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90_HB0672

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          Amends the Election Code.  Deletes the  requirement  that
      personal  information  disclosed  by  a  person  examining  a
      statement  or report of a political committee be furnished to
      the  committee.    Provides  that,  in  addition   to   other
      information, the occupation and employer of a person making a
      contribution  shall  be  reported.   Raises  to  $2,000  (now
      $1,000) the aggregate amount of contributions or expenditures
      a  political  committee  may accept or make before filing the
      required reports.  Raises to $250 (now $150)  the  limit  for
      itemized  individual  contributions  to  and transfers from a
      political committee that  must  be  reported.   Provides  the
      Board  may  assess  a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 (now
      $1,000) for violations of  the  Article  concerning  campaign
      contributions  and expenditures.  Provides that the Board may
      assess a civil penalty if  a  political  committee  fails  to
      report  within 2 days a contribution of $500 or more received
      during the period between the committee's last report and the
      date  of  the  election.  Makes  other  changes.    Effective
      immediately.
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 1        AN ACT concerning elections.
 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  changing
 5    Sections  9-1.7,  9-1.8, 9-1.9, 9-10, 9-11, 9-12, 9-13, 9-14,
 6    9-17, and 9-23 as follows:
 7        (10 ILCS 5/9-1.7) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.7)
 8        Sec.  9-1.7.  "Local  political  committee"   means   the
 9    candidate  himself  or  any  individual,  trust, partnership,
10    committee,   association,   corporation,   or    any    other
11    organization or group of persons which--
12        (a)  accepts    contributions    or   grants   or   makes
13    expenditures during  any  12-month  period  in  an  aggregate
14    amount  exceeding $2,000 $1,000 on behalf of or in opposition
15    to a candidate  or  candidates  for  public  office  who  are
16    required  by  the  Illinois  Governmental  Ethics Act to file
17    statements of economic interests with the county clerk, or on
18    behalf of or in opposition to a candidate or  candidates  for
19    election  to  the  office of ward or township committeeman in
20    counties of 3,000,000 or more population.
21        (b)  accepts contributions or makes  expenditures  during
22    any  12-month  period in an aggregate amount exceeding $2,000
23    $1,000 in support of or in  opposition  to  any  question  of
24    public  policy  to  be  submitted  to the electors of an area
25    encompassing no more than one county, or
26        (c)  accepts contributions or makes  expenditures  during
27    any  12-month  period in an aggregate amount exceeding $2,000
28    $1,000 and has as its  primary  purpose  the  furtherance  of
29    governmental,  political  or social values, is organized on a
30    not-for-profit basis, and which publicly endorses or publicly
31    opposes a candidate or candidates for public office  who  are
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 1    required  by  the  Illinois  Governmental  Ethics Act to file
 2    statements of economic interest with the County  Clerk  or  a
 3    candidate  or  candidates  for the office of ward or township
 4    committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more population.
 5    (Source: P.A. 89-405, eff. 11-8-95.)
 6        (10 ILCS 5/9-1.8) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8)
 7        Sec.  9-1.8.  "State  political  committee"   means   the
 8    candidate  himself  or  any  individual,  trust, partnership,
 9    committee,   association,   corporation,   or    any    other
10    organization or group of persons which--
11        (a)  accepts    contributions    or   grants   or   makes
12    expenditures during  any  12-month  period  in  an  aggregate
13    amount  exceeding $2,000 $1,000 on behalf of or in opposition
14    to a candidate  or  candidates  for  public  office  who  are
15    required  by  the  Illinois  Governmental  Ethics Act to file
16    statements of economic interests with the Secretary of State,
17        (b)  accepts contributions or makes  expenditures  during
18    any  12-month  period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000
19    in support of or in opposition  to  any  question  of  public
20    policy   to   be   submitted  to  the  electors  of  an  area
21    encompassing more than one county, or
22        (c)  accepts contributions or makes  expenditures  during
23    any  12-month  period in an aggregate amount exceeding $2,000
24    $1,000 ($3,000 in the case of question of public policy to be
25    submitted to the electors of an area encompassing  more  than
26    one county) and has as its primary purpose the furtherance of
27    governmental,  political  or social values, is organized on a
28    not-for-profit basis, and which publicly endorses or publicly
29    opposes a candidate or candidates for public office  who  are
30    required  by  the  Illinois  Governmental  Ethics Act to file
31    statements of economic interest with the Secretary of State.
