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90_HB0717
5 ILCS 420/2-105 new
10 ILCS 5/9-5.5 new
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and the
Election Code. Prohibits a legislator from distributing a
newsletter produced at State expense during the 3 months
before a general primary or general election. Limits
campaign expenditures of candidates and nominees for State
Senate to $100,000 per primary and $100,000 per election and
for State Representative to $50,000 per primary and $50,000
per election. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT concerning legislators and legislative campaigns,
2 amending named Acts.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is
6 amended by adding Section 2-105 as follows:
7 (5 ILCS 420/2-105 new)
8 Sec. 2-105. Legislator's newsletter. A legislator may
9 not distribute, by mail or otherwise, a newsletter, produced
10 at State expense, during the 3 months before a general
11 primary election and during the 3 months before a general
12 election, regardless whether the legislator is a candidate or
13 nominee for public office at the elections.
14 Section 10. The Election Code is amended by adding
15 Section 9-5.5 as follows:
16 (10 ILCS 5/9-5.5 new)
17 Sec. 9-5.5. Expenditure limits.
18 (a) A political committee of a candidate for State
19 Senator shall not make expenditures in excess of an aggregate
20 amount of $100,000 for seeking nomination of his or her
21 political party to that office. A political committee of a
22 candidate for State Representative shall not make
23 expenditures in excess of an aggregate amount of $50,000 for
24 seeking nomination of his or her political party to that
25 office.
26 (b) A political committee of a nominee of a political
27 party for the office of State Senator shall not make
28 expenditures in excess of an aggregate amount of $100,000 for
29 seeking election to that office. A political committee of a
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1 nominee of a political party for the office of State
2 Representative shall not make expenditures in excess of an
3 aggregate amount of $50,000 for seeking election to that
4 office.
5 (c) The limitations of expenditures under subsection (a)
6 apply for the period beginning with the circulation of the
7 candidate's nominating petitions and ending with the date of
8 the general primary election at which the candidate seeks
9 nomination for election to office.
10 The limitations of expenditures under subsection (b)
11 apply for the period beginning after the general primary
12 election and ending with the date of the general election.
13 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14 becoming law.