Full Text of SB1955 94th General Assembly
SB1955eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning judicial elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of | 3 |
| Illinois,represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 |
| Supreme Court Campaign Reform Act.
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| Section 5. Definitions.
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| In this Act:
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| "Allowable contribution" means a qualifying contribution, | 9 |
| a seed money
contribution, or a personal contribution | 10 |
| authorized by this Act.
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| "Candidate" means any person seeking election to the office | 12 |
| of Judge of the
Illinois Supreme Court.
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| "Campaign" includes the primary election campaign period | 14 |
| and the general
election campaign period.
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| "General election campaign period" means the period | 16 |
| beginning on the day
after the general primary election and | 17 |
| ending on the day of the general
election.
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| "Electioneering communication expenditure" means an | 19 |
| expenditure for any
broadcast, cable, or satellite | 20 |
| communication, that refers to a clearly
identified candidate | 21 |
| for Supreme Court, that is made within 60 days before a
general
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| election or 30 days before a general
primary election, and that | 23 |
| is broadcast to
voters in the district where the candidate is | 24 |
| on the ballot. "Electioneering
communication" does not mean a | 25 |
| communication appearing in a news story,
commentary, or | 26 |
| editorial included in the course of regularly scheduled news
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| coverage or a communication that constitutes a candidate debate | 28 |
| or forum.
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| "Eligible candidate" means a candidate for the office of | 30 |
| Judge of the
Supreme Court who qualifies for public financing | 31 |
| by collecting the required
number of qualifying contributions, | 32 |
| making all required reports and
disclosures, and being |
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| certified by the State Board as being in compliance with
this | 2 |
| Act.
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| "Excess expenditure amount" means the amount of | 4 |
| expenditures made
by a non-participating candidate in excess of | 5 |
| the public financing benefit
available to an eligible candidate | 6 |
| for the same office that the
non-participating candidate seeks.
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| "Excess qualifying contribution amount" means the amount | 8 |
| of qualifying
contributions accepted by a candidate beyond the | 9 |
| number or dollar amount of
contributions required to qualify a | 10 |
| candidate for a public financing benefit.
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| "Exploratory period" means the period that begins one year | 12 |
| prior to the
general primary election date and ends on the day | 13 |
| before the beginning of the
primary election campaign period | 14 |
| for Judges of the Supreme Court.
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| "Fair election debit card" means a debit card issued by the | 16 |
| State Treasurer
in accordance with Section 65 entitling a | 17 |
| candidate and agents of the candidate
designated by the | 18 |
| candidate to draw money from an account maintained by the
State | 19 |
| Treasurer to make expenditures authorized by law.
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| "Immediate family", when used with reference to a | 21 |
| candidate, includes the
candidate's spouse, parents, and | 22 |
| children.
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| "Independent expenditure" means an expenditure by a person | 24 |
| expressly
advocating the election or defeat of a clearly | 25 |
| identified candidate that is
made without cooperation or | 26 |
| consultation with a candidate, or any political
committee or | 27 |
| agent of a candidate, and that is not made in concert with, or | 28 |
| at
the request or suggestion of, any candidate or any political | 29 |
| committee or
agent of a candidate.
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| "Non-participating candidate" means a candidate for the | 31 |
| office of Judge of
the
Supreme Court who does not apply for a | 32 |
| public financing benefit or who
otherwise is ineligible or | 33 |
| fails to qualify for a public financing benefit
under this Act.
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| "Personal funds" means funds contributed by a candidate or | 35 |
| a member of
a candidate's immediate family.
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| "Primary election campaign period" means the period |
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| beginning 30 days
after the last day prescribed by law for | 2 |
| filing nomination papers
and ending on the day of the general | 3 |
| primary election.
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| "Public financing qualifying period" means the period | 5 |
| beginning on the
first day of July of an odd-numbered year and | 6 |
| ending on the day before the
beginning of the primary election | 7 |
| campaign period for the office of Judge of
the Supreme Court.
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| "Qualifying contribution" means a contribution between $5 | 9 |
| and $25 to a
candidate made by a resident, at least 18 years | 10 |
| old, of the district in which
the candidate seeks office and | 11 |
| made during the public financing qualifying
period that is
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| acknowledged by written receipt identifying the contributor. | 13 |
| An individual may
make only one qualifying contribution per | 14 |
| candidate.
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| "Qualifying report" is a list of all individual qualifying
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| contributions.
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| "Seed money contribution" means a contribution in an amount | 18 |
| of not more
than $100 made to a candidate for the office of | 19 |
| Judge of the Supreme Court
during the exploratory period or the | 20 |
| public
financing qualifying period or a contribution made to a | 21 |
| candidate consisting
of personal funds of that candidate in an | 22 |
| amount not more than the amount
authorized under Section 30 | 23 |
| during the exploratory period or the public
financing | 24 |
| qualifying period.
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| "State Board" means the State Board of Elections.
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| "Supreme Court Democracy Trust Fund" means a special fund | 27 |
| created in the
State treasury and to be used, subject to | 28 |
| appropriation, by the State Board of
Elections for the funding | 29 |
| of campaigns for participating Supreme Court
candidates.
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| Section 10. Qualification; certification. | 31 |
| (a) Before a candidate for nomination for election to the | 32 |
| office of Judge
of the Supreme Court in the general primary | 33 |
| election may be certified as an
eligible candidate to receive a | 34 |
| public financing benefit for the primary
election campaign | 35 |
| period, the candidate must apply to the State Board for a
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| public financing benefit and file a sworn statement that the | 2 |
| candidate has
complied and will comply with all requirements of | 3 |
| this Act throughout the
applicable campaign, including the | 4 |
| general primary election and the general
election. A candidate | 5 |
| must file the application and statement no later than the
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| beginning of the primary election campaign period for the | 7 |
| office of Judge of
the Supreme Court.
