Bill Text: IL HB4098 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Supreme Court Act. Provides that the Supreme Court shall establish rules requiring that immediately upon the assignment of a matter to a judge, an attorney in the matter must disclose to the court and parties to the matter any campaign contribution made to that judge by the attorney or the attorney's law firm. Provides that the rules shall provide that in the event that the aggregate of any campaign contributions in excess of $500 was made in the past 5 years to the judge's campaign by the attorney or the attorney's law firm, the judge shall disqualify himself or herself upon timely application made by a party to the matter who has not made any contribution to the judge's campaign. Provides that the rules shall not preclude disqualification due to any other rule or with respect to contributions under $500 or made more than 5 years before the assignment of the matter to the judge. Provides that the rules shall apply to contributions to a person who becomes a judge and who received contributions to the person's campaign for a nomination for election to any judicial office, an election of a judicial candidate, and a judicial retention election. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4098 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB4098-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB4098 Introduced , by Rep. Dwight Kay SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
705 ILCS 5/20 new
Amends the Supreme Court Act. Provides that the Supreme Court shall establish rules requiring that immediately upon the assignment of a matter to a judge, an attorney in the matter must disclose to the court and parties to the matter any campaign contribution made to that judge by the attorney or the attorney's law firm. Provides that the rules shall provide that in the event that the aggregate of any campaign contributions in excess of $500 was made in the past 5 years to the judge's campaign by the attorney or the attorney's law firm, the judge shall disqualify himself or herself upon timely application made by a party to the matter who has not made any contribution to the judge's campaign. Provides that the rules shall not preclude disqualification due to any other rule or with respect to contributions under $500 or made more than 5 years before the assignment of the matter to the judge. Provides that the rules shall apply to contributions to a person who becomes a judge and who received contributions to the person's campaign for a nomination for election to any judicial office, an election of a judicial candidate, and a judicial retention election. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Supreme Court Act is amended by adding
Section 20 as follows:
(705 ILCS 5/20 new)
Sec. 20. Campaign contribution disclosure. The Supreme
Court shall establish rules requiring that immediately upon the
assignment of a matter to a judge, an attorney in that matter
must disclose to the judge and any party to the matter any
campaign contribution made to that judge by that attorney or
the attorney's law firm. The rules shall provide that in the
event that the aggregate of any such campaign contributions in
excess of $500 was made in the past 5 years to a judge's
campaign by the attorney or the attorney's law firm, the judge
shall disqualify himself or herself upon timely application
made by a party to the matter who has not made any contribution
to the judge's campaign. The rules shall not preclude
disqualification due to any other rule or with respect to
contributions less than $500 or made more than 5 years before
the assignment of the matter to the judge. The rules shall
apply to any campaign contribution to a person who becomes a
judge and who received contributions to the person's campaign

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for the nomination for election to any judicial office, the
election to any judicial office, or a judicial retention
election.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.