Full Text of HB2410 94th General Assembly
HB2410 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB2410
Introduced 2/17/2005, by Rep. John E. Bradley SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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10 ILCS 5/9-1.8 |
from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8 |
10 ILCS 5/9-1.9 |
from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.9 |
10 ILCS 5/9-7.10 new |
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Amends the Election Code. Requires the State Board of Elections to develop and administer a program of public campaign financing for candidates for nomination or election to the office of Illinois Supreme Court judge. Prohibits candidates from accepting contributions and making expenditures except as provided by this program. Requires candidates to receive 250 separate seed money contributions of $5 each to qualify for public funds. Limits the amount of public funds per candidate to $25,000 for a primary and $50,000 for an election. Limits expenditures to the amount of public financing received plus seed money contributions.
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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 9-1.8 and 9-1.9 and by adding Section 9-7.10 as | 6 |
| follows:
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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 | 9 |
| candidate himself or any
individual, trust, partnership, | 10 |
| committee, association, corporation, or
any other organization | 11 |
| or group of persons which--
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| (a) accepts contributions or grants or makes expenditures | 13 |
| during any
12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding | 14 |
| $3,000 (or the amount specified in Section 9-7.10 when that | 15 |
| Section applies) on behalf of or
in opposition to a candidate | 16 |
| or candidates for public office who are
required by the | 17 |
| Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements of
economic | 18 |
| interests with the Secretary of State,
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| (b) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any | 20 |
| 12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 in | 21 |
| support of or in
opposition to any question of public policy to | 22 |
| be submitted to the
electors of an area encompassing more than | 23 |
| one county,
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| (c) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any | 25 |
| 12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 and has | 26 |
| as its primary purpose
the
furtherance of governmental, | 27 |
| political or social values, is organized on
a not-for-profit | 28 |
| basis, and which publicly endorses or publicly opposes
a | 29 |
| candidate or candidates for public office who are required by | 30 |
| the
Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements of | 31 |
| economic interest
with the Secretary of State, or
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| (d) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any |
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| 12-month period in an aggregate amount
exceeding $3,000 for | 2 |
| electioneering communications relating to any candidate or
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| candidates described in paragraph (a) or any question of public | 4 |
| policy
described in paragraph (b).
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| (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/9-1.9)
(from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.9)
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| Sec. 9-1.9. "Political committee" includes State central | 8 |
| and county central committees
of any political party, and also | 9 |
| includes local political committees and state
political | 10 |
| committees, but does not include any candidate who does not
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| accept contributions or make expenditures during any 12-month | 12 |
| period in
an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 (or the amount | 13 |
| specified in Section 9-7.10 when that Section applies) , nor | 14 |
| does it include, with
the exception
of State central and county | 15 |
| central committees of any political party, any
individual, | 16 |
| trust, partnership, committee, association, corporation, or
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| any other organization or group of persons which does not (i) | 18 |
| accept
contributions or make expenditures during any 12-month | 19 |
| period in an
aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 on behalf of or | 20 |
| in opposition
to a
candidate or candidates or to any question | 21 |
| of public policy or (ii)
accept contributions or make | 22 |
| expenditures during any
12-month period in an aggregate amount | 23 |
| exceeding $3,000 for electioneering
communications relating to | 24 |
| any candidate or candidates described in paragraph
(a) of | 25 |
| Section 9-1.7 or 9-1.8 or any question of public policy | 26 |
| described in
paragraph (b) of Section 9-1.7 or 9-1.8, and such | 27 |
| candidates and persons
shall not
be
required to comply with any | 28 |
| filing provisions in this Article.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/9-7.10 new) | 31 |
| Sec. 9-7.10. Public financing of Supreme Court judicial | 32 |
| candidates. | 33 |
| (a) This Section applies to candidates for nomination or | 34 |
| election to the office of Illinois Supreme Court judge. It does |
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| not apply to Illinois Supreme Court judges seeking retention in | 2 |
| office. | 3 |
| (b) From funds appropriated for this purpose, the State | 4 |
| Board shall develop and administer a program of public | 5 |
| financing of campaigns of candidates for nomination or election | 6 |
| to the office of Illinois Supreme Court judge in accordance | 7 |
| with the requirements and restrictions of this Section. The | 8 |
| State Board shall adopt rules necessary for the implementation | 9 |
| of this Section. | 10 |
| (c) A candidate for Supreme Court judge and the political | 11 |
| committee organized for his or her candidacy may not accept | 12 |
| contributions or make expenditures except as provided in this | 13 |
| Section. A person seeking to qualify as a candidate for Supreme | 14 |
| Court judge must receive 250 contributions of $5 each from 250 | 15 |
| different contributors. These contributions shall be referred | 16 |
| to collectively as "seed money". The name and address of each | 17 |
| contributor must be reported to the State Board. When the State | 18 |
| Board determines that a person has met this seed money | 19 |
| contribution requirement and has met all other judicial | 20 |
| candidacy requirements, the person is eligible to receive | 21 |
| public financing of his or her campaign as provided in this | 22 |
| Section. | 23 |
| (d) A candidate qualified to receive public campaign | 24 |
| financing for the general primary election may receive up to | 25 |
| $25,000 from the State Board. A candidate qualified to receive | 26 |
| public campaign financing for the general election may receive | 27 |
| up to $50,000 from the State Board. A successful candidate who | 28 |
| received public campaign financing for the general primary | 29 |
| election may not accept seed money contributions for his or her | 30 |
| candidacy at the subsequent general election and shall | 31 |
| automatically qualify for public campaign financing for his or | 32 |
| her candidacy at that general election. | 33 |
| (e) A candidate qualified to receive public campaign | 34 |
| financing for the general primary election may not make | 35 |
| expenditures in excess of the amount of public financing that | 36 |
| candidate has received plus his or her seed money |
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| contributions. A candidate qualified to receive public | 2 |
| campaign financing for the general election may not make | 3 |
| expenditures in excess of the amount of public campaign | 4 |
| financing that candidate has received plus his or her seed | 5 |
| money contributions, if any.
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