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| (b) A candidate shall be certified by the State Board as an | 9 |
| eligible
candidate for
receipt of public financing for a | 10 |
| primary election if the candidate complies
with subsection
(a) | 11 |
| and receives a number of qualifying contributions at least | 12 |
| equal to 0.15%
of the number of ballots cast in the judicial | 13 |
| district in the last gubernatorial
election
from
individual | 14 |
| qualifying contributors before the close of the public | 15 |
| financing
qualifying period. The State Board may require | 16 |
| candidates to file lists of qualifying contributions in | 17 |
| electronic format. If so required, the State Board shall either | 18 |
| (i) provide, without charge, all software necessary to comply | 19 |
| with this requirement or (ii) ensure that the necessary | 20 |
| software is commonly available to the public at minimal cost.
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| (c) The State Board must verify a candidate's compliance | 22 |
| with the
requirements of subsection (b) by any verification and | 23 |
| sampling techniques that
the State Board considers | 24 |
| appropriate.
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| (d) Each candidate must acknowledge each qualifying | 26 |
| contribution by a
receipt to the contributor that contains the | 27 |
| contributor's name and home
address. A candidate must file a | 28 |
| qualifying report with the State Board of
Elections.
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| (e) A qualifying contribution may be used only for the | 30 |
| purpose of making
an expenditure authorized by law.
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| Section 15. Time of application; general election. | 32 |
| (a) Before a candidate may be certified as eligible for | 33 |
| receipt of public
financing for a general election, the | 34 |
| candidate must apply to the State Board
and file a sworn | 35 |
| statement that the candidate has fulfilled all the
requirements |
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| of this Act during the primary election campaign period and | 2 |
| will
comply with the requirements of this Act during the | 3 |
| general election campaign
period. The application must be filed | 4 |
| no later than the 7th day after the date
of the general primary | 5 |
| election.
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| (b) The State Board must certify a candidate as an eligible | 7 |
| candidate for
receipt of public financing for a general | 8 |
| election campaign period if the
candidate complies with | 9 |
| subsection (a) and the candidate was an eligible
candidate | 10 |
| during the primary election campaign period.
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| Section 20. Agreement by candidate.
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| An eligible candidate who accepts a
public financing benefit | 13 |
| under this Act during the primary election campaign
period must | 14 |
| agree to comply with all requirements of this Act throughout | 15 |
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general election campaign period as a precondition to | 16 |
| receipt of public
financing. An eligible candidate who accepts | 17 |
| a public financing benefit during
a primary election campaign | 18 |
| period may not elect to accept private
contributions in | 19 |
| violation of this Act during the corresponding general election
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| campaign period.
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| Section 25. Requirements imposed upon eligible candidates.
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| (a) An eligible candidate may not accept private | 23 |
| contributions other than
seed money contributions and | 24 |
| qualifying contributions.
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| (b) In addition to reports required to be filed under the | 26 |
| Election Code, a
candidate who receives a public financing | 27 |
| benefit must furnish complete
financial records, including | 28 |
| records of seed money contributions, qualifying
contributions, | 29 |
| and expenditures on the last day of the month.
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| (c) In addition to adhering to requirements imposed under | 31 |
| the Election Code,
a candidate who receives a public financing | 32 |
| benefit must maintain records
of all contributions of at least | 33 |
| $5 and not more than $100,
including seed money contributions | 34 |
| and qualifying contributions, that
contain the full name of the |
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| contributor and the contributor's full home
address.
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| (d) The failure to record or provide the information | 3 |
| specified in subsection
(c) disqualifies a contribution from | 4 |
| counting as a qualifying contribution.
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| (e) No eligible candidate and no person acting on a | 6 |
| candidate's behalf may
deposit any contribution that is not | 7 |
| recorded in accordance with subsection (c)
in a candidate's | 8 |
| campaign account.
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| (f) No eligible candidate may accept more than $25 in cash | 10 |
| from any
contributor.
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| Section 30. Personal funds of candidates. | 12 |
| (a) The personal funds of an eligible candidate contributed | 13 |
| as seed money
contributions may not exceed an aggregate amount | 14 |
| of $10,000. This includes
funds from the candidate's immediate | 15 |
| family.
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| (b) No eligible candidate may make any expenditure derived | 17 |
| from personal
funds after the close of the public financing | 18 |
| qualifying period.
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| (c) Eligible candidates may not loan personal funds to | 20 |
| their campaign.
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| Section 35. Seed money contributions. | 22 |
| (a) An eligible candidate may accept seed money | 23 |
| contributions from any
individual or political committee | 24 |
| before the end of the public financing
qualifying period, | 25 |
| provided the total contributions from one contributor,
except | 26 |
| personal funds and qualifying contributions otherwise | 27 |
| permitted under
this Act, do not exceed $100 and the aggregate | 28 |
| contributions, including
personal funds but not including | 29 |
| qualifying contributions, do not exceed
$30,000.
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| (b) An eligible candidate may make expenditures from seed | 31 |
| money
contributions only during the exploratory period and the | 32 |
| public financing
qualifying period.
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| Section 40. Excess contributions.
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| An amount equivalent to the
excess contributions must be | 2 |
| deducted by the State Board from the candidate's
public | 3 |
| financing benefit. A candidate must return to the State Board | 4 |
| all seed
money and personal contributions, including in-kind | 5 |
| contributions, that exceed
the limits prescribed in Section 35 | 6 |
| within 48 hours after the end of the
exploratory period. The | 7 |
| State Board must deposit all contributions
returned under this | 8 |
| Section into the Illinois Supreme Court Democracy Trust
Fund.
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| Section 45. Certification by candidate; line of credit. | 10 |
| (a) To apply for a public financing benefit, a candidate | 11 |
| must certify to the
State Board that the candidate has complied | 12 |
| and will comply, throughout the
applicable campaign, with all | 13 |
| requirements of this Act and that all disclosures
required at | 14 |
| the time of application have been made. The candidate must | 15 |
| present
evidence of the requisite number of qualifying | 16 |
| contributions received by the
candidate. The candidate's | 17 |
| request for certification must be signed by the
candidate and | 18 |
| the treasurer of the candidate's political committee.
