Bill Text: IL SB3764 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act and the Election Code. Prohibits State executive branch constitutional officers and candidates, General Assembly members and candidates, legislative political caucuses, and political committees on behalf of any of those persons or caucuses from holding political fundraising functions (now, fundraising functions in Sangamon County) during certain periods when the General Assembly is in session.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-08 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB3764 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB3764-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB3764 Introduced 2/11/2010, by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 430/5-40
10 ILCS 5/9-27.5
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act and the Election Code. Prohibits State executive branch constitutional officers and candidates, General Assembly members and candidates, legislative political caucuses, and political committees on behalf of any of those persons or caucuses from holding political fundraising functions (now, fundraising functions in Sangamon County) during certain periods when the General Assembly is in session.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning ethics.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
amended by changing Section 5-40 as follows:
(5 ILCS 430/5-40)
Sec. 5-40. Fundraising in Sangamon County. Any Except as
provided in this Section, any executive branch constitutional
officer, any candidate for an executive branch constitutional
office, any member of the General Assembly, any candidate for
the General Assembly, any political caucus of the General
Assembly, or any political committee on behalf of any of the
foregoing may not hold a political fundraising function in
Sangamon County on any day the legislature is in session (i)
during the period beginning February 1 and ending on the later
of the actual adjournment dates of either house of the spring
session and (ii) during fall veto session. For purposes of this
Section, the legislature is not considered to be in session on
a day that is solely a perfunctory session day or on a day when
only a committee is meeting.
During the period beginning June 1 and ending on the first
day of fall veto session each year, this Section does not apply
to (i) a member of the General Assembly whose legislative or

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representative district is entirely within Sangamon County or
(ii) a candidate for the General Assembly from that legislative
or representative district.
(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.)
Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing
Section 9-27.5 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/9-27.5)
Sec. 9-27.5. Fundraising in Sangamon County. In addition to
any other provision of this Code, fundraising events in
Sangamon County by certain executive branch officers and
candidates, legislative branch members and candidates,
political caucuses, and political committees are subject to the
State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. If a political
committee receives and retains a contribution that is in
violation of Section 5-40 of the State Officials and Employees
Ethics Act, then the State Board may impose a civil penalty
upon that political committee in an amount equal to 100% of
that contribution.
(Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)