Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB0290 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0290 Introduced 2/2/2023, by Sen. Michael W. Halpin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/9-8.5 Amends the Election Code. Provides that a foreign national may not make, directly or indirectly, a contribution to a ballot initiative committee or an independent expenditure committee for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters, and neither a ballot initiative committee nor an independent expenditure committee may knowingly solicit or accept a contribution from a foreign national for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters. Provides that a foreign national may not make an independent expenditure for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters. Effective immediately. LRB103 26092 BMS 52447 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0290 Introduced 2/2/2023, by Sen. Michael W. Halpin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/9-8.5 10 ILCS 5/9-8.5 Amends the Election Code. Provides that a foreign national may not make, directly or indirectly, a contribution to a ballot initiative committee or an independent expenditure committee for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters, and neither a ballot initiative committee nor an independent expenditure committee may knowingly solicit or accept a contribution from a foreign national for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters. Provides that a foreign national may not make an independent expenditure for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters. Effective immediately. LRB103 26092 BMS 52447 b LRB103 26092 BMS 52447 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Amends the Election Code. Provides that a foreign national may not make, directly or indirectly, a contribution to a ballot initiative committee or an independent expenditure committee for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters, and neither a ballot initiative committee nor an independent expenditure committee may knowingly solicit or accept a contribution from a foreign national for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters. Provides that a foreign national may not make an independent expenditure for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters. Effective immediately.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning elections.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
15	15	5 Section 9-8.5 as follows:
16	16	6 (10 ILCS 5/9-8.5)
17	17	7 Sec. 9-8.5. Limitations on campaign contributions.
18	18	8 (a) It is unlawful for a political committee to accept
19	19	9 contributions except as provided in this Section.
20	20	10 (b) During an election cycle, a candidate political
21	21	11 committee may not accept contributions with an aggregate value
22	22	12 over the following: (i) $5,000 from any individual, (ii)
23	23	13 $10,000 from any corporation, labor organization, or
24	24	14 association, or (iii) $50,000 from a candidate political
25	25	15 committee or political action committee. A candidate political
26	26	16 committee may accept contributions in any amount from a
27	27	17 political party committee except during an election cycle in
28	28	18 which the candidate seeks nomination at a primary election.
29	29	19 During an election cycle in which the candidate seeks
30	30	20 nomination at a primary election, a candidate political
31	31	21 committee may not accept contributions from political party
32	32	22 committees with an aggregate value over the following: (i)
33	33	23 $200,000 for a candidate political committee established to
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0290 Introduced 2/2/2023, by Sen. Michael W. Halpin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Amends the Election Code. Provides that a foreign national may not make, directly or indirectly, a contribution to a ballot initiative committee or an independent expenditure committee for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters, and neither a ballot initiative committee nor an independent expenditure committee may knowingly solicit or accept a contribution from a foreign national for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters. Provides that a foreign national may not make an independent expenditure for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters. Effective immediately.
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68	68	1 support a candidate seeking nomination to statewide office,
69	69	2 (ii) $125,000 for a candidate political committee established
70	70	3 to support a candidate seeking nomination to the Senate, the
71	71	4 Supreme Court or Appellate Court in the First Judicial
72	72	5 District, or an office elected by all voters in a county with
73	73	6 1,000,000 or more residents, (iii) $75,000 for a candidate
74	74	7 political committee established to support a candidate seeking
75	75	8 nomination to the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court
76	76	9 or Appellate Court for a Judicial District other than the
77	77	10 First Judicial District, an office elected by all voters of a
78	78	11 county of fewer than 1,000,000 residents, and municipal and
79	79	12 county offices in Cook County other than those elected by all
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81	81	14 political committee established to support the nomination of a
82	82	15 candidate to any other office. A candidate political committee
83	83	16 established to elect a candidate to the General Assembly may
84	84	17 accept contributions from only one legislative caucus
85	85	18 committee. A candidate political committee may not accept
86	86	19 contributions from a ballot initiative committee or from an
87	87	20 independent expenditure committee.
88	88	21 (b-5) Judicial elections.
89	89	22 (1) In addition to any other provision of this
90	90	23 Section, a candidate political committee established to
91	91	24 support or oppose a candidate seeking nomination to the
92	92	25 Supreme Court, Appellate Court, or Circuit Court may not:
93	93	26 (A) accept contributions from any entity that does
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104	104	1 not disclose the identity of those who make
105	105	2 contributions to the entity, except for contributions
106	106	3 that are not required to be itemized by this Code; or
107	107	4 (B) accept contributions from any out-of-state
108	108	5 person, as defined in this Article.
109	109	6 (1.1) In addition to any other provision of this
110	110	7 Section, a political committee that is self-funding, as
111	111	8 described in subsection (h) of this Section, and is
112	112	9 established to support or oppose a candidate seeking
113	113	10 nomination, election, or retention to the Supreme Court,
114	114	11 the Appellate Court, or the Circuit Court may not accept
115	115	12 contributions from any single person, other than the
116	116	13 judicial candidate or the candidate's immediate family, in
117	117	14 a cumulative amount that exceeds $500,000 in any election
118	118	15 cycle. Any contribution in excess of the limits in this
119	119	16 paragraph (1.1) shall escheat to the State of Illinois.
120	120	17 Any political committee that receives such a contribution
121	121	18 shall immediately forward the amount that exceeds $500,000
122	122	19 to the State Treasurer who shall deposit the funds into
123	123	20 the State Treasury.
124	124	21 (1.2) In addition to any other provision of this
125	125	22 Section, an independent expenditure committee established
126	126	23 to support or oppose a candidate seeking nomination,
127	127	24 election, or retention to the Supreme Court, the Appellate
128	128	25 Court, or the Circuit Court may not accept contributions
129	129	26 from any single person in a cumulative amount that exceeds
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140	140	1 $500,000 in any election cycle. Any contribution in excess
141	141	2 of the limits in this paragraph (1.2) shall escheat to the
142	142	3 State of Illinois. Any independent expenditure committee
143	143	4 that receives such a contribution shall immediately
144	144	5 forward the amount that exceeds $500,000 to the State
145	145	6 Treasurer who shall deposit the funds into the State
146	146	7 Treasury.
147	147	8 (1.3) In addition to any other provision of this
148	148	9 Section, if a political committee established to support
149	149	10 or oppose a candidate seeking nomination, election, or
150	150	11 retention to the Supreme Court, the Appellate Court, or
151	151	12 the Circuit Court receives a contribution in excess of
152	152	13 $500 from: (i) any committee that is not required to
153	153	14 disclose its contributors under this Act; (ii) any
154	154	15 association that is not required to disclose its
155	155	16 contributors under this Act; or (iii) any other
156	156	17 organization or group of persons that is not required to
157	157	18 disclose its contributors under this Act, then that
158	158	19 contribution shall be considered an anonymous contribution
159	159	20 that shall escheat to the State, unless the political
160	160	21 committee reports to the State Board of Elections all
161	161	22 persons who have contributed in excess of $500 during the
162	162	23 same election cycle to the committee, association,
163	163	24 organization, or group making the contribution. Any
164	164	25 political committee that receives such a contribution and
165	165	26 fails to report this information shall forward the
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176	176	1 contribution amount immediately to the State Treasurer who
177	177	2 shall deposit the funds into the State Treasury.
178	178	3 (2) As used in this subsection, "contribution" has the
179	179	4 meaning provided in Section 9-1.4 and also includes the
180	180	5 following that are subject to the limits of this Section:
181	181	6 (A) expenditures made by any person in concert or
182	182	7 cooperation with, or at the request or suggestion of,
183	183	8 a candidate, his or her designated committee, or their
184	184	9 agents; and
185	185	10 (B) the financing by any person of the
186	186	11 dissemination, distribution, or republication, in
187	187	12 whole or in part, of any broadcast or any written,
188	188	13 graphic, or other form of campaign materials prepared
189	189	14 by the candidate, his or her campaign committee, or
190	190	15 their designated agents.
