Bill Text: IL HB4363 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Replaces some instances of annual or semi-annual reports with quarterly reports. In provisions relating to limitations on campaign contributions, removes provisions inoperative beginning July 1, 2013. Removes a reference to the dissolved Task Force on Campaign Finance Reform. Removes references to a temporary filing system effective through August 1, 2009. Removes references to specified committees and the county clerk in the Code of Fair Campaign Practices. Repeals provisions relating to contributions by a medical cannabis cultivation center or medical cannabis dispensary organization to any political action committee created by any medical cannabis cultivation center or dispensary organization to make a campaign contribution to any political committee established to promote the candidacy of a candidate or public official. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Modifies the definition of "affiliated entity" and removes the definition of "sponsoring entity".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4363 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4363-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4363 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/7-12 from Ch. 46, par. 7-12
10 ILCS 5/9-8.5
10 ILCS 5/9-11 from Ch. 46, par. 9-11
10 ILCS 5/9-23.5
10 ILCS 5/9-35
10 ILCS 5/10-6.1 from Ch. 46, par. 10-6.1
10 ILCS 5/29B-10 from Ch. 46, par. 29B-10; formerly Ch. 46, par. 1103
10 ILCS 5/29B-15 from Ch. 46, par. 29B-15; formerly Ch. 46, par. 1104
10 ILCS 5/29B-20 from Ch. 46, par. 29B-20; formerly Ch. 46, par. 1105
10 ILCS 5/9-45 rep.
30 ILCS 500/50-37
Amends the Election Code. Replaces some instances of annual or semi-annual reports with quarterly reports. In provisions relating to limitations on campaign contributions, removes provisions inoperative beginning July 1, 2013. Removes a reference to the dissolved Task Force on Campaign Finance Reform. Removes references to a temporary filing system effective through August 1, 2009. Removes references to specified committees and the county clerk in the Code of Fair Campaign Practices. Repeals provisions relating to contributions by a medical cannabis cultivation center or medical cannabis dispensary organization to any political action committee created by any medical cannabis cultivation center or dispensary organization to make a campaign contribution to any political committee established to promote the candidacy of a candidate or public official. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Modifies the definition of "affiliated entity" and removes the definition of "sponsoring entity".
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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
Sections 7-12, 9-8.5, 9-11, 9-23.5, 9-35, 10-6.1, 29B-10,
29B-15, and 29B-20 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/7-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12)
Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by
mail or in person as follows:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, where
the nomination is to be made for a State, congressional,
or judicial office, or for any office a nomination for
which is made for a territorial division or district which
comprises more than one county or is partly in one county
and partly in another county or counties (including the
Fox Metro Water Reclamation District), then, except as
otherwise provided in this Section, such petition for
nomination shall be filed in the principal office of the
State Board of Elections not more than 113 and not less
than 106 days prior to the date of the primary, but, in the
case of petitions for nomination to fill a vacancy by
special election in the office of representative in
Congress from this State, such petition for nomination

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shall be filed in the principal office of the State Board
of Elections not more than 85 days and not less than 82
days prior to the date of the primary.
Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme,
Appellate or Circuit Court Judge within the 3-week period
preceding the 106th day before a general primary election,
petitions for nomination for the office in which the
vacancy has occurred shall be filed in the principal
office of the State Board of Elections not more than 92 nor
less than 85 days prior to the date of the general primary
election.
Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or
alternate delegates to a national nominating convention,
then such petition for nomination shall be filed in the
principal office of the State Board of Elections not more
than 113 and not less than 106 days prior to the date of
the primary; provided, however, that if the rules or
policies of a national political party conflict with such
requirements for filing petitions for nomination for
delegates or alternate delegates to a national nominating
convention, the chair of the State central committee of
such national political party shall notify the Board in
writing, citing by reference the rules or policies of the
national political party in conflict, and in such case the
Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in
accordance with the delegate selection plan adopted by the

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state central committee of such national political party.
(2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county
office or trustee of a sanitary district then such
petition shall be filed in the office of the county clerk
not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to the date
of the primary.
(3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal
or township office, such petitions for nomination shall be
filed in the office of the local election official, not
more than 99 nor less than 92 days prior to the date of the
primary; provided, where a municipality's or township's
boundaries are coextensive with or are entirely within the
jurisdiction of a municipal board of election
commissioners, the petitions shall be filed in the office
of such board; and provided, that petitions for the office
of multi-township assessor shall be filed with the
election authority.
(4) The petitions of candidates for State central
committeeperson shall be filed in the principal office of
the State Board of Elections not more than 113 nor less
than 106 days prior to the date of the primary.
(5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or
ward committeepersons shall be filed in the office of the
county clerk not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior
to the date of the primary.
(6) The State Board of Elections and the various

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election authorities and local election officials with
whom such petitions for nominations are filed shall
specify the place where filings shall be made and upon
receipt shall endorse thereon the day and hour on which
each petition was filed. All petitions filed by persons
waiting in line as of 8:00 a.m. on the first day for
filing, or as of the normal opening hour of the office
involved on such day, shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m.
or the normal opening hour, as the case may be. Petitions
filed by mail and received after midnight of the first day
for filing and in the first mail delivery or pickup of that
day shall be deemed as filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day or
as of the normal opening hour of such day, as the case may
be. All petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as
filed in the order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more
petitions filed within the last hour of the filing
deadline shall be deemed filed simultaneously. Where 2 or
more petitions are received simultaneously, the State
Board of Elections or the various election authorities or
local election officials with whom such petitions are
filed shall break ties and determine the order of filing,
by means of a lottery or other fair and impartial method of
random selection approved by the State Board of Elections.
Such lottery shall be conducted within 9 days following
the last day for petition filing and shall be open to the
public. Seven days written notice of the time and place of

