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90_HB0901

      10 ILCS 5/9-1.4           from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.4
          Amends the Election Code by making a technical correction
      to the Section defining "contribution" for  purposes  of  the
      Article concerning campaign finance.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Election Code by changing Section
 2    9-1.4.
 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 changing
 6    Section 9-1.4 as follows:
 7        (10 ILCS 5/9-1.4) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.4)
 8        Sec. 9-1.4.  Contribution.  "Contribution" means-
 9        (1)  a gift, subscription, donation, dues, loan, advance,
10    or deposit of money or anything of value, knowingly  received
11    in  connection with the nomination for election, or election,
12    of any person  to  public  office,  in  connection  with  the
13    election  of  any  person as ward or township committeeman in
14    counties of 3,000,000 or more population,  or  in  connection
15    with any question of public policy;
16        (2)  the  purchase  of  tickets  for fund-raising events,
17    including but not limited  to  dinners,  luncheons,  cocktail
18    parties,  and  rallies made in connection with the nomination
19    for election, or election, of any person to public office, in
20    connection with  the  election  of  any  person  as  ward  or
21    township  committeeman  in  counties  of  3,000,000  or  more
22    population,  or  in  connection  with  any question of public
23    policy;
24        (3)  a transfer of funds  between  political  committees;
25    and
26        (4)  the  services of an employee donated by an employer,
27    in which case the contribution shall be listed in the name of
28    the employer, except that any  individual  services  provided
29    voluntarily   and   without   promise   or   expectation   of
30    compensation   from   any   source  shall  not  be  deemed  a
31    contribution; but
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 1        (5)  does not include--
 2             (a)  the use of real or personal  property  and  the
 3        cost  of  invitations,  food,  and beverages, voluntarily
 4        provided by an individual in rendering voluntary personal
 5        services on the  individual's  residential  premises  for
 6        candidate-related  activities;  provided the value of the
 7        service provided does not exceed an aggregate of $150  in
 8        a reporting period;
 9             (b)  the  sale  of  any food or beverage by a vendor
10        for use in a candidate's campaign at a charge  less  than
11        the normal comparable charge, if such charge for use in a
12        candidate's campaign is at least equal to the cost of the
13        such food or beverage to the vendor.
14    (Source: P.A. 89-405, eff. 11-8-95.)

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