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 1        AN ACT concerning campaign finance.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  Election  Code  is  amended  by adding
 5    Sections 9-1.15, 9-1.20, and  9-25.5  and  changing  Sections
 6    9-11 and 9-25 as follows:

 7        (10 ILCS 5/9-1.15 new)
 8        Sec. 9-1.15.  Person within the district.  "Person within
 9    the  district"  means  an  individual  who  resides  in, or a
10    business with its principal place of business located within,
11    the district in which the  candidate  is  seeking  office.  A
12    "person  within the district" does not include family members
13    within   the   district,    corporations,    trusts,    labor
14    organizations, or political committees.

15        (10 ILCS 5/9-1.20 new)
16        Sec. 9-1.20.  Family member within the district.  "Family
17    member   within   the   district"  means  a  candidate  or  a
18    candidate's spouse, parent, grandparent,  child,  grandchild,
19    aunt,  uncle,  niece,  nephew, brother, sister, first cousin,
20    brother-in-law, sister-in-law, mother-in-law,  father-in-law,
21    son-in-law, or daughter-in-law residing within the district.

22        (10 ILCS 5/9-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-11)
23        Sec.  9-11.  Each  report of campaign contributions under
24    Section 9-10 shall disclose:
25        (1)  the name and address of the political committee;
26        (2)  (Blank);
27        (3)  the amount of funds on hand at the beginning of  the
28    reporting period;
29        (4)  in   separate   contributor  categories  for  family
 
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 1    members within the district,  persons  within  the  district,
 2    persons  not  within  the district, and corporations, trusts,
 3    and labor organizations, the full name and mailing address of
 4    each  contributor  of  person  who  has  made  one  or   more
 5    contributions  to  or for such committee within the reporting
 6    period in an aggregate amount or value  in  excess  of  $150,
 7    together  with the amount and date of such contributions, and
 8    if a contributor is an individual who contributed  more  than
 9    $500,  the  occupation and employer of the contributor or, if
10    the occupation and employer of the contributor are unknown, a
11    statement that the committee has made a good faith effort  to
12    ascertain this information;
13        (5)  the total sum of individual contributions made to or
14    for  such  committee  during  the  reporting  period  and not
15    reported under item (4);
16        (6)  the name and address  of  each  political  committee
17    from which the reporting committee received, or to which that
18    committee  made,  any  transfer  of  funds,  in any aggregate
19    amount or value in excess of $150, together with the  amounts
20    and dates of all transfers;
21        (7)  the  total  sum  of  transfers  made to or from such
22    committee during the reporting period and not reported  under
23    item (6);
24        (8)  each loan to or from any person within the reporting
25    period  by  or  to  such  committee in an aggregate amount or
26    value in excess of $150, together with  the  full  names  and
27    mailing  addresses  of  the lender and endorsers, if any, and
28    the date and amount  of  such  loans,  and  if  a  lender  or
29    endorser  is  an  individual who loaned or endorsed a loan of
30    more  than  $500,  the  occupation  and  employer   of   that
31    individual,   or  if  the  occupation  and  employer  of  the
32    individual are unknown, a statement that  the  committee  has
33    made a good faith effort to ascertain this information;
34        (9)  the  total  amount  of  proceeds  received  by  such
 
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 1    committee  from  (a)  the  sale  of  tickets for each dinner,
 2    luncheon,  cocktail  party,  rally,  and  other  fund-raising
 3    events; (b) mass collections made at  such  events;  and  (c)
 4    sales  of  items  such  as  political campaign pins, buttons,
 5    badges,  flags,  emblems,  hats,  banners,  literature,   and
 6    similar materials;
 7        (10)  each contribution, rebate, refund, or other receipt
 8    in  excess  of  $150 received by such committee not otherwise
 9    listed under items (4) through (9), and if a  contributor  is
10    an  individual who contributed more than $500, the occupation
11    and employer of the contributor or,  if  the  occupation  and
12    employer of the contributor are unknown, a statement that the
13    committee  has  made  a  good  faith effort to ascertain this
14    information;
15        (11)  the total sum  of  all  receipts  by  or  for  such
16    committee or candidate during the reporting period.
17        Each  report of campaign contributions under Section 9-10
18    may disclose the  full  name  and  mailing  address  of  each
19    contributor  of  one  or  more  contributions  to  or for the
20    committee within the reporting period of an aggregate  amount
21    or   value  of  $150  or  less.   Names  disclosed  shall  be
22    categorized as family members within  the  district,  persons
23    within  the  district,  persons  not  within the district, or
24    corporations, trusts, and labor organizations.
25        The Board shall by rule define a "good faith effort".
26        The reports of campaign contributions  filed  under  this
27    Article  shall  be  cumulative during the reporting period to
28    which they relate.
29    (Source: P.A. 90-495, eff. 1-1-98; 90-737, eff. 1-1-99.)

30        (10 ILCS 5/9-25) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-25)
31        Sec. 9-25. No person shall make an anonymous contribution
32    or a contribution in the  name  of  another  person,  and  no
33    person  shall  knowingly accept any anonymous contribution or
 
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 1    contribution made by  one  person  in  the  name  of  another
 2    person. Anonymous contributions shall escheat to the State of
 3    Illinois.  Any  political  committee  that  receives  such  a
 4    contribution  shall  forward  it  immediately  to  the  State
 5    Treasurer.    Violation   of   this  Section  is  a  Class  C
 6    misdemeanor.
 7    (Source: P.A. 78-1183.)

 8        (10 ILCS 5/9-25.5 new)
 9        Sec. 9-25.5.  Contribution limit.
10        (a)  At any time during a campaign contribution reporting
11    period prescribed in Section 9-10, a candidate for the office
12    of State Senator  or  State  Representative  may  not  accept
13    contributions from corporations, trusts, labor organizations,
14    persons  not within the district, and political committees in
15    an aggregate amount that  exceeds  the  aggregate  amount  of
16    contributions that the candidate has received during the same
17    reporting period from persons within the district.
18        (b)  Subsection  (a)  of  this Section shall not apply to
19    candidates for the office of State  Representative  receiving
20    less  than  $30,000  in aggregated contributions from persons
21    not  within  the  district,   corporations,   trusts,   labor
22    organizations, and political committees.
23        (c)  Subsection  (a)  of  this Section shall not apply to
24    candidates for the office of  State  Senator  receiving  less
25    than  $45,000  in  aggregated  contributions from persons not
26    within   the   district,    corporations,    trusts,    labor
27    organizations, and political committees.
28        (d)  If  contributions  in an aggregate amount of $150 or
29    less per contributor are included in the determination of the
30    aggregate amount of contributions  from  persons  within  the
31    district,  the  full  name and mailing address of each person
32    within the district who made aggregate contributions of  $150
33    or less during the reporting period shall be disclosed in the
 
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 1    campaign contribution report for that period.
 2        (e)  A  candidate who violates this Section is ineligible
 3    for appointment or election to the General Assembly until the
 4    second  general  election  after  the  violation  occurs.   A
 5    candidate who violates this Section and  is  elected  to  the
 6    General Assembly shall be removed from office..

 7        Section  99.   Effective  date.   This  Act  takes effect
 8    January 1, 2004.