94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2992

 

Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. Peter J. Roskam - Kirk W. Dillard - Cheryl Axley - Frank C. Watson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 420/4A-102   from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102
5 ILCS 420/4A-103   from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103

    Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. For persons filing statements of economic interests with the Secretary of State, requires the disclosure of entities (now, entities doing business with the State) from or in which the person derived certain income or had certain ownership interests.


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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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended
5 by changing Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103 as follows:
 
6     (5 ILCS 420/4A-102)  (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102)
7     Sec. 4A-102. The statement of economic interests required
8 by this Article shall include the economic interests of the
9 person making the statement as provided in this Section. The
10 interest (if constructively controlled by the person making the
11 statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be considered
12 to be the same as the interest of the person making the
13 statement. Campaign receipts shall not be included in this
14 statement.
15     (a) The following interests shall be listed by all persons
16 required to file:
17         (1) The name, address and type of practice of any
18     professional organization or individual professional
19     practice in which the person making the statement was an
20     officer, director, associate, partner or proprietor, or
21     served in any advisory capacity, from which income in
22     excess of $1200 was derived during the preceding calendar
23     year;
24         (2) The nature of professional services (other than
25     services rendered to the unit or units of government in
26     relation to which the person is required to file) and the
27     nature of the entity to which they were rendered if fees
28     exceeding $5,000 were received during the preceding
29     calendar year from the entity for professional services
30     rendered by the person making the statement.
31         (3) The identity (including the address or legal
32     description of real estate) of any capital asset from which

 

 

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1     a capital gain of $5,000 or more was realized in the
2     preceding calendar year.
3         (4) The name of any unit of government which has
4     employed the person making the statement during the
5     preceding calendar year other than the unit or units of
6     government in relation to which the person is required to
7     file.
8         (5) The name of any entity from which a gift or gifts,
9     or honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in the
10     aggregate in excess of $500, was received during the
11     preceding calendar year.
12     (b) The following interests shall also be listed by persons
13 listed in items (a) through (f) and item (l) of Section 4A-101:
14         (1) The name and instrument of ownership in any entity
15     doing business in the State of Illinois, in which an
16     ownership interest held by the person at the date of filing
17     is in excess of $5,000 fair market value or from which
18     dividends of in excess of $1,200 were derived during the
19     preceding calendar year. (In the case of real estate,
20     location thereof shall be listed by street address, or if
21     none, then by legal description). No time or demand deposit
22     in a financial institution, nor any debt instrument need be
23     listed;
24         (2) Except for professional service entities, the name
25     of any entity and any position held therein from which
26     income of in excess of $1,200 was derived during the
27     preceding calendar year, if the entity does business in the
28     State of Illinois. No time or demand deposit in a financial
29     institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed.
30         (3) The identity of any compensated lobbyist with whom
31     the person making the statement maintains a close economic
32     association, including the name of the lobbyist and
33     specifying the legislative matter or matters which are the
34     object of the lobbying activity, and describing the general
35     type of economic activity of the client or principal on
36     whose behalf that person is lobbying.

 

 

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1     (c) The following interests shall also be listed by persons
2 listed in items (g), (h), and (i) of Section 4A-101:
3         (1) The name and instrument of ownership in any entity
4     doing business with a unit of local government in relation
5     to which the person is required to file if the ownership
6     interest of the person filing is greater than $5,000 fair
7     market value as of the date of filing or if dividends in
8     excess of $1,200 were received from the entity during the
9     preceding calendar year. (In the case of real estate,
10     location thereof shall be listed by street address, or if
11     none, then by legal description). No time or demand deposit
12     in a financial institution, nor any debt instrument need be
13     listed.
14         (2) Except for professional service entities, the name
15     of any entity and any position held therein from which
16     income in excess of $1,200 was derived during the preceding
17     calendar year if the entity does business with a unit of
18     local government in relation to which the person is
19     required to file. No time or demand deposit in a financial
20     institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed.
21         (3) The name of any entity and the nature of the
22     governmental action requested by any entity which has
23     applied to a unit of local government in relation to which
24     the person must file for any license, franchise or permit
25     for annexation, zoning or rezoning of real estate during
26     the preceding calendar year if the ownership interest of
27     the person filing is in excess of $5,000 fair market value
28     at the time of filing or if income or dividends in excess
29     of $1,200 were received by the person filing from the
30     entity during the preceding calendar year.
31 (Source: P.A. 92-101, eff. 1-1-02; 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)
 
