95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB3487

 

Introduced 2/28/2007, by Rep. Paul D. Froehlich

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 420/4A-103   from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103
5 ILCS 420/4A-104   from Ch. 127, par. 604A-104

    Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. In the forms for the statements of economic interests to be filed with the Secretary of State or a county clerk, requires the person making the statement to supply a mailing address (now, a post office address to which notification of statement examination may be sent, which notification is no longer required).


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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-103 and 4A-104 as follows:
 
6     (5 ILCS 420/4A-103)  (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103)
7     Sec. 4A-103. The statement of economic interests required
8 by this Article to be filed with the Secretary of State shall
9 be filled in by typewriting or hand printing, shall be
10 verified, dated, and signed by the person making the statement
11 and shall contain substantially the following:
12
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST
13
(TYPE OR HAND PRINT)
14 .............................................................
15 (name)
16 .............................................................
17 (each office or position of employment for which this statement
18 is filed)
19 .............................................................
20 (full mailing address post office address to which notification
21 of an examination of this statement should be sent)
22 GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
23     The interest (if constructively controlled by the person

 

 

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1 making the statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be
2 considered to be the same as the interest of the person making
3 the statement.
4     Campaign receipts shall not be included in this statement.
5     If additional space is needed, please attach supplemental
6 listing.
7     1. List the name and instrument of ownership in any entity
8 doing business in the State of Illinois, in which the ownership
9 interest held by the person at the date of filing is in excess
10 of $5,000 fair market value or from which dividends in excess
11 of $1,200 were derived during the preceding calendar year. (In
12 the case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed by
13 street address, or if none, then by legal description.) No time
14 or demand deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt
15 instrument need be listed.
16Business EntityInstrument of Ownership
17..............................................................
18..............................................................
19..............................................................
20..............................................................
21     2. List the name, address and type of practice of any
22 professional organization in which the person making the
23 statement was an officer, director, associate, partner or
24 proprietor or served in any advisory capacity, from which
25 income in excess of $1,200 was derived during the preceding
26 calendar year.

 

 

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

 

 

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1.............................................................
2     6. List the name of any entity doing business in the State
3 of Illinois from which income in excess of $1,200 was derived
4 during the preceding calendar year other than for professional
5 services and the title or description of any position held in
6 that entity. (In the case of real estate, location thereof
7 shall be listed by street address, or if none, then by legal
8 description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
9 institution nor any debt instrument need be listed.
10EntityPosition Held
11..............................................................
12..............................................................
13..............................................................
14     7. List the name of any unit of government which employed
15 the person making the statement during the preceding calendar
16 year other than the unit or units of government in relation to
17 which the person is required to file.
18 .............................................................
19 .............................................................
20     8. List the name of any entity from which a gift or gifts,
21 or honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate
22 in excess of $500, was received during the preceding calendar
23 year.
24 .............................................................
25 VERIFICATION:
26     "I declare that this statement of economic interests

 

 

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1 (including any accompanying schedules and statements) has been
2 examined by me and to the best of my knowledge and belief is a
3 true, correct and complete statement of my economic interests
4 as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. I
5 understand that the penalty for willfully filing a false or
6 incomplete statement shall be a fine not to exceed $1,000 or
7 imprisonment in a penal institution other than the penitentiary
8 not to exceed one year, or both fine and imprisonment."
9 ................  ..........................................
10 (date of filing)   (signature of person making the statement)
11 (Source: P.A. 92-101, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
12     (5 ILCS 420/4A-104)  (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-104)
13     Sec. 4A-104. The statement of economic interests required
14 by this Article to be filed with the county clerk shall be
15 filled in by typewriting or hand printing, shall be verified,
16 dated, and signed by the person making the statement and shall
17 contain substantially the following:
18
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS
19
(TYPE OR HAND PRINT)
20 .............................................................
21 (Name)
22 .............................................................
23 (each office or position of employment for which this statement
24 is filed) ...................................................
25 (full mailing address post office address to which notification

 

 

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1 of an examination of this statement should be sent)
2 GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
3     The interest (if constructively controlled by the person
4 making the statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be
5 considered to be the same as the interest of the person making
6 the statement.
7     Campaign receipts shall not be included in this statement.
8     If additional space is needed, please attach supplemental
9 listing.
10     1. List the name and instrument of ownership in any entity
11 doing business with a unit of local government in relation to
12 which the person is required to file, in which the ownership
13 interest held by the person at the date of filing is in excess
14 of $5,000 fair market value or from which dividends in excess
15 of $1,200 were received during the preceding calendar year. (In
16 the case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed by
17 street address, or if none, then by legal description.) No time
18 or demand deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt
19 instrument shall be listed.
20BusinessInstrument ofPosition of
21EntityOwnershipManagement
22.............................................................
23.............................................................
24.............................................................
25     2. List the name, address and type of practice of any
26 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 unit or units of local government in relation to
11 which the person is required to file) to each entity from which
12 income exceeding $5,000 was received for professional services
13 rendered during the preceding calendar year by the person
14 making the statement.
15 .............................................................
16 .............................................................
17     4. List the identity (including the address or legal
18 description of real estate) of any capital asset from which a
19 capital gain of $5,000 or more was realized during the
20 preceding calendar year.
21 .............................................................
22 .............................................................
23 .............................................................
24     5. List the name of any entity and the nature of the
25 governmental action requested by any entity which has applied
26 to a unit of local government in relation to which the person

 

 

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1 must file for any license, franchise or permit for annexation,
2 zoning or rezoning of real estate during the preceding calendar
3 year if the ownership interest of the person filing is in
4 excess of $5,000 fair market value at the time of filing or if
5 income or dividends in excess of $1200 were received by the
6 person filing from the entity during the preceding calendar
7 year.
8 .............................................................
9 .............................................................
10 .............................................................
11     6. List the name of any entity doing business with a unit
12 of local government in relation to which the person is required
13 to file from which income in excess of $1,200 was derived
14 during the preceding calendar year other than for professional
15 services and the title or description of any position held in
16 that entity. No time or demand deposit in a financial
17 institution nor any debt instrument need be listed.
18 .............................................................
19 .............................................................
20     7. List the name of any unit of government which employed
21 the person making the statement during the preceding calendar
22 year other than the unit or units of government in relation to
23 which the person is required to file.
24 .............................................................
25 .............................................................
26     8. List the name of any entity from which a gift or gifts,

 

 

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1 or honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate
2 in excess of $500, was received during the preceding calendar
3 year.
4 .............................................................
5 VERIFICATION:
6     "I declare that this statement of economic interests
7 (including any accompanying schedules and statements) has been
8 examined by me and to the best of my knowledge and belief is a
9 true, correct and complete statement of my economic interests
10 as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. I
11 understand that the penalty for willfully filing a false or
12 incomplete statement shall be a fine not to exceed $1,000 or
13 imprisonment in a penal institution other than the penitentiary
14 not to exceed one year, or both fine and imprisonment."
15 ................  ..........................................
16 (date of filing)   (signature of person making the statement)
17 (Source: P.A. 92-101, eff. 1-1-02.)