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| (b) The State Board must distribute to each eligible | 20 |
| candidate at the
general primary election a line of credit for | 21 |
| public financing promptly after
the candidate demonstrates his | 22 |
| or her eligibility and, in any event, not later
than 5 days | 23 |
| after the end of the public financing qualifying period; | 24 |
| provided,
however, that no candidate may use a line of credit | 25 |
| distributed under this
subsection until the beginning of the | 26 |
| primary election campaign period.
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| (c) The State Board must distribute to each eligible | 28 |
| candidate for Judge
of the Supreme Court in the general | 29 |
| election a line of credit for public
financing not later than | 30 |
| the earlier of (i) 48 hours after the official canvass and | 31 |
| proclamation under Section 22-7 of the Election Code or (ii) 21 | 32 |
| days after the date of the general primary
election for the | 33 |
| office of Judge of the Supreme Court. No candidate for
Judge of | 34 |
| the Supreme Court may receive a line of credit until all | 35 |
| candidates
for Judge of the Supreme Court who apply and qualify |
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| for a public financing
benefit have been certified as eligible | 2 |
| candidates.
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| (d) If any candidate who receives a public financing | 4 |
| benefit violates the
requirements of this Act, the candidate | 5 |
| will be subject to the penalties and
enforcement outlined in | 6 |
| Section 70. The State Board must deposit all repayments
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| received under this subsection into the Illinois Supreme Court | 8 |
| Democracy Trust
Fund.
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| Section 50. Public financing benefits. | 10 |
| (a) The State Board must provide to each eligible candidate | 11 |
| who qualifies to
receive a public financing benefit for the | 12 |
| primary or general election campaign
period separate lines of | 13 |
| credit for the primary and general election campaign
periods in | 14 |
| the amounts specified in this Section subject to any required
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| adjustment under Sections 40, 55, 60, or 80. An eligible | 16 |
| candidate may use this
credit to finance any lawful | 17 |
| expenditures during the primary and general
election campaign | 18 |
| periods. An eligible candidate may not use this credit to
repay | 19 |
| any
loan in violation of this Act or any other applicable law.
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| (b) The total public financing benefit available to | 21 |
| eligible candidates
for the primary and general elections shall | 22 |
| be $750,000, subject to adjustment
by subsection (e) of this | 23 |
| Section. Matching funds that become available due to
Section 55 | 24 |
| or Section 60 are not
counted toward the public financing | 25 |
| benefit. Eligible candidates may
decide the allocation of their | 26 |
| benefit between the primary election campaign
period and the | 27 |
| general election campaign period, provided that no candidate | 28 |
| may
allocate less than 20% or more than 80% during the primary | 29 |
| election campaign
period, nor may a candidate allocate more | 30 |
| than 80% during the general election
campaign period. Any | 31 |
| portion of the benefit allocated but unspent or
uncommitted for | 32 |
| expenses at the close of the primary election campaign period
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| is forfeited and may not be spent during the general election | 34 |
| campaign period.
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| (c) Instead of the public financing benefit in subsection |
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| (b), an eligible
candidate
who is unopposed, other than by | 2 |
| write-in candidates, in a primary election
shall receive a | 3 |
| public financing allocation of $50,000 for the primary election
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| campaign period.
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| (d) Instead of the benefit in subsection (b), an eligible | 6 |
| candidate who is
unopposed,
other than by write-in candidates, | 7 |
| in a general election shall receive a public
financing | 8 |
| allocation of $75,000 for the general election campaign period.
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| (e) An eligible candidate in a general election in which | 10 |
| there are no other
candidates whose names appear on the ballot | 11 |
| must receive a line of credit
of $75,000 for the election
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| campaign period, beginning the day after the primary election | 13 |
| and ending 90
days after the general election.
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| (f) Notwithstanding subsection (b), beginning on April 1, | 15 |
| 2007 and
every 2 years thereafter, the State Board must modify | 16 |
| the public financing
benefits provided for in subsection (b) to | 17 |
| adjust for the change in the
Consumer Price Index, All Items, | 18 |
| U. S. City Average, published by the United
States Department | 19 |
| of Labor for the preceding 2-year period ending on December
31.
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| Section 55. Financial activity by non-participating | 21 |
| candidates. | 22 |
| (a) In addition to other reports required by law, a | 23 |
| non-participating
candidate
for the office of Judge of the | 24 |
| Supreme Court at the general primary election
or the general | 25 |
| election who receives contributions or makes or obligates to
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| make expenditures in an amount more than 5% greater than the | 27 |
| public financing
benefit applicable to an eligible candidate | 28 |
| for the same office at the same
general primary election or | 29 |
| general election must file a report with the State
Board | 30 |
| itemizing the total contributions received and expenditures | 31 |
| made or
obligated to be made by the candidate as of the date of | 32 |
| the report. The State
Board must transmit copies of the report | 33 |
| to all candidates for the office of
Judge of the Supreme Court | 34 |
| at the same election. A non-participating
candidate must file | 35 |
| additional reports after the
candidate makes or obligates to |
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| make each additional $1,000 of expenditures. If
the | 2 |
| contributions are received or the expenditures are made or | 3 |
| obligated to be
made more than 6 weeks before the date of the | 4 |
| general primary election or
general election at which
the name | 5 |
| of the candidate appears on the ballot, the reports must be | 6 |
| made at
the
next regular reporting interval under Section 25. | 7 |
| If the contributions are
received or the expenditures are made | 8 |
| or obligated to be made within 6 weeks
before
the date of the | 9 |
| general primary election or general election at which the name
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| of the candidate
appears on the ballot, the reports must be | 11 |
| made within 24 hours after each
instance in which the | 12 |
| contributions are received or the expenditures are made
or | 13 |
| obligated to be made.
