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1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | by changing Sections 1-109, 1-110, 2-101, 3A-50 4A-102, | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | 4A-103, 4A-107, and 4A-108 and by adding Sections 1-102.5, | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | 1-104.3, 1-104.4, 1-104.5, 1-105.2, 1-105.3, 1-105.5, 1-105.6, | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | 1-105.7, 1-112.5, 1-113.6, and 1-113.7 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (5 ILCS 420/1-102.5 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | Sec. 1-102.5. Asset. "Asset" means, for the purposes of | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, an item that is owned and has | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | monetary value. For the purposes of Sections 4A-102 and | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | 4A-103, assets include, but are not limited to: stocks, bonds, | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | sector mutual funds, sector exchange traded funds, commodity | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | futures, investment real estate, beneficial interests in | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | trusts, business interests, and partnership interests. For the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | purposes of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, assets do not include: | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | personal residences; personal vehicles; savings or checking | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | accounts; bonds, notes, or securities issued by any branch of | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | federal, state, or local government; Medicare benefits; | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | inheritances or bequests, other than beneficial interests in | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | trusts; diversified funds; annuities; pensions (including | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | government pensions); retirement accounts; college savings |
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1 | plans that are qualified tuition plans; qualified | ||||||
2 | tax-advantaged savings programs that allow individuals to save | ||||||
3 | for disability-related expenses; or tangible personal | ||||||
4 | property. | ||||||
5 | (5 ILCS 420/1-104.3 new) | ||||||
6 | Sec. 1-104.3. Creditor. "Creditor" means, for the purposes | ||||||
7 | of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, an individual, organization, or | ||||||
8 | other business entity to whom money or its equivalent is owed, | ||||||
9 | no matter whether that obligation is secured or unsecured, | ||||||
10 | except that if a filer makes a loan to members of his or her | ||||||
11 | family, then that filer does not, by making such a loan, become | ||||||
12 | a creditor of that individual for the purposes of Sections | ||||||
13 | 4A-102 and 4A-103 of this Act. | ||||||
14 | (5 ILCS 420/1-104.4 new) | ||||||
15 | Sec. 1-104.4. Debt. "Debt" means, for the purposes of | ||||||
16 | Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, any money or monetary obligation | ||||||
17 | owed at any time during the preceding calendar year to an | ||||||
18 | individual, company, or other organization, other than a loan | ||||||
19 | that is from a financial institution, government agency, or | ||||||
20 | business entity and that is granted on terms made available to | ||||||
21 | the general public. For the purposes of Sections 4A-102 and | ||||||
22 | 4A-103, "debt" includes, but is not limited to: personal loans | ||||||
23 | from friends or business associates, business loans made | ||||||
24 | outside the lender's regular course of business, and loans |
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1 | made at below market rates. For the purposes of Sections | ||||||
2 | 4A-102 and 4A-103, "debt" does not include: (i) debts to or | ||||||
3 | from financial institutions or government entities, such as | ||||||
4 | mortgages, student loans, credit card debts, or loans secured | ||||||
5 | by automobiles, household furniture, or appliances, as long as | ||||||
6 | those loans were made on terms available to the general public | ||||||
7 | and do not exceed the purchase price of the items securing | ||||||
8 | them; (ii) debts to or from a political committee registered | ||||||
9 | with the Illinois State Board of Elections or political | ||||||
10 | committees, principal campaign committees, or authorized | ||||||
11 | committees registered with the Federal Election Commission; or | ||||||
12 | (iii) a loan from a member of the filer's family not known by | ||||||
13 | the filer to be registered to lobby under the Lobbyist | ||||||
14 | Registration Act. | ||||||
15 | (5 ILCS 420/1-104.5 new) | ||||||
16 | Sec. 1-104.5. Diversified funds. "Diversified funds" means | ||||||
17 | investment products, such as mutual funds, exchange traded | ||||||
18 | funds, or unit investment trusts, that invest in a wide | ||||||
19 | variety of securities across multiple sectors or asset | ||||||
20 | classes. "Diversified funds" does not include sector funds. | ||||||
21 | (5 ILCS 420/1-105.2 new) | ||||||
22 | Sec. 1-105.2. Economic relationship. "Economic | ||||||
23 | relationship" means, for the purposes of Sections 4A-102 and | ||||||
24 | 4A-103, any joint or shared ownership interests in businesses |
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1 | and creditor-debtor relationships with third parties, other | ||||||
2 | than commercial lending institutions, where: (a) the filer is | ||||||
3 | entitled to receive (i) more than 7.5% of the total | ||||||
4 | distributable income, or (ii) an amount in excess of the | ||||||
5 | salary of the Governor; or (b) the filer together with his or | ||||||
