Sen. John J. Cullerton
Filed: 11/7/2017
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 137




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 137 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 25-20 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 430/25-20)

7    Sec. 25-20. Duties of the Legislative Inspector
General. In 
8addition to duties otherwise assigned by law,
the Legislative 
9Inspector General shall have the following duties:

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

13    more than one year after the most recent act of the alleged 
14    violation or of a
series of alleged violations except where 
15    there is reasonable cause to believe
that fraudulent 
16    concealment has occurred.  To constitute fraudulent 
 
 
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1    concealment
sufficient to toll this limitations period, 
2    there must be an affirmative act or
representation 
3    calculated to prevent discovery of the fact that a 
4    violation
has occurred. The
Legislative Inspector General 
5    shall have the discretion to determine the
appropriate 
6    means of investigation as permitted by law.
7        (1.5) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 
8    contrary, the Legislative Inspector General, whether  
9    appointed by the Legislative Ethics Commission or the 
10    General Assembly, may initiate an investigation based on 
11    information provided to the Office of the Legislative 
12    Inspector General or the  Legislative Ethics Commission 
13    during the period from December 1, 2014 through November 3, 
14    2017. Any investigation initiated under this paragraph 
15    (1.5) must be initiated within one year after the effective 
16    date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly. 

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

20    conducting an investigation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
 
 
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1becoming law.".