HB3955 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB101 15320 RJF 64505 b

101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3955

Introduced 11/12/2019, by Rep. Jim Durkin - Terri Bryant - Dave Severin - Grant Wehrli - Thomas Morrison, et al.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

5 ILCS 430/5-53 new
25 ILCS 145/10 new

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that any communication regarding a State agency contract received by an agency, agency head, or other agency employee from a member of the General Assembly shall promptly be reported to that agency's ethics officer by the recipient of the communication and by any other employee of that agency who responds to the communication. Provides that the ethics officer shall require that the communication be promptly made a part of the record of the General Assembly, and the communication shall be made publicly available on the Illinois General Assembly website. Specifies further information to be provided by the ethics officer. Amends the Legislative Information System Act. Requires the Legislative Information System to establish a page for electronic public access on the General Assembly's website that provides information on any communication regarding a State agency contract received by an agency, agency head, or other agency employee from a member of the General Assembly. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning 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 adding Section 5-53 as follows:

(5 ILCS 430/5-53 new)

Sec. 5-53. Communications regarding State agency contracts.

(a) Any communication regarding a State agency contract received by an agency, agency head, or other agency employee from a member of the General Assembly, or his or her official representative or attorney, shall promptly be reported to that agency's ethics officer by the recipient of the communication and by any other employee of that agency who responds to the communication. The ethics officer shall require that the communication be promptly made a part of the record of the General Assembly, and the communication shall be made publicly available on the Illinois General Assembly website.

(b) The information provided by the ethics officer under subsection (a) shall, to the extent practicable, include the following: all written communications, all written responses to the communications, and a memorandum prepared by the ethics officer stating the nature and substance of all oral communications, the identity and job title of the person to whom each communication was made, all responses made, the identity and job title of the person making each response, the identity of each person from whom the written or oral communication was received, the individual or entity represented by that person, any action the person requested or recommended, the date of the relevant communication, and any other pertinent information.

Section 10. The Legislative Information System Act is amended by adding Section 10 as follows:

(25 ILCS 145/10 new)

Sec. 10. Information regarding communications for State agency contracts. The System shall establish a page for electronic public access on the General Assembly's website that provides information on any communication regarding a State agency contract received by an agency, agency head, or other agency employee from a member of the General Assembly as provided under Section 5-53 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.

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