6 | her spouse or minor children is entitled to receive (i) more | ||||||
7 | than 15%, in the aggregate, of the total distributable income, | ||||||
8 | or (ii) an amount in excess of 2 times the salary of the | ||||||
9 | Governor. | ||||||
10 | (5 ILCS 420/1-105.3 new) | ||||||
11 | Sec. 1-105.3. Family. "Family" means, for the purposes of | ||||||
12 | Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, a filer's spouse, children, | ||||||
13 | step-children, parents, step-parents, siblings, | ||||||
14 | step-siblings, half-siblings, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, | ||||||
15 | grandparents, and grandchildren, as well as the parents and | ||||||
16 | grandparents of the filer's spouse, and any person living with | ||||||
17 | the filer. | ||||||
18 | (5 ILCS 420/1-105.5 new) | ||||||
19 | Sec. 1-105.5. Filer. "Filer" means, for the purposes of | ||||||
20 | Section 4A-102 and 4A-103, a person required to file a | ||||||
21 | statement of economic interests pursuant to this Act. | ||||||
22 | (5 ILCS 420/1-105.6 new) | ||||||
23 | Sec. 1-105.6. Income. "Income" means, for the purposes of |
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1 | Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, pension income and any income from | ||||||
2 | whatever source derived, required to be reported on the | ||||||
3 | filer's federal income tax return, including, but not limited | ||||||
4 | to: compensation received for services rendered or to be | ||||||
5 | rendered (as required to be reported on any Internal Revenue | ||||||
6 | Service forms, including, but not limited to, Forms W-2, 1099, | ||||||
7 | or K-1); earnings or capital gains from the sale of assets; | ||||||
8 | profit; interest or dividend income from all assets; revenue | ||||||
9 | from leases and rentals, royalties, prizes, awards, or barter; | ||||||
10 | forgiveness of debt; and earnings derived from annuities or | ||||||
11 | trusts other than testamentary trusts. "Income" does not | ||||||
12 | include compensation earned for service in the position that | ||||||
13 | necessitates the filing of the statement of economic | ||||||
14 | interests, or investment or interest returns on items excluded | ||||||
15 | from the definition of "asset", or income from the sale of a | ||||||
16 | personal residence or personal vehicle. | ||||||
17 | (5 ILCS 420/1-105.7 new) | ||||||
18 | Sec. 1-105.7. Investment real estate. "Investment real | ||||||
19 | estate" means any real property, other than a filer's personal | ||||||
20 | residences, purchased to produce a profit, whether from income | ||||||
21 | or resale. Investment real estate may be described by the city | ||||||
22 | and state where the real estate is located.
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23 | (5 ILCS 420/1-109) (from Ch. 127, par. 601-109)
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24 | Sec. 1-109.
"Lobbying" means engaging in activities that |
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1 | require registration under the Lobbyist Registration | ||||||
2 | Act promoting or opposing in any manner the
passage by the | ||||||
3 | General Assembly of any legislative matter affecting the
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4 | interests of any individual, association or corporation as | ||||||
5 | distinct from
those of the people of the State as a whole .
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6 | (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
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7 | (5 ILCS 420/1-110) (from Ch. 127, par. 601-110)
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8 | Sec. 1-110.
"Lobbyist" means an individual who is required | ||||||
9 | to be registered to engage in lobbying activities pursuant to | ||||||
10 | the Lobbyist Registration Act any person required to be | ||||||
11 | registered under
"An Act concerning lobbying and providing a | ||||||
12 | penalty for violation thereof",
approved July 10, 1957, as | ||||||
13 | amended .
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14 | (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
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15 | (5 ILCS 420/1-112.5 new) | ||||||
16 | Sec. 1-112.5. Personal residence. "Personal residence" | ||||||
17 | means, for the purposes of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, a | ||||||
18 | filer's primary home residence and any residential real | ||||||
19 | property held by the filer and used by the filer for | ||||||
20 | residential rather than commercial or income generating | ||||||
21 | purposes. | ||||||
22 | (5 ILCS 420/1-113.6 new) | ||||||
23 | Sec. 1-113.6. Sector funds. "Sector funds" means mutual |
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1 | funds or exchange traded funds invested in a particular | ||||||
2 | industry or business. | ||||||
3 | (5 ILCS 420/1-113.7 new) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 1-113.7. Spouse. "Spouse" means a party to a | ||||||
5 | marriage, a party to a civil union, or a registered domestic | ||||||
6 | partner.
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7 | (5 ILCS 420/2-101) (from Ch. 127, par. 602-101)
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8 | Sec. 2-101. Government official lobbying. | ||||||
9 | (a) No legislator may engage in promoting or opposing in | ||||||
10 | any manner the passage by General Assembly of any legislative | ||||||
11 | matter affecting the interests of any individual, association, | ||||||
12 | or corporation as distinct from those of the people of the | ||||||
13 | State as a whole lobbying, as that term is defined
in Section | ||||||
14 | 1-109 , if he or she accepts compensation specifically | ||||||
15 | attributable
to such lobbying, other than that provided by law | ||||||
16 | for members of the
General Assembly. Nothing in this Section | ||||||
17 | prohibits a legislator from
lobbying without compensation.
