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91_HB4371
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1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding
5 Section 9-25.5 as follows:
6 (10 ILCS 5/9-25.5 new)
7 Sec. 9-25.5. Contributions from business entities, labor
8 organizations, banks, and nonprofit corporations.
9 (a) It is unlawful for:
10 (1) Any business entity, labor organization, State
11 or national bank, or nonprofit corporation organized by
12 authority of any law of Congress or any state to make a
13 contribution for the purpose of influencing the election
14 of a person to any elective office or political party or
15 for the purpose of influencing any primary election or
16 political convention or caucus held to select candidates
17 for any elective office.
18 (2) Any candidate or person knowingly to accept or
19 receive any contribution prohibited by this Section.
20 (3) Any officer or any director of any business
21 entity, labor organization, State or national bank, or
22 nonprofit corporation organized by authority of any law
23 of Congress or any state to consent to any contribution
24 prohibited by this Section by any business entity, labor
25 organization, State or national bank, or nonprofit
26 corporation.
27 (b) In addition to any other administrative or civil
28 remedy applicable under this Article, any officer, director,
29 attorney, accountant, or other agent of the business entity,
30 labor organization, State or national bank, or nonprofit
31 corporation violating any provision of this Section or
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1 authorizing the violation of this Section, or any person who
2 violates or in any way knowingly aids or abets the violation
3 of this Section, is guilty of a business offense punishable
4 by a fine of $10,000 or 3 times the amount contributed or
5 expended, whichever is greater.
6 (c) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the
7 employees, shareholders, or members of any business entity,
8 labor organization, State or national bank, or nonprofit
9 corporation organized under the authority of Congress or the
10 laws of any state from establishing a committee that operates
11 free of any support from any business entity, labor
12 organization, State or national bank, or nonprofit
13 corporation organized under the authority of Congress or the
14 laws of any state, subject to the limitations otherwise
15 provided in this Code.
16 (d) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a business
17 entity, labor organization, State or national bank, or
18 nonprofit corporation organized under the authority of
19 Congress or the laws of any state from providing indirect
20 support to any committee, except a political party or
21 candidate, for administration and compliance with this
22 Article. Such support does not include fundraising or related
23 activity, except as provided in subsection (e).
24 (e) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a business
25 entity, labor corporation, State or national bank, or
26 nonprofit corporation organized under the authority of
27 Congress or the laws of any state from providing indirect
28 support to any committee, except a political party or
29 candidate, for fundraising or related activity to the extent
30 that such support is, in the aggregate, 10% or less of the
31 contributions received by that committee per calendar year.
32 (f) Nothing in this Section Shall prohibit a business
33 entity, labor organization, State or national bank, or
34 nonprofit corporation organized under the authority of
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1 Congress or the laws of this State, which sponsors a
2 committee, from making an expenditure that qualifies as a
3 contribution under this Article so long as the business
4 entity, labor organization, State or national bank, or
5 nonprofit corporation is reimbursed by its sponsored
6 committee within 30 days of making the payment.
7 (g) It is unlawful for any business entity or State or
8 national bank to make an expenditure for the purpose of
9 influencing any election or political convention or caucus
10 held to select candidates for any elective office, except
11 that nothing in this Section prohibits nonprofit corporations
12 organized solely for political purposes and with no
13 shareholders from making expenditures independent from any
14 candidate for office.
15 (h) This Section does not apply to elections to federal
16 office under the jurisdiction of the Federal Election
17 Campaign Act of 1971, as amended.
18 (10 ILCS 5/9-7.5 rep.)
19 Section 10. The Election Code is amended by repealing
20 Section 9-7.5.