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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 Sections 5-10, 5-45, and 20-50 as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (5 ILCS 430/5-10)
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7 | Sec. 5-10. Ethics training. Each officer, member, and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | employee
must complete, at least
annually beginning in 2004, an | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | ethics training program conducted by the
appropriate
State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | agency. Each ultimate jurisdictional authority
must implement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | an ethics training program for its officers, members, and
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12 | employees.
These ethics training programs shall be overseen by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | the appropriate Ethics
Commission and Inspector
General | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | appointed pursuant to this Act in consultation with the Office | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | of the
Attorney
General.
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16 | Each Executive Inspector General
shall submit an annual | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | plan for approval to the Executive Ethics Commission that sets
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18 | set standards and determines
determine the hours and frequency | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | of training necessary for each
position or category of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | positions. A person who fills a vacancy in an
elective or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | appointed position that requires training and a person
employed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | in a position that requires training must complete his or her
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23 | initial ethics training within 6 months after commencement of |
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1 | his or
her office or employment.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.) | ||||||
3 | (5 ILCS 430/5-45)
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4 | Sec. 5-45. Procurement; regulation; revolving door | ||||||
5 | prohibition.
(a) No former officer, member, or State | ||||||
6 | employee, or spouse or
immediate family member living with such | ||||||
7 | person, shall, within a period of one
year immediately after | ||||||
8 | termination of State employment, knowingly accept
employment | ||||||
9 | or receive compensation or fees for services from a person or | ||||||
10 | entity
if the officer, member, or State employee, during the | ||||||
11 | year immediately
preceding termination of State employment, | ||||||
12 | participated personally and
substantially in the decision to | ||||||
13 | award State contracts with a cumulative value
of over $25,000
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14 | to the person or entity, or its parent or subsidiary.
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15 | (b) No former officer of the executive branch or State | ||||||
16 | employee of the
executive branch with regulatory or
licensing | ||||||
17 | authority, or spouse or immediate family member living with | ||||||
18 | such
person, shall, within a period of one year immediately | ||||||
19 | after termination of
State employment, knowingly accept | ||||||
20 | employment or receive compensation of fees
for services from a | ||||||
21 | person or entity if the officer
or State
employee, during the | ||||||
22 | year immediately preceding
termination of State employment, | ||||||
23 | made a regulatory or licensing decision that
directly applied | ||||||
24 | to the person or entity, or its parent or subsidiary.
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25 | (b-5) Neither the spouse of a current State officer, |
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1 | member, or employee, nor an immediate family member living with | ||||||
2 | the State member, officer, or employee, shall knowingly accept | ||||||
3 | employment or receive compensation or fees for services from a | ||||||
4 | person or entity if the State officer, member, or employee, | ||||||
5 | during the year immediately preceding, (i) participated | ||||||
6 | personally and substantially in the decision to award State | ||||||
7 | contracts with a cumulative value of over $25,000 to the person | ||||||
8 | or entity, or its parent or subsidiary; or (ii) made a | ||||||
9 | regulatory or licensing decision that directly applied to the | ||||||
10 | person or entity, or its parent or subsidiary.
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11 | (c) The requirements of this Section may be waived
(i) for | ||||||
12 | the executive
branch, in writing by
the Executive Ethics | ||||||
13 | Commission, (ii) for the
legislative branch, in writing by
the | ||||||
14 | Legislative Ethics Commission, and (iii) for the
Auditor | ||||||
15 | General, in writing by the Auditor General.
During the time | ||||||
16 | period from the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
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17 | 93rd General Assembly until the Executive Ethics Commission | ||||||
18 | first meets, the
requirements of this Section may be waived in | ||||||
19 | writing by the appropriate
ultimate jurisdictional authority. | ||||||
20 | During the time period from the
effective date of this | ||||||
21 | amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly until the
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22 | Legislative Ethics Commission first meets, the requirements of | ||||||
23 | this Section may
be waived in writing by the appropriate | ||||||
24 | ultimate jurisdictional authority.
