SB0349 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB0349

Introduced 2/15/2005, by Sen. Susan Garrett

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

5 ILCS 420/4A-102.5 new

Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Requires that persons who file statements of economic interests because of their appointment to a board or commission requiring Senate confirmation must file a supplemental disclosure of certain campaign and legal defense fund contributions made by them and the names of their immediate family members who are registered as lobbyists with any State or federal agency or office. Effective immediately.

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A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended by adding Section 4A-102.5 as follows:

(5 ILCS 420/4A-102.5 new)

Sec. 4A-102.5. Disclosure by State board and commission members. Persons filing statements of economic interests as a result of their nomination to a board or commission shall also, at the same time and in the same manner, file a supplement to the statement containing the following information:

(1) Any contributions, in excess of $150 in the aggregate, to any political committee organized under the Election Code made since the end of the last preceding semi-annual disclosure period under Section 9-10 of the Election Code and the date the person files the statement of economic interests, including the amount of the contribution, the date, and the recipient.

(2) Any contribution made to a legal defense fund since the filing of the last previous statement of economic interests or, if the person is filing his or her first statement of economic interests, in the 12 months preceding the filing date.

(3) The name of any immediate family member who is registered as a lobbyist with any State or federal agency or office.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.