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90_SB0188
5 ILCS 420/2-105 new
10 ILCS 5/9-5.5 new
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Prohibits a
legislator from distributing a newsletter produced at State
expense during the 3 months before a general primary or
general election. Amends the Election Code. Limits
campaign expenditures of candidates and nominees for State
Senate to $100,000 per primary and $200,000 per election and
for State Representative to $50,000 per primary and $100,000
per election. Limits campaign contributions to $1,000 per
legislative primary and $2000 per legislative election from
an individual and $2,000 per legislative primary and $4,000
per legislative election from a political action committee.
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 and contribution 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 the 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 the 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 $200,000 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 $100,000 for seeking election to that
4 office.
5 (c) No individual shall make contributions to the
6 political committee of a candidate for State Senator or State
7 Representative in excess of an aggregate amount of $1,000 for
8 seeking the nomination of the candidate's political party to
9 that office. No political action committee shall make
10 contributions to the political committee of a candidate for
11 State Senator or State Representative in excess of an
12 aggregate amount of $2,000 for seeking the nomination of the
13 candidate's political party to that office.
14 (d) No individual shall make contributions to the
15 political committee of a nominee of a political party for the
16 office of State Senator or State Representative in excess of
17 an aggregate amount of $2,000 for seeking election to that
18 office. No political action committee shall make
19 contributions to the political committee of a nominee of a
20 political party for the office of State Senator or State
21 Representative in excess of an aggregate amount of $4,000 for
22 seeking election to that office.
23 (e) No political committee of a candidate or nominee for
24 the office of State Senator or State Representative shall
25 accept a contribution from an individual or political action
26 committee with the knowledge that the sum of that
27 contribution and all other contributions made to the
28 political committee by that individual or political action
29 committee exceeds the maximum amounts listed in subsections
30 (c) and (d).
31 (f) The limitations of expenditures and contributions
32 under subsections (a) and (c) apply for the period beginning
33 with the circulation of the candidate's nominating petitions
34 and ending with the date of the general primary election at
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1 which the candidate seeks nomination for election to office.
2 The limitations of expenditures and contributions under
3 subsections (b) and (d) apply for the period beginning after
4 the general primary election and ending with the date of the
5 general election.
6 (g) For the purpose of this Section, political action
7 committee is defined as in the Federal Election Campaign Act
8 at 2 USC 441b (2)(C).
9 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10 becoming law.