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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB3579
Introduced 2/10/2010, by Sen. Dale E. Risinger SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1 |
from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1 |
10 ILCS 5/7A-1 |
from Ch. 46, par. 7A-1 |
10 ILCS 5/9-10 |
from Ch. 46, par. 9-10 |
25 ILCS 115/4 |
from Ch. 63, par. 15.1 |
25 ILCS 130/9-2.5 |
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Amends the Election Code, the General Assembly Compensation Act, and the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984. Changes the general primary election from the first Tuesday in February of even-numbered years to the first Tuesday in June of even-numbered years. Makes conforming changes with respect to (i) filing of declarations of judicial retention, (ii) filing of campaign finance reports, and (iii) printing and mailing of legislators' newsletters and brochures. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing |
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| Sections 2A-1.1, 7A-1, and 9-10 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1)
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| Sec. 2A-1.1. All Elections - Consolidated Schedule. |
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| (a) In
even-numbered years, the general election shall be |
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| held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday of November; |
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| and an election to be known
as the general primary election |
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| shall be held on the first Tuesday in June February ;
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| (b) In odd-numbered years, an election to be known as the
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| consolidated election shall be held on the first Tuesday in |
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| April except
as provided in Section 2A-1.1a of this Act; and
an |
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| election to be known as the consolidated primary election shall |
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held on the last Tuesday in February.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-6, eff. 6-20-07.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/7A-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7A-1)
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| Sec. 7A-1.
Any Supreme, Appellate or Circuit Judge who has |
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| been elected
to that office and who seeks to be retained in |
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| that office under subsection
(d) of Section 12 of Article VI of |
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| the Constitution shall file a declaration
of candidacy to |
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| succeed himself in the office of the Secretary of State
on or |
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| before the first Monday in April December before the general |
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| election preceding
the expiration of his term of office. Within |
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| 3 business days thereafter,
the Secretary of State shall |
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| certify to the State Board of Elections the
names of all |
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| incumbent judges who were eligible to stand for retention at
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| the next general election but failed to timely file a |
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| declaration of
candidacy to succeed themselves in office or, |
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| having timely filed such a
declaration, withdrew it. The State |
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| Board of Elections may rely upon the
certification from the |
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| Secretary of State (a) to determine when vacancies
in judicial |
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| office exist and (b) to determine the judicial positions for
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| which elections will be held. The Secretary of State, not less
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| than 63 days before the election, shall certify the Judge's |
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| candidacy to
the proper election officials. The names of Judges |
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| seeking retention shall
be submitted to the electors, |
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| separately and without party designation,
on the sole question |
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| whether each Judge shall be retained in office for
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| term. The retention elections shall be conducted at general |
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| elections
in the appropriate Judicial District, for Supreme and |
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| Appellate Judges,
and in the circuit for Circuit Judges. The |
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| affirmative vote of three-fifths
of the electors voting on the |
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| question shall elect the Judge to the office
for a term |
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| commencing on the first Monday in December following his |
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| election.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-1348 .)
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| (10 ILCS 5/9-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-10)
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| (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 96-832 ) |
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| Sec. 9-10. Financial reports.
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| (a) The treasurer of every state political committee and |
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treasurer of every local political committee shall file |
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| with the
Board, and the treasurer of every local political |
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| committee shall file
with the county clerk, reports of campaign |
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| contributions, and semi-annual
reports of campaign |
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| contributions and expenditures on forms to be
prescribed or |
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| approved by the Board. The treasurer of every political
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| committee that acts as both a state political committee and a |
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| local
political committee shall file a copy of each report with |
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| the State Board
of Elections and the county clerk.
Entities |
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| subject to Section 9-7.5 shall file reports required by
that |
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| Section at times
provided in this Section and are subject to |
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| the penalties provided in this
Section.