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| (b) Upon receipt of the information, the State Board shall | 15 |
| immediately
notify all opposing eligible candidates. If a | 16 |
| non-participating candidate makes
expenditures or becomes | 17 |
| obligated to make expenditures that exceed the public
financing | 18 |
| benefit, an eligible candidate may request matching funds up to | 19 |
| the
amount by which the expenditures or obligations of the | 20 |
| non-participating
candidate exceed the public financing | 21 |
| benefit. If an eligible candidate
requests these matching | 22 |
| funds, the State Board shall immediately credit his or
her
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| account with an additional line of credit equivalent to the | 24 |
| request, provided
that the sum total of matching funds credited | 25 |
| to the candidate in the primary
election campaign period and | 26 |
| the general election campaign period for
independent | 27 |
| expenditures,
electioneering communication expenses under | 28 |
| Section 60, and non-participating
expenses may not exceed the | 29 |
| value of the public financing benefit. Any matching
funds | 30 |
| requested but not spent or committed at the conclusion of the | 31 |
| primary
election campaign period are forfeited and may not be | 32 |
| spent during the general
election campaign period.
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| Section 60. Independent expenditures and electioneering | 34 |
| communications. | 35 |
| (a) If any person makes, or becomes obligated to make, by |
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| oral or written
agreement an independent expenditure and | 2 |
| electioneering communications in
excess of $1,000 with respect | 3 |
| to a
candidate for the office of Judge of the Supreme Court at | 4 |
| a general primary
or general election, that person must file | 5 |
| with the State Board a notice of
such expenditure or obligation | 6 |
| to make such an expenditure. Any such person
must
file reports | 7 |
| of the expenditures or obligations to make the expenditures on | 8 |
| the
15th or last day of the month that immediately follows the | 9 |
| date of the
expenditure or the obligation to make the | 10 |
| expenditure, whichever comes first,
except that, within 6 weeks | 11 |
| before the date of the general primary election or
general | 12 |
| election,
the person must file the reports within 24 hours | 13 |
| after each independent
expenditure is made or obligated to be | 14 |
| made. Any such person must file
additional reports after each | 15 |
| additional $1,000 of
expenditures are made or obligated to be | 16 |
| made.
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| (b) When the aggregate of independent expenditures and | 18 |
| electioneering
communication expenditures against an eligible
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| candidate for an office or for the opponents of that candidate | 20 |
| exceed 10% of
the public financing benefit for that office in | 21 |
| any campaign
an eligible candidate may request matching funds | 22 |
| of up to the amount of the
independent expenditure or | 23 |
| electioneering communication expense. If a candidate
requests | 24 |
| matching funds, the State Board must immediately credit that
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| candidate's account with an
additional line of credit | 26 |
| equivalent to the amount requested, provided that the
sum total | 27 |
| of matching funds credited to the candidate in the primary | 28 |
| election
campaign period and the general election campaign | 29 |
| period for independent
expenditures, electioneering | 30 |
| communication expenses, and non-participating
expenses under | 31 |
| Section 55 may not exceed the value of the public financing
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| benefit. Any matching funds requested but not spent or | 33 |
| committed at the
conclusion of the primary election campaign | 34 |
| period are forfeited and may not be
spent during the general | 35 |
| election campaign period.
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| Section 65. Illinois Supreme Court Democracy Trust Fund. | 2 |
| (a) All moneys collected under Sections 40, 45, and 70 of | 3 |
| this Act shall be
deposited into the Illinois Supreme Court | 4 |
| Democracy Trust Fund, a special fund
created in the State | 5 |
| treasury, and, subject to appropriation, may be used by
the
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| State Board of Elections for the purposes of this Act. The | 7 |
| State Treasurer, in
consultation with the State Board, must | 8 |
| contract with a debit card issuer to
permit eligible candidates | 9 |
| and their agents to draw upon moneys appropriated
from the Fund | 10 |
| through an account with the card issuer.
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| (b) Upon a determination of a candidate's eligibility for a | 12 |
| public financing
benefit as provided for in subsection (a) of | 13 |
| Section 45, the State Treasurer
must issue to the eligible | 14 |
| candidate a debit card, known as the fair election
debit card, | 15 |
| entitling the candidate and agents of the candidate designated | 16 |
| by
the candidate to draw money from an account to make | 17 |
| expenditures on behalf of
the candidate.
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| (c) No eligible candidate or agent of an eligible candidate | 19 |
| may make any
expenditure by any other means other than through | 20 |
| the use of the fair election
debit card. No such candidate or | 21 |
| agent may use a fair election debit card
to obtain cash, except | 22 |
| that cash amounts of $100 or less may be drawn on the
fair | 23 |
| election debit card and used to make
expenditures of no more | 24 |
| than $25 each. A candidate must maintain records of all
such
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| expenditures and must report the expenditures to the State | 26 |
| Board in accordance
with Section 25.
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| (d) The State Board of Elections may draw upon funds in the | 28 |
| Supreme Court Democracy Trust Fund to support the | 29 |
| administration of the public-financing program. These funds | 30 |
| may be used only to pay costs to the State Board that are | 31 |
| directly associated with the administration of the program, | 32 |
| including but not limited to, ensuring compliance with this Act | 33 |
| and promoting the income tax checkoff. These administrative | 34 |
| reimbursements shall be limited to 1% of the Fund balance in | 35 |
| fiscal years when there is no Supreme Court seat on either a | 36 |
| primary or general election ballot or 5% of the Fund balance in |
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| fiscal years when there is a Supreme Court seat on either a | 2 |
| primary or general election ballot.
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| Section 70. Penalties; enforcement. | 4 |
| (a) If an eligible candidate makes expenditures that exceed | 5 |
| the public
financing benefit allocated to the candidate for any | 6 |
| campaign, the candidate
may be required to forfeit to the | 7 |
| Illinois Supreme Court Democracy Trust Fund
an amount equal to | 8 |
| not
more than 10 times and not less than 2 times the amount by | 9 |
| which the
expenditures exceeded the allocation.
| 10 |
| (b) Any eligible candidate who accepts contributions in | 11 |
| excess of any
limitation imposed under this Act may be required | 12 |
| to forfeit to the Illinois
Supreme Court Democracy
Trust Fund | 13 |
| an amount equal to not more than 10 times and not less than 2 | 14 |
| times
the amount by which the contributions exceed the | 15 |
| applicable limitation.
