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1 | AN ACT concerning finance.
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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 | Article 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 1-1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Local Initiative Sunshine Act. If more than one new Act of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 95th General Assembly is given the same short title, then all | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | of those Acts are intended to be codified as a single Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Section 1-5. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | "Gubernatorial or legislative member initiative" means a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | grant from State funds to a specific unit of local government, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | specific school district, specific not-for-profit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | organization, or specific non-governmental entity for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | infrastructure improvements or operating expenses. Grants that | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | are part of a statewide program and are based on generally | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | applicable standards of eligibility are not gubernatorial or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | legislative member initiatives, unless the grant has been | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | requested or initiated by the Governor or a member of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Illinois General Assembly. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | "Infrastructure
improvements" include without limitation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | capital improvements, capital
projects, planning, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | construction, reconstruction, equipment, utilities,
vehicles, |
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1 | and all costs associated with economic development, community
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2 | programs, educational programs, public health, and public | ||||||
3 | safety. | ||||||
4 | "Initiative sponsor", with respect to each gubernatorial | ||||||
5 | or legislative member initiative, include the Governor and each | ||||||
6 | member of the General Assembly designated in the grant | ||||||
7 | application as having requested or initiated the grant. | ||||||
8 | "Initiative recipient" means an individual or entity that | ||||||
9 | is designated to receive or receives a gubernatorial or | ||||||
10 | legislative member initiative. For purposes of disclosure | ||||||
11 | under Section 5-10, the term also includes (i) the immediate | ||||||
12 | family of an individual who is an initiative recipient; and | ||||||
13 | (ii) in the case of an entity that is an initiative recipient, | ||||||
14 | the term also includes board members, owners with an equity | ||||||
15 | interest of at least 7.5%, and managerial employees of the | ||||||
16 | entity, the immediate family of each, and its parent, | ||||||
17 | subsidiary, and affiliate entities. | ||||||
18 | Article 5 | ||||||
19 | Section 5-5. Findings; purpose. The General Assembly finds | ||||||
20 | that gubernatorial and legislative member initiatives are a | ||||||
21 | means to distribute legitimate funding for local projects and | ||||||
22 | programs that benefit communities across the State. The purpose | ||||||
23 | of this Article is to provide full and complete disclosure to | ||||||
24 | the public of the recipients and the purposes of gubernatorial |
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1 | and legislative member initiatives. To maintain the integrity | ||||||
2 | of gubernatorial and legislative member initiatives, the | ||||||
3 | public should be made aware of an initiative recipient's | ||||||
4 | relationship to and political contributions to the initiative | ||||||
5 | sponsor. | ||||||
6 | Section 5-10. Initiative recipient disclosures. Any | ||||||
7 | initiative recipient designated to receive a gubernatorial or | ||||||
8 | legislative member initiative shall make the following | ||||||
9 | disclosures in its application for an initiative: | ||||||
10 | (a) Identify any relationship of the initiative | ||||||
11 | recipient to each initiative sponsor, including, but not | ||||||
12 | limited to, familial and business relationships. | ||||||
13 | (b) Identify any political contributions made to each | ||||||
14 | initiative sponsor by the initiative recipient. Designate | ||||||
15 | if the contribution was monetary, in-kind, or campaign work | ||||||
16 | for the sponsor given or performed within the 2 years | ||||||
17 | preceding the application for the initiative. | ||||||
18 | (c) List all State grant and contract awards to the | ||||||
19 | initiative recipient within the 5 years preceding the | ||||||
20 | application. For each of those grant and contract awards, | ||||||
21 | the initiative recipient shall list the following: (i) the | ||||||
22 | State entity awarding the grant or contract, (ii) the date | ||||||
23 | the grant or contract was issued, (iii) the amount of the | ||||||
24 | grant or contract, (iv) the status of the project, (v) any | ||||||
25 | recovery or refund requested by the State in connection |
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1 | with a grant or contract, and (vi) the compensation and the | ||||||
2 | benefits paid to the initiative recipient under any State | ||||||
3 | grant or contract awarded to another individual or entity.
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