| electronic filings required under this Article.
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| For the purposes of this Section, "political committees" | 12 |
| includes entities
required to report to the Board under Section | 13 |
| 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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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 16 |
| becoming law.
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