| 16 |
| (c) If the State Board finds that there is reasonable cause | 17 |
| to believe that
a candidate has made excess expenditures or has | 18 |
| accepted excess contributions
in violation of the Act, the | 19 |
| State Board must attempt for a period of
not more than 14 days | 20 |
| after its finding to correct the matter by informal
methods of | 21 |
| conference and conciliation and to enter into a settlement and
| 22 |
| conciliation agreement with the candidate involved. A | 23 |
| settlement and
conciliation agreement made under this | 24 |
| subsection is a public record. Unless
violated, a settlement | 25 |
| and conciliation agreement is a bar to any civil action
under | 26 |
| subsection (d).
| 27 |
| (d) If the State Board has reasonable cause to believe that | 28 |
| a candidate has
made excess expenditures or has accepted excess | 29 |
| contributions and the State
Board is unable to correct the | 30 |
| matter by informal methods within the time
prescribed in | 31 |
| subsection (c), the State Board must make a public finding of
| 32 |
| reasonable cause in the matter. After making a public finding, | 33 |
| the State Board
may bring an action in the circuit court to | 34 |
| impose a forfeiture under
subsection (a) or (b).
| 35 |
| (e) If an elector believes that a candidate has violated |
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| this Act and
the elector is entitled to vote for or against the | 2 |
| candidate in the election in
connection with which the | 3 |
| violation is alleged to have occurred, the elector
may file a
| 4 |
| complaint with the State Board requesting it to take remedial | 5 |
| action. If the
State Board refuses to take remedial action or, | 6 |
| within 30 days after the filing
of a complaint, fails to take | 7 |
| remedial action, the elector may commence a
civil action in the | 8 |
| appropriate circuit court under subsection (d) requesting
the | 9 |
| court to impose a forfeiture under subsection (a) or (b).
| 10 |
| (f) The State Board and the circuit court must expedite all | 11 |
| proceedings
under this Section so that all complaints brought | 12 |
| prior to an election are
resolved, to the extent possible, | 13 |
| before the election is held.
| 14 |
| (g) If a complaint brought under this Section is resolved | 15 |
| against the
complainant and is found to have been brought in | 16 |
| bad faith and without
reasonable basis therefor, the circuit | 17 |
| court may assess costs,
including reasonable attorney fees, | 18 |
| against the complainant.
| 19 |
| Section 75. Prohibited acts. | 20 |
| (a) If an eligible candidate or agent of an eligible | 21 |
| candidate
knowingly accepts more
contributions than the | 22 |
| candidate is entitled to receive or makes expenditures
| 23 |
| exceeding the amount of the public financing benefit received | 24 |
| by the candidate,
the candidate or agent is guilty of a Class 3 | 25 |
| felony.
| 26 |
| (b) If a candidate who receives a public financing benefit, | 27 |
| or an agent of
that candidate, knowingly makes an expenditure | 28 |
| by means other than through
use
of the fair election debit | 29 |
| card, except as permitted under subsection (c) of
Section 65, | 30 |
| the candidate or agent is guilty of a Class 3 felony.
| 31 |
| (c) If, in connection with the receipt or expenditure of a | 32 |
| public financing
benefit for an election campaign, any person | 33 |
| knowingly provides false
information to the State Board, or | 34 |
| knowingly conceals or withholds information
from the State | 35 |
| Board, that person is guilty of a Class 3 felony.
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| Section 85. Contributions into non-participating | 2 |
| candidates; attributions.
| 3 |
| A non-participating candidate may accept contributions from | 4 |
| private
sources in amounts no greater than $1,000 in the | 5 |
| aggregate, during the
prescribed campaign periods.
| 6 |
| Section 90. Deposits into Illinois Supreme Court Democracy | 7 |
| Trust Fund.
| 8 |
| (a) The
Department of Revenue shall transfer to the | 9 |
| Illinois Supreme Court Democracy
Trust Fund any amounts | 10 |
| contributed to the Illinois Supreme Court Democracy
Trust Fund | 11 |
| collected pursuant to Section 506.7 of the Illinois Income Tax | 12 |
| Act.
| 13 |
| (b) The Treasurer shall deposit into the Supreme Court | 14 |
| Democracy Trust Fund all amounts collected by the clerks of | 15 |
| courts under Section 27.10 of the Clerks of Courts Acts and | 16 |
| transferred to the Treasurer.
| 17 |
| Section 105. Voluntary contributions.
| 18 |
| Individuals and other entities may make direct voluntary | 19 |
| contributions
to the Illinois Supreme Court Democracy Trust | 20 |
| Fund. However, contributions may
not exceed $1,000 per
calendar | 21 |
| year.
| 22 |
| Section 110. Fund operational.
| 23 |
| The Illinois Supreme Court Democracy Trust
Fund
shall become | 24 |
| operational when the Fund has attained $5,000,000.
| 25 |
| Section 115. Severability.
| 26 |
| The provisions of this Act are severable. If any provision of | 27 |
| this Act
is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, | 28 |
| the invalidity does not
affect other provisions of the Act that | 29 |
| can be given effect without the invalid
provision.
| 30 |
| Section 900. The Election Code is amended by changing
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| Sections 9-1.5, 9-1.7, 9-1.8, and 9-10 as follows:
| 2 |
| (10 ILCS 5/9-1.5) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.5) | 3 |
| Sec. 9-1.5. Expenditure defined. | 4 |
| "Expenditure" means-
| 5 |
| (1) a payment, distribution, purchase, loan, advance, | 6 |
| deposit, or
gift of money or anything of value, in connection | 7 |
| with the nomination
for election, or election, of any person to | 8 |
| public office, in connection with
the election of any person as | 9 |
| ward or township committeeman in counties of
3,000,000 or more | 10 |
| population, or in
connection with any question of public | 11 |
| policy.
"Expenditure" also includes a payment, distribution, | 12 |
| purchase, loan,
advance, deposit, or gift of
money or anything | 13 |
| of value that constitutes an electioneering communication
| 14 |
| regardless of whether the communication is made in concert or | 15 |
| cooperation with
or at the request, suggestion, or knowledge of | 16 |
| a candidate, a candidate's
authorized
local political | 17 |
| committee, a State political committee, a political committee | 18 |
| in support of or opposition to a question of public policy, or | 19 |
| any of their
agents.