191	191	16 (3) As to contributions to a candidate political
192	192	17 committee established to support a candidate seeking
193	193	18 nomination to the Supreme Court, Appellate Court, or
194	194	19 Circuit Court:
195	195	20 (A) No person shall make a contribution in the
196	196	21 name of another person or knowingly permit his or her
197	197	22 name to be used to effect such a contribution.
198	198	23 (B) No person shall knowingly accept a
199	199	24 contribution made by one person in the name of another
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201	201	26 (C) No person shall knowingly accept reimbursement
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212	212	1 from another person for a contribution made in his or
213	213	2 her own name.
214	214	3 (D) No person shall make an anonymous
215	215	4 contribution.
216	216	5 (E) No person shall knowingly accept any anonymous
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218	218	7 (F) No person shall predicate (1) any benefit,
219	219	8 including, but not limited to, employment decisions,
220	220	9 including hiring, promotions, bonus compensation, and
221	221	10 transfers, or (2) any other gift, transfer, or
222	222	11 emolument upon:
223	223	12 (i) the decision by the recipient of that
224	224	13 benefit to donate or not to donate to a candidate;
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226	226	15 (ii) the amount of any such donation.
227	227	16 (4) No judicial candidate or political committee
228	228	17 established to support a candidate seeking nomination to
229	229	18 the Supreme Court, Appellate Court, or Circuit Court shall
230	230	19 knowingly accept any contribution or make any expenditure
231	231	20 in violation of the provisions of this Section. No officer
232	232	21 or employee of a political committee established to
233	233	22 support a candidate seeking nomination to the Supreme
234	234	23 Court, Appellate Court, or Circuit Court shall knowingly
235	235	24 accept a contribution made for the benefit or use of a
236	236	25 candidate or knowingly make any expenditure in support of
237	237	26 or opposition to a candidate or for electioneering
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248	248	1 communications in relation to a candidate in violation of
249	249	2 any limitation designated for contributions and
250	250	3 expenditures under this Section.
251	251	4 (5) Where the provisions of this subsection (b-5)
252	252	5 conflict with any other provision of this Code, this
253	253	6 subsection (b-5) shall control.
254	254	7 (c) During an election cycle, a political party committee
255	255	8 may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the
256	256	9 following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from
257	257	10 any corporation, labor organization, or association, or (iii)
258	258	11 $50,000 from a political action committee. A political party
259	259	12 committee may accept contributions in any amount from another
260	260	13 political party committee or a candidate political committee,
261	261	14 except as provided in subsection (c-5). Nothing in this
262	262	15 Section shall limit the amounts that may be transferred
263	263	16 between a political party committee established under
264	264	17 subsection (a) of Section 7-8 of this Code and an affiliated
265	265	18 federal political committee established under the Federal
266	266	19 Election Code by the same political party. A political party
267	267	20 committee may not accept contributions from a ballot
268	268	21 initiative committee or from an independent expenditure
269	269	22 committee. A political party committee established by a
270	270	23 legislative caucus may not accept contributions from another
271	271	24 political party committee established by a legislative caucus.
272	272	25 (c-5) During the period beginning on the date candidates
273	273	26 may begin circulating petitions for a primary election and
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284	284	1 ending on the day of the primary election, a political party
285	285	2 committee may not accept contributions with an aggregate value
286	286	3 over $50,000 from a candidate political committee or political
287	287	4 party committee. A political party committee may accept
288	288	5 contributions in any amount from a candidate political
289	289	6 committee or political party committee if the political party
290	290	7 committee receiving the contribution filed a statement of
291	291	8 nonparticipation in the primary as provided in subsection
292	292	9 (c-10). The Task Force on Campaign Finance Reform shall study
293	293	10 and make recommendations on the provisions of this subsection
294	294	11 to the Governor and General Assembly by September 30, 2012.
295	295	12 This subsection becomes inoperative on July 1, 2013 and
296	296	13 thereafter no longer applies.