32    (Source: P.A. 80-1495.)
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 1        (10 ILCS 5/9-1.9) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.9)
 2        Sec. 9-1.9. "Political committee" includes State  central
 3    and  county  central  committees  of any political party, and
 4    also includes local political committees and state  political
 5    committees,  but  does not include any candidate who does not
 6    accept contributions or make expenditures during any 12-month
 7    period in an aggregate amount exceeding  $2,000  $1,000,  nor
 8    does  it  include,  with  the  exception of State central and
 9    county  central  committees  of  any  political  party,   any
10    individual,   trust,   partnership,  committee,  association,
11    corporation, or any other organization or  group  of  persons
12    which  does  not  accept  contributions  or make expenditures
13    during any 12-month period in an aggregate  amount  exceeding
14    $2,000 $1,000 on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate or
15    candidates  or  to  any  question  of  public  policy  to  be
16    submitted  to  the  electors  of an area encompassing no more
17    than one county (or $3,000 in support of or in opposition  to
18    any question of public policy to be submitted to the electors
19    of  an  area  encompassing  more  than  one county), and such
20    candidates and persons shall not be required to  comply  with
21    any filing provisions in this Article.
22    (Source: P.A.  80-767.)
23        (10 ILCS 5/9-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-10)
24        Sec.    9-10.    Reports   of   campaign   contributions;
25    semi-annual reports; preservation.
26        (a)  The treasurer of every state political committee and
27    the treasurer of every local political committee  shall  file
28    with  the  Board,  and the treasurer of every local political
29    committee shall  file  with  the  county  clerk,  reports  of
30    campaign  contributions,  and semi-annual reports of campaign
31    contributions and expenditures on forms to be  prescribed  or
32    approved  by  the  Board.   The  treasurer of every political
33    committee that acts as both a state political committee and a
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 1    local political committee shall file a copy  of  each  report
 2    with the State Board of Elections and the county clerk.
 3        (b)  Reports  of campaign contributions shall be filed no
 4    later  than  the  15th  day  next  preceding  each   election
 5    including  a  primary  election  in connection with which the
 6    political   committee   has   accepted   or   is    accepting
 7    contributions  or  has  made or is making expenditures.  Such
 8    reports shall be complete as of the 30th day  next  preceding
 9    each  election  including a primary election, except that any
10    contribution of $500 or more received in the interim  between
11    the  last date of the period covered by the last report filed
12    prior to the election and the date of the election  shall  be
13    reported within 2 business days after its receipt.  The Board
14    shall  assess  a  civil  penalty  not  to exceed $5,000 for a
15    violation of  this  subsection  (b).  However,  a  continuing
16    political  committee  that  neither accepts contributions nor
17    makes expenditures on behalf  of  or  in  opposition  to  any
18    candidate  or  public  question  on the ballot at an election
19    shall  not  be  required  to  file  the  reports   heretofore
20    prescribed  but  may  file  in  lieu  thereof  a Statement of
21    Nonparticipation in the Election with the Board or the  Board
22    and the county clerk.
23        (c)  In  addition  to such reports the treasurer of every
24    political  committee  shall  file  semi-annual   reports   of
25    campaign  contributions  and  expenditures no later than July
26    31st, covering the period from January 1st through June  30th
27    immediately  preceding,  and  no  later  than  January  31st,
28    covering  the  period  from July 1st through December 31st of
29    the preceding calendar year.  Reports  of  contributions  and
30    expenditures  must  be  filed  to  cover  the prescribed time
31    periods even though no contributions or expenditures may have
32    been received or made during the  period.   The  Board  shall
33    assess  a  civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for a violation
34    of this subsection (c).
