98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1684
 
Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Dan Duffy
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
15 ILCS 50/17 new
20 ILCS 5/5-20  was 20 ILCS 5/4

     Amends the Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act. Provides that a person is ineligible for appointment or reappointment to any board or commission for a term of office beginning on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, if the person is a spouse, child, or spouse of a child of a State official or is a party to a civil union with a State official. Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that a person is ineligible for appointment or reappointment as the head officer of a department of State government for a term of office beginning on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, if the person is a spouse, child, or spouse of a child of a State official or is a party to a civil union with a State official. Defines "State official" and "party to a civil union".
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act is 
5amended  by adding Section 17 as follows:
 
6    (15 ILCS 50/17 new)
7    Sec. 17. Eligibility for appointment or reappointment to a 
8board or commission. A person is ineligible for appointment or 
9reappointment to any board or commission for a term of office 
10beginning on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act 
11of the 98th General Assembly, if the person is a spouse, child, 
12or spouse of a child of a State official or is a party to a 
13civil union with a State official. For the purposes of this 
14Section, "State official" has the meaning established in 
15subsection (c) of Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration Act, 
16and "party to a civil union" has the meaning established in 
17Section 10 of the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and 
18Civil Union Act.
  
 
19    Section 10. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
20amended by changing Section 5-20 as follows:
 


21    (20 ILCS 5/5-20)  (was 20 ILCS 5/4)


 
 
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1    Sec. 5-20. Heads of departments.  
2    (a) Each department shall have an
officer as its head who 
3shall
be known as director or secretary and who shall, subject 
4to the
provisions of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois,

5execute the powers and discharge the duties
vested by law in 
6his or her respective department.

7    The following officers are hereby created:

8    Director of Aging, for the Department on Aging.

9    Director of Agriculture, for the Department of 
10Agriculture.

11    Director of Central Management Services, for the 
12Department of Central
Management Services.

13    Director of Children and Family Services, for the 
14Department of Children and
Family Services.

15    Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, for
the 
16Department of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity.

17    Director of Corrections, for the Department of 
18Corrections.

19    Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, for 
20the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.

21    Director of Employment Security, for the Department of 
22Employment Security.

23    Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation, for 
24the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.


25    Director of Healthcare and Family Services, for the 
26Department of Healthcare and Family Services.

 
 
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1    Director of Human Rights, for the Department of Human 
2Rights.

3    Secretary of Human Services, for the Department of Human 
4Services.


5    Director of Juvenile Justice, for the Department of 
6Juvenile Justice.

7    Director of Labor, for the Department of Labor.


8    Director of Natural Resources, for the Department of 
9Natural Resources.


10    Director of Public Health, for the Department of Public 
11Health.

12    Director of Revenue, for the Department of Revenue.

13    Director of State Police, for the Department of State 
14Police.

15    Secretary of Transportation, for the Department of 
16Transportation.

17    Director of Veterans' Affairs, for the Department of 
18Veterans' Affairs.

19    (b) A person is ineligible for appointment or reappointment 
20as the head officer of a department for a term of office 
21beginning on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act 
22of the 98th General Assembly, if the person is a spouse, child, 
23or spouse of a child of a State official or is a party to a 
24civil union with a State official. For the purposes of this 
25Section, "State official" has the meaning established in 
26subsection (c) of Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration Act, 
 
 
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1and "party to a civil union" has the meaning established in 
2Section 10 of the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and 
3Civil Union Act. 
4(Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 97-464, eff. 10-15-11; 
597-618, eff. 10-26-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)