102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB2534

 

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Melinda Bush

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 420/4A-102.5 new
5 ILCS 420/4A-103  from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103

    Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides for additional statement of economic interests disclosures for members of the General Assembly and candidates for nomination or election to the General Assembly, including disclosure of interests held by the spouses of such persons. Modifies the statement of economic interests form to make conforming changes.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended
5by changing Section 4A-103 and by adding Section 4A-102.5 as
6follows:
 
7    (5 ILCS 420/4A-102.5 new)
8    Sec. 4A-102.5. General Assembly statement of economic
9interests.
10    (a) In addition to the requirements of Section 4A-102,
11members of the General Assembly and candidates for nomination
12or election to the General Assembly shall disclose economic
13interests as provided in this Section. The interest (if
14constructively controlled by the person making the statement)
15of a spouse or any other party, shall be considered to be the
16same as the interest of the person making the statement. The
17person making the statement shall also disclose the interests
18of his or her spouse, regardless of whether such interest is
19constructively controlled by that person, if such interest
20would otherwise be required to be disclosed under this
21Section.
22    (b) The statement of economic interests required under
23this Section shall include disclosure of the following:

 

 

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1        (1) all interests in any professional organization or
2    individual professional practice in which the person
3    making the statement was an officer, director, associate,
4    partner, or proprietor, or served in any advisory
5    capacity;
6        (2) all professional services (other than services
7    rendered to the unit or units of government in relation to
8    which the person is required to file) and the nature of the
9    entity to which they were rendered;
10        (3) the identity (including the address or legal
11    description of real estate) of any capital asset;
12        (4) the name and instrument of ownership in any entity
13    doing business in the State of Illinois;
14        (5) the name of any entity employed by and any
15    position held therein;
16        (6) the name and instrument of ownership in any entity
17    doing business with a unit of State or local government in
18    relation to which the person is required to file;
19        (7) the name of any entity and the nature of the
20    governmental action requested by any entity which has
21    applied to a unit of local government in relation to which
22    the person must file for any license, franchise, or permit
23    for annexation, or for zoning or rezoning of real estate
24    during the preceding calendar year; and
25        (8) all clients doing business with the State of
26    Illinois or a unit of local government if the person

 

 

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1    making the statement was an officer, director, associate,
2    partner, or proprietor, or served in any advisory capacity
3    during the preceding calendar year.
 
4    (5 ILCS 420/4A-103)  (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103)
5    Sec. 4A-103. The statement of economic interests required
6by this Article to be filed with the Secretary of State shall
7be filled in by typewriting or hand printing, shall be
8verified, dated, and signed by the person making the statement
9and shall contain substantially the following:
10
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST
11
(TYPE OR HAND PRINT)
12.............................................................
13(name)
14.............................................................
15(each office or position of employment for which this
16statement is filed)
17.............................................................
18(full mailing address)
19GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
20    The interest (if constructively controlled by the person
21making the statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be
22considered to be the same as the interest of the person making
23the statement.
24    Campaign receipts shall not be included in this statement.
25    If additional space is needed, please attach supplemental

 

 

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1listing.
2    1. List the name and instrument of ownership in any entity
3doing business in the State of Illinois, in which the
4ownership interest held by the person at the date of filing is
5in excess of $5,000 fair market value or from which dividends
6in excess of $1,200 were derived during the preceding calendar
7year. (In the case of real estate, location thereof shall be
8listed by street address, or if none, then by legal
9description.) No time or demand deposit in a financial
10institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed.
11Business EntityInstrument of Ownership
12..............................................................
13..............................................................
14..............................................................
15..............................................................
16    2. List the name, address and type of practice of any
17professional organization in which the person making the
18statement was an officer, director, associate, partner or
19proprietor or served in any advisory capacity, from which
20income in excess of $1,200 was derived during the preceding
21calendar year.
22NameAddressType of Practice
23.............................................................
24.............................................................
25.............................................................
26    3. List the nature of professional services rendered

 

 

