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HB0105 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0105

 

Introduced 1/14/2021, by Rep. Frances Ann Hurley

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 420/3A-35

    Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that no spouse of a member of the General Assembly shall be appointed to a board, commission, authority, task force, or other similar body authorized or created by State law if such appointment offers compensation for service as a member of that body. Specifies that this requirement shall only apply to persons appointed to a board, commission, authority, task force, or other similar body on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act.


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended
5by adding Section 3A-35 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 420/3A-35)
7    Sec. 3A-35. Conflicts of interests.
8    (a) In addition to the provisions of subsection (a) of
9Section 50-13 of the Illinois Procurement Code, it is unlawful
10for an appointed member of a board, commission, authority, or
11task force authorized or created by State law or by executive
12order of the Governor, the spouse of the appointee, or an
13immediate family member of the appointee living in the
14appointee's residence to have or acquire a contract or have or
15acquire a direct pecuniary interest in a contract with the
16State that relates to the board, commission, authority, or
17task force of which he or she is an appointee during and for
18one year after the conclusion of the person's term of office.
19    (b) If (i) a person subject to subsection (a) is entitled
20to receive more than 7 1/2% of the total distributable income
21of a partnership, association, corporation, or other business
22entity or (ii) a person subject to subsection (a) together
23with his or her spouse and immediate family members living in

 

 

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1that person's residence are entitled to receive more than 15%,
2in the aggregate, of the total distributable income of a
3partnership, association, corporation, or other business
4entity then it is unlawful for that partnership, association,
5corporation, or other business entity to have or acquire a
6contract or a direct pecuniary interest in a contract
7prohibited by subsection (a) during and for one year after the
8conclusion of the person's term of office.
9    (c) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
10no spouse of a member of the General Assembly shall be
11appointed to a board, commission, authority, task force, or
12other similar body authorized or created by State law if such
13appointment offers compensation for service as a member of
14that body. The provisions of this subsection (c) shall only
15apply to persons appointed to a board, commission, authority,
16task force, or other similar body on and after the effective
17date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
18(Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)