32     (5 ILCS 420/4A-103)  (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103)
33     Sec. 4A-103. The statement of economic interests required
34 by this Article to be filed with the Secretary of State shall
35 be filled in by typewriting or hand printing, shall be

 

 

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1 verified, dated, and signed by the person making the statement
2 and shall contain substantially the following:
3
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST
4
(TYPE OR HAND PRINT)
5 .............................................................
6 (name)
7 .............................................................
8 (each office or position of employment for which this statement
9 is filed)
10 .............................................................
11 (full post office address to which notification of an
12 examination of this statement should be sent)
13 GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
14     The interest (if constructively controlled by the person
15 making the statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be
16 considered to be the same as the interest of the person making
17 the statement.
18     Campaign receipts shall not be included in this statement.
19     If additional space is needed, please attach supplemental
20 listing.
21     1. List the name and instrument of ownership in any entity
22 doing business in the State of Illinois, in which the ownership
23 interest held by the person at the date of filing is in excess
24 of $5,000 fair market value or from which dividends in excess
25 of $1,200 were derived during the preceding calendar year. (In
26 the case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed by
27 street address, or if none, then by legal description.) No time
28 or demand deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt
29 instrument need be listed.
30Business EntityInstrument of Ownership
31..............................................................
32..............................................................
33..............................................................
34..............................................................
35     2. List the name, address and type of practice of any
36 professional organization in which the person making the

 

 

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1 statement was an officer, director, associate, partner or
2 proprietor or served in any advisory capacity, from which
3 income in excess of $1,200 was derived during the preceding
4 calendar year.
5NameAddressType of Practice
6.............................................................
7.............................................................
8.............................................................
9     3. List the nature of professional services rendered (other
10 than to the State of Illinois) to each entity from which income
11 exceeding $5,000 was received for professional services
12 rendered during the preceding calendar year by the person
13 making the statement.
14 .............................................................
15 .............................................................
16     4. List the identity (including the address or legal
17 description of real estate) of any capital asset from which a
18 capital gain of $5,000 or more was realized during the
19 preceding calendar year.
20 .............................................................
21 .............................................................
22     5. List the identity of any compensated lobbyist with whom
23 the person making the statement maintains a close economic
24 association, including the name of the lobbyist and specifying
25 the legislative matter or matters which are the object of the
26 lobbying activity, and describing the general type of economic
27 activity of the client or principal on whose behalf that person
28 is lobbying.
29LobbyistLegislative MatterClient or Principal
30.............................................................
31.............................................................
32     6. List the name of any entity doing business in the State
33 of Illinois from which income in excess of $1,200 was derived
34 during the preceding calendar year other than for professional
35 services and the title or description of any position held in
36 that entity. (In the case of real estate, location thereof

 

 

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1 shall be listed by street address, or if none, then by legal
2 description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
3 institution nor any debt instrument need be listed.
4EntityPosition Held
5..............................................................
6..............................................................
7..............................................................
8     7. List the name of any unit of government which employed
9 the person making the statement during the preceding calendar
10 year other than the unit or units of government in relation to
11 which the person is required to file.
12 .............................................................
13 .............................................................
14     8. List the name of any entity from which a gift or gifts,
15 or honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate
16 in excess of $500, was received during the preceding calendar
17 year.
18 .............................................................
19 VERIFICATION:
20     "I declare that this statement of economic interests
21 (including any accompanying schedules and statements) has been
22 examined by me and to the best of my knowledge and belief is a
23 true, correct and complete statement of my economic interests
24 as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. I
25 understand that the penalty for willfully filing a false or
26 incomplete statement shall be a fine not to exceed $1,000 or
27 imprisonment in a penal institution other than the penitentiary
28 not to exceed one year, or both fine and imprisonment."
29 ................  ..........................................
30 (date of filing)   (signature of person making the statement)
31 (Source: P.A. 92-101, eff. 1-1-02.)