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 1        (d)  A copy of each report or statement filed under  this
 2    Article  shall  be  preserved  by  the person filing it for a
 3    period of two years from the date of filing.
 4    (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
 5        (10 ILCS 5/9-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-11)
 6        Sec. 9-11. Each report of  campaign  contributions  under
 7    Section 9-10 shall disclose-
 8        (1)  the name and address of the political committee;
 9        (2)  the  scope,  area  of  activity,  party affiliation,
10    candidate  affiliation,  and  purposes   of   the   political
11    committee;
12        (3)  the  amount of funds on hand at the beginning of the
13    reporting period;
14        (4)  the full name and mailing address of each person who
15    has made one or more contributions to or for  such  committee
16    within  the  reporting period in an aggregate amount or value
17    in excess of $250 $150, together with the amount and date  of
18    such  contributions, and if the contributor is an individual,
19    the occupation and employer of the contributor;
20        (5)  the total sum of individual contributions made to or
21    for such  committee  during  the  reporting  period  and  not
22    reported under item (4);
23        (6)  the  name  and  address  of each political committee
24    from which the reporting committee received, or to which that
25    committee made, any  transfer  of  funds,  in  any  aggregate
26    amount  or  value  in  excess of $250 $150, together with the
27    amounts and dates of all transfers;
28        (7)  the total sum of transfers  made  to  or  from  such
29    committee  during the reporting period and not reported under
30    item (6);
31        (8)  each loan to or from any person within the reporting
32    period by or to such committee  in  an  aggregate  amount  or
33    value  in  excess  of $250 $150, together with the full names
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 1    and mailing addresses of the lender and  endorsers,  if  any,
 2    and  the  date  and  amount of such loans, and if a lender or
 3    endorser is an individual, the  occupation  and  employer  of
 4    that individual;
 5        (9)  the  total  amount  of  proceeds  received  by  such
 6    committee  from  (a)  the  sale  of  tickets for each dinner,
 7    luncheon,  cocktail  party,  rally,  and  other  fund-raising
 8    events; (b) mass collections made at  such  events;  and  (c)
 9    sales  of  items  such  as  political campaign pins, buttons,
10    badges,  flags,  emblems,  hats,  banners,  literature,   and
11    similar materials;
12        (10)  each contribution, rebate, refund, or other receipt
13    in  excess  of  $250  $150  received  by  such  committee not
14    otherwise listed under items (4)  through  (9),  and  if  the
15    contributor  is an individual, the occupation and employer of
16    the contributor;
17        (11)  the total sum  of  all  receipts  by  or  for  such
18    committee or candidate during the reporting period.
19        The  reports  of  campaign contributions filed under this
20    Article shall be cumulative during the  reporting  period  to
21    which  they  relate, but where there has been no change in an
22    item reported in a previous report during such year, only the
23    amount need be carried forward.
24    (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
25        (10 ILCS 5/9-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-12)
26        Sec.  9-12.   Each  report  of   campaign   contributions
27    required by Section 9-10 of this Article to be filed with the
28    Board  or  the  Board and the county clerk shall be verified,
29    dated, and signed by either the treasurer  of  the  political
30    committee  making the report or the candidate on whose behalf
31    the report is  made,  and  shall  contain  substantially  the
32    following:
33                  REPORT OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
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 1    (1)  name and address of the political committee:
 2    .............................................................
 3    (2)  scope,  area  of  activity, party affiliation, candidate
 4    affiliation, and purposes of the political committee:
 5    .............................................................
 6    .............................................................
 7    .............................................................
 8    .............................................................
 9    (3)  the date of the beginning of the reporting  period,  and
10    the amount of funds on hand at the beginning of the reporting
11    period:
12    .............................................................
13    (4)  the full name and mailing address of each person who has
14    made one or more contributions to or for the committee within
15    the  reporting  period  in  an  aggregate  amount or value in
16    excess of $250 $150, together with the  amount  and  date  of
17    such  contributions,  and if the person is an individual, the
18    occupation and employer of each contributor:
19    name    address     amount    date     occupation    employer
20    ....    .......     ......    ....     ..........    ........
