Bill Text: IL HB5181 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that a "candidate political committee", "political action committee", or "ballot initiative 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 July 1, 2012.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5181 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB5181-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB5181 Introduced , by Rep. Jim Sacia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/9-1.8 from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8
Amends the Election Code. Provides that a "candidate political committee", "political action committee", or "ballot initiative 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 July 1, 2012.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning elections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section
9-1.8 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/9-1.8) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8)
Sec. 9-1.8. Political committees.
(a) "Political committee" includes a candidate political
committee, a political party committee, a political action
committee, and a ballot initiative committee.
(b) "Candidate political committee" means the candidate
himself or herself or any natural person, trust, partnership,
corporation, or other organization or group of persons
designated by the candidate that accepts contributions or makes
expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount
exceeding $5,000 $3,000 on behalf of the candidate.
(c) "Political party committee" means the State central
committee of a political party, a county central committee of a
political party, a legislative caucus committee, or a committee
formed by a ward or township committeeman of a political party.
For purposes of this Article, a "legislative caucus committee"
means a committee established for the purpose of electing
candidates to the General Assembly by the person elected

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President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the Senate, Speaker
of the House of Representatives, Minority Leader of the House
of Representatives, or a committee established by 5 or more
members of the same caucus of the Senate or 10 or more members
of the same caucus of the House of Representatives.
(d) "Political action committee" means any natural person,
trust, partnership, committee, association, corporation, or
other organization or group of persons, other than a candidate,
political party, candidate political committee, or political
party committee, that accepts contributions or makes
expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount
exceeding $5,000 $3,000 on behalf of or in opposition to a
candidate or candidates for public office. "Political action
committee" includes any natural person, trust, partnership,
committee, association, corporation, or other organization or
group of persons, other than a candidate, political party,
candidate political committee, or political party committee,
that makes electioneering communications during any 12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 $3,000 related
to any candidate or candidates for public office.
(e) "Ballot initiative committee" means any natural
person, trust, partnership, committee, association,
corporation, or other organization or group of persons that
accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any
12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 $3,000
in support of or in opposition to any question of public policy

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to be submitted to the electors. "Ballot initiative committee"
includes any natural person, trust, partnership, committee,
association, corporation, or other organization or group of
persons that makes electioneering communications during any
12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 $3,000
related to any question of public policy to be submitted to the
voters. The $5,000 $3,000 threshold applies to any
contributions or expenditures received or made with the purpose
of securing a place on the ballot for, advocating the defeat or
passage of, or engaging in electioneering communication
regarding the question of public policy, regardless of the
method of initiation of the question of public policy and
regardless of whether petitions have been circulated or filed
with the appropriate office or whether the question has been
adopted and certified by the governing body.
(Source: P.A. 95-963, eff. 1-1-09; 96-832, eff. 1-1-11.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2012.