Bill Text: IL HB3056 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that a "candidate political committee", "political action committee", "ballot initiative committee", or "independent expenditure committee" means a committee that makes contributions or makes expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 (now, exceeding $3,000) on behalf of a candidate, on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate, or related to any question of public policy to be submitted to the electors, respectively. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB3056 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB3056-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 9-1.8 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/9-1.8)
(from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8)
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7 | Sec. 9-1.8. Political committees. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) "Political committee" includes a candidate political | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | committee, a political party committee, a political action | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | committee, a ballot initiative committee, and an independent | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | expenditure committee. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | (b) "Candidate political committee" means the candidate | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | himself or herself or any natural person, trust, partnership, | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | corporation, or other organization or group of persons | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | designated by the candidate that accepts contributions or makes | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | exceeding $5,000 $3,000 on behalf of the candidate. | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | (c) "Political party committee" means the State central | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | committee of a political party, a county central committee of a | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | political party, a legislative caucus committee, or a committee | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | formed by a ward or township committeeman of a political party. | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | For purposes of this Article, a "legislative caucus committee" | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | means a committee established for the purpose of electing |
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1 | candidates to the General Assembly by the person elected | ||||||
2 | President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the Senate, Speaker | ||||||
3 | of the House of Representatives, Minority Leader of the House | ||||||
4 | of Representatives, or a committee established by 5 or more | ||||||
5 | members of the same caucus of the Senate or 10 or more members | ||||||
6 | of the same caucus of the House of Representatives. | ||||||
7 | (d) "Political action committee" means any natural person, | ||||||
8 | trust, partnership, committee, association, corporation, or | ||||||
9 | other organization or group of persons, other than a candidate, | ||||||
10 | political party, candidate political committee, or political | ||||||
11 | party committee, that accepts contributions or makes | ||||||
12 | expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount | ||||||
13 | exceeding $5,000 $3,000 on behalf of or in opposition to a | ||||||
14 | candidate or candidates for public office. "Political action | ||||||
15 | committee" includes any natural person, trust, partnership, | ||||||
16 | committee, association, corporation, or other organization or | ||||||
17 | group of persons, other than a candidate, political party, | ||||||
18 | candidate political committee, or political party committee, | ||||||
19 | that makes electioneering communications during any 12-month | ||||||
20 | period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 $3,000 related | ||||||
21 | to any candidate or candidates for public office. | ||||||
22 | (e) "Ballot initiative committee" means any natural | ||||||
23 | person, trust, partnership, committee, association, | ||||||
24 | corporation, or other organization or group of persons that | ||||||
25 | accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any | ||||||
26 | 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 $3,000 |
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1 | in support of or in opposition to any question of public policy | ||||||
2 | to be submitted to the electors. "Ballot initiative committee" | ||||||
3 | includes any natural person, trust, partnership, committee, | ||||||
4 | association, corporation, or other organization or group of | ||||||
5 | persons that makes electioneering communications during any | ||||||
6 | 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 $3,000 | ||||||
7 | related to any question of public policy to be submitted to the | ||||||
8 | voters. The $5,000 $3,000 threshold applies to any | ||||||
9 | contributions or expenditures received or made with the purpose | ||||||
10 | of securing a place on the ballot for, advocating the defeat or | ||||||
11 | passage of, or engaging in electioneering communication | ||||||
12 | regarding the question of public policy, regardless of the | ||||||
13 | method of initiation of the question of public policy and | ||||||
14 | regardless of whether petitions have been circulated or filed | ||||||
15 | with the appropriate office or whether the question has been | ||||||
16 | adopted and certified by the governing body. | ||||||
17 | (f) "Independent expenditure committee" means any trust, | ||||||
18 | partnership, committee, association, corporation, or other | ||||||
19 | organization or group of persons formed for the exclusive
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20 | purpose of making independent expenditures during any 12-month | ||||||
21 | period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 $3,000 in | ||||||
22 | support of or in opposition to (i) the nomination for election, | ||||||
23 | election, retention, or defeat of any public official or | ||||||
24 | candidate or (ii) any question of public policy to be submitted | ||||||
25 | to the electors. "Independent expenditure committee" also | ||||||
26 | includes any trust, partnership, committee, association, |
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1 | corporation, or other organization or group of persons that | ||||||
2 | makes electioneering communications that are not made in | ||||||
3 | connection, consultation, or concert with or at the request or | ||||||
4 | suggestion of a public official or candidate, a public | ||||||
5 | official's or candidate's designated political committee or | ||||||
6 | campaign, or an agent or agents of the public official, | ||||||
7 | candidate, or political committee or campaign during any | ||||||
8 | 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 $3,000 | ||||||
9 | related to (i) the nomination for election, election, | ||||||
10 | retention, or defeat of any public official or candidate or | ||||||
11 | (ii) any question of public policy to be submitted to the | ||||||
12 | voters.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 1-1-11; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.)
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14 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
15 | becoming law.
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