Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB3965

Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides for the appointment of a Chicago Transit Authority Inspector General for a 4-year term for the purpose of detection and prevention of fraud and mismanagement in the Chicago Transit Authority. Provides that the jurisdiction of the Chicago Transit Authority Inspector General does not include the Board of Directors of the Chicago Transit Authority. Contains provisions concerning appointment, terms, removal, duties, and reporting requirements of the Chicago Transit Authority Inspector General. Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides for the appointment of a Regional Transportation Authority Inspector General for a 5-year term for the purpose of detection, deterrence, and prevention of fraud, corruption, and mismanagement in the Regional Transportation Authority, the Commuter Rail Division, the Suburban Bus Division, and the Board of Directors of the Chicago Transit Authority. Contains provisions concerning appointment, terms, removal, jurisdiction, duties, and reporting requirements of the Regional Transportation Authority Inspector General. Requires that the Board of Directors of the Regional Transportation Authority appoint an ethics officer. Amends the Whistleblower Act. Provides that "employer" includes the Office of the Regional Transportation Authority Inspector General. Effective immediately.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Adds to the definition of "State agency" the Regional Transportation Authority and each of the Service Boards (the Board of the Commuter Rail Division of the Authority, the Board of the Suburban Bus Division of the Authority, and the Board of the Chicago Transit Authority). Provides that the Executive Ethics Commission and the Executive Inspector General for the Office of the Governor shall have jurisdiction over all board members, officers, and employees of the Regional Transportation Authority and each of the Service Boards. Makes conforming changes. Effective June 1, 2011.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2011, the Executive Inspector General has jurisdiction over all board members and employees of the Regional Transit Boards and all vendors and others doing business with the Regional Transit Boards to investigate allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, misconduct, nonfeasance, misfeasance, malfeasance, or violations of the Act. Requires the board of each Regional Transit Board to designate an ethics officer. Authorizes Regional Transit Boards to hire an Inspector General to receive complaints and conduct investigations in accordance with an ordinance or resolution adopted by the Board. Authorizes the Executive Inspector General to disclose otherwise confidential information to an Inspector General appointed or employed by a Regional Transit Board. Specifies additional duties for the Executive Inspector General. Details the responsibilities of Inspectors General appointed or employed by a Regional Transit Board, which include, among other things, the filing of monthly activity reports with the Executive Inspector General. Provides that, in specified portions of the Act: "appointee" and "officer" include a person appointed to serve on the board of a Regional Transit Board and "employee" and "State employee" include a full-time, part-time, or contractual employee of a Regional Transit Board. Defines "Regional Transit Boards" and "board members of Regional Transit Boards". Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act to provide that a member of the Chicago Transit Authority may be removed by the Governor in response to a summary report issued by the Executive Inspector General provided he or she has an opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel prior to removal. Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act to provide that directors of the Regional Transportation Authority and members of the Suburban Bus Division and Commuter Rail Division may be removed by the Governor in response to a summary report issued by the Executive Inspector General, provided that they have an opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel prior to removal. Effective July 1, 2011.

Further amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that within 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a Regional Transit Board must notify the Executive Ethics Commission of (rather than "or") any person serving on that date as an Inspector General for the Regional Transit Board. Removes a provision that was duplicated in a list of items that must be included in the monthly report of the Inspector General appointed or employed by a Regional Transit Board.

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