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18 | No legislator or executive branch constitutional officer | ||||||
19 | shall engage in compensated lobbying of the governing body of | ||||||
20 | a municipality, county, or township, or an official thereof, | ||||||
21 | on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying entity that is | ||||||
22 | registered to lobby the General Assembly or the executive | ||||||
23 | branch of the State of Illinois. | ||||||
24 | (b) No elected or appointed county executive or |
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1 | legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of | ||||||
2 | the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the | ||||||
3 | General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, | ||||||
4 | or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying | ||||||
5 | entity that is registered to lobby the county in which the | ||||||
6 | official is elected or appointed. | ||||||
7 | (c) No elected or appointed municipal executive or | ||||||
8 | legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of | ||||||
9 | the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the | ||||||
10 | General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, | ||||||
11 | or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying | ||||||
12 | entity that is registered to lobby the municipality in which | ||||||
13 | the official is elected or appointed. | ||||||
14 | (d) No elected or appointed township executive or | ||||||
15 | legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of | ||||||
16 | the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the | ||||||
17 | General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, | ||||||
18 | or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying | ||||||
19 | entity that is registered to lobby the township in which the | ||||||
20 | official is elected or appointed. | ||||||
21 | (e) A violation of this Section shall constitute a Class A | ||||||
22 | misdemeanor.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 77-2830.)
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24 | (5 ILCS 420/3A-50 new) | ||||||
25 | Sec. 3A-50. Appointee political activity. |
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1 | (a) No person who is appointed to an affected office | ||||||
2 | shall: (i) serve as an officer of a candidate political | ||||||
3 | committee; or (ii) be a candidate who is designated as the | ||||||
4 | candidate to be supported by a candidate political committee. | ||||||
5 | (b) A person appointed to an affected office who is either | ||||||
6 | an officer of a candidate political committee or a candidate | ||||||
7 | who is designated as the candidate to be supported by a | ||||||
8 | candidate political committee shall within 30 days after | ||||||
9 | confirmation by the Senate: (i) resign as an officer of the | ||||||
10 | candidate political committee; (ii) have his or her name | ||||||
11 | removed as the candidate to be supported by a candidate | ||||||
12 | political committee; (iii) notify the State Board of Elections | ||||||
13 | of the person's intent to convert the candidate political | ||||||
14 | committee to a limited activity committee under Section 9-1.8 | ||||||
15 | of the Election Code and complete the transition to a limited | ||||||
16 | activity committee within 60 days after confirmation; or (iv) | ||||||
17 | dissolve the candidate political committee. A person appointed | ||||||
18 | to an affected office who is in violation of this subsection | ||||||
19 | (b) on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd | ||||||
20 | General Assembly must come into compliance within 30 days | ||||||
21 | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd | ||||||
22 | General Assembly. | ||||||
23 | (c) As used in this Section: | ||||||
24 | "Affected office" means any office in which the appointee | ||||||
25 | receives any form of compensation, other than the | ||||||
26 | reimbursement of expenses, and whose appointment requires |
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1 | advise and consent of the Senate. | ||||||
2 | "Candidate political committee" has the meaning given to | ||||||
3 | that term in Section 9-1.8 of the Election Code in which the | ||||||
4 | person subject to confirmation by the Senate is designated as | ||||||
5 | the candidate to be supported by the candidate political | ||||||
6 | committee under Section 9-2 of the Code. | ||||||
7 | (5 ILCS 420/4A-102) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102)
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8 | Sec. 4A-102. The statement of economic interests required | ||||||
9 | by this Article
shall include the economic interests of the | ||||||
10 | person making the statement as
provided in this Section. | ||||||
11 | (a) The interest (if constructively controlled by the
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12 | person making the statement) of a spouse or any other party, | ||||||
13 | shall be
considered to be the same as the interest of the | ||||||
14 | person making the
statement. Campaign receipts shall not be | ||||||
15 | included in this statement. The following interests shall be | ||||||
16 | listed by all persons required to file: | ||||||
17 | (1) each asset that has a value of more than $5,000 as | ||||||
18 | of the end of the preceding calendar year and is: (i) held | ||||||
19 | in the filer's name, (ii) held jointly by the filer with | ||||||
20 | his or her spouse, or (iii) held jointly by the filer with | ||||||
21 | his or her minor child or children. For a beneficial | ||||||
22 | interest in a trust, the value is based on the total value | ||||||
23 | of the assets either subject to the beneficial interest, | ||||||
24 | or from which income is to be derived for the benefit of | ||||||
25 | the beneficial interest, regardless of whether any |
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1 | distributions have been made for the benefit of the | ||||||
2 | beneficial interest; | ||||||
3 | (2) excluding the income from the position that | ||||||
4 | requires the filing of a statement of economic interests | ||||||
5 | under this Act, each source of income in excess of $1,200 | ||||||
6 | during the preceding calendar year (as required to be | ||||||
7 | reported on the filer's federal income tax return covering | ||||||
8 | the preceding calendar year) for the filer and his or her | ||||||
9 | spouse and, if the sale or transfer of an asset produced | ||||||
10 | more than $5,000 in capital gains during the preceding | ||||||
11 | calendar year, the transaction date on which that asset | ||||||
12 | was sold or transferred; | ||||||
13 | (3) each creditor of a debt in excess of $5,000 that, | ||||||