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conducting such random selection shall be given by the
State Board of Elections to the chair of the State central
committee of each established political party, and by each
election authority or local election official, to the
County Chair of each established political party, and to
each organization of citizens within the election
jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Article, at
the next preceding election, to have pollwatchers present
on the day of election. The State Board of Elections,
election authority or local election official shall post
in a conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance
of the office, notice of the time and place of such
lottery. The State Board of Elections shall adopt rules
and regulations governing the procedures for the conduct
of such lottery. All candidates shall be certified in the
order in which their petitions have been filed. Where
candidates have filed simultaneously, they shall be
certified in the order determined by lot and prior to
candidates who filed for the same office at a later time.
(7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate
election authority or local election official with whom
such a petition for nomination is filed shall notify the
person for whom a petition for nomination has been filed
of the obligation to file statements of organization,
reports of campaign contributions, and quarterly annual
reports of campaign contributions and expenditures under

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Article 9 of this Code. Such notice shall be given in the
manner prescribed by paragraph (7) of Section 9-16 of this
Code.
(8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not
valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a
statement of economic interests as required by the
Illinois Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his
candidacy with the appropriate officer by the end of the
period for the filing of nomination papers unless he has
filed a statement of economic interests in relation to the
same governmental unit with that officer within a year
preceding the date on which such nomination papers were
filed. If the nomination papers of any candidate and the
statement of economic interest of that candidate are not
required to be filed with the same officer, the candidate
must file with the officer with whom the nomination papers
are filed a receipt from the officer with whom the
statement of economic interests is filed showing the date
on which such statement was filed. Such receipt shall be
so filed not later than the last day on which nomination
papers may be filed.
(9) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any
person for whom a petition for nomination, or for
committeeperson or for delegate or alternate delegate to a
national nominating convention has been filed may cause
his name to be withdrawn by request in writing, signed by

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him and duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to
take acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the principal
or permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections
or with the appropriate election authority or local
election official, not later than the date of
certification of candidates for the consolidated primary
or general primary ballot. No names so withdrawn shall be
certified or printed on the primary ballot. If petitions
for nomination have been filed for the same person with
respect to more than one political party, his name shall
not be certified nor printed on the primary ballot of any
party. If petitions for nomination have been filed for the
same person for 2 or more offices which are incompatible
so that the same person could not serve in more than one of
such offices if elected, that person must withdraw as a
candidate for all but one of such offices within the 5
business days following the last day for petition filing.
A candidate in a judicial election may file petitions for
nomination for only one vacancy in a subcircuit and only
one vacancy in a circuit in any one filing period, and if
petitions for nomination have been filed for the same
person for 2 or more vacancies in the same circuit or
subcircuit in the same filing period, his or her name
shall be certified only for the first vacancy for which
the petitions for nomination were filed. If he fails to
withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such offices

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within such time his name shall not be certified, nor
printed on the primary ballot, for any office. For the
purpose of the foregoing provisions, an office in a
political party is not incompatible with any other office.
(10)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
statute, no primary shall be held for an established
political party in any township, municipality, or ward
thereof, where the nomination of such party for every
office to be voted upon by the electors of such township,
municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a
political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested
as to one or more, but not all, of the offices to be voted
upon by the electors of a township, municipality, or ward
thereof, then a primary shall be held for that party in
such township, municipality, or ward thereof; provided
that the primary ballot shall not include those offices
within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for
which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this
Article, the nomination of an established political party
of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to
be uncontested where not more than the number of persons
to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
seeking the nomination of such party for election to such
office.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
statute, no primary election shall be held for an

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established political party for any special primary
election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in
the office of representative in the United States Congress
where the nomination of such political party for said
office is uncontested. For the purposes of this Article,
the nomination of an established political party of a
candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to
be uncontested where not more than the number of persons
to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
seeking the nomination of such established party for
election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not
apply if such primary election is conducted on a regularly
scheduled election day.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph (a)
and (b) of this paragraph (10), whenever a person who has
not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends
to become a write-in candidate for a political party's
nomination for any office for which the nomination is
uncontested files a written statement or notice of that
intent with the State Board of Elections or the local
election official with whom nomination papers for such
office are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a
primary shall be held for that office. Such statement or
notice shall be filed on or before the date established in
this Article for certifying candidates for the primary
ballot. Such statement or notice shall contain (i) the

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name and address of the person intending to become a
write-in candidate, (ii) a statement that the person is a
qualified primary elector of the political party from whom
the nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that the
person intends to become a write-in candidate for the
party's nomination, and (iv) the office the person is
seeking as a write-in candidate. An election authority
shall have no duty to conduct a primary and prepare a
primary ballot for any office for which the nomination is
uncontested unless a statement or notice meeting the
requirements of this Section is filed in a timely manner.
(11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed
for a candidate to the same office, the State Board of
Elections, appropriate election authority or local
election official where the petitions are filed shall
within 2 business days notify the candidate of his or her
multiple petition filings and that the candidate has 3
business days after receipt of the notice to notify the
State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority
or local election official that he or she may cancel prior
sets of petitions. If the candidate notifies the State
Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or
local election official, the last set of petitions filed
shall be the only petitions to be considered valid by the
State Board of Elections, election authority or local
election official. If the candidate fails to notify the

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State Board of Elections, election authority or local
election official then only the first set of petitions
filed shall be valid and all subsequent petitions shall be
void.
(12) All nominating petitions shall be available for
public inspection and shall be preserved for a period of
not less than 6 months.
(Source: P.A. 101-523, eff. 8-23-19; 102-15, eff. 6-17-21;
102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)
(10 ILCS 5/9-8.5)
Sec. 9-8.5. Limitations on campaign contributions.
(a) It is unlawful for a political committee to accept
contributions except as provided in this Section.
(b) During an election cycle, a candidate political
committee may not accept contributions with an aggregate value
over the following: (i) $5,000 from any individual, (ii)
$10,000 from any corporation, labor organization, or
association, or (iii) $50,000 from a candidate political
committee or political action committee. A candidate political
committee may accept contributions in any amount from a
political party committee except during an election cycle in
which the candidate seeks nomination at a primary election.
During an election cycle in which the candidate seeks
nomination at a primary election, a candidate political
committee may not accept contributions from political party

