90th General Assembly
Summary of HB0075
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House Sponsors:
SCHAKOWSKY.

Short description: 
CLEAN ELECTION ACT                                                         

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Creates the Clean Election Act and amends the Election Code,  the      
   State  Finance  Act,  and  the Illinois Income Tax Act.  Establishes a      
   voluntary campaign financing program for candidates and  nominees  for      
   constitutional  offices  and  the  General Assembly beginning in 2000.      
   Provides  for  a  Governor-appointed  Clean  Election  Commission   to      
   administer  the  program  under  which  candidates  agree to accept no      
   contributions and make no expenditures other than from moneys  from  a      
   Clean   Election   Fund   distributed  in  amounts  based  on  average      
   expenditures in previous elections.   Establishes  qualifications  for      
   and  restrictions  upon  participation.  Funds the Clean Election Fund      
   through an income tax  checkoff,  appropriations,  and  contributions.      
   Awards  matching  funds to candidates and permits candidates to accept      
   other contributions under certain circumstances.   Makes  violation  a      
   Class  A  misdemeanor  and  permits  the  commission  to impose fines.      
   Limits campaign contributions to candidates for constitutional offices      
   and the General Assembly to  $1,000  per  entity  and  subjects  those      
   candidates to certain reporting requirements.                               
          FISCAL NOTE (State Board of Ed.)                                     
          HB 75, as introduced, will not result in any increased expendi-      
          tures to the State Board of Education.                               
          FISCAL NOTE (Dept. of Corrections)                                   
          There will be no fiscal impact on this Dept.                         
          CORRECTIONAL NOTE                                                    
          No change from DOC fiscal note.                                      
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: 99-01-12

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   0     SENATE -   0


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