Bill Text: IL SB2063 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Limits a candidate for public office to one political committee, with certain exceptions. Limits annual campaign contributions to any one candidate for public office from an individual, corporation, labor union, association, or other group to an aggregate of $5,000, adjusted annually for inflation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2063 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB2063-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 adding Sections | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 9-2.5 and 9-8.5 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/9-2.5 new) | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 9-2.5. Single political committee. | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Except as provided by this Section, no public official | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | or candidate for public office may establish more than one | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | political committee for each office that public official or | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | candidate occupies or is seeking. | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | (b) A public official with one or more pre-existing | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | committees bound by the limits of any subsection of Section | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | 9-8.5 considering a candidacy for any office covered by the | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | limits of any different subsection of Section 9-8.5 must form a | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | new committee, to be termed an exploratory committee. A | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | pre-existing committee created for the primary purpose of | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | aiding that candidate's election to other offices that ceases | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | all fundraising after the creation of an exploratory committee | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | may transfer funds without limit to an exploratory committee. | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Should the candidate decide against running for the new office, | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | fail to qualify for the ballot at the next election, or lose | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | the next election, any remaining funds held by the exploratory |
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1 | committee shall be returned to contributors or donated to | ||||||
2 | charity, and the committee shall be closed, within 90 days. | ||||||
3 | (c) The public officials elected President of the Senate, | ||||||
4 | Minority Leader of the Senate, Speaker of the House of | ||||||
5 | Representatives, and Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
6 | Representatives may each establish and operate one additional | ||||||
7 | political committee for the purpose of supporting the election | ||||||
8 | of candidates to the General Assembly. The committees provided | ||||||
9 | for in this subsection (c) shall not be considered established | ||||||
10 | by the President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the Senate, | ||||||
11 | Speaker of the House of Representatives, or Minority Leader of | ||||||
12 | the House of Representatives for purposes of Section 9-8.5.
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13 | (10 ILCS 5/9-8.5 new) | ||||||
14 | Sec. 9-8.5. Contribution limit. An individual, | ||||||
15 | corporation, labor union, association, or other group may not | ||||||
16 | make one or more contributions, including cash and in-kind | ||||||
17 | contributions, in excess of $5,000 in the aggregate in one | ||||||
18 | calendar year to any candidate for public office. For the | ||||||
19 | purpose of this Section, "candidate" includes the candidate | ||||||
20 | personally and any one or more political committees established | ||||||
21 | by, on behalf of, or to promote that candidate. | ||||||
22 | The dollar amount established by this Section shall be | ||||||
23 | adjusted annually by the State Board of Elections in accordance | ||||||
24 | with the federal Consumer Price Index.
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