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| (b) This subsection does not apply with respect to general |
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| primary elections. Reports of campaign contributions shall be |
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| filed no later than the
15th day next preceding each election |
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| or primary in
connection with which the political committee has |
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| accepted or is
accepting contributions or has made or is making |
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| expenditures. Such
reports shall be complete as of the 30th day |
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| next preceding each election or primary . The Board shall assess |
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| a civil penalty not to
exceed $5,000 for a violation of this |
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| subsection, except that for State
officers and candidates
and |
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| political
committees formed for statewide office, the civil
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| penalty may not exceed $10,000.
The fine, however, shall not |
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| exceed $500 for a
first filing violation for filing less than |
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| 10 days after the deadline.
There shall be no fine if the |
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| report is mailed and postmarked at least 72 hours
prior to the |
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| filing deadline.
For the purpose of this subsection, "statewide
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| office" and "State officer" means the Governor, Lieutenant |
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| Governor, Attorney
General,
Secretary of State,
Comptroller, |
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| and Treasurer. However, a
continuing political committee that |
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| does not make an expenditure or
expenditures in an aggregate |
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| amount of more than $500 on behalf of or in opposition to any |
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| (i) candidate or candidates, (ii) public
question or questions, |
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| or (iii) candidate or candidates and public question or |
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| questions on the ballot at an election or primary shall not be |
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| required to file the
reports prescribed in this subsection (b) |
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| and subsection (b-5) but may file in lieu thereof a Statement |
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| of
Nonparticipation in the Election or Primary with the Board |
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| or the Board and the county
clerk ; except that if the |
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| political committee, by the terms of its statement of |
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| organization filed in accordance with this Article, is |
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| organized to support or oppose a candidate or public question |
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| on the ballot at the next election or primary, that committee |
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| must file reports required by this subsection (b) and by |
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| subsection (b-5).
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| (b-5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) and
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| Section 1.25 of the Statute on Statutes, any contribution
of |
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| more than $500 received (i) with respect to elections other |
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| than the general primary election, in the interim between the |
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| last date
of the period
covered by the last report filed under |
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| subsection (b) prior to the election or primary and
the date of |
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| the election or primary (ii) with respect to general primary |
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| elections, in the period beginning January 1 of the year of the |
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| general primary election and prior to the date of the general |
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| primary election shall be filed with and must actually be |
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| received by
the State Board of Elections within 2 business days |
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| after
receipt of such contribution. A continuing political |
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| committee that does not support or oppose a candidate or public |
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| question on the ballot at a general primary election and does |
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| not make expenditures in excess of $500 on behalf of or in |
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| opposition to any candidate or public question on the ballot at |
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| the general primary election shall not be required to file the |
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| report prescribed in this subsection unless the committee makes |
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| an expenditure in excess of $500 on behalf of or in opposition |
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| to any candidate or public question on the ballot at the |
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| general primary election. The committee shall timely file the |
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| report required under this subsection beginning with the date |
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| the expenditure that triggered participation was made.
The |
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| State Board shall allow filings of reports of contributions of |
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| more than
$500 under this subsection (b-5) by political |
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| committees that are not
required to file electronically to be |
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| made by
facsimile transmission.
For the purpose of this |
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| subsection, a contribution is considered
received on the date |
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| the public official, candidate, or political committee (or
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| equivalent person
in the case of a
reporting entity other than |
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| a political committee) actually receives it or, in
the case of |
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| goods or services, 2 business days after the date the public
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| official,
candidate, committee,
or other reporting entity |
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| receives the certification required under subsection
(b) of |
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| Section 9-6.
Failure to report
each contribution is a separate |
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| violation of this subsection. In the final
disposition of any |
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| matter by the Board on or after the effective date of this
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| amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the Board
may
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| impose fines for violations of this subsection not to exceed |
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| 100% of the
total
amount of the contributions that were |
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| untimely reported, but in no case when a
fine is imposed shall |
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| it be less
than 10% of the total amount of the contributions |
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| that were untimely
reported.
