Full Text of SB2638 96th General Assembly
SB2638 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB2638
Introduced 1/28/2010, by Sen. Larry K. Bomke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Election Code. Beginning July 1, 2010, requires that (i) each political committee required to file campaign finance reports electronically must be capable of electronically receiving information from the State Board of Elections and (ii) the State Board of Elections, when transmitting information to such a committee, must do so electronically. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2638 |
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LRB096 17869 JAM 33237 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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| (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 96-832 )
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| Sec. 9-28. Electronic filing and availability. The Board | 9 |
| shall
by rule
provide for the electronic filing of expenditure | 10 |
| and contribution
reports as follows:
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| Beginning July 1, 1999, or as soon thereafter as the Board | 12 |
| has provided
adequate software to the political committee, | 13 |
| electronic filing is required for
all
political
committees that | 14 |
| during the
reporting period (i) had at any time a balance or an | 15 |
| accumulation of
contributions
of $25,000 or more, (ii) made | 16 |
| aggregate expenditures of $25,000 or more, or
(iii) received | 17 |
| loans of an aggregate of $25,000 or more.
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| Beginning July 1, 2003, electronic filing is required for | 19 |
| all political
committees that during the reporting period (i)
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| had at any time a balance or
an accumulation of contributions | 21 |
| of $10,000 or more, (ii) made aggregate
expenditures of $10,000 | 22 |
| or more, or (iii) received loans of an aggregate of
$10,000
or | 23 |
| more.
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| Beginning July 1, 2010, each political committee required | 2 |
| by this Section to file electronically must be capable of | 3 |
| electronically receiving all notices, reports, and other | 4 |
| dispatches from the State Board of Elections. Beginning July 1, | 5 |
| 2010, the State Board of Elections, when transmitting notices, | 6 |
| reports, and other dispatches to a political committee required | 7 |
| by this Section to file electronically, must do so | 8 |
| electronically. | 9 |
| The Board may provide by rule for the optional
electronic | 10 |
| filing of
expenditure and contribution reports for all other | 11 |
| political committees.
The Board shall promptly
make all reports | 12 |
| filed under this Article by
all political committees publicly
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| available by means of a searchable database that is accessible | 14 |
| through
the World Wide Web.
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| The Board shall provide all software necessary to comply | 16 |
| with this
Section to candidates, public officials, political | 17 |
| committees, and election
authorities.
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| The Board shall implement a plan to provide computer access | 19 |
| and assistance
to candidates, public officials, political | 20 |
| committees, and election authorities
with respect to | 21 |
| electronic filings required under this Article.
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| For the purposes of this Section, "political committees" | 23 |
| includes entities
required to report to the Board under Section | 24 |
| 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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| (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96-832 )
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| Sec. 9-28. Electronic filing and availability. The Board | 3 |
| shall
by rule
provide for the electronic filing of expenditure | 4 |
| and contribution
reports as follows:
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| Electronic filing is required for
all
political
committees | 6 |
| that during the
reporting period (i) had at any time a balance | 7 |
| or an accumulation of
contributions
of $10,000 or more, (ii) | 8 |
| made aggregate expenditures of $10,000 or more, or
(iii) | 9 |
| received loans of an aggregate of $10,000 or more.
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| Beginning July 1, 2010, each political committee required | 11 |
| by this Section to file electronically must be capable of | 12 |
| electronically receiving all notices, reports, and other | 13 |
| dispatches from the State Board of Elections. Beginning July 1, | 14 |
| 2010, the State Board of Elections, when transmitting notices, | 15 |
| reports, and other dispatches to a political committee required | 16 |
| by this Section to file electronically, must do so | 17 |
| electronically. | 18 |
| The Board may provide by rule for the optional
electronic | 19 |
| filing of
expenditure and contribution reports for all other | 20 |
| political committees.
The Board shall promptly
make all reports | 21 |
| filed under this Article by
all political committees publicly
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| available by means of a searchable database that is accessible | 23 |
| on the Board's website.
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| The Board shall provide all software necessary to comply | 25 |
| with this
Section to candidates, public officials, political | 26 |
| committees, and election
authorities.
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| The Board shall implement a plan to provide computer access | 2 |
| and assistance
to candidates, public officials, political | 3 |
| committees, and election authorities
with respect to | 4 |
| electronic filings required under this Article.
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| (Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 1-1-11.)
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| Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | 7 |
| changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | 8 |
| that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | 9 |
| represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | 10 |
| not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | 11 |
| made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | 12 |
| Public Act.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 |
| becoming law.
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