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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB6704
Introduced , by Rep. John A. Fritchey - David E. Miller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Prohibits members of the General Assembly from being employed by the State, a municipality, or a unit of local government, with specified exceptions.
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A BILL FOR
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HB6704 |
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LRB095 22389 JAM 52728 b |
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended |
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| by adding Section 2-106 as follows: |
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| (5 ILCS 420/2-106 new) |
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| Sec. 2-106. Dual employment. No member of the General |
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| Assembly, during the term for which he has been elected or |
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| appointed, may be employed by the State, a municipality, or |
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| unit of local government. This prohibition does not extend to |
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| employment as an elected official, firefighter, police |
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| officer, school counselor, teacher, or university instructor. |
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| As used in this Section: |
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| "Elected official" means any individual who was |
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| elected to an office in an election certified by the State |
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| Board of Elections. |
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| "Firefighter" means an individual employed by a fire |
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| service. |
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| "Police officer" means an individual employed in a |
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| regularly constituted police department appointed and |
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| sworn or designated by law as a peace officer. |
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| "School counselor" has the meaning ascribed to it in |
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| Section 10-22.24a of the School Code. |