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90_HB0692
10 ILCS 5/9-25.2 new
Amends the Election Code to prohibit a contribution being
made in a State building. Penalty is a Class B misdemeanor.
Permits the receipt of an offer or contribution if it has not
been solicited in a manner that directs the contributor to
mail or deliver a contribution to a State building and the
contribution is transferred to a political committee within 7
days of receipt, or the making or receipt of the contribution
in a room or building leased or rented by a political
committee for fundraising events.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code by adding Section
2 9-25.2.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section
6 9-25.2 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/9-25.2 new)
8 Sec. 9-25.2. Contributions in State buildings prohibited.
9 (a) It is unlawful for any person to solicit, receive,
10 offer, make, or deliver any contribution within the meaning
11 of Section 9-1.4 in any room or building occupied in the
12 discharge of official duties by any public official required
13 to file statements of economic interest with the Secretary of
14 State under the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. A person
15 who violates this Section is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
16 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) does not apply to:
17 (1) the recipient of an offer or contribution if (i) the
18 contribution was not solicited in a manner that directs the
19 contributor to mail or deliver a contribution to any room,
20 building, or other facility referred to in subsection (a) and
21 (ii) the contribution is transferred within 7 days of receipt
22 to a political committee within the meaning of Section 9-1.9;
23 or (2) the making or receipt of contributions in any room or
24 building leased or rented by a political committee as defined
25 by Section 9-1.9 for fundraising events as described in
26 Section 9-1.4.