21    ....    .......     ......    ....     ..........    ........
22    ....    .......     ......    ....     ..........    ........
23    ....    .......     ......    ....     ..........    ........
24    ....    .......     ......    ....     ..........    ........
25    (5)  the total sum of individual contributions made to or for
26    the committee during the reporting period  and  not  reported
27    under item (4) -
28    .............................................................
29    (6)  the  name  and  address of each political committee from
30    which the reporting committee  received,  or  to  which  that
31    committee made, any transfer of funds, in an aggregate amount
32    or  value  in  excess of $250 $150, together with the amounts
33    and dates of all transfers:
34    name            address           amount           date
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 1    ..........      ..........        ..........       ..........
 2    ..........      ..........        ..........       ..........
 3    ..........      ..........        ..........       ..........
 4    (7)  the  total  sum  of  transfers  made  to  or  from  such
 5    committee during the reporting period and not under item (6):
 6    .............................................................
 7    (8)  each loan to or from any  person  within  the  reporting
 8    period by or to the committee in an aggregate amount or value
 9    in  excess  of  $250  $150,  together with the full names and
10    mailing addresses of the lender and endorsers,  if  any,  and
11    the  date  and  amount  of such loans, and the occupation and
12    employer of each person making the loan:
13    (9)  the total amount of proceeds received by  the  committee
14    from  (a)  the  sale  of  tickets  for each dinner, luncheon,
15    cocktail party, rally, and  other  fund-raising  events;  (b)
16    mass  collections made at such events; and (c) sales of items
17    such as political  campaign  pins,  buttons,  badges,  flags,
18    emblems, hats, banners, literature, and similar materials:
19    (a)..........................................................
20    (b)..........................................................
21    (c)..........................................................
22    (10)  each  contribution, rebate, refund, or other receipt in
23    excess of $250 $150 received by the committee  not  otherwise
24    listed  under  items (4) through (9), and if the person is an
25    individual, the occupation and employer of each contributor:
26    name    address     amount    date     occupation    employer
27    ....    .......     ......    ....     ..........    ........
28    ....    .......     ......    ....     ..........    ........
29    ....    .......     ......    ....     ..........    ........
30    ....    .......     ......    ....     ..........    ........
31    ....    .......     ......    ....     ..........    ........
32    (11)  the total sum of all receipts by or for  the  committee
33    during the reporting period:
34    .............................................................
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 1    VERIFICATION:
 2        "I  declare  that  this  report of campaign contributions
 3    (including any accompanying  schedules  and  statements)  has
 4    been  examined  by  me  and  to  the best of my knowledge and
 5    belief is a true, correct and complete report as required  by
 6    Article 9 of The Election Code. I understand that the penalty
 7    for willfully filing a false or incomplete statement shall be
 8    a  fine  not  to  exceed  $500  or  imprisonment  in  a penal
 9    institution other than  the  penitentiary  not  to  exceed  6
10    months, or both fine and imprisonment."
11    .............................................................
