96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB3397

 

Introduced 2/10/2010, by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 500/50-13

    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Prohibits a State employee and the employee's spouse and minor children from having or acquiring a State contract or a direct pecuniary interest in a State contract (now, the State employee's annual compensation must exceed 60% of the Governor's compensation). Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5 changing Section 50-13 as follows:
 
6     (30 ILCS 500/50-13)
7     Sec. 50-13. Conflicts of interest.
8     (a) Prohibition. It is unlawful for any person holding an
9 elective office in this State, holding a seat in the General
10 Assembly, or appointed to or employed in any of the offices or
11 agencies of State government and who receives compensation for
12 such employment in excess of 60% of the salary of the Governor
13 of the State of Illinois, or who is an officer or employee of
14 the Capital Development Board or the Illinois Toll Highway
15 Authority, or who is the spouse or minor child of any such
16 person to have or acquire any contract, or any direct pecuniary
17 interest in any contract therein, whether for stationery,
18 printing, paper, or any services, materials, or supplies, that
19 will be wholly or partially satisfied by the payment of funds
20 appropriated by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois
21 or in any contract of the Capital Development Board or the
22 Illinois Toll Highway Authority.
23     (b) Interests. It is unlawful for any firm, partnership,

 

 

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1 association, or corporation, in which any person listed in
2 subsection (a) is entitled to receive (i) more than 7 1/2% of
3 the total distributable income or (ii) an amount in excess of
4 the salary of the Governor, to have or acquire any such
5 contract or direct pecuniary interest therein.
6     (c) Combined interests. It is unlawful for any firm,
7 partnership, association, or corporation, in which any person
8 listed in subsection (a) together with his or her spouse or
9 minor children is entitled to receive (i) more than 15%, in the
10 aggregate, of the total distributable income or (ii) an amount
11 in excess of 2 times the salary of the Governor, to have or
12 acquire any such contract or direct pecuniary interest therein.
13     (c-5) Appointees and firms. In addition to any provisions
14 of this Code, the interests of certain appointees and their
15 firms are subject to Section 3A-35 of the Illinois Governmental
16 Ethics Act.
17     (d) Securities. Nothing in this Section invalidates the
18 provisions of any bond or other security previously offered or
19 to be offered for sale or sold by or for the State of Illinois.
20     (e) Prior interests. This Section does not affect the
21 validity of any contract made between the State and an officer
22 or employee of the State or member of the General Assembly, his
23 or her spouse, minor child, or other immediate family member
24 living in his or her residence or any combination of those
25 persons if that contract was in existence before his or her
26 election or employment as an officer, member, or employee. The

 

 

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1 contract is voidable, however, if it cannot be completed within
2 365 days after the officer, member, or employee takes office or
3 is employed.
4     (f) Exceptions.
5         (1) Public aid payments. This Section does not apply to
6     payments made for a public aid recipient.
7         (2) Teaching. This Section does not apply to a contract
8     for personal services as a teacher or school administrator
9     between a member of the General Assembly or his or her
10     spouse, or a State officer or employee or his or her
11     spouse, and any school district, public community college
12     district, the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois
13     University, Illinois State University, Eastern Illinois
14     University, Northern Illinois University, Western Illinois
15     University, Chicago State University, Governor State
16     University, or Northeastern Illinois University.
17         (3) Ministerial duties. This Section does not apply to
18     a contract for personal services of a wholly ministerial
19     character, including but not limited to services as a
20     laborer, clerk, typist, stenographer, page, bookkeeper,
21     receptionist, or telephone switchboard operator, made by a
22     spouse or minor child of an elective or appointive State
23     officer or employee or of a member of the General Assembly.
24         (4) Child and family services. This Section does not
25     apply to payments made to a member of the General Assembly,
26     a State officer or employee, his or her spouse or minor

 

 

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1     child acting as a foster parent, homemaker, advocate, or
2     volunteer for or in behalf of a child or family served by
3     the Department of Children and Family Services.
4         (5) Licensed professionals. Contracts with licensed
5     professionals, provided they are competitively bid or part
6     of a reimbursement program for specific, customary goods
7     and services through the Department of Children and Family
8     Services, the Department of Human Services, the Department
9     of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of Public
10     Health, or the Department on Aging.
11     (g) Penalty. A person convicted of a violation of this
12 Section is guilty of a business offense and shall be fined not
13 less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000.
14 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
15     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.