Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

Filed: 11/15/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1410

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1410 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
5amended by changing Section 1-5 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 430/1-5)
7    Sec. 1-5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8    "Appointee" means a person appointed to a position in or
9with a State agency, regardless of whether the position is
10compensated.
11    "Campaign for elective office" means any activity in
12furtherance of an effort to influence the selection,
13nomination, election, or appointment of any individual to any
14federal, State, or local public office or office in a political
15organization, or the selection, nomination, or election of
16Presidential or Vice-Presidential electors, but does not

 

 

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1include activities (i) relating to the support or opposition of
2any executive, legislative, or administrative action (as those
3terms are defined in Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration
4Act), (ii) relating to collective bargaining, or (iii) that are
5otherwise in furtherance of the person's official State duties.
6    "Candidate" means a person who has filed nominating papers
7or petitions for nomination or election to an elected State
8office, or who has been appointed to fill a vacancy in
9nomination, and who remains eligible for placement on the
10ballot at either a general primary election or general
11election.
12    "Collective bargaining" has the same meaning as that term
13is defined in Section 3 of the Illinois Public Labor Relations
14Act.
15    "Commission" means an ethics commission created by this
16Act.
17    "Compensated time" means any time worked by or credited to
18a State employee that counts toward any minimum work time
19requirement imposed as a condition of employment with a State
20agency, but does not include any designated State holidays or
21any period when the employee is on a leave of absence.
22    "Compensatory time off" means authorized time off earned by
23or awarded to a State employee to compensate in whole or in
24part for time worked in excess of the minimum work time
25required of that employee as a condition of employment with a
26State agency.

 

 

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1    "Contribution" has the same meaning as that term is defined
2in Section 9-1.4 of the Election Code.
3    "Employee" means (i) any person employed full-time,
4part-time, or pursuant to a contract and whose employment
5duties are subject to the direction and control of an employer
6with regard to the material details of how the work is to be
7performed or (ii) any appointed or elected commissioner,
8trustee, director, or board member of a board of a State
9agency, including any retirement system or investment board
10subject to the Illinois Pension Code or (iii) any other
11appointee.
12    "Employment benefits" include but are not limited to the
13following: modified compensation or benefit terms; compensated
14time off; or change of title, job duties, or location of office
15or employment. An employment benefit may also include favorable
16treatment in determining whether to bring any disciplinary or
17similar action or favorable treatment during the course of any
18disciplinary or similar action or other performance review.
19    "Executive branch constitutional officer" means the
20Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of
21State, Comptroller, and Treasurer.
22    "Gift" means any gratuity, discount, entertainment,
23hospitality, loan, forbearance, or other tangible or
24intangible item having monetary value including, but not
25limited to, cash, food and drink, and honoraria for speaking
26engagements related to or attributable to government

 

 

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1employment or the official position of an employee, member, or
2officer. The value of a gift may be further defined by rules
3adopted by the appropriate ethics commission or by the Auditor
4General for the Auditor General and for employees of the office
5of the Auditor General.
6    "Governmental entity" means a unit of local government
7(including a community college district) or a school district
8but not a State agency.
9    "Leave of absence" means any period during which a State
10employee does not receive (i) compensation for State
11employment, (ii) service credit towards State pension
12benefits, and (iii) health insurance benefits paid for by the
13State.
14    "Legislative branch constitutional officer" means a member
15of the General Assembly and the Auditor General.
16    "Legislative leader" means the President and Minority
17Leader of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the
18House of Representatives.
19    "Member" means a member of the General Assembly.
20    "Officer" means an executive branch constitutional officer
21or a legislative branch constitutional officer.
22    "Political" means any activity in support of or in
23connection with any campaign for elective office or any
24political organization, but does not include activities (i)
25relating to the support or opposition of any executive,
26legislative, or administrative action (as those terms are

 

 

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1defined in Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration Act), (ii)
2relating to collective bargaining, or (iii) that are otherwise
3in furtherance of the person's official State duties or
4governmental and public service functions.
5    "Political organization" means a party, committee,
6association, fund, or other organization (whether or not
7incorporated) that is required to file a statement of
8organization with the State Board of Elections or a county
9clerk under Section 9-3 of the Election Code, but only with
10regard to those activities that require filing with the State
11Board of Elections or a county clerk.
12    "Prohibited political activity" means:
13        (1) Preparing for, organizing, or participating in any
14    political meeting, political rally, political
15    demonstration, or other political event.
16        (2) Soliciting contributions, including but not
17    limited to the purchase of, selling, distributing, or
18    receiving payment for tickets for any political
19    fundraiser, political meeting, or other political event.
20        (3) Soliciting, planning the solicitation of, or
21    preparing any document or report regarding any thing of
22    value intended as a campaign contribution.
23        (4) Planning, conducting, or participating in a public
24    opinion poll in connection with a campaign for elective
25    office or on behalf of a political organization for
26    political purposes or for or against any referendum

 