12    (date of filing)      (signature of person making the report)
13    (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
14        (10 ILCS 5/9-13) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-13)
15        Sec.   9-13.   Each   semi-annual   report   of  campaign
16    contributions  and  expenditures  under  Section  9-10  shall
17    disclose-
18        (1)  the name and address of the political committee;
19        (2)  the scope,  area  of  activity,  party  affiliation,
20    candidate   affiliation,   and   purposes  of  the  political
21    committee;
22        (3)  the amount of funds on hand at the beginning of  the
23    reporting period;
24        (4)  the full name and mailing address of each person who
25    has  made  one or more contributions to or for such committee
26    within the reporting period in an aggregate amount  or  value
27    in  excess of $250 $150, together with the amount and date of
28    such contributions, and if the contributor is an  individual,
29    the occupation and employer of the contributor;
30        (5)  the total sum of individual contributions made to or
31    for  such  committee  during  the  reporting  period  and not
32    reported under item (4);
33        (6)  the name and address  of  each  political  committee
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 1    from which the reporting committee received, or to which that
 2    committee  made,  any  transfer  of  funds,  in the aggregate
 3    amount or value in excess of $250  $150,  together  with  the
 4    amounts and dates of all transfers;
 5        (7)  the  total  sum  of  transfers  made to or from such
 6    committee during the reporting period and not reported  under
 7    item (6);
 8        (8)  each loan to or from any person within the reporting
 9    period  by  or  to  such  committee in an aggregate amount or
10    value in excess of $250 $150, together with  the  full  names
11    and  mailing  addresses  of the lender and endorsers, if any,
12    and the date and amount of such loans  and  if  a  lender  or
13    endorser is an individual the occupation and employer of that
14    individual;
15        (9)  the  total  amount  of  proceeds  received  by  such
16    committee  from  (a)  the  sale  of  tickets for each dinner,
17    luncheon,  cocktail  party,  rally,  and  other  fund-raising
18    events; (b) mass collections made at  such  events;  and  (c)
19    sales  of  items  such  as  political campaign pins, buttons,
20    badges,  flags,  emblems,  hats,  banners,  literature,   and
21    similar materials;
22        (10)  each contribution, rebate, refund, or other receipt
23    in  excess  of  $250  $150  received  by  such  committee not
24    otherwise listed under items (4) through (9);
25        (11)  the total sum  of  all  receipts  by  or  for  such
26    committee or candidate during the reporting period;
27        (12)  the full name and mailing address of each person to
28    whom  expenditures  have  been  made  by  such  committee  or
29    candidate  within the reporting period in an aggregate amount
30    or value in excess  of  $250  $150,  the  amount,  date,  and
31    purpose  of  each such expenditure and the question of public
32    policy or the name and address of, and office sought by, each
33    candidate on whose behalf such expenditure was made;
34        (13)  the full name and mailing address of each person to
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 1    whom an expenditure  for  personal  services,  salaries,  and
 2    reimbursed expenses in excess of $250 $150 has been made, and
 3    which  is not otherwise reported, including the amount, date,
 4    and purpose of such expenditure;
 5        (14)  the  total  sum  of  expenditures  made   by   such
 6    committee during the reporting period;
 7        (15)  the full name and mailing address of each person to
 8    whom  the  committee  owes  debts or obligations in excess of
 9    $150, and the amount of such debts or obligations.
10    (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
11        (10 ILCS 5/9-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-14)
12        Sec.  9-14.   Each   semi-annual   report   of   campaign
13    contributions  and  expenditures  required by Section 9-10 of
14    this Article to be filed with the Board or the Board and  the
15    county  clerk  shall be verified, dated, and signed by either
16    the treasurer of the political committee making the report or
17    the candidate on whose behalf the report is made,  and  shall
18    contain substantially the following:
19                   SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF CAMPAIGN
20                   CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES
21    (1)  name and address of the political committee:
22    .............................................................
23    (2)  scope,  area  of  activity, party affiliation, candidate
24    affiliation, and purposes of the political committee:
25    .............................................................
26    .............................................................
27    .............................................................
28    .............................................................
29    (3)  the date of the beginning of the reporting  period,  and
30    the amount of funds on hand at the beginning of the reporting
31    period;
32    .............................................................
33    (4)  the full name and mailing address of each person who has
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 1    made one or more contributions to or for the committee within
 2    the  reporting  period  in  an  aggregate  amount or value in
 3    excess of $250 $150, together with the  amount  and  date  of
 4    such  contributions, and if the contributor is an individual;
 5    the occupation and employer of the contributor:
 6    name    address     amount    date     occupation    employer
 7    ....    .......     ......    ....     ..........    ........
 8    ....    .......     ......    ....     ..........    ........
 9    ....    .......     ......    ....     ..........    ........
10    ....    .......     ......    ....     ..........    ........
11    ....    .......     ......    ....     ..........    ........