When considering the amount of the |
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| fine to be imposed, the Board shall
consider, but is not |
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| limited to, the following factors:
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| (1) whether in the Board's opinion the violation was |
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| committed
inadvertently,
negligently, knowingly, or |
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| intentionally;
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| (2) the number of days the contribution was reported |
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| late; and
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| (3) past violations of Sections 9-3 and 9-10 of this |
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| Article by the
committee.
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| (c) In addition to such reports the treasurer of every |
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| political
committee shall file semi-annual reports of campaign |
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| contributions and
expenditures no later than July 20th, |
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| covering the period from January 1st
through June 30th |
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| immediately preceding, and no later than January 20th,
covering |
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| the period from July 1st through December 31st of the preceding
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| calendar year. Reports of contributions and expenditures must |
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| be filed to
cover the prescribed time periods even though no |
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| contributions or
expenditures may have been received or made |
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| during the period.
The Board shall assess a civil penalty not |
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| to exceed $5,000 for a violation
of this subsection, except |
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| that for State officers and candidates
and political
committees |
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| formed for statewide office, the civil
penalty may not exceed |
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| $10,000.
The fine, however, shall not exceed $500 for a
first |
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| filing violation for filing less than 10 days after the |
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| deadline.
There shall be no fine if the report is mailed and |
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| postmarked at least 72 hours
prior to the filing deadline.
For |
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| the purpose of this subsection, "statewide
office" and "State |
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| officer"
means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney |
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| General, Secretary
of State,
Comptroller, and Treasurer.
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| (c-5) A political committee that acts as either (i) a State |
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| and local
political committee or (ii) a local political |
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| committee and that files reports
electronically under Section |
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| 9-28 is not required to file copies of the reports
with the |
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| appropriate county clerk if the county clerk has a system that
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| permits access to, and duplication of, reports that are filed |
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| with the State
Board of Elections. A State and local political |
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| committee or
a local political committee shall file with the |
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| county clerk a copy of its
statement of organization pursuant |
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| to Section 9-3.
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| (d) A copy of each report or statement filed under this |
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shall be
preserved by the person filing it for a period |
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| of two years from the
date of filing.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-6, eff. 6-20-07; 95-957, |
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| eff. 1-1-09.)
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| (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96-832 ) |
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| Sec. 9-10. Disclosure of contributions and expenditures.
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| (a) The treasurer of every political committee shall file |
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| with the
Board reports of campaign contributions and |
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| expenditures as required by this Section on forms to be
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| prescribed or approved by the Board.
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| (b) Every political committee shall file quarterly reports |
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| of campaign contributions, expenditures, and independent |
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| expenditures. The reports shall cover the period January 1 |
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| through March 31, April 1 through June 30, July 1 through |
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| September 30, and October 1 through December 31 of each year. A |
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| political committee shall file quarterly reports no later than |
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| the 15th day of the month following each period. Reports of |
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| contributions and expenditures must be filed to cover the |
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| prescribed time periods even though no contributions or |
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| expenditures may have been received or made during the period. |
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| The Board shall assess a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for |
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| failure to file a report required by this subsection. The fine, |
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| however, shall not exceed $1,000 for a first violation if the |
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| committee files less than 10 days after the deadline. There |
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| shall be no fine if the report is mailed and postmarked at |
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| least 72 hours prior to the filing deadline. When considering |
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| the amount of the fine to be imposed, the Board shall consider |
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| whether the violation was committed inadvertently, |
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| negligently, knowingly, or intentionally and any past |
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| violations of this Section. |
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| (c) A political committee shall file a report of any |
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| contribution of $1,000 or more electronically with the Board |
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| within 5 business days after receipt of the contribution, |
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| except that the report shall be filed within 2 business days |
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| after receipt if (i) the contribution is received 30 or fewer |
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| days before the date of an election and (ii) the political |
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| committee supports or opposes a candidate or public question on |
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| the ballot at that election or makes expenditures in excess of |
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| $500 on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate, candidates, |
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| a public question, or public questions on the ballot at that |
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| election.
