103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2079

 

Introduced 2/7/2023, by Rep. Anna Moeller - Daniel Didech

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 105/3  from Ch. 102, par. 3

    Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that a township officer may hold a position on the board of a not-for-profit corporation that is interested in a contract, work, or business of the township if: (1) the township officer is appointed by the governing body of the township to represent the interests of the township on a not-for-profit corporation's board, then the township officer may actively vote on matters involving either that board or the township, so long as the membership on the not-for-profit board is not a paid position; or (2) the township officer is not appointed to the governing body of a not-for-profit corporation by the governing body of the township, then the township officer may continue to serve, however, the township officer shall abstain from voting on an proposition before the township governing body directly involving the not-for-profit corporation and, for those matters, shall not be counted as present for the purposes of quorum of the township governing body.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act is
5amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 105/3)  (from Ch. 102, par. 3)
7    Sec. 3. Prohibited interest in contracts.
8    (a) No person holding any office, either by election or
9appointment under the laws or Constitution of this State, may
10be in any manner financially interested directly in his own
11name or indirectly in the name of any other person,
12association, trust, or corporation, in any contract or the
13performance of any work in the making or letting of which such
14officer may be called upon to act or vote. No such officer may
15represent, either as agent or otherwise, any person,
16association, trust, or corporation, with respect to any
17application or bid for any contract or work in regard to which
18such officer may be called upon to vote. Nor may any such
19officer take or receive, or offer to take or receive, either
20directly or indirectly, any money or other thing of value as a
21gift or bribe or means of influencing his vote or action in his
22official character. Any contract made and procured in
23violation hereof is void. This Section shall not apply to any

 

 

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1person serving on an advisory panel or commission, to any
2director serving on a hospital district board as provided
3under subsection (a-5) of Section 13 of the Hospital District
4Law, or to any person serving as both a contractual employee
5and as a member of a public hospital board as provided under
6Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code in a municipality
7with a population between 13,000 and 16,000 that is located in
8a county with a population between 50,000 and 70,000.
9    (b) However, any elected or appointed member of the
10governing body may provide materials, merchandise, property,
11services, or labor, subject to the following provisions under
12either paragraph (1) or (2):
13        (1) If:
14            A. the contract is with a person, firm,
15        partnership, association, corporation, or cooperative
16        association in which such interested member of the
17        governing body of the municipality has less than a 7
18        1/2% share in the ownership; and
19            B. such interested member publicly discloses the
20        nature and extent of his interest prior to or during
21        deliberations concerning the proposed award of the
22        contract; and
23            C. such interested member abstains from voting on
24        the award of the contract, though he shall be
25        considered present for the purposes of establishing a
26        quorum; and

 

 

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1            D. such contract is approved by a majority vote of
2        those members presently holding office; and
3            E. the contract is awarded after sealed bids to
4        the lowest responsible bidder if the amount of the
5        contract exceeds $1500, or awarded without bidding if
6        the amount of the contract is less than $1500; and
7            F. the award of the contract would not cause the
8        aggregate amount of all such contracts so awarded to
9        the same person, firm, association, partnership,
10        corporation, or cooperative association in the same
11        fiscal year to exceed $25,000.
12        (2) If:
13            A. the award of the contract is approved by a
14        majority vote of the governing body of the
15        municipality provided that any such interested member
16        shall abstain from voting; and
17            B. the amount of the contract does not exceed
18        $2,000; and
19            C. the award of the contract would not cause the
20        aggregate amount of all such contracts so awarded to
21        the same person, firm, association, partnership,
22        corporation, or cooperative association in the same
23        fiscal year to exceed $4,000; and
24            D. such interested member publicly discloses the
25        nature and extent of his interest prior to or during
26        deliberations concerning the proposed award of the

 

 

