Public Act 100-0553
 
HB0137 EnrolledLRB100 01842 RJF 11847 b



    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 



 
    Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is 
amended  by changing Section 25-20 as follows:
 
    (5 ILCS 430/25-20)

    Sec. 25-20. Duties of the Legislative Inspector
General. In 
addition to duties otherwise assigned by law,
the Legislative 
Inspector General shall have the following duties:

        (1) To receive and investigate allegations of 
    violations of this
Act. Except as otherwise provided in 
    paragraph (1.5), an An investigation may not be initiated

    more than one year after the most recent act of the alleged 
    violation or of a
series of alleged violations except where 
    there is reasonable cause to believe
that fraudulent 
    concealment has occurred.  To constitute fraudulent 
    concealment
sufficient to toll this limitations period, 
    there must be an affirmative act or
representation 
    calculated to prevent discovery of the fact that a 
    violation
has occurred. The
Legislative Inspector General 
    shall have the discretion to determine the
appropriate 
    means of investigation as permitted by law.
        (1.5) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 
    contrary, the Legislative Inspector General, whether  
    appointed by the Legislative Ethics Commission or the 
    General Assembly, may initiate an investigation based on 
    information provided to the Office of the Legislative 
    Inspector General or the  Legislative Ethics Commission 
    during the period from December 1, 2014 through November 3, 
    2017. Any investigation initiated under this paragraph 
    (1.5) must be initiated within one year after the effective 
    date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly. 

        (2) To request information relating to an 
    investigation from any
person when the Legislative 
    Inspector General deems that information necessary
in

    conducting an investigation.

        (3) To issue subpoenas, with the advance approval of 
    the Commission,
to compel the attendance of witnesses for 
    the
purposes of testimony and production of documents and 
    other items for
inspection and copying and to make service 
    of those subpoenas and subpoenas
issued under item (7) of 
    Section 25-15.

        (4) To submit reports as required by this Act.

        (5) To file
pleadings in the name of
the Legislative 
    Inspector General with the Legislative Ethics
Commission, 
    through the Attorney General, as provided in this Article 
    if the
Attorney General finds that reasonable cause exists 
    to believe that a violation
has
occurred.

        (6) To assist and coordinate the ethics officers
for 
    State agencies under the jurisdiction of the
Legislative 
    Inspector General and to work with those ethics officers.

        (7) To participate in or conduct, when appropriate, 
    multi-jurisdictional
investigations.

        (8) To request, as the Legislative Inspector General 
    deems appropriate,
from ethics officers
of State agencies 
    under his or her  jurisdiction, reports or information
on 
    (i) the content of a State agency's ethics
training program 
    and (ii) the percentage of new officers and
employees who 
    have completed ethics training.

        (9) To establish a policy that ensures the appropriate 
    handling and correct recording of all investigations of 
    allegations and to ensure that the policy is accessible via 
    the Internet in order that those seeking to report those 
    allegations are familiar with the process and that the 
    subjects of those allegations are treated fairly. 
(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.)
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.