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committees with an aggregate value over the following: (i)
$200,000 for a candidate political committee established to
support a candidate seeking nomination to statewide office,
(ii) $125,000 for a candidate political committee established
to support a candidate seeking nomination to the Senate, the
Supreme Court or Appellate Court in the First Judicial
District, or an office elected by all voters in a county with
1,000,000 or more residents, (iii) $75,000 for a candidate
political committee established to support a candidate seeking
nomination to the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court
or Appellate Court for a Judicial District other than the
First Judicial District, an office elected by all voters of a
county of fewer than 1,000,000 residents, and municipal and
county offices in Cook County other than those elected by all
voters of Cook County, and (iv) $50,000 for a candidate
political committee established to support the nomination of a
candidate to any other office. A candidate political committee
established to elect a candidate to the General Assembly may
accept contributions from only one legislative caucus
committee. A candidate political committee may not accept
contributions from a ballot initiative committee or from an
independent expenditure committee.
(b-5) Judicial elections.
(1) In addition to any other provision of this
Section, a candidate political committee established to
support or oppose a candidate seeking nomination to the

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Supreme Court, Appellate Court, or Circuit Court may not:
(A) accept contributions from any entity that does
not disclose the identity of those who make
contributions to the entity, except for contributions
that are not required to be itemized by this Code; or
(B) accept contributions from any out-of-state
person, as defined in this Article.
(1.1) In addition to any other provision of this
Section, a political committee that is self-funding, as
described in subsection (h) of this Section, and is
established to support or oppose a candidate seeking
nomination, election, or retention to the Supreme Court,
the Appellate Court, or the Circuit Court may not accept
contributions from any single person, other than the
judicial candidate or the candidate's immediate family, in
a cumulative amount that exceeds $500,000 in any election
cycle. Any contribution in excess of the limits in this
paragraph (1.1) shall escheat to the State of Illinois.
Any political committee that receives such a contribution
shall immediately forward the amount that exceeds $500,000
to the State Treasurer who shall deposit the funds into
the State Treasury.
(1.2) In addition to any other provision of this
Section, an independent expenditure committee established
to support or oppose a candidate seeking nomination,
election, or retention to the Supreme Court, the Appellate

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Court, or the Circuit Court may not accept contributions
from any single person in a cumulative amount that exceeds
$500,000 in any election cycle. Any contribution in excess
of the limits in this paragraph (1.2) shall escheat to the
State of Illinois. Any independent expenditure committee
that receives such a contribution shall immediately
forward the amount that exceeds $500,000 to the State
Treasurer who shall deposit the funds into the State
Treasury.
(1.3) In addition to any other provision of this
Section, if a political committee established to support
or oppose a candidate seeking nomination, election, or
retention to the Supreme Court, the Appellate Court, or
the Circuit Court receives a contribution in excess of
$500 from: (i) any committee that is not required to
disclose its contributors under this Act; (ii) any
association that is not required to disclose its
contributors under this Act; or (iii) any other
organization or group of persons that is not required to
disclose its contributors under this Act, then that
contribution shall be considered an anonymous contribution
that shall escheat to the State, unless the political
committee reports to the State Board of Elections all
persons who have contributed in excess of $500 during the
same election cycle to the committee, association,
organization, or group making the contribution. Any

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political committee that receives such a contribution and
fails to report this information shall forward the
contribution amount immediately to the State Treasurer who
shall deposit the funds into the State Treasury.
(2) As used in this subsection, "contribution" has the
meaning provided in Section 9-1.4 and also includes the
following that are subject to the limits of this Section:
(A) expenditures made by any person in concert or
cooperation with, or at the request or suggestion of,
a candidate, his or her designated committee, or their
agents; and
(B) the financing by any person of the
dissemination, distribution, or republication, in
whole or in part, of any broadcast or any written,
graphic, or other form of campaign materials prepared
by the candidate, his or her campaign committee, or
their designated agents.
(3) As to contributions to a candidate political
committee established to support a candidate seeking
nomination to the Supreme Court, Appellate Court, or
Circuit Court:
(A) No person shall make a contribution in the
name of another person or knowingly permit his or her
name to be used to effect such a contribution.
(B) No person shall knowingly accept a
contribution made by one person in the name of another

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person.
(C) No person shall knowingly accept reimbursement
from another person for a contribution made in his or
her own name.
(D) No person shall make an anonymous
contribution.
(E) No person shall knowingly accept any anonymous
contribution.
(F) No person shall predicate (1) any benefit,
including, but not limited to, employment decisions,
including hiring, promotions, bonus compensation, and
transfers, or (2) any other gift, transfer, or
emolument upon:
(i) the decision by the recipient of that
benefit to donate or not to donate to a candidate;
or
(ii) the amount of any such donation.
(4) No judicial candidate or political committee
established to support a candidate seeking nomination to
the Supreme Court, Appellate Court, or Circuit Court shall
knowingly accept any contribution or make any expenditure
in violation of the provisions of this Section. No officer
or employee of a political committee established to
support a candidate seeking nomination to the Supreme
Court, Appellate Court, or Circuit Court shall knowingly
accept a contribution made for the benefit or use of a

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candidate or knowingly make any expenditure in support of
or opposition to a candidate or for electioneering
communications in relation to a candidate in violation of
any limitation designated for contributions and
expenditures under this Section.
(5) Where the provisions of this subsection (b-5)
conflict with any other provision of this Code, this
subsection (b-5) shall control.
(c) During an election cycle, a political party committee
may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the
following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from
any corporation, labor organization, or association, or (iii)
$50,000 from a political action committee. A political party
committee may accept contributions in any amount from another
political party committee or a candidate political committee,
except as provided in subsection (c-5). Nothing in this
Section shall limit the amounts that may be transferred
between a political party committee established under
subsection (a) of Section 7-8 of this Code and an affiliated
federal political committee established under the Federal
Election Code by the same political party. A political party
committee may not accept contributions from a ballot
initiative committee or from an independent expenditure
committee. A political party committee established by a
legislative caucus may not accept contributions from another
political party committee established by a legislative caucus.

