Illinois Administrative Code
Title 26 - ELECTIONS
Part 100 - CAMPAIGN FINANCING
Section 100.85 - Independent Expenditures
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) When determining whether a natural person making an independent expenditure or expenditures has exceeded the $3,000 threshold triggering the requirement to file a written disclosure with the Board, the phrase "a public official or candidate" shall also include a slate of candidates. An independent expenditure made by a natural person shall be reported if the expenditure exceeds $3,000, regardless of how many public officials or candidates are supported or opposed by the expenditure. The report shall list the total amount expended and the names of all the public officials and candidates covered by the expenditure. The natural person shall not prorate the amount of the expenditure based on the number of covered public officials or candidates.
b) An independent expenditure or independent expenditures in excess of $3,000 made by an entity supporting or opposing a public official or candidate shall cause that entity to establish as a political committee regardless of how many public officials or candidates are supported or opposed by the expenditure. The entity shall not prorate the amount of the expenditure based on the number of covered public officials or candidates when determining whether it has to organize as a political committee.
c) After the filing of the initial written disclosure, a natural person has a continuing obligation to report, within 2 business days, any independent expediture made prior to the election in support of or in opposition to the public official or candidate, in $1,000 increments, on an additional written disclosure.
d) The written disclosure must include: