Illinois § 9-50 Vendor providing automated traffic systems; contributions

Illinois Statutes

§ 9-50 — Vendor providing automated traffic systems; contributions

Illinois § 9-50

JurisdictionIllinois

TopicGOVERNMENT

Ch. 10ELECTIONS

Act 10 ILCS 5/Election Code.

Art.Article 9 - Disclosure and Regulation of Campaign Contributions and Expenditures

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Bluebook

10 Ill. Comp. Stat. 9-50 (2026).

Text

(a)No vendor that offers or provides equipment or services for automated traffic law enforcement, automated speed enforcement, or automated railroad grade crossing enforcement systems to municipalities or counties, no political action committee created by such a vendor, and no vendor-affiliated person shall make a campaign contribution to any political committee established to promote the candidacy of a candidate or public official. An officer or agent of such a vendor may not consent to any contribution or expenditure that is prohibited by this Section. A candidate, political committee, or other person may not knowingly accept or receive any contribution prohibited by this Section. A political committee that receives a contribution in violation of this Section shall dispose of the contri

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(a) No vendor that offers or provides equipment or services for automated traffic law enforcement, automated speed enforcement, or automated railroad grade crossing enforcement systems to municipalities or counties, no political action committee created by such a vendor, and no vendor-affiliated person shall make a campaign contribution to any political committee established to promote the candidacy of a candidate or public official. An officer or agent of such a vendor may not consent to any contribution or expenditure that is prohibited by this Section. A candidate, political committee, or other person may not knowingly accept or receive any contribution prohibited by this Section. A political committee that receives a contribution in violation of this Section shall dispose of the contribution by returning the contribution or an amount equal to the contribution to the contributor or by donating the contribution or an amount equal to the contribution to a charity. A contribution received in violation of this Section that is not disposed of 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 shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed 150% of the total amount of the contribution. (b) As used in this Section: "Automated law enforcement system", "automated speed enforcement system", and "automated railroad grade crossing enforcement system" have the meanings given to those terms in Article II of Chapter 11 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. "Vendor-affiliated person" means: (i) any person with an ownership interest in excess of 7.5% in a vendor that offers or provides equipment or services for automated traffic law enforcement, automated speed enforcement, or automated railroad grade crossing enforcement systems to municipalities or counties; (ii) any person with a distributive share in excess of 7.5% in a vendor that offers or provides equipment or services for automated traffic law enforcement, automated speed enforcement, or automated railroad grade crossing enforcement systems to municipalities or counties; (iii) any executive employees of a vendor that offers or provides equipment or services for automated traffic law enforcement, automated speed enforcement, or automated railroad grade crossing enforcement systems to municipalities or counties; and (iv) the spouse, minor child, or other immediate family member living in the residence of any of the persons identified in items (i) through (iii).