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92_HB1802

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to campaign finance.

 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 changing
 5    Section 9-10 as follows:

 6        (10 ILCS 5/9-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-10)
 7        Sec. 9-10.  Financial reports.
 8        (a)  The treasurer of every state political committee and
 9    the treasurer of every local political committee  shall  file
10    with  the  Board,  and the treasurer of every local political
11    committee shall  file  with  the  county  clerk,  reports  of
12    campaign  contributions,  and semi-annual reports of campaign
13    contributions and expenditures on forms to be  prescribed  or
14    approved  by  the  Board.   The  treasurer of every political
15    committee that acts as both a state political committee and a
16    local political committee shall file a copy  of  each  report
17    with  the  State  Board  of  Elections  and the county clerk.
18    Entities subject to Section 9-7.5 shall file reports required
19    by that Section at times provided in  this  Section  and  are
20    subject to the penalties provided in this Section.
21        (b)  Reports  of campaign contributions shall be filed no
22    later  than  the  15th  day  next  preceding  each   election
23    including  a  primary  election  in connection with which the
24    political   committee   has   accepted   or   is    accepting
25    contributions  or  has  made or is making expenditures.  Such
26    reports shall be complete as of the 30th day  next  preceding
27    each  election including a primary election.  The Board shall
28    assess a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for  a  violation
29    of  this  subsection,  except  that  for  State  officers and
30    candidates and  political  committees  formed  for  statewide
31    office,  the  civil penalty may not exceed $10,000. The fine,
 
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 1    however, shall not exceed $500 for a first  filing  violation
 2    for  filing less than 10 days after the deadline. There shall
 3    be no fine if the report is mailed and postmarked at least 72
 4    hours prior to the filing deadline. For the purpose  of  this
 5    subsection,  "statewide office" and "State officer" means the
 6    Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of
 7    State, Comptroller, and  Treasurer.   However,  a  continuing
 8    political  committee  that  neither accepts contributions nor
 9    makes expenditures on behalf  of  or  in  opposition  to  any
10    candidate  or  public  question  on the ballot at an election
11    shall  not  be  required  to  file  the  reports   heretofore
12    prescribed  but  may  file  in  lieu  thereof  a Statement of
13    Nonparticipation in the Election with the Board or the  Board
14    and the county clerk.
15        (b-5)  Notwithstanding  the provisions of subsection (b),
16    any contribution of $500 or  more  received  in  the  interim
17    between  the  last  date  of  the  period covered by the last
18    report filed under subsection (b) prior to the  election  and
19    the  date of the election shall be reported within 2 business
20    days after its receipt. The State Board shall  allow  filings
21    under   this   subsection  (b-5)  to  be  made  by  facsimile
22    transmission.  For  the  purpose  of   this   subsection,   a
23    contribution  is  considered  received on the date the public
24    official, candidate, or political  committee  (or  equivalent
25    person  in  the  case  of  a  reporting  entity  other than a
26    political committee) actually receives it or, in the case  of
27    goods or services, 2 days after the date the public official,
28    candidate,  committee, or other reporting entity receives the
29    certification required under subsection (b) of  Section  9-6.
30    Failure  to  report each contribution is a separate violation
31    of  this  subsection.   The  Board  shall  impose  fines  for
32    violations of this subsection as follows:
33             (1)  if the political committee's or other reporting
34        entity's total receipts, total expenditures, and  balance
 
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 1        remaining  at  the  end of the last reporting period were
 2        each $5,000 or less, then $100 per business day  for  the
 3        first  violation,  $200  per  business day for the second
 4        violation, and $300 per business day for  the  third  and
 5        subsequent violations.
 6             (2)  if the political committee's or other reporting
 7        entity's  total receipts, total expenditures, and balance
 8        remaining at the end of the last  reporting  period  were
 9        each more than $5,000, then $200 per business day for the
10        first  violation,  $400  per  business day for the second
11        violation, and $600 per business day for  the  third  and
12        subsequent violations.
13        (c)  In  addition  to such reports the treasurer of every
14    political  committee  shall  file  semi-annual   reports   of
15    campaign  contributions  and  expenditures no later than July
16    31st, covering the period from January 1st through June  30th
17    immediately  preceding,  and  no  later  than  January  31st,
18    covering  the  period  from July 1st through December 31st of
19    the preceding calendar year.  Reports  of  contributions  and
20    expenditures  must  be  filed  to  cover  the prescribed time
21    periods even though no contributions or expenditures may have
22    been received or made during  the  period.  The  Board  shall
23    assess  a  civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for a violation
24    of this  subsection,  except  that  for  State  officers  and
25    candidates  and  political  committees  formed  for statewide
26    office, the civil penalty may not exceed $10,000.  The  fine,
27    however,  shall  not exceed $500 for a first filing violation
28    for filing less than 10 days after the deadline. There  shall
29    be no fine if the report is mailed and postmarked at least 72
30    hours  prior  to the filing deadline. For the purpose of this
31    subsection, "statewide office" and "State officer" means  the
32    Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of
33    State, Comptroller, and Treasurer.
34        (c-5)  A  political  committee  that acts as either (i) a
 
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 1    state and local political committee or (ii) a local political
 2    committee and that files reports electronically under Section
 3    9-28 is not required to file copies of the reports  with  the
 4    appropriate  county  clerk,  if the county clerk has a system
 5    that permits access to, and duplication of, reports that  are
 6    filed with the State Board of Elections.
 7        (d)  A  copy of each report or statement filed under this
 8    Article shall be preserved by the  person  filing  it  for  a
 9    period of two years from the date of filing.
10    (Source: P.A. 90-737, eff. 1-1-99.)

11        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
12    becoming law.

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