Full Text of SB2190 95th General Assembly
SB2190 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB2190
Introduced 2/14/2008, by Sen. Terry Link SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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10 ILCS 5/9-1.7 |
from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.7 |
10 ILCS 5/9-1.8 |
from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8 |
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Amends the Election Code. Redefines State and local political committees to include a person or group that takes action necessary under State law to attempt to qualify for placement of a name or public question on the ballot.
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A BILL FOR
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LRB095 15837 JAM 41846 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 | 5 |
| Sections 9-1.7 and 9-1.8 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/9-1.7)
(from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.7)
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| Sec. 9-1.7. "Local political committee" means the | 8 |
| candidate himself or any
individual, trust, partnership, | 9 |
| committee, association, corporation, or
other organization or | 10 |
| group of persons which:
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| (a) takes the action necessary under the laws of this | 12 |
| State to attempt to qualify for placement of a name or | 13 |
| public question on the ballot;
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| (b) (a) accepts contributions or grants or makes | 15 |
| expenditures during any
12-month period in an aggregate | 16 |
| amount exceeding $3,000 on behalf of or in
opposition to a | 17 |
| candidate or candidates for public office who are required
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| by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements | 19 |
| of economic
interests with the county clerk,
or on behalf | 20 |
| of or in opposition to a candidate or candidates for | 21 |
| election to
the office of ward or township committeeman in | 22 |
| counties of 3,000,000 or more
population;
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| (c) (b) accepts contributions or makes expenditures |
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| during any 12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding | 2 |
| $3,000 in support of or in
opposition to any question of | 3 |
| public policy to be submitted to the electors
of an area | 4 |
| encompassing no more than one county;
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| (d) (c) accepts contributions or makes expenditures | 6 |
| during any 12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding | 7 |
| $3,000 and has as its primary
purpose the furtherance of | 8 |
| governmental, political or social values, is
organized on a | 9 |
| not-for-profit basis, and which publicly endorses or
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| publicly opposes a candidate or candidates for public | 11 |
| office who are
required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics | 12 |
| Act to file statements of
economic interest with the County | 13 |
| Clerk or a candidate or candidates for the
office of ward | 14 |
| or township committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more
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| population; or
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| (e) (d) accepts contributions or makes expenditures | 17 |
| during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount
exceeding | 18 |
| $3,000 for electioneering communications relating to any | 19 |
| candidate or
candidates described in paragraph (b) (a) or | 20 |
| any question of public policy
described in paragraph (c) | 21 |
| (b) .
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| (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/9-1.8)
(from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8)
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| Sec. 9-1.8. "State political committee" means the | 25 |
| candidate himself or any
individual, trust, partnership, |
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| committee, association, corporation, or
any other organization | 2 |
| or group of persons which--
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| (a) takes the action necessary under the laws of this State | 4 |
| to attempt to qualify for placement of a name or public | 5 |
| question on the ballot; | 6 |
| (b) (a) accepts contributions or grants or makes | 7 |
| expenditures during any
12-month period in an aggregate amount | 8 |
| exceeding $3,000 on behalf of or
in opposition to a candidate | 9 |
| or candidates for public office who are
required by the | 10 |
| Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements of
economic | 11 |
| interests with the Secretary of State,
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| (c) (b) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during | 13 |
| any 12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 in | 14 |
| support of or in
opposition to any question of public policy to | 15 |
| be submitted to the
electors of an area encompassing more than | 16 |
| one county,
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| (d) (c) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during | 18 |
| any 12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 and | 19 |
| has as its primary purpose
the
furtherance of governmental, | 20 |
| political or social values, is organized on
a not-for-profit | 21 |
| basis, and which publicly endorses or publicly opposes
a | 22 |
| candidate or candidates for public office who are required by | 23 |
| the
Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements of | 24 |
| economic interest
with the Secretary of State, or
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| (e) (d) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during | 26 |
| any 12-month period in an aggregate amount
exceeding $3,000 for |
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| electioneering communications relating to any candidate or
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| candidates described in paragraph (b) (a) or any question of | 3 |
| public policy
described in paragraph (c) (b) .
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| (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
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