The waiver shall be granted
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25 | upon a showing that the
prospective
employment or relationship | ||||||
26 | did not affect the decisions referred to in sections
(a) ,
and |
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1 | (b) , or (b-5) .
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2 | (d) This Section applies only to persons who terminate an | ||||||
3 | affected position
on or after the effective date of this | ||||||
4 | amendatory Act of the 93rd General
Assembly.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.) | ||||||
6 | (5 ILCS 430/20-50)
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7 | Sec. 20-50. Investigation reports; complaint procedure.
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8 | (a) If an Executive Inspector General, upon the conclusion | ||||||
9 | of an
investigation, determines that reasonable cause exists to | ||||||
10 | believe that a
violation
has occurred, then
the Executive | ||||||
11 | Inspector General shall issue a summary report of the
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12 | investigation. The report shall be delivered to the
appropriate | ||||||
13 | ultimate jurisdictional
authority and to the head of each State
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14 | agency
affected by or involved in the investigation, if | ||||||
15 | appropriate.
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16 | Within 30 days after delivering a summary report, the | ||||||
17 | Executive Inspector General shall either: (1) notify the | ||||||
18 | Commission and Attorney General that the Inspector General | ||||||
19 | seeks to file a petition for leave to file a complaint with the | ||||||
20 | Executive Ethics Commission pursuant to subsection (c); or (2) | ||||||
21 | deliver the summary report and a second, redacted version of | ||||||
22 | the report to the Executive Ethics Commission. In addition, the | ||||||
23 | second, redacted version of the report shall also be delivered | ||||||
24 | to the ultimate jurisdictional authority, the head of each | ||||||
25 | State agency affected by or involved in the investigation, if |
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1 | appropriate, and the person or persons accused of the | ||||||
2 | violation. The redacted version of the report shall contain a | ||||||
3 | description of the facts and circumstances related to the | ||||||
4 | violation and the discipline recommended by the Executive | ||||||
5 | Inspector General. The redacted version of the report shall | ||||||
6 | contain no information that might reasonably tend to reveal the | ||||||
7 | identity of the subject of the investigation or any informant | ||||||
8 | or witness, or information that might risk the effectiveness of | ||||||
9 | other investigations. All recipients of the second, redacted | ||||||
10 | report, and the Executive Inspector General who issued the | ||||||
11 | report, may, within 30 days, provide in writing to the | ||||||
12 | Executive Ethics Commission comments suggesting any reason why | ||||||
13 | the redacted report should or should not be released to the | ||||||
14 | public. | ||||||
15 | Within the same 30-day period, the ultimate jurisdictional | ||||||
16 | authority shall forward to the Executive Inspector General and | ||||||
17 | to the Executive Ethics Commission a response to the summary | ||||||
18 | report. The response shall indicate what discipline related to | ||||||
19 | the summary report, if any, the ultimate jurisdictional | ||||||
20 | authority has imposed or intends to impose. | ||||||
21 | Within 60 days after receiving any summary report, redacted | ||||||
22 | report, or ultimate jurisdictional authority response that | ||||||
23 | recommends, imposes or intends to impose discharge or | ||||||
24 | suspension of 3 days or greater, the Executive Ethics | ||||||
25 | Commission shall: (1) make a written finding that release of | ||||||
26 | the redacted report is fair and in the public interest and |
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1 | release the redacted report by publishing it on its website; | ||||||
2 | (2) make a written finding that release of the redacted report | ||||||
3 | is not fair, or not in the public interest, and return the | ||||||
4 | redacted report to the Executive Inspector General; or (3) seek | ||||||
5 | additional information about the investigation or discipline | ||||||
6 | from the Executive Inspector General or ultimate | ||||||
7 | jurisdictional authority. The Commission may also delay its | ||||||
8 | decision pending the conclusion of related judicial or | ||||||
9 | administrative proceedings. If the Commission makes a written | ||||||
10 | finding that release of the redacted report is fair and in the | ||||||
11 | public interest, it shall indicate in the written finding that, | ||||||
12 | in its opinion, the discipline recommended by the Executive | ||||||
13 | Inspector General and imposed by the ultimate jurisdictional | ||||||
14 | authority is: (i) within the reasonable range previously | ||||||
15 | imposed for like conduct; or (ii) above the reasonable range | ||||||
16 | previously imposed for like conduct; or (iii) below the | ||||||
17 | reasonable range previously imposed for like conduct. The | ||||||
18 | Commission may also make further redactions prior to the | ||||||
19 | release of the report or may delay its finding pending the | ||||||
20 | conclusion of related judicial or administrative proceedings. | ||||||
21 | If the Attorney General decides not to file a petition for | ||||||
22 | leave to file a complaint with the Executive Ethics Commission | ||||||
23 | related to a summary report, the summary report shall be | ||||||
24 | immediately forwarded to the Executive Ethics Commission for | ||||||
25 | redaction and consideration for release as described in this | ||||||
26 | Section. The Executive Ethics Commission may promulgate rules |
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1 | to implement all provisions of this Section.