However, expenditure does not
include -
| 20 |
| (a) the use of real or personal property and the cost | 21 |
| of invitations,
food,
and beverages, voluntarily provided | 22 |
| by an individual in rendering voluntary
personal services | 23 |
| on the individual's
residential premises for | 24 |
| candidate-related activities; provided the value
of the | 25 |
| service provided does not exceed an aggregate of $150 in a | 26 |
| reporting
period;
| 27 |
| (b) the sale of any food or beverage by a vendor for | 28 |
| use in a candidate's
campaign at a charge less than the | 29 |
| normal comparable charge, if such charge
for use in a | 30 |
| candidate's
campaign is at least equal to the cost of such | 31 |
| food or beverage to the vendor.
| 32 |
| (2) a transfer of funds between political committees.
| 33 |
| (3) a payment for electioneering communications.
| 34 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; | 35 |
| 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/9-1.7)
(from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.7)
| 2 |
| Sec. 9-1.7. "Local political committee" means the | 3 |
| candidate himself or any
individual, trust, partnership, | 4 |
| committee, association, corporation, or
other organization or | 5 |
| group of persons that
which :
| 6 |
| (a) accepts contributions or grants or makes | 7 |
| expenditures during any
12-month period in an aggregate | 8 |
| amount exceeding $3,000 on behalf of or in
opposition to a | 9 |
| candidate or candidates for public office who are required
| 10 |
| by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements | 11 |
| of economic
interests with the county clerk,
or on behalf | 12 |
| of or in opposition to a candidate or candidates for | 13 |
| election to
the office of ward or township committeeman in | 14 |
| counties of 3,000,000 or more
population;
| 15 |
| (b) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during | 16 |
| any 12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 | 17 |
| in support of or in
opposition to any question of public | 18 |
| policy to be submitted to the electors
of an area | 19 |
| encompassing no more than one county;
| 20 |
| (c) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during | 21 |
| any 12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 | 22 |
| and has as its primary
purpose the furtherance of | 23 |
| governmental, political or social values, is
organized on a | 24 |
| not-for-profit basis, and which publicly endorses or
| 25 |
| publicly opposes a candidate or candidates for public | 26 |
| office who are
required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics | 27 |
| Act to file statements of
economic interest with the County | 28 |
| Clerk or a candidate or candidates for the
office of ward | 29 |
| or township committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more
| 30 |
| population; or
| 31 |
| (d) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during | 32 |
| any 12-month period in an aggregate amount
exceeding $3,000 | 33 |
| for electioneering communications relating to any | 34 |
| candidate or
candidates described in paragraph (a) or any | 35 |
| question of public policy
described in paragraph (b).
|
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| (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
| 2 |
| (10 ILCS 5/9-1.8)
(from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8)
| 3 |
| Sec. 9-1.8. "State political committee" means the | 4 |
| candidate himself or any
individual, trust, partnership, | 5 |
| committee, association, corporation, or
any other organization | 6 |
| or group of persons that:
which--
| 7 |
| (a) accepts contributions or grants or makes expenditures | 8 |
| during any
12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding | 9 |
| $3,000 on behalf of or
in opposition to a candidate or | 10 |
| candidates for public office who are
required by the Illinois | 11 |
| Governmental Ethics Act to file statements of
economic | 12 |
| interests with the Secretary of State,
| 13 |
| (b) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any | 14 |
| 12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 in | 15 |
| support of or in
opposition to any question of public policy to | 16 |
| be submitted to the
electors of an area encompassing more than | 17 |
| one county,
| 18 |
| (c) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any | 19 |
| 12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 and has | 20 |
| as its primary purpose
the
furtherance of governmental, | 21 |
| political or social values, is organized on
a not-for-profit | 22 |
| basis, and which publicly endorses or publicly opposes
a | 23 |
| candidate or candidates for public office who are required by | 24 |
| the
Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements of | 25 |
| economic interest
with the Secretary of State, or
| 26 |
| (d) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any | 27 |
| 12-month period in an aggregate amount
exceeding $3,000 for | 28 |
| electioneering communications relating to any candidate or
| 29 |
| candidates described in paragraph (a) or any question of public | 30 |
| policy
described in paragraph (b).
| 31 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
| 32 |
| (10 ILCS 5/9-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-10) | 33 |
| Sec. 9-10. Financial reports.
| 34 |
| (a) The treasurer of every state political committee and |
|
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| the
treasurer of every local political committee shall file | 2 |
| with the
Board, and the treasurer of every local political | 3 |
| committee shall file
with the county clerk, reports of campaign | 4 |
| contributions, and semi-annual
reports of campaign | 5 |
| contributions and expenditures on forms to be
prescribed or | 6 |
| approved by the State Board. The treasurer of every political
| 7 |
| committee that acts as both a state political committee and a | 8 |
| local
political committee shall file a copy of each report with | 9 |
| the State Board
of Elections and the county clerk.
Entities | 10 |
| subject to Section 9-7.5 shall file reports required by
that | 11 |
| Section at times
provided in this Section and are subject to | 12 |
| the penalties provided in this
Section.
| 13 |
| (b) Reports of campaign contributions shall be filed no | 14 |
| later than the
15th day next preceding each election including | 15 |
| a primary election in
connection with which the political | 16 |
| committee has accepted or is
accepting contributions or has | 17 |
| made or is making expenditures. Such
reports shall be complete | 18 |
| as of the 30th day next preceding each election
including a | 19 |
| primary election. The State Board shall assess a civil penalty | 20 |
| not to
exceed $5,000 for a violation of this subsection, except | 21 |
| that for State
officers and candidates
and political
committees | 22 |
| formed for statewide office, the civil
penalty may not exceed | 23 |
| $10,000.
The fine, however, shall not exceed $500 for a
first | 24 |
| filing violation for filing less than 10 days after the | 25 |
| deadline.
There shall be no fine if the report is mailed and | 26 |
| postmarked at least 72 hours
prior to the filing deadline.