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(c-5) (Blank). During the period beginning on the date
candidates may begin circulating petitions for a primary
election and ending on the day of the primary election, a
political party committee may not accept contributions with an
aggregate value over $50,000 from a candidate political
committee or political party committee. A political party
committee may accept contributions in any amount from a
candidate political committee or political party committee if
the political party committee receiving the contribution filed
a statement of nonparticipation in the primary as provided in
subsection (c-10). The Task Force on Campaign Finance Reform
shall study and make recommendations on the provisions of this
subsection to the Governor and General Assembly by September
30, 2012. This subsection becomes inoperative on July 1, 2013
and thereafter no longer applies.
(c-10) (Blank). A political party committee that does not
intend to make contributions to candidates to be nominated at
a general primary election or consolidated primary election
may file a Statement of Nonparticipation in a Primary Election
with the Board. The Statement of Nonparticipation shall
include a verification signed by the chairperson and treasurer
of the committee that (i) the committee will not make
contributions or coordinated expenditures in support of or
opposition to a candidate or candidates to be nominated at the
general primary election or consolidated primary election
(select one) to be held on (insert date), (ii) the political

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party committee may accept unlimited contributions from
candidate political committees and political party committees,
provided that the political party committee does not make
contributions to a candidate or candidates to be nominated at
the primary election, and (iii) failure to abide by these
requirements shall deem the political party committee in
violation of this Article and subject the committee to a fine
of no more than 150% of the total contributions or coordinated
expenditures made by the committee in violation of this
Article. This subsection becomes inoperative on July 1, 2013
and thereafter no longer applies.
(d) During an election cycle, a political action committee
may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the
following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from
any corporation, labor organization, political party
committee, or association, or (iii) $50,000 from a political
action committee or candidate political committee. A political
action committee may not accept contributions from a ballot
initiative committee or from an independent expenditure
committee.
(e) A ballot initiative committee may accept contributions
in any amount from any source, provided that the committee
files the document required by Section 9-3 of this Article and
files the disclosure reports required by the provisions of
this Article.
(e-5) An independent expenditure committee may accept

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contributions in any amount from any source, provided that the
committee files the document required by Section 9-3 of this
Article and files the disclosure reports required by the
provisions of this Article.
(e-10) A limited activity committee shall not accept
contributions, except that the officer or a candidate the
committee has designated to support may contribute personal
funds in order to pay for maintenance expenses. A limited
activity committee may only make expenditures that are: (i)
necessary for maintenance of the committee; (ii) for rent or
lease payments until the end of the lease in effect at the time
the officer or candidate is confirmed by the Senate; (iii)
contributions to 501(c)(3) charities; or (iv) returning
contributions to original contributors.
(f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a political
committee from dividing the proceeds of joint fundraising
efforts; provided that no political committee may receive more
than the limit from any one contributor, and provided that an
independent expenditure committee may not conduct joint
fundraising efforts with a candidate political committee or a
political party committee.
(g) On January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the State
Board of Elections shall adjust the amounts of the
contribution limitations established in this Section for
inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index for All
Urban Consumers as issued by the United States Department of

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Labor and rounded to the nearest $100. The State Board shall
publish this information on its official website.
(h) Self-funding candidates. If a public official, a
candidate, or the public official's or candidate's immediate
family contributes or loans to the public official's or
candidate's political committee or to other political
committees that transfer funds to the public official's or
candidate's political committee or makes independent
expenditures for the benefit of the public official's or
candidate's campaign during the 12 months prior to an election
in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for statewide
office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective offices, then
the public official or candidate shall file with the State
Board of Elections, within one day, a Notification of
Self-funding that shall detail each contribution or loan made
by the public official, the candidate, or the public
official's or candidate's immediate family. Within 2 business
days after the filing of a Notification of Self-funding, the
notification shall be posted on the Board's website and the
Board shall give official notice of the filing to each
candidate for the same office as the public official or
candidate making the filing, including the public official or
candidate filing the Notification of Self-funding. Notice
shall be sent via first class mail to the candidate and the
treasurer of the candidate's committee. Notice shall also be
sent by e-mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the

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candidate's committee if the candidate and the treasurer, as
applicable, have provided the Board with an e-mail address.
Upon posting of the notice on the Board's website, all
candidates for that office, including the public official or
candidate who filed a Notification of Self-funding, shall be
permitted to accept contributions in excess of any
contribution limits imposed by subsection (b). If a public
official or candidate filed a Notification of Self-funding
during an election cycle that includes a general primary
election or consolidated primary election and that public
official or candidate is nominated, all candidates for that
office, including the nominee who filed the notification of
self-funding, shall be permitted to accept contributions in
excess of any contribution limit imposed by subsection (b) for
the subsequent election cycle. For the purposes of this
subsection, "immediate family" means the spouse, parent, or
child of a public official or candidate.
(h-5) If a natural person or independent expenditure
committee makes independent expenditures in support of or in
opposition to the campaign of a particular public official or
candidate in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for
statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective
offices in an election cycle, as reported in a written
disclosure filed under subsection (a) of Section 9-8.6 or
subsection (e-5) of Section 9-10, then the State Board of
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the disclosure, post the disclosure on the Board's website and
give official notice of the disclosure to each candidate for
the same office as the public official or candidate for whose
benefit or detriment the natural person or independent
expenditure committee made independent expenditures. Upon
posting of the notice on the Board's website, all candidates
for that office in that election, including the public
official or candidate for whose benefit or detriment the
natural person or independent expenditure committee made
independent expenditures, shall be permitted to accept
contributions in excess of any contribution limits imposed by
subsection (b).
(h-10) If the State Board of Elections receives
notification or determines that a natural person or persons,
an independent expenditure committee or committees, or
combination thereof has made independent expenditures in
support of or in opposition to the campaign of a particular
public official or candidate in an aggregate amount of more
than (i) $250,000 for statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for
all other elective offices in an election cycle, then the
Board shall, within 2 business days after discovering the
independent expenditures that, in the aggregate, exceed the
threshold set forth in (i) and (ii) of this subsection, post
notice of this fact on the Board's website and give official
notice to each candidate for the same office as the public
official or candidate for whose benefit or detriment the