297	297	14 (c-10) A political party committee that does not intend to
298	298	15 make contributions to candidates to be nominated at a general
299	299	16 primary election or consolidated primary election may file a
300	300	17 Statement of Nonparticipation in a Primary Election with the
301	301	18 Board. The Statement of Nonparticipation shall include a
302	302	19 verification signed by the chairperson and treasurer of the
303	303	20 committee that (i) the committee will not make contributions
304	304	21 or coordinated expenditures in support of or opposition to a
305	305	22 candidate or candidates to be nominated at the general primary
306	306	23 election or consolidated primary election (select one) to be
307	307	24 held on (insert date), (ii) the political party committee may
308	308	25 accept unlimited contributions from candidate political
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320	320	1 political party committee does not make contributions to a
321	321	2 candidate or candidates to be nominated at the primary
322	322	3 election, and (iii) failure to abide by these requirements
323	323	4 shall deem the political party committee in violation of this
324	324	5 Article and subject the committee to a fine of no more than
325	325	6 150% of the total contributions or coordinated expenditures
326	326	7 made by the committee in violation of this Article. This
327	327	8 subsection becomes inoperative on July 1, 2013 and thereafter
328	328	9 no longer applies.
329	329	10 (d) During an election cycle, a political action committee
330	330	11 may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the
331	331	12 following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from
332	332	13 any corporation, labor organization, political party
333	333	14 committee, or association, or (iii) $50,000 from a political
334	334	15 action committee or candidate political committee. A political
335	335	16 action committee may not accept contributions from a ballot
336	336	17 initiative committee or from an independent expenditure
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338	338	19 (e) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (h-15), a A
339	339	20 ballot initiative committee may accept contributions in any
340	340	21 amount from any source, provided that the committee files the
341	341	22 document required by Section 9-3 of this Article and files the
342	342	23 disclosure reports required by the provisions of this Article.
343	343	24 (e-5) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (h-15),
344	344	25 an An independent expenditure committee may accept
345	345	26 contributions in any amount from any source, provided that the
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356	356	1 committee files the document required by Section 9-3 of this
357	357	2 Article and files the disclosure reports required by the
358	358	3 provisions of this Article.
359	359	4 (e-10) A limited activity committee shall not accept
360	360	5 contributions, except that the officer or a candidate the
361	361	6 committee has designated to support may contribute personal
362	362	7 funds in order to pay for maintenance expenses. A limited
363	363	8 activity committee may only make expenditures that are: (i)
364	364	9 necessary for maintenance of the committee; (ii) for rent or
365	365	10 lease payments until the end of the lease in effect at the time
366	366	11 the officer or candidate is confirmed by the Senate; (iii)
367	367	12 contributions to 501(c)(3) charities; or (iv) returning
368	368	13 contributions to original contributors.
369	369	14 (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a political
370	370	15 committee from dividing the proceeds of joint fundraising
371	371	16 efforts; provided that no political committee may receive more
372	372	17 than the limit from any one contributor, and provided that an
373	373	18 independent expenditure committee may not conduct joint
374	374	19 fundraising efforts with a candidate political committee or a
375	375	20 political party committee.
376	376	21 (g) On January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the State
377	377	22 Board of Elections shall adjust the amounts of the
378	378	23 contribution limitations established in this Section for
379	379	24 inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index for All
380	380	25 Urban Consumers as issued by the United States Department of
381	381	26 Labor and rounded to the nearest $100. The State Board shall
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392	392	1 publish this information on its official website.
393	393	2 (h) Self-funding candidates. If a public official, a
394	394	3 candidate, or the public official's or candidate's immediate
395	395	4 family contributes or loans to the public official's or
396	396	5 candidate's political committee or to other political
397	397	6 committees that transfer funds to the public official's or
398	398	7 candidate's political committee or makes independent
399	399	8 expenditures for the benefit of the public official's or
400	400	9 candidate's campaign during the 12 months prior to an election
401	401	10 in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for statewide
402	402	11 office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective offices, then
403	403	12 the public official or candidate shall file with the State
404	404	13 Board of Elections, within one day, a Notification of
405	405	14 Self-funding that shall detail each contribution or loan made
406	406	15 by the public official, the candidate, or the public
407	407	16 official's or candidate's immediate family. Within 2 business
408	408	17 days after the filing of a Notification of Self-funding, the
409	409	18 notification shall be posted on the Board's website and the
410	410	19 Board shall give official notice of the filing to each
411	411	20 candidate for the same office as the public official or
412	412	21 candidate making the filing, including the public official or
413	413	22 candidate filing the Notification of Self-funding. Notice
414	414	23 shall be sent via first class mail to the candidate and the
415	415	24 treasurer of the candidate's committee. Notice shall also be
416	416	25 sent by e-mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the
417	417	26 candidate's committee if the candidate and the treasurer, as
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428	428	1 applicable, have provided the Board with an e-mail address.
