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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 20-95 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 430/20-95)
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| 7 | | Sec. 20-95. Exemptions.
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| 8 | | (a) Documents generated by an ethics
officer under this |
| 9 | | Act, except Section 5-50, are exempt from the provisions of
the |
| 10 | | Freedom
of Information Act.
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| 11 | | (b) Any allegations
and related documents
submitted to an |
| 12 | | Executive Inspector General and any pleadings and
related |
| 13 | | documents brought before the Executive Ethics
Commission are |
| 14 | | exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act so |
| 15 | | long as the Executive Ethics Commission
does not make a finding |
| 16 | | of a violation of this Act.
If the Executive
Ethics Commission |
| 17 | | finds that a violation has occurred, the
entire record of |
| 18 | | proceedings before the Commission, the decision and
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| 19 | | recommendation, and the response from the agency head or
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| 20 | | ultimate jurisdictional authority to the Executive Ethics
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| 21 | | Commission are not exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of
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| 22 | | Information Act but information contained therein that is |
| 23 | | otherwise exempt from
the
Freedom of Information Act must be |
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| 1 | | redacted before disclosure as provided in
the Freedom of |
| 2 | | Information Act. A summary report released by the Executive |
| 3 | | Ethics Commission under Section 20-52 is a public record, but |
| 4 | | information redacted by the Executive Ethics Commission shall |
| 5 | | not be part of the public record.
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| 6 | | (c) Meetings of the Commission are exempt from the |
| 7 | | provisions of the Open
Meetings Act.
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| 8 | | (d) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, all |
| 9 | | investigatory files and
reports of the Office of an Executive |
| 10 | | Inspector General, other than monthly
reports required under |
| 11 | | Section 20-85, are confidential, are exempt from disclosure
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| 12 | | under the Freedom of Information Act, and shall not be divulged |
| 13 | | to
any person or agency, except as necessary (i) to a law
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| 14 | | enforcement
authority, (ii) to the ultimate
jurisdictional |
| 15 | | authority, (iii) to the
Executive Ethics Commission, (iv) to |
| 16 | | another Inspector General appointed
pursuant to this Act, or |
| 17 | | (v) to an Inspector General appointed or employed by a Regional |
| 18 | | Transit Board in accordance with Section 75-10, or (vi) to the |
| 19 | | head of a State agency affected by or involved in the |
| 20 | | investigation.
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| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09; 96-1528, eff. 7-1-11.)
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| 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 23 | | becoming law.
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