14 | during the preceding calendar year, was: (i) owed by the | ||||||
15 | filer, (ii) owed jointly by the filer with his or her | ||||||
16 | spouse or (iii) owed jointly by the filer with his or her | ||||||
17 | minor child or children; | ||||||
18 | (4) the name of each unit of government of which the | ||||||
19 | filer or his or her spouse was an employee, contractor, or | ||||||
20 | office holder during the preceding calendar year other | ||||||
21 | than the unit or units of government in relation to which | ||||||
22 | the person is required to file and the title of the | ||||||
23 | position or nature of the contractual services; | ||||||
24 | (5) each person known to the filer to be registered as | ||||||
25 | a lobbyist with any unit of government in the State of | ||||||
26 | Illinois: (i) with whom the filer maintains an economic |
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1 | relationship, or (ii) who is a member of the filer's | ||||||
2 | family; and | ||||||
3 | 67) each source and type of gift or gifts, or | ||||||
4 | honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate | ||||||
5 | in excess of $500 that was received during the preceding | ||||||
6 | calendar year, excluding any gift or gifts from a member | ||||||
7 | of the filer's family that was not known to the filer to be | ||||||
8 | registered as a lobbyist with any unit of government in | ||||||
9 | the State of Illinois. | ||||||
10 | For the purposes of this Section, the unit of local | ||||||
11 | government in relation to which a person is required to file | ||||||
12 | under item (e) of Section 4A-101.5 shall be the unit of local | ||||||
13 | government that contributes to the pension fund of which such | ||||||
14 | person is a member of the board. | ||||||
15 | (b) Beginning December 1, 2025, and for every 5 years | ||||||
16 | thereafter, the Secretary of State shall adjust the amounts | ||||||
17 | specified under this Section that prompt disclosure under this | ||||||
18 | Act for purposes of inflation as determined by the Consumer | ||||||
19 | Price Index for All Urban Consumers as issued by the United | ||||||
20 | States Department of Labor and rounded to the nearest $100. | ||||||
21 | The Secretary shall publish this information on the official | ||||||
22 | website of the Secretary of State, and make changes to the | ||||||
23 | statement of economic interest form to be completed for the | ||||||
24 | following year. | ||||||
25 | (c) The Secretary of State shall develop and make publicly | ||||||
26 | available on his or her website written guidance relating to |
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1 | the completion and filing of the statement of economic | ||||||
2 | interests upon which a filer may reasonably and in good faith | ||||||
3 | rely. | ||||||
4 | The interest (if constructively controlled by the
person | ||||||
5 | making the statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be
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6 | considered to be the same as the interest of the person making | ||||||
7 | the
statement. Campaign receipts shall not be included in this | ||||||
8 | statement.
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9 | (a) The following interests shall be listed by all | ||||||
10 | persons required to
file:
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11 | (1) The name, address and type of practice of any | ||||||
12 | professional
organization or individual professional | ||||||
13 | practice in which the person making
the statement was | ||||||
14 | an officer, director, associate, partner or | ||||||
15 | proprietor,
or served in any advisory capacity, from | ||||||
16 | which income in excess of $1200
was derived during the | ||||||
17 | preceding calendar year;
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18 | (2) The nature of professional services (other | ||||||
19 | than services rendered to
the unit or units of | ||||||
20 | government in relation to which the person is required
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21 | to file)
and the nature of the entity to which they | ||||||
22 | were rendered if fees exceeding
$5,000 were received | ||||||
23 | during the preceding calendar year from the entity for
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24 | professional services rendered by the person making | ||||||
25 | the statement.
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26 | (3) The identity (including the address or legal |
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1 | description of real
estate) of any capital asset from | ||||||
2 | which a capital gain of $5,000 or more
was realized in | ||||||
3 | the preceding calendar year.
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4 | (4) The name of any unit of government which has | ||||||
5 | employed the person
making the statement during the | ||||||
6 | preceding calendar year other than the unit
or units | ||||||
7 | of government in relation to which the person is | ||||||
8 | required to file.
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9 | (5) The name of any entity from which a gift or | ||||||
10 | gifts, or honorarium or
honoraria, valued singly or in | ||||||
11 | the aggregate in excess of $500, was
received during | ||||||
12 | the preceding calendar year.
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13 | (b) The following interests shall also be listed by | ||||||
14 | persons listed in
items (a) through (f), item (l), item | ||||||
15 | (n), and item (p) of Section 4A-101:
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16 | (1) The name and instrument of ownership in any | ||||||
17 | entity doing business in
the State of Illinois, in | ||||||
18 | which an ownership interest held by the person at
the | ||||||
19 | date of filing is in excess of $5,000 fair market value | ||||||
20 | or from which
dividends of in excess of $1,200 were | ||||||
21 | derived during the preceding calendar
year. (In the | ||||||
22 | case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed | ||||||
23 | by
street address, or if none, then by legal | ||||||
24 | description). No time or demand
deposit in a financial | ||||||
25 | institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed;
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26 | (2) Except for professional service entities, the |
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1 | name of any entity and
any position held therein from | ||||||
2 | which income of in excess of $1,200 was
derived during | ||||||
3 | the preceding calendar year, if the entity does | ||||||
4 | business in
the State of Illinois. No time or demand | ||||||
5 | deposit in a financial
institution, nor any debt | ||||||
6 | instrument need be listed.
