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90_HB3805
10 ILCS 5/9-2.5 new
10 ILCS 5/9-8.5 new
Amends the Election Code. Limits public officials and
candidates to the establishment of only one political
committee per office sought, but permits each legislative
leader to establish an additional political committee for the
election of General Assembly candidates. Limits
corporations, labor unions, and other groups to the
establishment of only one political committee. Limits
campaign contributions per primary or general election to
each political committee, or to each candidate for those with
more than one political committee, as follows: $1,500 from
individuals, $3,000 from groups without political committees,
and $5,000 from political committees established by
corporations, labor unions, and other groups. Effective
immediately.
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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 upon
28 becoming law.