103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1566

 

Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 420/3-203  from Ch. 127, par. 603-203

    Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that when a legislator chooses to take official action on a matter despite the existence of a conflict situation, he or she shall (in addition to serving the public interest) also disclose that he or she is taking official action by filing a statement with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate. Provides that the statement filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate shall be made a part of the official record of the legislation and posted on the Illinois General Assembly website with other documents related to the legislative matter at issue. Effective immediately.


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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 3-203 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 420/3-203)  (from Ch. 127, par. 603-203)
7    Sec. 3-203. When, despite the existence of a conflict
8situation, a legislator chooses to take official action on a
9matter, he or she should serve the public interest, and not the
10interest of any person. The legislator shall also disclose
11that he or she is taking official action by filing a statement
12with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the
13Secretary of the Senate, as applicable, stating that the
14legislator has a conflict regarding the specified legislative
15matter and that the legislator is voting in the public
16interest. Any statement filed with the Clerk of the House of
17Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate under this
18Section shall be made a part of the official record of the
19legislation and posted on the Illinois General Assembly
20website with other documents related to the legislative matter
21at issue.
22(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.