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independent expenditures were made. Notice shall be sent via
first class mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the
candidate's committee. Notice shall also be sent by e-mail to
the candidate and the treasurer of the candidate's committee
if the candidate and the treasurer, as applicable, have
provided the Board with an e-mail address. Upon posting of the
notice on the Board's website, all candidates of that office
in that election, including the public official or candidate
for whose benefit or detriment the independent expenditures
were made, may accept contributions in excess of any
contribution limits imposed by subsection (b).
(i) For the purposes of this Section, a corporation, labor
organization, association, or a political action committee
established by a corporation, labor organization, or
association may act as a conduit in facilitating the delivery
to a political action committee of contributions made through
dues, levies, or similar assessments and the political action
committee may report the contributions in the aggregate,
provided that: (i) contributions made through dues, levies, or
similar assessments paid by any natural person, corporation,
labor organization, or association in a calendar year may not
exceed the limits set forth in this Section; (ii) the
corporation, labor organization, association, or a political
action committee established by a corporation, labor
organization, or association facilitating the delivery of
contributions maintains a list of natural persons,

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corporations, labor organizations, and associations that paid
the dues, levies, or similar assessments from which the
contributions comprising the aggregate amount derive; and
(iii) contributions made through dues, levies, or similar
assessments paid by any natural person, corporation, labor
organization, or association that exceed $1,000 in a quarterly
reporting period shall be itemized on the committee's
quarterly report and may not be reported in the aggregate. A
political action committee facilitating the delivery of
contributions or receiving contributions shall disclose the
amount of contributions made through dues delivered or
received and the name of the corporation, labor organization,
association, or political action committee delivering the
contributions, if applicable. On January 1 of each
odd-numbered year, the State Board of Elections shall adjust
the amounts of the contribution limitations established in
this subsection for inflation as determined by the Consumer
Price Index for All Urban Consumers as issued by the United
States Department of Labor and rounded to the nearest $100.
The State Board shall publish this information on its official
website.
(j) A political committee that receives a contribution or
transfer in violation of this Section shall dispose of the
contribution or transfer by returning the contribution or
transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or transfer,
to the contributor or transferor or donating the contribution

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or transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or
transfer, to a charity. A contribution or transfer received in
violation of this Section that is not disposed of as provided
in this subsection within 30 days after the Board sends
notification to the political committee of the excess
contribution by certified mail shall escheat to the General
Revenue Fund and the political committee shall be deemed in
violation of this Section and subject to a civil penalty not to
exceed 150% of the total amount of the contribution.
(k) For the purposes of this Section, "statewide office"
means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General,
Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer.
(l) This Section is repealed if and when the United States
Supreme Court invalidates contribution limits on committees
formed to assist candidates, political parties, corporations,
associations, or labor organizations established by or
pursuant to federal law.
(Source: P.A. 102-664, eff. 1-1-22; 102-668, eff. 11-15-21;
102-909, eff. 5-27-22.)
(10 ILCS 5/9-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-11)
Sec. 9-11. Financial reports.
(a) Each quarterly report of campaign contributions,
expenditures, and independent expenditures under Section 9-10
shall disclose the following:
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(2) the name and address of the person submitting the
report on behalf of the committee, if other than the chair
or treasurer;
(3) the amount of funds on hand at the beginning of the
reporting period;
(4) the full name and mailing address of each person
who has made one or more contributions to or for the
committee within the reporting period in an aggregate
amount or value in excess of $150, together with the
amounts and dates of those contributions, and, if the
contributor is an individual who contributed more than
$500, the occupation and employer of the contributor or,
if the occupation and employer of the contributor are
unknown, a statement that the committee has made a good
faith effort to ascertain this information;
(5) the total sum of individual contributions made to
or for the committee during the reporting period and not
reported under item (4);
(6) the name and address of each political committee
from which the reporting committee received, or to which
that committee made, any transfer of funds in the
aggregate amount or value in excess of $150, together with
the amounts and dates of all transfers;
(7) the total sum of transfers made to or from the
committee during the reporting period and not reported
under item (6);

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(8) each loan to or from any person, political
committee, or financial institution within the reporting
period by or to the committee in an aggregate amount or
value in excess of $150, together with the full names and
mailing addresses of the lender and endorsers, if any; the
dates and amounts of the loans; and, if a lender or
endorser is an individual who loaned or endorsed a loan of
more than $500, the occupation and employer of that
individual or, if the occupation and employer of the
individual are unknown, a statement that the committee has
made a good faith effort to ascertain this information;
(9) the total amount of proceeds received by the
committee from (i) the sale of tickets for each dinner,
luncheon, cocktail party, rally, and other fund-raising
events; (ii) mass collections made at those events; and
(iii) sales of items such as political campaign pins,
buttons, badges, flags, emblems, hats, banners,
literature, and similar materials;
(10) each contribution, rebate, refund, income from
investments, or other receipt in excess of $150 received
by the committee not otherwise listed under items (4)
through (9) and, if the contributor is an individual who
contributed more than $500, the occupation and employer of
the contributor or, if the occupation and employer of the
contributor are unknown, a statement that the committee
has made a good faith effort to ascertain this