For | 27 |
| the purpose of this subsection, "statewide
office" and "State | 28 |
| officer" means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney
| 29 |
| General,
Secretary of State,
Comptroller, and Treasurer. | 30 |
| However, a
continuing political committee that neither accepts | 31 |
| contributions nor makes
expenditures on behalf of or in | 32 |
| opposition to any candidate or public
question on the ballot at | 33 |
| an election shall not be required to file the
reports | 34 |
| heretofore prescribed but may file in lieu thereof a Statement | 35 |
| of
Nonparticipation in the Election with the State Board or the | 36 |
| State Board and the county
clerk.
|
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| (b-5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) and
| 2 |
| Section 1.25 of the Statute on Statutes, any contribution
of | 3 |
| more than $500 received in the interim between the last date
of | 4 |
| the period
covered by the last report filed under subsection | 5 |
| (b) prior to the election and
the date of the election shall be | 6 |
| filed with and must actually be received by
the State Board of | 7 |
| Elections within 2 business days after
receipt of such | 8 |
| contribution.
The State Board shall allow filings of reports of | 9 |
| contributions of more than
$500 under this subsection (b-5) by | 10 |
| political committees that are not
required to file | 11 |
| electronically to be made by
facsimile transmission.
For the | 12 |
| purpose of this subsection, a contribution is considered
| 13 |
| received on the date the public official, candidate, or | 14 |
| political committee (or
equivalent person
in the case of a
| 15 |
| reporting entity other than a political committee) actually | 16 |
| receives it or, in
the case of goods or services, 2 business | 17 |
| days after the date the public
official,
candidate, committee,
| 18 |
| or other reporting entity receives the certification required | 19 |
| under subsection
(b) of Section 9-6.
Failure to report
each | 20 |
| contribution is a separate violation of this subsection. In the | 21 |
| final
disposition of any matter by the Board on or after the | 22 |
| effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General | 23 |
| Assembly, the State Board
may
impose fines for violations of | 24 |
| this subsection not to exceed 100% of the
total
amount of the | 25 |
| contributions that were untimely reported, but in no case when | 26 |
| a
fine is imposed shall it be less
than 10% of the total amount | 27 |
| of the contributions that were untimely
reported.
When | 28 |
| considering the amount of the fine to be imposed, the Board | 29 |
| shall
consider, but is not limited to, the following factors:
| 30 |
| (1) whether in the Board's opinion the violation was | 31 |
| committed
inadvertently,
negligently, knowingly, or | 32 |
| intentionally;
| 33 |
| (2) the number of days the contribution was reported | 34 |
| late; and
| 35 |
| (3) past violations of Sections 9-3 and 9-10 of this | 36 |
| Article by the
committee.
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| Notwithstanding paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), if the committee | 2 |
| failed to report
expenditures that could trigger matching funds | 3 |
| under the Supreme Court Campaign
Reform Act, then the State | 4 |
| Board may assess a fine for each violation not to exceed
| 5 |
| $10,000 plus the value of the unreported expense.
| 6 |
| (c) In addition to such reports the treasurer of every | 7 |
| political
committee shall file semi-annual reports of campaign | 8 |
| contributions and
expenditures no later than July 31st, | 9 |
| covering the period from January 1st
through June 30th | 10 |
| immediately preceding, and no later than January 31st,
covering | 11 |
| the period from July 1st through December 31st of the preceding
| 12 |
| calendar year. Reports of contributions and expenditures must | 13 |
| be filed to
cover the prescribed time periods even though no | 14 |
| contributions or
expenditures may have been received or made | 15 |
| during the period.
The State Board shall assess a civil penalty | 16 |
| not to exceed $5,000 for a violation
of this subsection, except | 17 |
| that for State officers and candidates
and political
committees | 18 |
| formed for statewide office, the civil
penalty may not exceed | 19 |
| $10,000.
The fine, however, shall not exceed $500 for a
first | 20 |
| filing violation for filing less than 10 days after the | 21 |
| deadline.
There shall be no fine if the report is mailed and | 22 |
| postmarked at least 72 hours
prior to the filing deadline.
For | 23 |
| the purpose of this subsection, "statewide
office" and "State | 24 |
| officer"
means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney | 25 |
| General, Secretary
of State,
Comptroller, and Treasurer.
| 26 |
| (c-5) A political committee that acts as either (i) a State | 27 |
| and local
political committee or (ii) a local political | 28 |
| committee and that files reports
electronically under Section | 29 |
| 9-28 is not required to file copies of the reports
with the | 30 |
| appropriate county clerk if the county clerk has a system that
| 31 |
| permits access to, and duplication of, reports that are filed | 32 |
| with the State
Board of Elections. A State and local political | 33 |
| committee or
a local political committee shall file with the | 34 |
| county clerk a copy of its
statement of organization pursuant | 35 |
| to Section 9-3.
| 36 |
| (d) A copy of each report or statement filed under this |
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| Article
shall be
preserved by the person filing it for a period | 2 |
| of two years from the
date of filing.
| 3 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; | 4 |
| revised 12-17-03.)
| 5 |
| Section 905. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 6 |
| Section
5.640 as follows:
| 7 |
| (30 ILCS 105/5.640 new)
| 8 |
| Sec. 5.640. The Illinois Supreme Court Democracy Trust | 9 |
| Fund.
| 10 |
| Section 910. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by | 11 |
| changing Sections 509 and 510 and by adding Section 506.7
as | 12 |
| follows:
| 13 |
| (35 ILCS 5/506.7 new)
| 14 |
| Sec. 506.7. Designation of tax to the Illinois Supreme | 15 |
| Court Democracy Trust
Fund. The Department shall print on its | 16 |
| standard individual income tax form a
provision indicating that | 17 |
| if the taxpayer wishes to contribute to the Illinois
Supreme | 18 |
| Court Democracy Trust Fund, as authorized by this amendatory | 19 |
| Act of the
94th General Assembly, he or she may do so by | 20 |
| stating the amount of the
contribution (not less than $1) on | 21 |
| the return and that the contribution will
reduce the taxpayer's | 22 |
| refund or increase the amount of payment to accompany the
| 23 |
| return. Failure to remit any amount of the increased payment | 24 |
| shall reduce the
contribution accordingly. This Section does | 25 |
| not apply to any amended return.