12    (5)  the total sum of individual contributions made to or for
13    the committee during the reporting period  and  not  reported
14    under item--(4):
15    .............................................................
16    (6)  the  name  and  address of each political committee from
17    which the reporting committee  received,  or  to  which  that
18    committee made, any transfer of funds, in an aggregate amount
19    or  value  in  excess of $250 $150, together with the amounts
20    and dates of all transfers:
21    name            address           amount           date
22    ..........      ..........        ..........       ..........
23    ..........      ..........        ..........       ..........
24    ..........      ..........        ..........       ..........
25    (7)  the  total  sum  of  transfers  made  to  or  from  such
26    committee during the reporting period and not reported  under
27    item (6);
28    (8)  each  loan  to  or  from any person within the reporting
29    period by or to the committee in an aggregate amount or value
30    in excess of $250 $150, together  with  the  full  names  and
31    mailing  addresses  of  the lender and endorsers, if any, and
32    the date and amount of such loans,  and  the  occupation  and
33    employer of each person making the loan:
34    name  address  amount  date  endorsers  occupation   employer
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 1    ....  .......  ......  ....  .........  ..........   ........
 2    ....  .......  ......  ....  .........  ..........   ........
 3    ....  .......  ......  ....  .........  ..........   ........
 4    (9)  the  total  amount of proceeds received by the committee
 5    from (a) the sale  of  tickets  for  each  dinner,  luncheon,
 6    cocktail  party,  rally,  and  other fund-raising events; (b)
 7    mass collections made at such events; and (c) sales of  items
 8    such  as  political  campaign  pins,  buttons, badges, flags,
 9    emblems, hats, banners, literature, and similar materials:
10    (a)..........................................................
11    (b)..........................................................
12    (c)..........................................................
13    (10)  each contribution, rebate, refund, or other receipt  in
14    excess  of  $250 $150 received by the committee not otherwise
15    listed under items (4) through (9):
16    name            address           amount           date
17    ..........      ..........        ..........       ..........
18    ..........      ..........        ..........       ..........
19    (11)  the total sum of all receipts by or for  the  committee
20    during the  reporting period:
21    .............................................................
22    (12)  the  full  name  and  mailing address of each person to
23    whom expenditures have been made by the committee within  the
24    reporting period in an aggregate amount or value in excess of
25    $250  $150,  the  amount,  date,  and  purpose  of  each such
26    expenditure, and the question of public policy  or  the  name
27    and address of, and office sought by, each candidate on whose
28    behalf the expenditure was made:
29    name        address   amount   date    purpose    beneficiary
30    ..........  .......   ......   ....    .......    ...........
31    ..........  .......   ......   ....    .......    ...........
32    ..........  .......   ......   ....    .......    ...........
33    ..........  .......   ......   ....    .......    ...........
34    ..........  .......   ......   ....    .......    ...........
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 1    (13)  the  full  name  and  mailing address of each person to
 2    whom an  expenditure for  personal  services,  salaries,  and
 3    reimbursed expenses in excess of $250 $150 has been made, and
 4    which  is not otherwise reported, including the amount, date,
 5    and purpose of such expenditure:
 6    name         address       amount      date        purpose
 7    ..........   ..........    ........    ........    ..........
 8    ..........   ..........    ........    ........    ..........
 9    ..........   ..........    ........    ........    ..........
10    (14)  the total sum of expenditures  made  by  the  committee
11    during the  reporting period;
12    .............................................................
13    (15)  the  full  name  and  mailing address of each person to
14    whom the committee owes debts or  obligations  in  excess  of
15    $250 $150, and the amount of such debts or obligations:
16    .............................................................
17    .............................................................
18    VERIFICATION:
19        "I  declare  that  this  semi-annual  report  of campaign
20    contributions and expenditures  (including  any  accompanying
21    schedules  and statements) has been examined by me and to the
22    best of my knowledge  and  belief  is  a  true,  correct  and
23    complete  report  as  required  by  Article 9 of The Election
24    Code. I understand that the penalty for  willfully  filing  a
25    false or incomplete report shall be a fine not to exceed $500
26    or  imprisonment  in  a  penal  institution  other  than  the
27    penitentiary  not  to  exceed  6  months,  or  both  fine and
28    imprisonment."
