96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4280

 

Introduced 2/27/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 430/50-5

    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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1     AN ACT concerning ethics.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
5 amended by changing Section 50-5 as follows:
 
6     (5 ILCS 430/50-5)
7     Sec. 50-5. Penalties.
8     (a) A person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if that
9 person intentionally violates any any provision of Section
10 5-15, 5-30, 5-40, or 5-45 or Article 15.
11     (b) A person who intentionally violates any provision of
12 Section 5-20, 5-35, 5-50, or 5-55 is guilty of a business
13 offense subject to a fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000.
14     (c) A person who intentionally violates any provision of
15 Article 10 is guilty of a business offense and subject to a
16 fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000.
17     (d) Any person who intentionally makes a false report
18 alleging a violation of any provision of this Act to an ethics
19 commission, an inspector general, the State Police, a State's
20 Attorney, the Attorney General, or any other law enforcement
21 official is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
22     (e) An ethics commission may levy an administrative fine of
23 up to $5,000 against any person who violates this Act, who

 

 

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1 intentionally obstructs or interferes with an investigation
2 conducted under this Act by an inspector general, or who
3 intentionally makes a false, frivolous, or bad faith
4 allegation.
5     (f) In addition to any other penalty that may apply,
6 whether criminal or civil, a State employee who intentionally
7 violates any provision of Section 5-15, 5-20, 5-30, 5-35, 5-40,
8 or 5-50, Article 10, Article 15, or Section 20-90 or 25-90 is
9 subject to discipline or discharge by the appropriate ultimate
10 jurisdictional authority.
11 (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)