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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4278
Introduced 2/27/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Makes a technical change in the Penalties Article.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4278 |
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LRB096 10623 JAM 20795 b |
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| AN ACT concerning ethics.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 50-5 as follows:
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| (5 ILCS 430/50-5)
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| Sec. 50-5. Penalties.
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| (a) A person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if that |
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| person intentionally
violates any any provision of Section |
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| 5-15, 5-30, 5-40, or 5-45 or Article 15.
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| (b) A person who intentionally violates any provision
of |
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| Section 5-20, 5-35, 5-50, or 5-55 is guilty of a business |
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| offense
subject to a fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000.
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| (c) A person who intentionally violates any provision of |
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| Article 10 is
guilty of a business
offense and subject to a |
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| fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000.
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| (d) Any person who intentionally makes a
false report |
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| alleging a violation of any provision of this Act to an ethics
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| commission,
an inspector general,
the State Police, a State's |
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| Attorney, the Attorney General, or any other law
enforcement |
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| official is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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| (e) An ethics commission may levy an administrative fine of |
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| up to $5,000
against any person
who violates this Act, who |