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2 | (b) The summary report of the investigation shall include | ||||||
3 | the following:
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4 | (1) A description of any allegations or other | ||||||
5 | information
received by the Executive Inspector General | ||||||
6 | pertinent to the
investigation.
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7 | (2) A description of any alleged misconduct discovered | ||||||
8 | in the
course of the investigation.
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9 | (3) A specific recommendation
Recommendations for any | ||||||
10 | corrective or disciplinary
action to be taken in response | ||||||
11 | to any alleged misconduct described in the
report, | ||||||
12 | including suspension for a specified number of days or
but | ||||||
13 | not limited to discharge.
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14 | (4) Other information the Executive Inspector General
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15 | deems relevant to the investigation or resulting | ||||||
16 | recommendations.
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17 | (c) If
Not less than 30 days after delivery of the summary | ||||||
18 | report of
an
investigation under subsection (a),
if the | ||||||
19 | Executive Inspector General desires to file a petition for | ||||||
20 | leave to file
a
complaint under subsection (a) , the Executive | ||||||
21 | Inspector General shall notify the Commission and the
Attorney | ||||||
22 | General.
If the Attorney General determines
that reasonable | ||||||
23 | cause exists to believe that a violation has occurred, then the
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24 | Executive Inspector
General, represented by the Attorney
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25 | General, may file with the Executive Ethics Commission a | ||||||
26 | petition for
leave to file a complaint.
The petition shall set
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1 | forth the alleged violation and the
grounds that exist to | ||||||
2 | support the petition. The petition for leave to
file a | ||||||
3 | complaint must be filed with the Commission within 18 months
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4 | after the most recent act of the
alleged violation or of a | ||||||
5 | series of alleged violations
except where there is reasonable | ||||||
6 | cause to believe
that fraudulent concealment has occurred. To | ||||||
7 | constitute fraudulent concealment
sufficient to toll this | ||||||
8 | limitations period, there must be an affirmative act or
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9 | representation calculated to prevent discovery of the fact that | ||||||
10 | a violation has
occurred.
If a petition for leave to file a | ||||||
11 | complaint is not filed with the Commission
within 6 months | ||||||
12 | after notice by the Inspector General to the Commission and the
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13 | Attorney General, then the Commission may set a meeting of the | ||||||
14 | Commission at
which the Attorney General shall appear and | ||||||
15 | provide a status
report to the Commission.
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16 | (d) A copy of the petition must be served on all | ||||||
17 | respondents named in the
complaint and on each respondent's | ||||||
18 | ultimate jurisdictional authority in
the same manner as process | ||||||
19 | is served under the Code of Civil
Procedure.
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20 | (e) A respondent may file objections to the petition for | ||||||
21 | leave to
file a complaint within 30 days after notice of the | ||||||
22 | petition has been
served on the respondent.
