Full Text of HB4278 96th General Assembly
HB4278 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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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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 | | 5 |
| 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 | | 9 |
| person intentionally
violates any any provision of Section | | 10 |
| 5-15, 5-30, 5-40, or 5-45 or Article 15.
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| (b) A person who intentionally violates any provision
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| 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.
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| (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.
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| (d) Any person who intentionally makes a
false report | | 18 |
| 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 | | 20 |
| Attorney, the Attorney General, or any other law
enforcement | | 21 |
| official is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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| (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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| intentionally obstructs or interferes with an
investigation
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| conducted under this Act by an inspector general, or who
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| intentionally makes a false, frivolous, or bad faith | | 4 |
| allegation.
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| (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
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| jurisdictional authority.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)
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