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      10 ILCS 5/9-1             from Ch. 46, par. 9-1
          Amends the Election Code by adding a Section  caption  in
      the campaign finance Article.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Election Code by adding Sections
 2    9-2.5 and 9-8.5.
 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
 6    Sections 9-2.5 and 9-8.5 as follows:
 7        (10 ILCS 5/9-2.5 new)
 8        Sec. 9-2.5.  Single political committee.
 9        (a)  No public official or candidate  for  public  office
10    may  establish  more  than  one  political committee for each
11    office that public official or candidate is seeking.
12        (b)  The  public  officials  elected  President  of   the
13    Senate,  Minority Leader of the Senate, Speaker of the House,
14    and Minority Leader of  the  House  may  each  establish  and
15    operate one additional political committee for the purpose of
16    supporting   the   election  of  candidates  to  the  General
17    Assembly.  The committees provided for in this subsection (b)
18    shall be considered  established  by  the  President  of  the
19    Senate,  Minority Leader of the Senate, Speaker of the House,
20    and Minority Leader of the  House  for  purposes  of  Section
21    9-8.5.
22        (c)  No  corporation,  labor  union,  or  association  of
23    individuals,  however  described or organized, may establish,
24    singly or with others, more than one political committee.
25        (10 ILCS 5/9-8.5 new)
26        Sec. 9-8.5. Contribution and transfer limits.
27        (a)  No  individual  may  make   contributions   to   any
28    political  committee  of  more  than  $1,500 during a primary
29    election period or of  more  than  $1,500  during  a  general
30    election period.
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 1        (b)  No  corporation,  labor  union,  or  association  of
 2    individuals,  however  described  or  organized, that has not
 3    established a political committee may make  contributions  to
 4    any  political committee of more than $3,000 during a primary
 5    election period or of  more  than  $3,000  during  a  general
 6    election period.
 7        (c)  No political committee established by a corporation,
 8    labor union, or association of individuals, however described
 9    or   organized,  may  make  contributions  to  any  political
10    committee of more  than  $5,000  during  a  primary  election
11    period  or  of  more  than  $5,000  during a general election
12    period.  Nothing in this subsection  (c)  shall  prohibit  or
13    limit  the  amount  of  transfers  by  a  political committee
14    established by  a  candidate  for  public  office  or  public
15    official.
16        (d)  For  purposes  of  this  Section, a primary election
17    period begins July 1 of an odd-numbered year and ends the day
18    of the next primary  election.   A  general  election  period
19    begins  the  day after a primary election and ends June 30 of
20    the next odd-numbered year.
21        (e)  With   respect   to   contributions   to   political
22    committees established by a candidate for public office or  a
23    public  official, the limitations established in this Section
24    apply  in  the  aggregate   to   all   political   committees
25    established  by  that  candidate  for public office or public
26    official.
27        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act  takes  effect  on
28    January 1, 1998.

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