Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Administrative Review
State Board of Elections properly dismissed complaint that alleged a violation of the Campaign Disclosure Act by 25th Ward Regular Democratic Organization, a political committee registered with the Board. Section 9-8.10(a)(3) of the Act prohibits only a political committee's expenditures for satisfaction or repayment of personal debts and not the payment of debts incurred by an officeholder in connection with the performance of governmental and public service functions. The legal fees incurred by alderman in defense of allegations of public corruption were not a personal debt, and the committee's payment of those fees was not an expenditure prohibited by section 9-8-.1(a)(3) of the Act. (CUNNINGHAM and ROCHFORD, concurring.)