The State Board shall allow filings of reports of |
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| contributions of $1,000 or more by political committees that |
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| are not required to file electronically to be made by facsimile |
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| transmission. The Board shall assess a civil penalty for |
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| failure to file a report required by this subsection. Failure |
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| to report each contribution is a separate violation of this |
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| subsection. The Board shall impose fines for willful or wanton |
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| violations of this subsection (c) not to exceed 150% of the |
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| total amount of the contributions that were untimely reported, |
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| but in no case shall it be less than 10% of the total amount of |
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| the contributions that were untimely reported. When |
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| considering the amount of the fine to be imposed for willful or |
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| wanton violations, the Board shall consider the number of days |
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| the contribution was reported late and past violations of this |
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| Section and Section 9-3. The Board may impose a fine for |
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| negligent or inadvertent violations of this subsection not to |
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| exceed 50% of the total amount of the contributions that were |
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| untimely reported, or the Board may waive the fine. When |
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| considering whether to impose a fine and the amount of the |
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| fine, the Board shall consider the following factors: (1) |
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| whether the political committee made an attempt to disclose the |
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| contribution and any attempts made to correct the violation, |
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| (2) whether the violation is attributed to a clerical or |
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| computer error, (3) the amount of the contribution, (4) whether |
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| the violation arose from a discrepancy between the date the |
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| contribution was reported transferred by a political committee |
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| and the date the contribution was received by a political |
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| committee, (5) the number of days the contribution was reported |
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| late, and (6) past violations of this Section and Section 9-3 |
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| by the political committee. |
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| (d) For the purpose of this Section, a contribution is |
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| considered received on the date (i) a monetary contribution was |
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| deposited in a bank, financial institution, or other repository |
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| of funds for the committee, (ii) the date a committee receives |
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| notice a monetary contribution was deposited by an entity used |
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| to process financial transactions by credit card or other |
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| entity used for processing a monetary contribution that was |
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| deposited in a bank, financial institution, or other repository |
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| of funds for the committee, or (iii) the public official, |
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| candidate, or political committee receives the notification of |
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| contribution of goods or services as required under subsection |
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| (b) of Section 9-6. |
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| (e) A political committee that makes independent |
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| expenditures of $1,000 or more during the period 30 days or |
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| fewer before an election shall electronically file a report |
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| with the Board within 5 business days after making the |
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| independent expenditure. The report shall contain the |
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| information required in Section 9-11(c) of this Article.
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| (f) A copy of each report or statement filed under this |
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| Article
shall be
preserved by the person filing it for a period |
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| of two years from the
date of filing.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-6, eff. 6-20-07; 95-957, eff. 1-1-09; 96-832, |
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| eff. 1-1-11.)
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| Section 10. The General Assembly Compensation Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
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| (25 ILCS 115/4) (from Ch. 63, par. 15.1)
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| Sec. 4. Office allowance. Beginning July 1, 2001, each |
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| member
of the House
of Representatives is authorized to approve |
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| the expenditure of not more than
$61,000 per year and each |
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| member of the
Senate is authorized to approve the
expenditure |
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| of not more than $73,000 per
year to pay for "personal |
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| services",
"contractual services", "commodities", "printing", |
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| "travel",
"operation of automotive equipment", |
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| "telecommunications services", as
defined in the State Finance |
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| Act, and the compensation of one or more
legislative assistants |
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| authorized pursuant to this Section, in connection
with his or |
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| her legislative duties and not in connection with any political
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| campaign.
