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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0022 Introduced 1/14/2021, by Rep. Michael Halpin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that no officer, employee, or agent of a unit of local government may attempt to withhold disclosure to the public of information relating to tax incentives and other financial incentives by using a non-disclosure agreement. Defines "tax incentive". Effective immediately.
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| | HB0022 | | LRB102 02760 AWJ 12767 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local 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 Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act is |
| 5 | | amended by adding Section 4.1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (50 ILCS 105/4.1 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 4.1. Non-disclosure agreements. |
| 8 | | (a) As used in this Section, "tax incentive" includes, but |
| 9 | | is not limited to, any tax incentive authorized by law that by |
| 10 | | exemption, exclusion, deduction, allowance, credit, |
| 11 | | preferential tax rate, abatement, or other device reduces the |
| 12 | | amount of tax revenues that would otherwise accrue to the unit |
| 13 | | of local government. |
| 14 | | (b) No officer, employee, or agent of a unit of local |
| 15 | | government may attempt to withhold disclosure to the public of |
| 16 | | information relating to tax incentives and other financial |
| 17 | | incentives by using a non-disclosure agreement.
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| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 19 | | becoming law.
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