This tax checkoff applies to | 26 |
| income tax forms for taxable years 2005 and
thereafter.
| 27 |
| (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
| 28 |
| Sec. 509. Tax checkoff explanations. All individual income | 29 |
| tax return forms
shall contain appropriate explanations and | 30 |
| spaces to enable the taxpayers to
designate contributions to | 31 |
| the following funds:
the Child Abuse Prevention Fund,
the |
|
|
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| Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund (as required by the | 2 |
| Illinois
Non-Game Wildlife Protection Act),
the Alzheimer's | 3 |
| Disease Research Fund (as required by the Alzheimer's
Disease | 4 |
| Research Act),
the Assistance to the Homeless Fund (as required | 5 |
| by this Act),
the Penny Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer | 6 |
| Research Fund,
the National World War II Memorial Fund,
the | 7 |
| Prostate Cancer Research Fund,
the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) | 8 |
| Research Fund,
the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund,
the | 9 |
| Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund,
the World War II | 10 |
| Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund,
the Korean War Veterans | 11 |
| National Museum and Library Fund,
the Illinois Military Family | 12 |
| Relief Fund,
the Illinois Veterans' Homes Fund, the Illinois | 13 |
| Supreme Court Democracy Trust
Fund, and the Asthma and Lung | 14 |
| Research Fund.
| 15 |
| Each form shall contain a statement that the contributions | 16 |
| will reduce the
taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of | 17 |
| payment to accompany the return.
Failure to remit any amount of | 18 |
| increased payment shall reduce the contribution
accordingly.
| 19 |
| If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to | 20 |
| any one of the
funds made under this Section , except the | 21 |
| Illinois Supreme Court Democracy Trust
Fund, do not equal | 22 |
| $100,000 or more, the explanations
and spaces for designating | 23 |
| contributions to the fund shall be removed from the
individual | 24 |
| income tax return forms for the following and all subsequent | 25 |
| years
and all subsequent contributions to the fund shall be | 26 |
| refunded to the taxpayer.
| 27 |
| (Source: P.A. 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651, | 28 |
| eff. 7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; 92-886, eff. 2-7-03; 93-36, | 29 |
| eff. 6-24-03; 93-131, eff. 7-10-03; 93-292, eff. 7-22-03; | 30 |
| 93-324, eff. 7-23-03; 93-776, eff. 7-21-04.)
| 31 |
| (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
| 32 |
| Sec. 510. Determination of amounts contributed. The | 33 |
| Department shall
determine the total amount contributed to each | 34 |
| of the following:
the Child Abuse Prevention Fund,
the Illinois | 35 |
| Wildlife Preservation Fund,
the Assistance to the Homeless |
|
|
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| Fund,
the Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund,
the Penny Severns | 2 |
| Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Fund,
the National World | 3 |
| War II Memorial Fund,
the Prostate Cancer Research Fund,
the | 4 |
| Illinois Military Family Relief Fund,
the Lou Gehrig's Disease | 5 |
| (ALS) Research Fund,
the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund,
| 6 |
| the Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund,
the World War II | 7 |
| Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund,
the Korean War Veterans | 8 |
| National Museum and Library Fund, the Illinois Veterans' Homes | 9 |
| Fund, the Illinois Supreme Court Democracy Trust
Fund, and
the | 10 |
| Asthma and Lung Research Fund;
and shall notify the State | 11 |
| Comptroller and the State Treasurer of the amounts
to be | 12 |
| transferred from the General Revenue Fund to each fund, and | 13 |
| upon receipt
of such notification the State Treasurer and | 14 |
| Comptroller shall transfer the
amounts.
| 15 |
| (Source: P.A. 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651, | 16 |
| eff. 7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; 92-886, eff. 2-7-03; 93-36, | 17 |
| eff. 6-24-03; 93-131, eff. 7-10-03; 93-292, eff. 7-22-03; | 18 |
| 93-324, eff. 7-23-03; 93-776, eff. 7-21-04.)
| 19 |
| Section 915. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by adding | 20 |
| Section 27.10 as follows: | 21 |
| (705 ILCS 105/27.10 new)
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| Sec. 27.10. Supreme Court Democracy Trust Fund. The clerk | 23 |
| shall transfer $1 from each appearance fee paid in accordance | 24 |
| with Section 27.1, 27.1a, 27.2, or 27.2a to the State Treasurer | 25 |
| for deposit into the Supreme Court Democracy Trust Fund. To | 26 |
| defray that expense, the county board may, by resolution, | 27 |
| require the clerk of the circuit court in the county to charge | 28 |
| and collect a Supreme Court Democracy Trust Fund fee of not | 29 |
| more than $1, which shall be paid at the time that any | 30 |
| appearance fee is paid. The fee shall be collected in the | 31 |
| manner in which all other fees or costs are collected.
Each | 32 |
| clerk shall commence the charges and collection upon receipt of | 33 |
| written notice from the chairman of the county board together | 34 |
| with a certified copy of the board's resolution. The clerk |
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| shall file the resolution of record in his or her office.
The | 2 |
| fee shall be in addition to all other fees and charges of the | 3 |
| clerks shall be assessable as costs, and may be waived only if | 4 |
| the judge specifically provides for the waiver of the Supreme | 5 |
| Court Democracy Trust Fund fee. The fees shall be remitted | 6 |
| monthly by the clerk for deposit into the Supreme Court | 7 |
| Democracy Trust Fund.
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| Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 9 |
| becoming law.
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INDEX
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Statutes amended in order of appearance
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| New Act |
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| 10 ILCS 5/9-1.5 |
from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.5 |
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| 10 ILCS 5/9-1.7 |
from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.7 |
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| 10 ILCS 5/9-1.8 |
from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8 |
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| 10 ILCS 5/9-10 |
from Ch. 46, par. 9-10 |
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| 30 ILCS 105/5.640 new |
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| 35 ILCS 5/506.7 new |
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| 35 ILCS 5/509 |
from Ch. 120, par. 5-509 |
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| 35 ILCS 5/510 |
from Ch. 120, par. 5-510 |
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| 705 ILCS 105/27.10 new |
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