429	429	2 Upon posting of the notice on the Board's website, all
430	430	3 candidates for that office, including the public official or
431	431	4 candidate who filed a Notification of Self-funding, shall be
432	432	5 permitted to accept contributions in excess of any
433	433	6 contribution limits imposed by subsection (b). If a public
434	434	7 official or candidate filed a Notification of Self-funding
435	435	8 during an election cycle that includes a general primary
436	436	9 election or consolidated primary election and that public
437	437	10 official or candidate is nominated, all candidates for that
438	438	11 office, including the nominee who filed the notification of
439	439	12 self-funding, shall be permitted to accept contributions in
440	440	13 excess of any contribution limit imposed by subsection (b) for
441	441	14 the subsequent election cycle. For the purposes of this
442	442	15 subsection, "immediate family" means the spouse, parent, or
443	443	16 child of a public official or candidate.
444	444	17 (h-5) If a natural person or independent expenditure
445	445	18 committee makes independent expenditures in support of or in
446	446	19 opposition to the campaign of a particular public official or
447	447	20 candidate in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for
448	448	21 statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective
449	449	22 offices in an election cycle, as reported in a written
450	450	23 disclosure filed under subsection (a) of Section 9-8.6 or
451	451	24 subsection (e-5) of Section 9-10, then the State Board of
452	452	25 Elections shall, within 2 business days after the filing of
453	453	26 the disclosure, post the disclosure on the Board's website and
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464	464	1 give official notice of the disclosure to each candidate for
465	465	2 the same office as the public official or candidate for whose
466	466	3 benefit or detriment the natural person or independent
467	467	4 expenditure committee made independent expenditures. Upon
468	468	5 posting of the notice on the Board's website, all candidates
469	469	6 for that office in that election, including the public
470	470	7 official or candidate for whose benefit or detriment the
471	471	8 natural person or independent expenditure committee made
472	472	9 independent expenditures, shall be permitted to accept
473	473	10 contributions in excess of any contribution limits imposed by
474	474	11 subsection (b).
475	475	12 (h-10) If the State Board of Elections receives
476	476	13 notification or determines that a natural person or persons,
477	477	14 an independent expenditure committee or committees, or
478	478	15 combination thereof has made independent expenditures in
479	479	16 support of or in opposition to the campaign of a particular
480	480	17 public official or candidate in an aggregate amount of more
481	481	18 than (i) $250,000 for statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for
482	482	19 all other elective offices in an election cycle, then the
483	483	20 Board shall, within 2 business days after discovering the
484	484	21 independent expenditures that, in the aggregate, exceed the
485	485	22 threshold set forth in (i) and (ii) of this subsection, post
486	486	23 notice of this fact on the Board's website and give official
487	487	24 notice to each candidate for the same office as the public
488	488	25 official or candidate for whose benefit or detriment the
489	489	26 independent expenditures were made. Notice shall be sent via
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500	500	1 first class mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the
501	501	2 candidate's committee. Notice shall also be sent by e-mail to
502	502	3 the candidate and the treasurer of the candidate's committee
503	503	4 if the candidate and the treasurer, as applicable, have
504	504	5 provided the Board with an e-mail address. Upon posting of the
505	505	6 notice on the Board's website, all candidates of that office
506	506	7 in that election, including the public official or candidate
507	507	8 for whose benefit or detriment the independent expenditures
508	508	9 were made, may accept contributions in excess of any
509	509	10 contribution limits imposed by subsection (b).