29    ................      .......................................
30    (date of filing)      (signature of person making the report)
31    (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
32        (10 ILCS 5/9-17) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-17)
33        Sec. 9-17. All statements and reports  filed  under  this
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 1    Article with the board or county clerk shall be available for
 2    examination  and  copying  by  the  public  at all reasonable
 3    times. Such person examining a statement or report must first
 4    fill out  a  form  prepared  by  the  Board  identifying  the
 5    examiner  by  name, occupation, address and telephone number,
 6    and listing the date  of  examination  and  reason  for  such
 7    examination.  The board shall supply such forms to the county
 8    clerks annually and replenish such forms upon request.
 9        The Board or county clerk, as  the  case  may  be,  shall
10    promptly  notify  each political committee required to file a
11    statement or report under this Article of each instance of an
12    examination of its  statement  or  report  by  sending  it  a
13    duplicate  original  of the identification form filled out by
14    the person examining its report.
15        Any person who alters or falsifies information on a  copy
16    of  a  statement  or  report obtained from the State Board of
17    Elections or the county clerk pursuant to Article 9  of  this
18    Code and publishes, circulates or distributes such altered or
19    falsified   information   with  the  intent  to  misrepresent
20    contributions received or expenditures made by a candidate or
21    political committee shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
22        Any person who shall sell or utilize  information  copied
23    from  statements  and  reports  filed with the State Board of
24    Elections or the county clerk pursuant to Article 9  of  this
25    Code  for  the purpose of soliciting contributions or for the
26    purpose of business solicitation shall be guilty of a Class B
27    misdemeanor.
28    (Source: P.A. 81-310.)
29        (10 ILCS 5/9-23) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-23)
30        Sec. 9-23.  Whenever the Board, pursuant to Section 9-21,
31    has issued an order, or has approved a  written  stipulation,
32    agreed  settlement  or  consent  order,  directing  a  person
33    determined  by  the Board to be in violation of any provision
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 1    of this Article or  any  regulation  adopted  thereunder,  to
 2    cease or correct such violation or otherwise comply with this
 3    Article  and such person fails or refuses to comply with such
 4    order, stipulation, settlement or consent  order  within  the
 5    time  specified  by  the  Board,  the  Board, after affording
 6    notice and an opportunity for a public hearing, may impose  a
 7    civil  penalty  on  such  person  in  an amount not to exceed
 8    $5,000 $1,000.
 9        Civil penalties imposed on any such person by  the  Board
10    shall  be  enforceable in the Circuit Court.  The Board shall
11    petition the Court for an order to enforce collection of  the
12    penalty  and, if the Court finds it has jurisdiction over the
13    person against whom the penalty was imposed, the Court  shall
14    issue  the  appropriate order.  Any civil penalties collected
15    by the Court shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer.
16        In addition to or in lieu of the imposition  of  a  civil
17    penalty,  the board may report such violation and the failure
18    or refusal to comply with the  order  of  the  Board  to  the
19    Attorney General and the appropriate State's Attorney.
20    (Source: P.A. 83-540.)
21        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
22    becoming law.
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 1                                INDEX
 2               Statutes amended in order of appearance
 3    10 ILCS 5/9-1.7           from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.7
 4    10 ILCS 5/9-1.8           from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8
 5    10 ILCS 5/9-1.9           from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.9
 6    10 ILCS 5/9-10            from Ch. 46, par. 9-10
 7    10 ILCS 5/9-11            from Ch. 46, par. 9-11
 8    10 ILCS 5/9-12            from Ch. 46, par. 9-12
 9    10 ILCS 5/9-13            from Ch. 46, par. 9-13
10    10 ILCS 5/9-14            from Ch. 46, par. 9-14
11    10 ILCS 5/9-17            from Ch. 46, par. 9-17
12    10 ILCS 5/9-23            from Ch. 46, par. 9-23

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