Bill Text: IL HB0001 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Prohibits (i) labor organizations that represent public employees of the State and (ii) political action committees affiliated with those labor organizations from making campaign contributions to political committees established to promote the candidacy of a declared candidate for statewide office or a statewide officeholder. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0001 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB0001-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 the | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | heading of Article 9 and by adding Section 9-8.7 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/Art. 9 heading) | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | ARTICLE 9. DISCLOSURE AND PROHIBITION OF CAMPAIGN
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8 | CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES
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9 | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96-832 ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | ARTICLE 9. DISCLOSURE , AND REGULATION , AND PROHIBITION OF | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | CAMPAIGN
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12 | CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES
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13 | (Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 1-1-11.)
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14 | (10 ILCS 5/9-8.7 new) | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Sec. 9-8.7. Campaign contributions from labor | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | organizations prohibited. It is unlawful for any labor | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | organization representing public employees of the State, or any | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | political action committee affiliated with any labor | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | organization representing public employees of the State, to | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | make a campaign contribution to any political committee | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | established to promote the candidacy of a declared candidate |
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1 | for statewide office or a statewide officeholder. It is | ||||||
2 | unlawful for any candidate, political committee, or other | ||||||
3 | person to knowingly accept or receive any contribution | ||||||
4 | prohibited by this Section. It is unlawful for any officer of a | ||||||
5 | labor organization representing public employees to consent to | ||||||
6 | any contribution or expenditure by the labor organization that | ||||||
7 | is prohibited by this Section. | ||||||
8 | As used in this Section, the terms "labor organization" and | ||||||
9 | "public employee" have the meanings ascribed to those terms in | ||||||
10 | Section 3 of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. As used | ||||||
11 | in this Section, the terms "declared candidate" and | ||||||
12 | "officeholder" have the meanings ascribed to those terms in | ||||||
13 | Section 50-37 of the Illinois Procurement Code.
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14 | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | ||||||
15 | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | ||||||
16 | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | ||||||
17 | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | ||||||
18 | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | ||||||
19 | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | ||||||
20 | Public Act.
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21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
22 | becoming law.
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