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information;
(11) the total sum of all receipts by or for the
committee or candidate during the reporting period;
(12) the full name and mailing address of each person
to whom expenditures have been made by the committee or
candidate within the reporting period in an aggregate
amount or value in excess of $150; the amount, date, and
purpose of each of those expenditures; and the question of
public policy or the name and address of, and the office
sought by, each candidate on whose behalf that expenditure
was made;
(13) the full name and mailing address of each person
to whom an expenditure for personal services, salaries,
and reimbursed expenses in excess of $150 has been made
and that is not otherwise reported, including the amount,
date, and purpose of the expenditure;
(14) the value of each asset held as an investment, as
of the final day of the reporting period;
(15) the total sum of expenditures made by the
committee during the reporting period; and
(16) the full name and mailing address of each person
to whom the committee owes debts or obligations in excess
of $150 and the amount of those debts or obligations.
For purposes of reporting campaign receipts and expenses,
income from investments shall be included as receipts during
the reporting period they are actually received. The gross

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purchase price of each investment shall be reported as an
expenditure at time of purchase. Net proceeds from the sale of
an investment shall be reported as a receipt. During the
period investments are held they shall be identified by name
and quantity of security or instrument on each quarterly
semi-annual report during the period.
(b) Each report of a campaign contribution of $1,000 or
more required under subsection (c) of Section 9-10 shall
disclose the following:
(1) the name and address of the political committee;
(2) the name and address of the person submitting the
report on behalf of the committee, if other than the chair
or treasurer; and
(3) the full name and mailing address of each person
who has made a contribution of $1,000 or more.
(c) Each quarterly report shall include the following
information regarding any independent expenditures made during
the reporting period: (1) the full name and mailing address of
each person to whom an expenditure in excess of $150 has been
made in connection with an independent expenditure; (2) the
amount, date, and purpose of such expenditure; (3) a statement
whether the independent expenditure was in support of or in
opposition to a particular candidate; (4) the name of the
candidate; (5) the office and, when applicable, district,
sought by the candidate; and (6) a certification, under
penalty of perjury, that such expenditure was not made in

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cooperation, consultation, or concert with, or at the request
or suggestion of, any candidate or any authorized committee or
agent of such committee. The report shall also include (I) the
total of all independent expenditures of $150 or less made
during the reporting period and (II) the total amount of all
independent expenditures made during the reporting period.
(d) The Board shall by rule define a "good faith effort".
The reports of campaign contributions filed under this
Article shall be cumulative during the reporting period to
which they relate.
(e) Each report shall be verified, dated, and signed by
either the treasurer of the political committee or the
candidate on whose behalf the report is filed and shall
contain the following verification:
"I declare that this report (including any accompanying
schedules and statements) has been examined by me and, to the
best of my knowledge and belief, is a true, correct, and
complete report as required by Article 9 of the Election Code.
I understand that willfully filing a false or incomplete
statement is subject to a civil penalty of up to $5,000.".
(f) A political committee may amend a report filed under
subsection (a) or (b). The Board may reduce or waive a fine if
the amendment is due to a technical or inadvertent error and
the political committee files the amended report, except that
a report filed under subsection (b) must be amended within 5
business days. The State Board shall ensure that a description

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of the amended information is available to the public. The
Board may promulgate rules to enforce this subsection.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
(10 ILCS 5/9-23.5)
Sec. 9-23.5. Public database of founded complaints. The
State Board of Elections shall establish and maintain on its
official website a searchable database, freely accessible to
the public, of each complaint filed with the Board under this
Article with respect to which Board action was taken,
including all Board actions and penalties imposed, if any. The
Board must update the database within 5 business days after an
action is taken or a penalty is imposed to include that
complaint, action, or penalty in the database. The Task Force
on Campaign Finance Reform shall make recommendations on
improving access to information related to founded complaints.
(Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 1-1-11.)
(10 ILCS 5/9-35)
Sec. 9-35. Registration of business entities.
(a) This Section governs the procedures for the
registration required under Section 20-160 of the Illinois
Procurement Code.
For the purposes of this Section, the terms
"officeholder", "State contract", "business entity", "State
agency", "affiliated entity", and "affiliated person" have the

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meanings ascribed to those terms in Section 50-37 of the
Illinois Procurement Code.
(b) Registration under Section 20-160 of the Illinois
Procurement Code, and any changes to that registration, must
be made electronically, and the State Board of Elections by
rule shall provide for electronic registration; except that
the State Board may adopt emergency rules providing for a
temporary filing system, effective through August 1, 2009,
under which business entities must file the required
registration forms provided by the Board via e-mail attachment
in a PDF file or via another type of mail service and must
receive from the State Board registration certificates via
e-mail or paper registration certificates. The State Board
shall retain the registrations submitted by business entities
via e-mail or another type of mail service for at least 6
months following the establishment of the electronic
registration system required by this subsection.
Each registration must contain substantially the
following:
(1) The name and address of the business entity.
(2) The name and address of any affiliated entity of
the business entity, including a description of the
affiliation.
(3) The name and address of any affiliated person of
the business entity, including a description of the
affiliation.

