Section 25 ILCS 170/6.5 - Expenditures on Behalf of Officials(a) A registrant that makes an expenditure on behalf of an official must inform the official in writing, contemporaneously with receipt of the expenditure, that the expenditure is a reportable expenditure pursuant to this Act and that the official will be included in the report submitted by the registrant in accordance with Section 6. (b) Any official disclosed in a report submitted pursuant to Section 6 who did not receive the notification of the expenditure required by subsection (a) of this Section or who has returned or reimbursed the expenditure included in a report submitted pursuant to Section 6 may, at any time, contest the disclosure of an expenditure by submitting a letter to the registrant and the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall make the letter available to the public in the same manner as the report. Amended by P.A. 096-1358,§ 10, eff. 7/28/2010.Amended by P.A. 093-0244, § 5, eff. 1/1/2004.Amended by P.A. 093-0615, § 90-30, eff. 11/19/2003. P.A. 90-737, eff. 1-1-99.