101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3998

 

Introduced 1/8/2020, by Rep. Margo McDermed

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 420/4A-102  from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102
5 ILCS 420/4A-103  from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103

    Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Requires members of the General Assembly to include on a statement of economic interests the identity of any client or entity with whom the person making the statement, or his or her spouse, maintains an economic association and from which he or she, or his or her spouse, has derived income other than the salary received as a member of the General Assembly during the preceding calendar year, including the total dollar amount of such income received.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended
5by changing Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 420/4A-102)  (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102)
7    Sec. 4A-102. The statement of economic interests required
8by this Article shall include the economic interests of the
9person making the statement as provided in this Section. The
10interest (if constructively controlled by the person making the
11statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be considered
12to be the same as the interest of the person making the
13statement. Campaign receipts shall not be included in this
14statement.
15        (a) The following interests shall be listed by all
16    persons required to file:
17            (1) The name, address and type of practice of any
18        professional organization or individual professional
19        practice in which the person making the statement was
20        an officer, director, associate, partner or
21        proprietor, or served in any advisory capacity, from
22        which income in excess of $1200 was derived during the
23        preceding calendar year;

 

 

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1            (2) The nature of professional services (other
2        than services rendered to the unit or units of
3        government in relation to which the person is required
4        to file) and the nature of the entity to which they
5        were rendered if fees exceeding $5,000 were received
6        during the preceding calendar year from the entity for
7        professional services rendered by the person making
8        the statement.
9            (3) The identity (including the address or legal
10        description of real estate) of any capital asset from
11        which a capital gain of $5,000 or more was realized in
12        the preceding calendar year.
13            (4) The name of any unit of government which has
14        employed the person making the statement during the
15        preceding calendar year other than the unit or units of
16        government in relation to which the person is required
17        to file.
18            (5) The name of any entity from which a gift or
19        gifts, or honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in
20        the aggregate in excess of $500, was received during
21        the preceding calendar year.
22        (b) The following interests shall also be listed by
23    persons listed in items (a) through (f), item (l), item
24    (n), and item (p) of Section 4A-101:
25            (1) The name and instrument of ownership in any
26        entity doing business in the State of Illinois, in

 

 

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1        which an ownership interest held by the person at the
2        date of filing is in excess of $5,000 fair market value
3        or from which dividends of in excess of $1,200 were
4        derived during the preceding calendar year. (In the
5        case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed
6        by street address, or if none, then by legal
7        description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
8        institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed;
9            (2) Except for professional service entities, the
10        name of any entity and any position held therein from
11        which income of in excess of $1,200 was derived during
12        the preceding calendar year, if the entity does
13        business in the State of Illinois. No time or demand
14        deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt
15        instrument need be listed.
16            (3) The identity of any compensated lobbyist with
17        whom the person making the statement maintains a close
18        economic association, including the name of the
19        lobbyist and specifying the legislative matter or
20        matters which are the object of the lobbying activity,
21        and describing the general type of economic activity of
22        the client or principal on whose behalf that person is
23        lobbying.
24        (c) The following interests shall also be listed by
25    persons listed in items (a) through (c) and item (e) of
26    Section 4A-101.5:

 

 

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1            (1) The name and instrument of ownership in any
2        entity doing business with a unit of local government
3        in relation to which the person is required to file if
4        the ownership interest of the person filing is greater
5        than $5,000 fair market value as of the date of filing
6        or if dividends in excess of $1,200 were received from
7        the entity during the preceding calendar year. (In the
8        case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed
9        by street address, or if none, then by legal
10        description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
11        institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed.
12            (2) Except for professional service entities, the
13        name of any entity and any position held therein from
14        which income in excess of $1,200 was derived during the
15        preceding calendar year if the entity does business
16        with a unit of local government in relation to which
17        the person is required to file. No time or demand
18        deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt
19        instrument need be listed.
20            (3) The name of any entity and the nature of the
21        governmental action requested by any entity which has
22        applied to a unit of local government in relation to
23        which the person must file for any license, franchise
24        or permit for annexation, zoning or rezoning of real
25        estate during the preceding calendar year if the
26        ownership interest of the person filing is in excess of

 

 

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1        $5,000 fair market value at the time of filing or if
2        income or dividends in excess of $1,200 were received
3        by the person filing from the entity during the
4        preceding calendar year.
5        (d) For members of the General Assembly only, list the
6    identity of any client or entity with whom the person
7    making the statement, or his or her spouse, maintains an
8    economic association and from which he or she, or his or
9    her spouse, has derived income other than the salary
10    received as a member of the General Assembly during the
11    preceding calendar year, including the total dollar amount
12    of such income received.
13    For the purposes of this Section, the unit of local
14government in relation to which a person required to file under
15item (e) of Section 4A-101.5 shall be the unit of local
16government that contributes to the pension fund of which such
17person is a member of the board.
18(Source: P.A. 101-221, eff. 8-9-19.)
 