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(c) The Board shall provide a certificate of registration
to the business entity. The certificate shall be electronic,
except as otherwise provided in this Section, and accessible
to the business entity through the State Board of Elections'
website and protected by a password. Within 60 days after
establishment of the electronic system, each business entity
that submitted a registration via e-mail attachment or paper
copy pursuant to this Section shall re-submit its registration
electronically. At the time of re-submission, the State Board
of Elections shall provide an electronic certificate of
registration to that business entity.
(d) Any business entity required to register under Section
20-160 of the Illinois Procurement Code shall provide a copy
of the registration certificate, by first class mail or hand
delivery within 10 days after registration, to each affiliated
entity or affiliated person whose identity is required to be
disclosed. Failure to provide notice to an affiliated entity
or affiliated person is a business offense for which the
business entity is subject to a fine not to exceed $1,001.
(e) In addition to any penalty under Section 20-160 of the
Illinois Procurement Code, intentional, willful, or material
failure to disclose information required for registration is
subject to a civil penalty imposed by the State Board of
Elections. The State Board shall impose a civil penalty of
$1,000 per business day for failure to update a registration.
(f) Any business entity required to register under Section

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20-160 of the Illinois Procurement Code shall notify any
political committee to which it makes a contribution, at the
time of the contribution, that the business entity is
registered with the State Board of Elections under Section
20-160 of the Illinois Procurement Code. Any affiliated entity
or affiliated person of a business entity required to register
under Section 20-160 of the Illinois Procurement Code shall
notify any political committee to which it makes a
contribution that it is affiliated with a business entity
registered with the State Board of Elections under Section
20-160 of the Illinois Procurement Code.
(g) The State Board of Elections on its official website
shall have a searchable database containing (i) all
information required to be submitted to the Board under
Section 20-160 of the Illinois Procurement Code and (ii) all
reports filed under this Article with the State Board of
Elections by all political committees. For the purposes of
databases maintained by the State Board of Elections,
"searchable" means able to search by "political committee", as
defined in this Article, and by "officeholder", "State
agency", "business entity", "affiliated entity", and
"affiliated person". The Board shall not place the name of a
minor child on the website. However, the Board shall provide a
link to all contributions made by anyone reporting the same
residential address as any affiliated person. In addition, the
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an electronic connection to any searchable database of State
contracts maintained by the Comptroller, searchable by
business entity.
(h) The State Board of Elections shall have rulemaking
authority to implement this Section.
(Source: P.A. 95-971, eff. 1-1-09; 95-1038, eff. 3-11-09.)
(10 ILCS 5/10-6.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6.1)
Sec. 10-6.1. The board or clerk with whom a certificate of
nomination or nomination papers are filed shall notify the
person for whom such papers are filed of the obligation to file
statements of organization, reports of campaign contributions,
and quarterly annual reports of campaign contributions and
expenditures under Article 9 of this Act. Such notice shall be
given in the manner prescribed by paragraph (7) of Section
9-16 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 81-1189.)
(10 ILCS 5/29B-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 29B-10; formerly Ch.
46, par. 1103)
Sec. 29B-10. Code of Fair Campaign Practices. At the time
a political committee, as defined in Article 9, files its
statements of organization, the State Board of Elections, in
the case of a state political committee or a political
committee acting as both a state political committee and a
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a local political committee, shall give the political
committee a blank form of the Code of Fair Campaign Practices
and a copy of the provisions of this Article. The State Board
of Elections or county clerk shall inform each political
committee that subscription to the Code is voluntary. The text
of the Code shall read as follows:
CODE OF FAIR CAMPAIGN PRACTICES
There are basic principles of decency, honesty, and fair
play that every candidate for public office in the State of
Illinois has a moral obligation to observe and uphold, in
order that, after vigorously contested but fairly conducted
campaigns, our citizens may exercise their constitutional
right to a free and untrammeled choice and the will of the
people may be fully and clearly expressed on the issues.
THEREFORE:
(1) I will conduct my campaign openly and publicly, and
limit attacks on my opponent to legitimate challenges to his
record.
(2) I will not use or permit the use of character
defamation, whispering campaigns, libel, slander, or
scurrilous attacks on any candidate or his personal or family
life.
(3) I will not use or permit any appeal to negative
prejudice based on race, sex, sexual orientation, religion or
national origin.
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misrepresents, distorts, or otherwise falsifies the facts, nor
will I use malicious or unfounded accusations that aim at
creating or exploiting doubts, without justification, as to
the personal integrity or patriotism of my opposition.
(5) I will not undertake or condone any dishonest or
unethical practice that tends to corrupt or undermine our
American system of free elections or that hampers or prevents
the full and free expression of the will of the voters.
(6) I will defend and uphold the right of every qualified
American voter to full and equal participation in the
electoral process.
(7) I will immediately and publicly repudiate methods and
tactics that may come from others that I have pledged not to
use or condone. I shall take firm action against any
subordinate who violates any provision of this Code or the
laws governing elections.
I, the undersigned, candidate for election to public
office in the State of Illinois or chair of a political
committee in support of or opposition to a question of public
policy, hereby voluntarily endorse, subscribe to, and solemnly
pledge myself to conduct my campaign in accordance with the
above principles and practices.
.............. ...............................
Date Signature
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)

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(10 ILCS 5/29B-15) (from Ch. 46, par. 29B-15; formerly Ch.
46, par. 1104)
Sec. 29B-15. Responsibility of State Board of Elections
for printing and supplying of forms. The State Board of
Elections shall print, or cause to be printed, copies of the
Code of Fair Campaign Practices. The State Board of Elections
shall supply the forms to the county clerks in quantities and
at times requested by the clerks.
(Source: P.A. 86-873; 87-1052.)
(10 ILCS 5/29B-20) (from Ch. 46, par. 29B-20; formerly Ch.
46, par. 1105)
Sec. 29B-20. Acceptance of completed forms; retentions for
public inspection. The State Board of Elections and the county
clerks shall accept, at all times prior to an election, all
completed copies of the Code of Fair Campaign Practices that
are properly subscribed to by a candidate or the chair of a
political committee in support of or opposition to a question
of public policy, and shall retain them for public inspection
until 30 days after the election.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
(10 ILCS 5/9-45 rep.)
Section 10. The Election Code is amended by repealing
Section 9-45.