On July 1, 2002 and on July 1 of each year |
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| thereafter, the amount authorized
per year under this Section |
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| for each member of the Senate and each member of
the House of |
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| Representatives shall be increased by a percentage increase
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| equivalent to the lesser of (i) the increase in the designated |
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| cost of living
index or (ii) 5%. The designated cost of living |
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| index is the index known as
the "Employment Cost Index, Wages |
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| and Salaries, By
Occupation and Industry Groups: State and |
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| Local Government Workers: Public
Administration" as published |
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| by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of |
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| Labor for the calendar year immediately preceding the year of |
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| the
respective July 1st increase date. The increase shall be |
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| added to the then
current amount, and the adjusted amount so |
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| determined shall be the annual
amount beginning July 1 of the |
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| increase year until July 1 of the next year. No
increase under |
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| this provision shall be less than zero.
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| A member may purchase office equipment if the member |
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| certifies
to the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the |
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| House, as applicable,
that the purchase price, whether paid in |
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| lump sum or installments, amounts
to less than would be charged |
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| for renting or leasing the equipment over
its anticipated |
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| useful life. All such equipment must be purchased through
the |
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| Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House, as |
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| applicable, for
proper identification and verification of |
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| purchase.
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| Each member of the General Assembly is authorized to employ |
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| one or more
legislative assistants, who shall be solely under |
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| the direction and control
of that member, for the purpose of |
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| assisting the member in the performance
of his or her official |
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| duties. A legislative assistant may be employed
pursuant to |
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| this Section as a full-time employee, part-time employee, or
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| contractual employee, at
the discretion of the member. If |
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| employed as a State employee, a
legislative assistant shall |
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| receive employment benefits on the same terms
and conditions |
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| that apply to other employees of the General Assembly.
Each |
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| member shall adopt and implement personnel policies
for |
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| legislative assistants under his or her direction and
control |
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| relating to work time requirements, documentation for |
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| reimbursement for
travel on official State business, |
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| compensation, and the earning and accrual of
State benefits for |
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| those legislative assistants who may be eligible to receive
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| those benefits.
The policies shall also require legislative |
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| assistants to
periodically submit time sheets documenting, in |
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| quarter-hour increments, the
time
spent each day on official |
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| State business.
The
policies shall require the time sheets to |
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| be submitted on paper,
electronically, or both and to be |
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| maintained in either paper or electronic
format by the |
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| applicable fiscal office
for a period of at least 2 years.
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| Contractual employees may satisfy
the time sheets requirement |
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| by complying with the terms of their contract,
which shall |
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| provide for a means of compliance with this requirement.
A |
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| member may
satisfy the requirements of this paragraph by |
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| adopting and implementing the
personnel policies promulgated |
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| by that
member's legislative leader under the State Officials |
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| and Employees Ethics
Act
with respect to that member's |
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| legislative
assistants.
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| As used in this Section the term "personal services" shall |
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| include
contributions of the State under the Federal Insurance |
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| Contribution Act and
under Article 14 of the Illinois Pension |
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| Code. As used in this Section the
term "contractual services" |
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| shall not include improvements to real property
unless those |
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| improvements are the obligation of the lessee under the lease
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| agreement. Beginning July 1, 1989, as used in the Section, the |
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| term "travel"
shall be limited to travel in connection with a |
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| member's legislative duties and
not in connection with any |
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| political campaign. Beginning on the effective
date of this |
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| amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, as
used
in this |
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| Section, the term "printing" includes, but is not limited to,
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| newsletters,
brochures, certificates,
congratulatory
mailings,
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in |
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| this Section, the term "printing" includes fees for |
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| non-substantive
resolutions charged by the Clerk of the House |
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| of Representatives under
subsection (c-5) of Section 1 of the |
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| Legislative Materials Act.
No newsletter or brochure that is |
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| paid for, in whole or in part, with
funds
provided under this |
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| Section may be printed or mailed during a period
beginning |
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| April December 15 of the year of preceding a general primary
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| election and ending the day after the general primary election |
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| and during a
period beginning September 1 of the year of a |
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| general election and ending the
day after the general election, |
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| except that such a newsletter or brochure may
be mailed during
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| those times if it is mailed to a constituent in response to |
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| that constituent's
inquiry concerning the needs of that |
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| constituent or questions raised by that
constituent.