510	510	11 (h-15) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
511	511	12 foreign national may not make, directly or indirectly, a
512	512	13 contribution to a ballot initiative committee or an
513	513	14 independent expenditure committee for the purpose of
514	514	15 influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to
515	515	16 the voters, and neither a ballot initiative committee nor an
516	516	17 independent expenditure committee may knowingly solicit or
517	517	18 accept a contribution from a foreign national for the purpose
518	518	19 of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted
519	519	20 to the voters. Additionally, a foreign national may not make
520	520	21 an independent expenditure for the purpose of influencing any
521	521	22 question of public policy to be submitted to the voters. As
522	522	23 used in this subsection, "foreign national" means a foreign
523	523	24 national as defined in 52 U.S.C. 30121(b) and an entity with
524	524	25 respect to which a foreign national holds, owns, controls, or
525	525	26 otherwise has direct or indirect beneficial ownership of 50%
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536	536	1 or more of the total equity, outstanding voting shares,
537	537	2 membership units, or other applicable ownership interests.
538	538	3 (i) For the purposes of this Section, a corporation, labor
539	539	4 organization, association, or a political action committee
540	540	5 established by a corporation, labor organization, or
541	541	6 association may act as a conduit in facilitating the delivery
542	542	7 to a political action committee of contributions made through
543	543	8 dues, levies, or similar assessments and the political action
544	544	9 committee may report the contributions in the aggregate,
545	545	10 provided that: (i) contributions made through dues, levies, or
546	546	11 similar assessments paid by any natural person, corporation,
547	547	12 labor organization, or association in a calendar year may not
548	548	13 exceed the limits set forth in this Section; (ii) the
549	549	14 corporation, labor organization, association, or a political
550	550	15 action committee established by a corporation, labor
551	551	16 organization, or association facilitating the delivery of
552	552	17 contributions maintains a list of natural persons,
553	553	18 corporations, labor organizations, and associations that paid
554	554	19 the dues, levies, or similar assessments from which the
555	555	20 contributions comprising the aggregate amount derive; and
556	556	21 (iii) contributions made through dues, levies, or similar
557	557	22 assessments paid by any natural person, corporation, labor
558	558	23 organization, or association that exceed $1,000 in a quarterly
559	559	24 reporting period shall be itemized on the committee's
560	560	25 quarterly report and may not be reported in the aggregate. A
561	561	26 political action committee facilitating the delivery of
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572	572	1 contributions or receiving contributions shall disclose the
573	573	2 amount of contributions made through dues delivered or
574	574	3 received and the name of the corporation, labor organization,
575	575	4 association, or political action committee delivering the
576	576	5 contributions, if applicable. On January 1 of each
577	577	6 odd-numbered year, the State Board of Elections shall adjust
578	578	7 the amounts of the contribution limitations established in
579	579	8 this subsection for inflation as determined by the Consumer
580	580	9 Price Index for All Urban Consumers as issued by the United
581	581	10 States Department of Labor and rounded to the nearest $100.
582	582	11 The State Board shall publish this information on its official
583	583	12 website.
584	584	13 (j) A political committee that receives a contribution or
585	585	14 transfer in violation of this Section shall dispose of the
586	586	15 contribution or transfer by returning the contribution or
587	587	16 transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or transfer,
588	588	17 to the contributor or transferor or donating the contribution
589	589	18 or transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or
590	590	19 transfer, to a charity. A contribution or transfer received in
591	591	20 violation of this Section that is not disposed of as provided
592	592	21 in this subsection within 30 days after the Board sends
593	593	22 notification to the political committee of the excess
594	594	23 contribution by certified mail shall escheat to the General
595	595	24 Revenue Fund and the political committee shall be deemed in
596	596	25 violation of this Section and subject to a civil penalty not to
597	597	26 exceed 150% of the total amount of the contribution.
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608	608	1 (k) For the purposes of this Section, "statewide office"
609	609	2 means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General,
610	610	3 Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer.
611	611	4 (l) This Section is repealed if and when the United States
612	612	5 Supreme Court invalidates contribution limits on committees
613	613	6 formed to assist candidates, political parties, corporations,
614	614	7 associations, or labor organizations established by or
615	615	8 pursuant to federal law.
616	616	9 (Source: P.A. 102-664, eff. 1-1-22; 102-668, eff. 11-15-21;
617	617	10 102-909, eff. 5-27-22.)
618	618	11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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