 

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1    question.
2        (5) Surveying or gathering information from potential
3    or actual voters in an election to determine probable vote
4    outcome in connection with a campaign for elective office
5    or on behalf of a political organization for political
6    purposes or for or against any referendum question.
7        (6) Assisting at the polls on election day on behalf of
8    any political organization or candidate for elective
9    office or for or against any referendum question.
10        (7) Soliciting votes on behalf of a candidate for
11    elective office or a political organization or for or
12    against any referendum question or helping in an effort to
13    get voters to the polls.
14        (8) Initiating for circulation, preparing,
15    circulating, reviewing, or filing any petition on behalf of
16    a candidate for elective office or for or against any
17    referendum question.
18        (9) Making contributions on behalf of any candidate for
19    elective office in that capacity or in connection with a
20    campaign for elective office.
21        (10) Preparing or reviewing responses to candidate
22    questionnaires in connection with a campaign for elective
23    office or on behalf of a political organization for
24    political purposes.
25        (11) Distributing, preparing for distribution, or
26    mailing campaign literature, campaign signs, or other

 

 

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1    campaign material on behalf of any candidate for elective
2    office or for or against any referendum question.
3        (12) Campaigning for any elective office or for or
4    against any referendum question.
5        (13) Managing or working on a campaign for elective
6    office or for or against any referendum question.
7        (14) Serving as a delegate, alternate, or proxy to a
8    political party convention.
9        (15) Participating in any recount or challenge to the
10    outcome of any election, except to the extent that under
11    subsection (d) of Section 6 of Article IV of the Illinois
12    Constitution each house of the General Assembly shall judge
13    the elections, returns, and qualifications of its members.
14    "Prohibited source" means any person or entity who:
15        (1) is seeking official action (i) by the member or
16    officer or (ii) in the case of an employee, by the employee
17    or by the member, officer, State agency, or other employee
18    directing the employee;
19        (2) does business or seeks to do business (i) with the
20    member or officer or (ii) in the case of an employee, with
21    the employee or with the member, officer, State agency, or
22    other employee directing the employee;
23        (3) conducts activities regulated (i) by the member or
24    officer or (ii) in the case of an employee, by the employee
25    or by the member, officer, State agency, or other employee
26    directing the employee;

 

 

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1        (4) has interests that may be substantially affected by
2    the performance or non-performance of the official duties
3    of the member, officer, or employee;
4        (5) is registered or required to be registered with the
5    Secretary of State under the Lobbyist Registration Act,
6    except that an entity not otherwise a prohibited source
7    does not become a prohibited source merely because a
8    registered lobbyist is one of its members or serves on its
9    board of directors; or
10        (6) is an agent of, a spouse of, or an immediate family
11    member who is living with a "prohibited source".
12    "State agency" includes all officers, boards, commissions
13and agencies created by the Constitution, whether in the
14executive or legislative branch; all officers, departments,
15boards, commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities,
16public institutions of higher learning as defined in Section 2
17of the Higher Education Cooperation Act (except community
18colleges), and bodies politic and corporate of the State; and
19administrative units or corporate outgrowths of the State
20government which are created by or pursuant to statute, other
21than units of local government (including community college
22districts) and their officers, school districts, and boards of
23election commissioners; and all administrative units and
24corporate outgrowths of the above and as may be created by
25executive order of the Governor. "State agency" includes the
26General Assembly, the Senate, the House of Representatives, the

 

 

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1President and Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker and
2Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Senate
3Operations Commission, and the legislative support services
4agencies. "State agency" includes the Office of the Auditor
5General. "State agency" does not include the judicial branch.
6    "State employee" means any employee of a State agency.
7    "Ultimate jurisdictional authority" means the following:
8        (1) For members, legislative partisan staff, and
9    legislative secretaries, the appropriate legislative
10    leader: President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the
11    Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, or
12    Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
13        (2) For State employees who are professional staff or
14    employees of the Senate and not covered under item (1), the
15    Senate Operations Commission.
16        (3) For State employees who are professional staff or
17    employees of the House of Representatives and not covered
18    under item (1), the Speaker of the House of
19    Representatives.
20        (4) For State employees who are employees of the
21    legislative support services agencies, the Joint Committee
22    on Legislative Support Services.
23        (5) For State employees of the Auditor General, the
24    Auditor General.
25        (6) For State employees of public institutions of
26    higher learning as defined in Section 2 of the Higher

 

 

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1    Education Cooperation Act (except community colleges), the
2    board of trustees of the appropriate public institution of
3    higher learning.
4        (7) For State employees of an executive branch
5    constitutional officer other than those described in
6    paragraph (6), the appropriate executive branch
7    constitutional officer.
8        (8) For State employees not under the jurisdiction of
9    paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7), the
10    Governor.
11(Source: P.A. 95-880, eff. 8-19-08; 96-6, eff. 4-3-09; 96-555,
12eff. 8-18-09.)
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14becoming law.".