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7 | (3) The identity of any compensated lobbyist with | ||||||
8 | whom the person making
the statement maintains a close | ||||||
9 | economic association, including the name of
the | ||||||
10 | lobbyist and specifying the legislative matter or | ||||||
11 | matters which are the
object of the lobbying activity, | ||||||
12 | and describing the general type of
economic activity | ||||||
13 | of the client or principal on whose behalf that person | ||||||
14 | is
lobbying.
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15 | (c) The following interests shall also be listed by | ||||||
16 | persons listed in
items (a) through (c) and item (e) of | ||||||
17 | Section 4A-101.5:
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18 | (1) The name and instrument of ownership in any | ||||||
19 | entity doing business
with a unit of local government | ||||||
20 | in relation to which the person is
required to file if | ||||||
21 | the ownership interest of the person filing is greater
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22 | than $5,000 fair market value as of the date of filing | ||||||
23 | or if dividends in
excess of $1,200 were received from | ||||||
24 | the entity during the preceding
calendar year. (In the | ||||||
25 | case of real estate, location thereof shall be
listed | ||||||
26 | by street address, or if none, then by legal |
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1 | description). No time
or demand deposit in a financial | ||||||
2 | institution, nor any debt instrument need
be listed.
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3 | (2) Except for professional service entities, the | ||||||
4 | name of any entity and
any position held therein from | ||||||
5 | which income in excess of $1,200 was derived
during | ||||||
6 | the preceding calendar year if the entity does | ||||||
7 | business with a
unit of local government in relation | ||||||
8 | to which the person is required to
file. No time or | ||||||
9 | demand deposit in a financial institution, nor any | ||||||
10 | debt
instrument need be listed.
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11 | (3) The name of any entity and the nature of the | ||||||
12 | governmental action
requested by any entity which has | ||||||
13 | applied to a unit of local
government
in relation to | ||||||
14 | which the person must file for any license, franchise | ||||||
15 | or
permit for annexation, zoning or rezoning of real | ||||||
16 | estate during the
preceding calendar year if the | ||||||
17 | ownership interest of the person filing is
in excess | ||||||
18 | of $5,000 fair market value at the time of filing or if | ||||||
19 | income or
dividends in excess of $1,200 were received | ||||||
20 | by the person filing from the
entity during the | ||||||
21 | preceding calendar year.
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22 | For the purposes of this Section, the unit of local | ||||||
23 | government in relation to which a person required to file | ||||||
24 | under item (e) of Section 4A-101.5 shall be the unit of local | ||||||
25 | government that contributes to the pension fund of which such | ||||||
26 | person is a member of the board. |
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1 | (Source: P.A. 101-221, eff. 8-9-19.)
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2 | (5 ILCS 420/4A-103) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103)
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3 | Sec. 4A-103.
The statement of economic interests required | ||||||
4 | by this Article to be filed
with the Secretary of State or | ||||||
5 | county clerk shall be filled in by
typewriting or hand | ||||||
6 | printing, shall be verified, dated, and signed by the
person | ||||||
7 | making the statement and shall contain substantially the | ||||||
8 | following:
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9 | STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS | ||||||
10 | INSTRUCTIONS: | ||||||
11 | You may find the following documents helpful to you in | ||||||
12 | completing this form: | ||||||
13 | (1) federal income tax returns, including any related | ||||||
14 | schedules, attachments, and forms; and | ||||||
15 | (2) investment and brokerage statements. | ||||||
16 | To complete this form, you do not need to disclose | ||||||
17 | specific amounts or values or report interests relating either | ||||||
18 | to political committees registered with the Illinois State | ||||||
19 | Board of Elections or to political committees, principal | ||||||
20 | campaign committees, or authorized committees registered with | ||||||
21 | the Federal Election Commission. | ||||||
22 | The information you disclose will be available to the | ||||||
23 | public. |
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1 | You must answer all 6 questions. Certain questions will | ||||||
2 | ask you to report any applicable assets or debts held in, or | ||||||
3 | payable to, your name; held jointly by, or payable to, you with | ||||||
4 | your spouse; or held jointly by, or payable to, you with your | ||||||
5 | minor child. If you have any concerns about whether an | ||||||
6 | interest should be reported, please consult your department's | ||||||
7 | ethics officer, if applicable. | ||||||
8 | Please ensure that the information you provide is complete | ||||||
9 | and accurate. If you need more space than the form allows, | ||||||
10 | please attach additional pages for your response. If you are | ||||||
11 | subject to the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, your | ||||||
12 | ethics officer must review your statement of economic | ||||||
13 | interests before you file it. Failure to complete the | ||||||
14 | statement in good faith and within the prescribed deadline may | ||||||
15 | subject you to fines, imprisonment, or both. | ||||||
16 | BASIC INFORMATION: | ||||||
17 | Name: ........................................................ | ||||||
18 | Job title: ................................................... | ||||||
19 | Office, department, or agency that requires you to file this | ||||||
20 | form: ........................................................ | ||||||
21 | Other offices, departments, or agencies that require you to | ||||||
22 | file a Statement of Economic Interests form: ................ | ||||||
23 | Full mailing address: ........................................ | ||||||
24 | Preferred e-mail address (optional): ......................... |
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1 | QUESTIONS: | |||||||||||||
2 | 1. If you have any single asset that was worth more than | |||||||||||||
3 | $5,000 as of the end of the preceding calendar year and is held | |||||||||||||
4 | in, or payable to, your name, held jointly by, or payable to, | |||||||||||||
5 | you with your spouse, or held jointly by, or payable to, you | |||||||||||||
6 | with your minor child,
list such assets below. In the case of | |||||||||||||
7 | investment real estate, list the city and state where the | |||||||||||||
8 | investment real estate is located. If you do not have any such | |||||||||||||
9 | assets, list "none" below. | |||||||||||||
10 | ............................................................. | |||||||||||||
