Public Act 097-0582
 
HB2972 EnrolledLRB097 10867 HLH 51376 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 Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended
by adding Section 3A-40 as follows:
 
    (5 ILCS 420/3A-40 new)
    Sec. 3A-40. Appointees with expired terms; temporary and
acting appointees.
    (a) A person who is nominated by the Governor on or after
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
Assembly for any affected office to which appointment requires
the advice and consent of the Senate, who is appointed pursuant
to that advice and consent, and whose term of office expires
shall not continue in office longer than 60 calendar days after
the expiration of that term of office. After that 60th day,
each such office is considered vacant and shall be filled only
pursuant to the law applicable to making appointments to that
office, subject to the provisions of this Section.
    A person who has been nominated by the Governor before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
Assembly for any affected office to which appointment requires
the advice and consent of the Senate, who has been appointed
pursuant to that advice and consent, and whose term of office
has expired before that effective date shall not continue in
office longer than 60 calendar days after that effective date.
After that 60 days, each such office is considered vacant and
shall be filled only pursuant to the law applicable to making
appointments to that office, subject to the provisions of this
Section. For the purposes of this subsection (a), "affected
office" means (i) an office in which one receives any form of
compensation, including salary or per diem, but not including
expense reimbursement, or (ii) membership on the board of
trustees of a public university.
    (b) A person who is appointed by the Governor on or after
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
Assembly to serve as a temporary appointee, pursuant to Article
V, Section 9(b) of the Illinois Constitution or any other
applicable statute, to any office to which appointment requires
the advice and consent of the Senate shall not continue in
office after the next meeting of the Senate unless the Governor
has filed a message with the Secretary of the Senate nominating
that person to fill that office on or before that meeting date.
After that meeting date, each such office is considered vacant
and shall be filled only pursuant to the law applicable to
making appointments to that office, subject to the provisions
of this Section.
    A person who has been appointed by the Governor before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
Assembly to serve as a temporary appointee, pursuant to Article
V, Section 9(b) of the Illinois Constitution or any other
applicable statute, to any office to which appointment requires
the advice and consent of the Senate shall not continue in
office after that effective date or the next meeting of the
Senate after that effective date, as applicable, unless the
Governor has filed a message with the Secretary of the Senate
nominating that person to fill that office on or before the
next meeting of the Senate after that temporary appointment was
made. After that effective date or meeting date, as applicable,
each such office is considered vacant and shall be filled only
pursuant to the law applicable to making appointments to that
office, subject to the provisions of this Section.
    For the purposes of this subsection (b), a meeting of the
Senate does not include a perfunctory session day as designated
by the Senate under its rules.
    (c) A person who is designated by the Governor on or after
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
Assembly to serve as an acting appointee to any office to which
appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate shall
not continue in office more than 60 calendar days unless the
Governor files a message with the Secretary of the Senate
nominating that person to fill that office within that 60 days.
After that 60 days, each such office is considered vacant and
shall be filled only pursuant to the law applicable to making
appointments to that office, subject to the provisions of this
Section. No person who has been designated by the Governor to
serve as an acting appointee to any office to which appointment
requires the advice and consent of the Senate shall, except at
the Senate's request, be designated again as an acting
appointee for that office at the same session of that Senate,
subject to the provisions of this Section.
    A person who has been designated by the Governor before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
Assembly to serve as an acting appointee to any office to which
appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate shall
not continue in office longer than 60 calendar days after that
effective date unless the Governor has filed a message with the
Secretary of the Senate nominating that person to fill that
office on or before that 60 days. After that 60 days, each such
office is considered vacant and shall be filled only pursuant
to the law applicable to making appointments to that office,
subject to the provisions of this Section. No person who has
been designated by the Governor to serve as an acting appointee
to any office to which appointment requires the advice and
consent of the Senate shall, except at the Senate's request, be
designated again as an acting appointee for that office at the
same session of that Senate, subject to the provisions of this
Section.
    During the term of a General Assembly, the Governor may not
designate a person to serve as an acting appointee to any
office to which appointment requires the advice and consent of
the Senate if that person's nomination to serve as the
appointee for the same office was rejected by the Senate of the
same General Assembly.
    For the purposes of this subsection (c), "acting appointee"
means a person designated by the Governor to serve as an acting
director or acting secretary pursuant to Section 5-605 of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. "Acting appointee" also
means a person designated by the Governor pursuant to any other
statute to serve as an acting holder of any office, to execute
the duties and functions of any office, or both.
    (d) The provisions of this Section apply notwithstanding
any law to the contrary. However, the provisions of this
Section do not apply to appointments made under Article 1A of
the Election Code or to the appointment of any person to serve
as Director of the Illinois Power Agency.
 
    Section 10. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by changing Section 5-605 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 5/5-605)  (was 20 ILCS 5/12)
    Sec. 5-605. Appointment of officers. Each officer whose
office is created by the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
or by any amendment to the Code shall be appointed by the
Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. In
case of vacancies in those offices during the recess of the
Senate, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment until
the next meeting of the Senate, when the Governor shall
nominate some person to fill the office, and any person so
nominated who is confirmed by the Senate shall hold office
during the remainder of the term and until his or her successor
is appointed and qualified. If the Senate is not in session at
the time the Code or any amendments to the Code take effect,
the Governor shall make a temporary appointment as in the case
of a vacancy.
    During the absence or inability to act of the director of
any department, or of the Secretary of Human Services or the
Secretary of Transportation, or in case of a vacancy in any
such office until a successor is appointed and qualified, the
Governor may designate some person as acting director or acting
secretary to execute the powers and discharge the duties vested
by law in that director or secretary.
    During the term of a General Assembly, the Governor may not
designate a person to serve as an acting director or secretary
under this Section if that person's nomination to serve as the
director or secretary of that same Department was rejected by
the Senate of the same General Assembly. This Section is
subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of Section 3A-40 of
the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.