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1        contract; and
2            E. such interested member abstains from voting on
3        the award of the contract, though he shall be
4        considered present for the purposes of establishing a
5        quorum.
6    (b-5) In addition to the above exemptions, any elected or
7appointed member of the governing body may provide materials,
8merchandise, property, services, or labor if:
9        A. the contract is with a person, firm, partnership,
10    association, corporation, or cooperative association in
11    which the interested member of the governing body of the
12    municipality, advisory panel, or commission has less than
13    a 1% share in the ownership; and
14        B. the award of the contract is approved by a majority
15    vote of the governing body of the municipality provided
16    that any such interested member shall abstain from voting;
17    and
18        C. such interested member publicly discloses the
19    nature and extent of his interest before or during
20    deliberations concerning the proposed award of the
21    contract; and
22        D. such interested member abstains from voting on the
23    award of the contract, though he shall be considered
24    present for the purposes of establishing a quorum.
25    (c) A contract for the procurement of public utility
26services by a public entity with a public utility company is

 

 

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1not barred by this Section by one or more members of the
2governing body of the public entity being an officer or
3employee of the public utility company or holding an ownership
4interest of no more than 7 1/2% in the public utility company,
5or holding an ownership interest of any size if the public
6entity is a municipality with a population of less than 7,500
7and the public utility's rates are approved by the Illinois
8Commerce Commission. An elected or appointed member of the
9governing body of the public entity having such an interest
10shall be deemed not to have a prohibited interest under this
11Section.
12    (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or
13any other law to the contrary, until January 1, 1994, a member
14of the city council of a municipality with a population under
1520,000 may purchase real estate from the municipality, at a
16price of not less than 100% of the value of the real estate as
17determined by a written MAI certified appraisal or by a
18written certified appraisal of a State certified or licensed
19real estate appraiser, if the purchase is approved by a
20unanimous vote of the city council members then holding office
21(except for the member desiring to purchase the real estate,
22who shall not vote on the question).
23    (e) For the purposes of this Section only, a municipal
24officer shall not be deemed interested if the officer is an
25employee of a company or owns or holds an interest of 1% or
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1or both, that company is involved in the transaction of
2business with the municipality, and that company's stock is
3traded on a nationally recognized securities market, provided
4the interested member: (i) publicly discloses the fact that he
5or she is an employee or holds an interest of 1% or less in a
6company before deliberation of the proposed award of the
7contract; (ii) refrains from evaluating, recommending,
8approving, deliberating, or otherwise participating in
9negotiation, approval, or both, of the contract, work, or
10business; (iii) abstains from voting on the award of the
11contract though he or she shall be considered present for
12purposes of establishing a quorum; and (iv) the contract is
13approved by a majority vote of those members currently holding
14office.
15    A municipal officer shall not be deemed interested if the
16officer owns or holds an interest of 1% or less, not in the
17officer's individual name but through a mutual fund or
18exchange-traded fund, in a company, that company is involved
19in the transaction of business with the municipality, and that
20company's stock is traded on a nationally recognized
21securities market.
22    (f) Under either of the following circumstances, a
23municipal, or county, or township officer may hold a position
24on the board of a not-for-profit corporation that is
25interested in a contract, work, or business of the
26municipality, or county, or township:

 

 

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1        (1) If the municipal, or county, or township officer
2    is appointed by the governing body of the municipality, or
3    county, or township to represent the interests of the
4    municipality, or county, or township on a not-for-profit
5    corporation's board, then the municipal, or county, or
6    township officer may actively vote on matters involving
7    either that board or the municipality, or county, or
8    township, at any time, so long as the membership on the
9    not-for-profit board is not a paid position, except that
10    the municipal, or county, or township officer may be
11    reimbursed by the not-for-profit board for expenses
12    incurred as the result of membership on the not-for-profit
13    board.
14        (2) If the municipal, or county, or township officer
15    is not appointed to the governing body of a not-for-profit
16    corporation by the governing body of the municipality, or
17    county, or township, then the municipal, or county, or
18    township officer may continue to serve; however, the
19    municipal, or county, or township officer shall abstain
20    from voting on any proposition before the municipal, or
21    county, or township governing body directly involving the
22    not-for-profit corporation and, for those matters, shall
23    not be counted as present for the purposes of a quorum of
24    the municipal, or county, or township governing body.
25(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)