11 | ............................................................. | |||||||||||||
12 | ............................................................. | |||||||||||||
13 | ............................................................. | |||||||||||||
14 | ............................................................. | |||||||||||||
15 | 2. Excluding the position for which you are required to | |||||||||||||
16 | file this form, list the source of any income in excess of | |||||||||||||
17 | $1,200 required to be reported during the preceding calendar | |||||||||||||
18 | year. If you sold an asset that produced more than $5,000 in | |||||||||||||
19 | capital gains in the preceding calendar year, list the name of | |||||||||||||
20 | the asset and the transaction date on which the sale or | |||||||||||||
21 | transfer took place. If you had no such sources of income or | |||||||||||||
22 | assets, list "none" below. | |||||||||||||
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3 | 3. Excluding debts incurred on terms available to the | |||||||||
4 | general public, such as mortgages, student loans, and credit | |||||||||
5 | card debts, if you owed any single debt in the preceding | |||||||||
6 | calendar year exceeding $5,000, list the creditor of the debt | |||||||||
7 | below. If you had no such debts, list "none" below. | |||||||||
8 | List the creditor for all applicable debts owed by you, | |||||||||
9 | owed jointly by you with your spouse, or owed jointly by you | |||||||||
10 | with your minor child. In addition to the types of debts listed | |||||||||
11 | above, you do not need to report any debts to or from financial | |||||||||
12 | institutions or government agencies, such as debts secured by | |||||||||
13 | automobiles, household furniture or appliances, as long as the | |||||||||
14 | debt was made on terms available to the general public, debts | |||||||||
15 | to members of your family, or debts to or from a political | |||||||||
16 | committee registered with the Illinois State Board of | |||||||||
17 | Elections or any political committee, principal campaign | |||||||||
18 | committee, or authorized committee registered with the Federal | |||||||||
19 | Election Commission. | |||||||||
20 | ............................................................. | |||||||||
21 | ............................................................. | |||||||||
22 | ............................................................. | |||||||||
23 | ............................................................. | |||||||||
24 | 4. List the name of each unit of government of which you or | |||||||||
25 | your spouse were an employee, contractor, or office holder | |||||||||
26 | during the preceding calendar year other than the unit or |
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1 | units of government in relation to which the person is | |||||||||||||||||
2 | required to file and the title of the position or nature of the | |||||||||||||||||
3 | contractual services. | |||||||||||||||||
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8 | 5. If you maintain an economic relationship with a | |||||||||||||||||
9 | lobbyist or if a member of your family is known to you to be a | |||||||||||||||||
10 | lobbyist registered with any unit of government in the State | |||||||||||||||||
11 | of Illinois, list the name of the lobbyist below and identify | |||||||||||||||||
12 | the nature of your relationship with the lobbyist. If you do | |||||||||||||||||
13 | not have an economic relationship with a lobbyist or a family | |||||||||||||||||
14 | member known to you to be a lobbyist registered with any unit | |||||||||||||||||
15 | of government in the State of Illinois, list "none" below. | |||||||||||||||||
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20 | 6. List the name of each person, organization, or entity | |||||||||||||||||
21 | that was the source of a gift or gifts, or honorarium or | |||||||||||||||||
22 | honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate in excess of $500 | |||||||||||||||||
23 | received during the preceding calendar year and the type of | |||||||||||||||||
24 | gift or gifts, or honorarium or honoraria, excluding any gift |
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1 | or gifts from a member of your family that was not known to be | ||||||
2 | a lobbyist registered with any unit of government in the State | ||||||
3 | of Illinois. If you had no such gifts, list "none" below. | ||||||
4 | ............................................................. | ||||||
5 | ............................................................. | ||||||
6 | ............................................................. | ||||||
7 | VERIFICATION: | ||||||
8 | "I declare that this statement of economic interests | ||||||
9 | (including any attachments) has been examined by me and to the | ||||||
10 | best of my knowledge and belief is a true, correct and complete | ||||||
11 | statement of my economic interests as required by the Illinois | ||||||
12 | Governmental Ethics Act. I understand that the penalty for | ||||||
13 | willfully filing a false or incomplete statement is a fine not | ||||||
14 | to exceed $2,500 or imprisonment in a penal institution other | ||||||
15 | than the penitentiary not to exceed one year, or both fine and | ||||||
16 | imprisonment." | ||||||
17 | Printed Name of Filer: ....................................... | ||||||
18 | Date: ........................................................ | ||||||
19 | Signature: ................................................... | ||||||
20 | If this statement of economic interests requires ethics | ||||||
21 | officer review prior to filing, the applicable ethics officer | ||||||
22 | must complete the following: | ||||||
23 | CERTIFICATION OF ETHICS OFFICER REVIEW: |
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1 | "In accordance with law, as Ethics Officer, I reviewed | ||||||
2 | this statement of economic interests prior to its filing." | ||||||
3 | Printed Name of Ethics Officer: .............................. | ||||||
4 | Date: ........................................................ | ||||||
5 | Signature: ................................................... | ||||||
6 | Preferred e-mail address (optional): ......................... | ||||||
7 | STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST
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8 | (TYPE OR HAND PRINT)
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9 |
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10 | (name)
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11 |
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12 | (each office or position of employment for which this
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13 | statement is filed)
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14 |
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15 | (full mailing address)
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16 | GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
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17 | The interest (if constructively controlled by the person | ||||||
18 | making the
statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be | ||||||
19 | considered to be the
same as the interest of the person making | ||||||
20 | the statement.