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Section 15. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
changing Section 50-37 as follows:
(30 ILCS 500/50-37)
Sec. 50-37. Prohibition of political contributions.
(a) As used in this Section:
The terms "contract", "State contract", and "contract
with a State agency" each mean any contract, as defined in
this Code, between a business entity and a State agency
let or awarded pursuant to this Code. The terms
"contract", "State contract", and "contract with a State
agency" do not include cost reimbursement contracts;
purchase of care agreements as defined in Section 1-15.68
of this Code; contracts for projects eligible for full or
partial federal-aid funding reimbursements authorized by
the Federal Highway Administration; grants, including but
are not limited to grants for job training or
transportation; and grants, loans, or tax credit
agreements for economic development purposes.
"Contribution" means a contribution as defined in
Section 9-1.4 of the Election Code.
"Declared candidate" means a person who has filed a
statement of candidacy and petition for nomination or
election in the principal office of the State Board of
Elections.

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"State agency" means and includes all boards,
commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities, and
bodies politic and corporate of the State, created by or
in accordance with the Illinois Constitution or State
statute, of the executive branch of State government and
does include colleges, universities, public employee
retirement systems, and institutions under the
jurisdiction of the governing boards of the University of
Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Illinois State
University, Eastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois
University, Western Illinois University, Chicago State
University, Governors State University, Northeastern
Illinois University, and the Illinois Board of Higher
Education.
"Officeholder" means the Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State,
Comptroller, or Treasurer. The Governor shall be
considered the officeholder responsible for awarding all
contracts by all officers and employees of, and potential
contractors and others doing business with, executive
branch State agencies under the jurisdiction of the
Executive Ethics Commission and not within the
jurisdiction of the Attorney General, the Secretary of
State, the Comptroller, or the Treasurer.
"Sponsoring entity" means a sponsoring entity as
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"Affiliated person" means (i) any person with any
ownership interest or distributive share of the bidding or
contracting business entity in excess of 7.5%, (ii)
executive employees of the bidding or contracting business
entity, and (iii) the spouse of any such persons.
"Affiliated person" does not include a person prohibited
by federal law from making contributions or expenditures
in connection with a federal, state, or local election.
"Affiliated entity" means (i) any corporate parent and
each operating subsidiary of the bidding or contracting
business entity, (ii) each operating subsidiary of the
corporate parent of the bidding or contracting business
entity, (iii) any organization recognized by the United
States Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt
organization described in Section 501(c) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (or any successor provision of
federal tax law) established by the bidding or contracting
business entity, any affiliated entity of that business
entity, or any affiliated person of that business entity,
or (iv) (blank) any political committee for which the
bidding or contracting business entity, or any 501(c)
organization described in item (iii) related to that
business entity, is the sponsoring entity. "Affiliated
entity" does not include an entity prohibited by federal
law from making contributions or expenditures in
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"Business entity" means any entity doing business for
profit, whether organized as a corporation, partnership,
sole proprietorship, limited liability company or
partnership, or otherwise.
"Executive employee" means (i) the President,
Chairman, or Chief Executive Officer of a business entity
and any other individual that fulfills equivalent duties
as the President, Chairman of the Board, or Chief
Executive Officer of a business entity; and (ii) any
employee of a business entity whose compensation is
determined directly, in whole or in part, by the award or
payment of contracts by a State agency to the entity
employing the employee. A regular salary that is paid
irrespective of the award or payment of a contract with a
State agency shall not constitute "compensation" under
item (ii) of this definition. "Executive employee" does
not include any person prohibited by federal law from
making contributions or expenditures in connection with a
federal, state, or local election.
(b) Any business entity whose contracts with State
agencies, in the aggregate, annually total more than $50,000,
and any affiliated entities or affiliated persons of such
business entity, are prohibited from making any contributions
to any political committees established to promote the
candidacy of (i) the officeholder responsible for awarding the
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office. This prohibition shall be effective for the duration
of the term of office of the incumbent officeholder awarding
the contracts or for a period of 2 years following the
expiration or termination of the contracts, whichever is
longer.
(c) Any business entity whose aggregate pending bids and
offers on State contracts total more than $50,000, or whose
aggregate pending bids and offers on State contracts combined
with the business entity's aggregate annual total value of
State contracts exceed $50,000, and any affiliated entities or
affiliated persons of such business entity, are prohibited
from making any contributions to any political committee
established to promote the candidacy of the officeholder
responsible for awarding the contract on which the business
entity has submitted a bid or offer during the period
beginning on the date the invitation for bids, request for
proposals, or any other procurement opportunity is issued and
ending on the day after the date the contract is awarded.
(c-5) For the purposes of the prohibitions under
subsections (b) and (c) of this Section, (i) any contribution
made to a political committee established to promote the
candidacy of the Governor or a declared candidate for the
office of Governor shall also be considered as having been
made to a political committee established to promote the
candidacy of the Lieutenant Governor, in the case of the
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having filed a joint petition, or write-in declaration of
intent, with the declared candidate for Governor, as
applicable, and (ii) any contribution made to a political
committee established to promote the candidacy of the
Lieutenant Governor or a declared candidate for the office of
Lieutenant Governor shall also be considered as having been
made to a political committee established to promote the
candidacy of the Governor, in the case of the Lieutenant
Governor, or the declared candidate for Governor having filed
a joint petition, or write-in declaration of intent, with the
declared candidate for Lieutenant Governor, as applicable.
(d) All contracts between State agencies and a business
entity that violate subsection (b) or (c) shall be voidable
under Section 50-60. If a business entity violates subsection
(b) 3 or more times within a 36-month period, then all
contracts between State agencies and that business entity
shall be void, and that business entity shall not bid or
respond to any invitation to bid or request for proposals from
any State agency or otherwise enter into any contract with any
State agency for 3 years from the date of the last violation. A
notice of each violation and the penalty imposed shall be
published in both the Procurement Bulletin and the Illinois
Register.
(e) Any political committee that has received a
contribution in violation of subsection (b) or (c) shall pay
an amount equal to the value of the contribution to the State

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