19    (5 ILCS 420/4A-103)  (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103)
20    Sec. 4A-103. The statement of economic interests required
21by this Article to be filed with the Secretary of State shall
22be filled in by typewriting or hand printing, shall be
23verified, dated, and signed by the person making the statement
24and shall contain substantially the following:
25
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST

 

 

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1
(TYPE OR HAND PRINT)
2.............................................................
3(name)
4.............................................................
5(each office or position of employment for which this statement
6is filed)
7.............................................................
8(full mailing address)
9GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
10    The interest (if constructively controlled by the person
11making the statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be
12considered to be the same as the interest of the person making
13the statement.
14    Campaign receipts shall not be included in this statement.
15    If additional space is needed, please attach supplemental
16listing.
17    1. List the name and instrument of ownership in any entity
18doing business in the State of Illinois, in which the ownership
19interest held by the person at the date of filing is in excess
20of $5,000 fair market value or from which dividends in excess
21of $1,200 were derived during the preceding calendar year. (In
22the case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed by
23street address, or if none, then by legal description.) No time
24or demand deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt
25instrument need be listed.
26Business EntityInstrument of Ownership

 

 

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1..............................................................
2..............................................................
3..............................................................
4..............................................................
5    2. List the name, address and type of practice of any
6professional organization in which the person making the
7statement was an officer, director, associate, partner or
8proprietor or served in any advisory capacity, from which
9income in excess of $1,200 was derived during the preceding
10calendar year.
11NameAddressType of Practice
12.............................................................
13.............................................................
14.............................................................
15    3. List the nature of professional services rendered (other
16than to the State of Illinois) to each entity from which income
17exceeding $5,000 was received for professional services
18rendered during the preceding calendar year by the person
19making the statement.
20.............................................................
21.............................................................
22    4. List the identity (including the address or legal
23description of real estate) of any capital asset from which a
24capital gain of $5,000 or more was realized during the
25preceding calendar year.
26.............................................................

 

 

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1.............................................................
2    5. List the identity of any compensated lobbyist with whom
3the person making the statement maintains a close economic
4association, including the name of the lobbyist and specifying
5the legislative matter or matters which are the object of the
6lobbying activity, and describing the general type of economic
7activity of the client or principal on whose behalf that person
8is lobbying.
9LobbyistLegislative MatterClient or Principal
10.............................................................
11.............................................................
12    6. List the name of any entity doing business in the State
13of Illinois from which income in excess of $1,200 was derived
14during the preceding calendar year other than for professional
15services and the title or description of any position held in
16that entity. (In the case of real estate, location thereof
17shall be listed by street address, or if none, then by legal
18description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
19institution nor any debt instrument need be listed.
20EntityPosition Held
21..............................................................
22..............................................................
23..............................................................
24    7. List the name of any unit of government which employed
25the person making the statement during the preceding calendar
26year other than the unit or units of government in relation to

 

 

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1which the person is required to file.
2.............................................................
3.............................................................
4    8. List the name of any entity from which a gift or gifts,
5or honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate
6in excess of $500, was received during the preceding calendar
7year.
8.............................................................
9    9. For members of the General Assembly only, list the
10identity of any client or entity with whom the person making
11the statement, or his or her spouse, maintains an economic
12association and from which he or she, or his or her spouse, has
13derived income other than the salary received as a member of
14the General Assembly during the preceding calendar year,
15including the total dollar amount of such income received.
16.
17VERIFICATION:
18    "I declare that this statement of economic interests
19(including any accompanying schedules and statements) has been
20examined by me and to the best of my knowledge and belief is a
21true, correct and complete statement of my economic interests
22as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. I
23understand that the penalty for willfully filing a false or
24incomplete statement shall be a fine not to exceed $1,000 or
25imprisonment in a penal institution other than the penitentiary
26not to exceed one year, or both fine and imprisonment."

 

 

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1................  ..........................................
2(date of filing)   (signature of person making the statement)
3(Source: P.A. 95-173, eff. 1-1-08.)