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21 | Campaign receipts shall not be included in this statement.
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22 | If additional space is needed, please attach supplemental | ||||||
23 | listing.
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24 | 1. List the name and instrument of ownership in any entity | ||||||
25 | doing
business in the State of Illinois, in which the |
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1 | ownership interest held by
the person at the date of filing is | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | in excess of $5,000 fair market value
or from which dividends | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | in excess of $1,200 were derived during the
preceding calendar | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | year. (In the case of real estate, location thereof
shall be | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | listed by street address, or if none, then by legal | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | description.)
No time or demand deposit in a financial | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | institution, nor any debt
instrument need be listed.
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13 | 2. List the name, address and type of practice of any | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | professional
organization in which the person making the | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | statement was an officer,
director, associate, partner or | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | proprietor or served in any advisory
capacity, from which | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | income in excess of $1,200 was derived during the
preceding | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | calendar year.
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23 | 3. List the nature of professional services rendered | |||||||||||||||||||||
24 | (other than to the
State of Illinois) to each entity from which | |||||||||||||||||||||
25 | income exceeding $5,000 was
received for professional services | |||||||||||||||||||||
26 | rendered during the preceding calendar
year by the person |
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1 | making the statement.
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2 |
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3 |
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4 | 4. List the identity (including the address or legal | ||||||||||||||||
5 | description of real
estate) of any capital asset from which a | ||||||||||||||||
6 | capital gain of $5,000 or more
was realized during the | ||||||||||||||||
7 | preceding calendar year.
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8 |
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9 |
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10 | 5. List the identity of any compensated lobbyist with whom | ||||||||||||||||
11 | the person
making the statement maintains a close economic | ||||||||||||||||
12 | association, including the
name of the lobbyist and specifying | ||||||||||||||||
13 | the legislative matter or matters which
are the object of the | ||||||||||||||||
14 | lobbying activity, and describing the general type of
economic | ||||||||||||||||
15 | activity of the client or principal on whose behalf that | ||||||||||||||||
16 | person is
lobbying.
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20 | 6. List the name of any entity doing business in the State | ||||||||||||||||
21 | of Illinois
from which income in excess of $1,200 was derived | ||||||||||||||||
22 | during the preceding
calendar year other than for professional | ||||||||||||||||
23 | services and the title or
description of any position held in | ||||||||||||||||
24 | that entity. (In the case of real
estate, location thereof | ||||||||||||||||
25 | shall be listed by street address, or if none,
then by legal | ||||||||||||||||
26 | description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
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1 | institution nor any debt instrument need be listed.
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6 | 7. List the name of any unit of government which employed | |||||||||||||||||
7 | the person
making the statement during the preceding calendar | |||||||||||||||||
8 | year other than the unit
or units
of government in relation to | |||||||||||||||||
9 | which the person is required to file.
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10 |
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11 |
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12 | 8. List the name of any entity from which a gift or gifts, | |||||||||||||||||
13 | or honorarium
or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate | |||||||||||||||||
14 | in excess of $500, was
received during the preceding calendar | |||||||||||||||||
15 | year.
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16 |
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17 | VERIFICATION:
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18 | "I declare that this statement of economic interests | |||||||||||||||||
19 | (including any
accompanying schedules and statements) has been | |||||||||||||||||
20 | examined by me and to the
best of my knowledge and belief is a | |||||||||||||||||
21 | true, correct and complete statement
of my economic interests | |||||||||||||||||
22 | as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics
Act. I | |||||||||||||||||
23 | understand that the penalty for willfully filing a false or
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24 | incomplete statement shall be a fine not to exceed $1,000 or | |||||||||||||||||
25 | imprisonment
in a penal institution other than the | |||||||||||||||||
26 | penitentiary not to exceed one year,
or both fine and |
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1 | imprisonment."
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2 | ................ ..........................................
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3 | (date of filing) (signature of person making the statement)
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4 | (Source: P.A. 95-173, eff. 1-1-08.)