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23 | (f) The Commission shall meet, either in person or by | ||||||
24 | telephone,
in a closed session to review the sufficiency of the | ||||||
25 | complaint.
If the Commission finds that complaint is | ||||||
26 | sufficient, the Commission shall
grant the petition for leave |
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1 | to file the
complaint.
The Commission shall
issue notice to the | ||||||
2 | Executive Inspector General and all respondents of
the | ||||||
3 | Commission's ruling on the sufficiency of the complaint. If the | ||||||
4 | complaint
is deemed to
sufficiently allege a violation of this | ||||||
5 | Act, then the Commission shall notify
the parties and shall
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6 | include a hearing date scheduled within 4 weeks after the date | ||||||
7 | of the notice,
unless all of the parties consent to a later | ||||||
8 | date.
If the complaint is deemed not to sufficiently allege a
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9 | violation, then
the Commission shall send by certified mail, | ||||||
10 | return receipt requested,
a notice to the parties of the | ||||||
11 | decision to dismiss the complaint.
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12 | (g) On the scheduled date
the Commission shall conduct a | ||||||
13 | closed meeting,
either in person or, if the parties consent, by | ||||||
14 | telephone, on the complaint and
allow all
parties the | ||||||
15 | opportunity to present testimony and evidence.
All such | ||||||
16 | proceedings shall be transcribed.
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17 | (h) Within an appropriate time limit set by rules of the | ||||||
18 | Executive
Ethics Commission, the Commission shall (i) dismiss | ||||||
19 | the
complaint or (ii) issue a recommendation of discipline to | ||||||
20 | the
respondent and the respondent's ultimate jurisdictional | ||||||
21 | authority or
impose an administrative fine upon the respondent, | ||||||
22 | or both.
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23 | (i) The proceedings on any complaint filed with the | ||||||
24 | Commission
shall be conducted pursuant to rules promulgated by | ||||||
25 | the Commission.
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26 | (j) The Commission may designate hearing officers
to |
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1 | conduct proceedings as determined by rule of the Commission.
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2 | (k) In all proceedings before the Commission, the standard | ||||||
3 | of
proof is by a preponderance of the evidence.
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4 | (l) When the Inspector General concludes that there is | ||||||
5 | insufficient
evidence that a violation has occurred, the | ||||||
6 | Inspector General shall close the
investigation. At the request | ||||||
7 | of the subject of the investigation, the
Inspector
General | ||||||
8 | shall provide a written statement to the subject of the | ||||||
9 | investigation
and to the Commission of
the Inspector General's | ||||||
10 | decision to close the investigation. Closure by the
Inspector | ||||||
11 | General does not bar the Inspector General from resuming the
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12 | investigation if circumstances warrant.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.) | ||||||
14 | Section 10. The Governor's Office of Management and Budget | ||||||
15 | Act is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
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16 | (20 ILCS 3005/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 411)
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17 | Sec. 1. Definitions.
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18 | "Capital expenditure" means money spent for replacing, | ||||||
19 | remodeling, expanding,
or acquiring facilities, buildings or | ||||||
20 | land owned directly by the State through
any State department, | ||||||
21 | authority, public corporation of the State, State
college or | ||||||
22 | university, or any other public agency created by the State,
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23 | but not units of local government or school districts.
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24 | "Director" means the Director of the Governor's Office of |
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1 | Management and
Budget.
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2 | "Office" means the Governor's Office of Management and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Budget.
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4 | "State Agency," whether used in the singular or plural, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | means all
Departments, Officers, Commissions, Boards, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Institutions and bodies,
politic and corporate of the State, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | including the Offices of Clerk of
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8 | of the Appellate Courts; except it shall
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9 | several Courts of the State, (ii)
nor the Legislature, its
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10 | Committees or Commissions, (iii)
nor the Constitutionally | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | elected State
Officers , (iv) the Executive Ethics Commission, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | or (v) the Office of Executive Inspector General appointed by | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | the Governor .
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14 | (Source: P.A. 93-25, eff. 6-20-03.)
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