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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3032 Introduced , by Rep. Katherine Cloonen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| | Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Prohibits a person required to file a statement of economic interest under certain provisions of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act from knowingly employing or seeking to influence the employment or promotion of a relative in a position in the same unit of local government or school district. Defines "relative". Provides that violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor. Effective immediately.
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| | HB3032 | | LRB098 10038 OMW 40197 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 5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (50 ILCS 105/5 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5. Nepotism. |
| 8 | | (a) A person required to file a statement of economic |
| 9 | | interest under subsections (g), (h), (i), or (m) of Section |
| 10 | | 4A-101 of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act shall not |
| 11 | | knowingly employ, or seek to influence the employment or |
| 12 | | promotion of, a relative in a position as an employee or |
| 13 | | independent contractor with the same unit of local government |
| 14 | | or school district. |
| 15 | | (b) For the purpose of this Section, a "relative" is a |
| 16 | | father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, husband, or |
| 17 | | wife. |
| 18 | | (c) A person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if that |
| 19 | | person intentionally violates any provision of this Section.
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| 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 21 | | becoming law.
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