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1(other than to the State of Illinois) to each entity from which
2income exceeding $5,000 was received for professional services
3rendered during the preceding calendar year by the person
4making the statement.
5.............................................................
6.............................................................
7    4. List the identity (including the address or legal
8description of real estate) of any capital asset from which a
9capital gain of $5,000 or more was realized during the
10preceding calendar year.
11.............................................................
12.............................................................
13    5. List the identity of any compensated lobbyist with whom
14the person making the statement maintains a close economic
15association, including the name of the lobbyist and specifying
16the legislative matter or matters which are the object of the
17lobbying activity, and describing the general type of economic
18activity of the client or principal on whose behalf that
19person is lobbying.
20LobbyistLegislative MatterClient or Principal
21.............................................................
22.............................................................
23    6. List the name of any entity doing business in the State
24of Illinois from which income in excess of $1,200 was derived
25during the preceding calendar year other than for professional
26services and the title or description of any position held in

 

 

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1that entity. (In the case of real estate, location thereof
2shall be listed by street address, or if none, then by legal
3description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
4institution nor any debt instrument need be listed.
5EntityPosition Held
6..............................................................
7..............................................................
8..............................................................
9    7. List the name of any unit of government which employed
10the person making the statement during the preceding calendar
11year other than the unit or units of government in relation to
12which the person is required to file.
13.............................................................
14.............................................................
15    8. List the name of any entity from which a gift or gifts,
16or honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate
17in excess of $500, was received during the preceding calendar
18year.
19.............................................................
20    9. For members of the General Assembly and candidates for
21nomination or election to the General Assembly only, list all
22interests in any professional organization or individual
23professional practice in which the person making the statement
24was an officer, director, associate, partner, or proprietor,
25or served in any advisory capacity.
26.............................................................

 

 

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1............................................................. 
2    10. For members of the General Assembly and candidates for
3nomination or election to the General Assembly only, list all
4professional services (other than services rendered to the
5unit or units of government in relation to which the person is
6required to file) and the nature of the entity to which they
7were rendered.
8.............................................................
9............................................................. 
10    11. For members of the General Assembly and candidates for
11nomination or election to the General Assembly only, list the
12identity (including the address or legal description of real
13estate) of any capital asset.
14.............................................................
15............................................................. 
16    12. For members of the General Assembly and candidates for
17nomination or election to the General Assembly only, list the
18name and instrument of ownership in any entity doing business
19in the State of Illinois.
20.............................................................
21............................................................. 
22    13. For members of the General Assembly and candidates for
23nomination or election to the General Assembly only, list the
24name of any entity employed by and any position held therein.
25.............................................................
26............................................................. 

 

 

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1    14. For members of the General Assembly and candidates for
2nomination or election to the General Assembly only, list the
3name and instrument of ownership in any entity doing business
4with a unit of State or local government in relation to which
5the person is required to file.
6.............................................................
7............................................................. 
8    15. For members of the General Assembly and candidates for
9nomination or election to the General Assembly only, list the
10name of any entity and the nature of the governmental action
11requested by any entity which has applied to a unit of local
12government in relation to which the person must file for any
13license, franchise, or permit for annexation, or for zoning or
14rezoning of real estate during the preceding calendar year.
15.............................................................
16............................................................. 
17    16. For members of the General Assembly and candidates for
18nomination or election to the General Assembly only, list all
19clients doing business with the State of Illinois or a unit of
20local government if the person making the statement was an
21officer, director, associate, partner, or proprietor, or
22served in any advisory capacity during the preceding calendar
23year.
24.............................................................
25............................................................. 
26VERIFICATION:

 

 

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1    "I declare that this statement of economic interests
2(including any accompanying schedules and statements) has been
3examined by me and to the best of my knowledge and belief is a
4true, correct and complete statement of my economic interests
5as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. I
6understand that the penalty for willfully filing a false or
7incomplete statement shall be a fine not to exceed $1,000 or
8imprisonment in a penal institution other than the
9penitentiary not to exceed one year, or both fine and
10imprisonment."
11................  ..........................................
12(date of filing)   (signature of person making the statement)
13(Source: P.A. 95-173, eff. 1-1-08.)