Nothing in
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| this Section shall be construed to authorize expenditures for |
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| lodging and meals
while a member is in attendance at sessions |
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| of the General Assembly.
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| Any utility bill for service provided to a member's |
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| district office for
a period including portions of 2 |
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| consecutive fiscal years may be paid from
funds appropriated |
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| for such expenditure in either fiscal year.
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| If a vacancy occurs in the office of Senator or |
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| Representative in the General
Assembly, any office equipment in |
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| the possession of the vacating member
shall transfer to the |
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| equipment, it shall be transferred to the Secretary of the |
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| Senate or
Clerk of the House of Representatives, as the case |
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| may be, and if not
wanted by other members of the General |
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| Assembly then to the Department of
Central Management Services |
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| for treatment as surplus property under the
State Property |
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| Control Act. Each member, on or before June 30th of each
year, |
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| shall conduct an inventory of all equipment purchased pursuant |
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| to
this Act. Such inventory shall be filed with the Secretary |
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| of the Senate
or the Clerk of the House, as the case may be. |
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| Whenever a vacancy occurs,
the Secretary of the Senate or the |
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| Clerk of the House, as the case may be,
shall conduct an |
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| inventory of equipment purchased.
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| In the event that a member leaves office during his or her |
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| term, any
unexpended or unobligated portion of the allowance |
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| granted under this Section
shall lapse. The vacating member's |
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| successor shall be granted an allowance
in an amount, rounded |
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| to the nearest dollar, computed by dividing the annual
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| allowance by 365 and multiplying the quotient by the number of |
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| days remaining
in the fiscal year.
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| From any appropriation for the purposes of this Section for |
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| a
fiscal year which overlaps 2 General Assemblies, no more than |
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| 1/2 of the
annual allowance per member may be spent or |
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| encumbered by any member of
either the outgoing or incoming |
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| General Assembly, except that any member
of the incoming |
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| General Assembly who was a member of the outgoing General
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the fiscal year.
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| The appropriation for the annual allowances permitted by |
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| this Section
shall be included in an appropriation to the |
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| President of the Senate and to
the Speaker of the House of |
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| Representatives for their respective members.
The President of |
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| the Senate and the Speaker of the House shall voucher for
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| payment individual members' expenditures from their annual |
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| office
allowances to the State Comptroller, subject to the |
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| authority of the
Comptroller under Section 9 of the State |
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| Comptroller Act.
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| Nothing in this Section prohibits the expenditure of |
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| personal funds or the funds of a political committee controlled |
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| by an officeholder to defray the customary and reasonable |
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| expenses of an officeholder in connection with the performance |
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| of governmental and public service functions. |
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| (Source: P.A. 95-6, eff. 6-20-07; 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.)
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| Section 15. The Legislative Commission Reorganization Act |
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| of 1984 is amended by changing Section 9-2.5 as follows:
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| Sec. 9-2.5. Newsletters and brochures. The Legislative |
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| Printing Unit may
not print for any member of the General |
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| Assembly any newsletters or brochures
during the period |
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| beginning December 15 of the
year preceding a general primary |
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| and during a period beginning September 1 of the year of a |
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| general
election and ending the day after the general election.
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| A member of the General Assembly may not mail, during a period |
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| beginning
April December 15 of the year of preceding a general |
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| primary election and ending the day after
the general primary |
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| election and during a period beginning September 1 of the
year |
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| of a general election and ending the day after the general |
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| election, any
newsletters or brochures
that were printed, at |
10 |
| any time, by the Legislative
Printing Unit, except that such a |
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| newsletter or brochure may be mailed during
those times if it |
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| is mailed to a constituent in response to that constituent's
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| inquiry concerning the needs of that constituent or questions |
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| raised by that
constituent.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-6, eff. 6-20-07.)
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| Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes |
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| changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text |
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| that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section |
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| represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does |
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| not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes |
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| made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other |
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| Public Act.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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