Bill Text: IL HB3963 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Prohibits a member of the State Board of Elections, or a spouse of a member, from serving as an officer of a political committee or directing the actions of or the funds of a political committee. Requires any member of the State Board of Elections, prior to appointment to the State Board of Elections, to dissolve any political committee associated with the member as a candidate for office. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3963 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3963-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3963 Introduced , by Rep. Tim Butler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/1A-14 from Ch. 46, par. 1A-14
Amends the Election Code. Prohibits a member of the State Board of Elections, or a spouse of a member, from serving as an officer of a political committee or directing the actions of or the funds of a political committee. Requires any member of the State Board of Elections, prior to appointment to the State Board of Elections, to dissolve any political committee associated with the member as a candidate for office. Effective immediately.
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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 Section
1A-14 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/1A-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-14)
Sec. 1A-14. No member of the State Board of Elections may
become a candidate for nomination for, or election to, or
accept appointment to or hold any other remunerative public
office or public employment or any office in a political party.
No member, or spouse of a member, of the State Board of
Elections shall serve as an officer of a political committee or
otherwise direct the actions of, or the use of funds held by, a
political committee. Any member of the State Board of
Elections, prior to appointment to the State Board of
Elections, must dissolve any political committee associated
with the member as a candidate for office. Violation of any
prohibition in this Section shall disqualify a member of the
Board and a vacancy is thereby created. A vacancy also exists
upon the occurrence of any of the events enumerated in Section
25-2 of this Act as in the case of an elective office.
(Source: P.A. 80-1178.)

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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.