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5 | (5 ILCS 420/4A-107) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-107)
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6 | Sec. 4A-107. Any person required to file a statement of | ||||||
7 | economic interests
under this Article who willfully files a | ||||||
8 | false or incomplete statement shall be
guilty of a Class A | ||||||
9 | misdemeanor ; provided, a filer's statement made in reasonable, | ||||||
10 | good faith reliance on the guidance provided by the Secretary | ||||||
11 | of State pursuant Section 4A-102 or his or her ethics officer | ||||||
12 | shall not constitute a willful false or incomplete statement .
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13 | Except when the fees and penalties for late filing have | ||||||
14 | been waived under Section 4A-105, failure to file a statement | ||||||
15 | within the time prescribed shall result in
ineligibility for, | ||||||
16 | or forfeiture of, office or position of employment, as
the | ||||||
17 | case may be; provided, however, that if the notice of failure | ||||||
18 | to
file a statement of economic interests provided in Section | ||||||
19 | 4A-105 of this
Act is not given by the Secretary of State or | ||||||
20 | the county clerk, as the case
may be, no forfeiture shall | ||||||
21 | result if a statement is filed within 30 days
of actual notice | ||||||
22 | of the failure to file. The Secretary of State shall provide | ||||||
23 | the Attorney General with the names of persons who failed to | ||||||
24 | file a statement. The county clerk shall provide the State's | ||||||
25 | Attorney of the county of the entity for which the filing of |
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1 | statement of economic interest is required with the name of | ||||||
2 | persons who failed to file a statement.
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3 | The Attorney General, with respect to offices or positions | ||||||
4 | described in
items (a) through (f) and items (j), (l), (n), and | ||||||
5 | (p) of Section 4A-101 of this
Act, or the State's
Attorney of | ||||||
6 | the county of the entity for which the filing of statements of
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7 | economic interests is required, with respect to offices or | ||||||
8 | positions
described in items (a) through (e) of
Section | ||||||
9 | 4A-101.5,
shall bring an action in quo warranto against any | ||||||
10 | person who has failed to file
by either May 31 or June 30 of | ||||||
11 | any given year and for whom the fees and penalties for late | ||||||
12 | filing have not been waived under Section 4A-105.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 101-221, eff. 8-9-19.)
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14 | (5 ILCS 420/4A-108) | ||||||
15 | Sec. 4A-108. Internet-based systems of filing. | ||||||
16 | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any | ||||||
17 | other law, the Secretary of State and county clerks are | ||||||
18 | authorized to institute an Internet-based system for the | ||||||
19 | filing of statements of economic interests in their offices. | ||||||
20 | With respect to county clerk systems, the determination to | ||||||
21 | institute such a system shall be in the sole discretion of the | ||||||
22 | county clerk and shall meet the requirements set out in this | ||||||
23 | Section. With respect to a Secretary of State system, the | ||||||
24 | determination to institute such a system shall be in the sole | ||||||
25 | discretion of the Secretary of State and shall meet the |
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1 | requirements set out in this Section and those Sections of the | ||||||
2 | State Officials and Employees Ethics Act requiring ethics | ||||||
3 | officer review prior to filing. The system shall be capable of | ||||||
4 | allowing an ethics officer to approve a statement of economic | ||||||
5 | interests and shall include a means to amend a statement of | ||||||
6 | economic interests. When this Section does not modify or | ||||||
7 | remove the requirements set forth elsewhere in this Article, | ||||||
8 | those requirements shall apply to any system of Internet-based | ||||||
9 | filing authorized by this Section. When this Section does | ||||||
10 | modify or remove the requirements set forth elsewhere in this | ||||||
11 | Article, the provisions of this Section shall apply to any | ||||||
12 | system of Internet-based filing authorized by this Section. | ||||||
13 | (b) In any system of Internet-based filing of statements | ||||||
14 | of economic interests instituted by the Secretary of State or | ||||||
15 | a county clerk: | ||||||
16 | (1) Any filing of an Internet-based statement of | ||||||
17 | economic interests shall be the equivalent of the filing | ||||||
18 | of a verified, written statement of economic interests as | ||||||
19 | required by Section 4A-101 or 4A-101.5 and the equivalent | ||||||
20 | of the filing of a verified, dated, and signed statement | ||||||
21 | of economic interests as required by Section 4A-103 | ||||||
22 | 4A-104 . | ||||||
23 | (2) The Secretary of State and county clerks who | ||||||
24 | institute a system of Internet-based filing of statements | ||||||
25 | of economic interests shall establish a password-protected | ||||||
26 | website to receive the filings of such statements. A |
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1 | website established under this Section shall set forth and | ||||||
2 | provide a means of responding to the items set forth in | ||||||
3 | Section 4A-103 4A-102 that are required of a person who | ||||||
4 | files a statement of economic interests with that officer. | ||||||
5 | A website established under this Section shall set forth | ||||||
6 | and provide a means of generating a printable receipt page | ||||||
7 | acknowledging filing. | ||||||
8 | (3) The times for the filing of statements of economic | ||||||
9 | interests set forth in Section 4A-105 shall be followed in | ||||||
10 | any system of Internet-based filing of statements of | ||||||
11 | economic interests; provided that a candidate for elective | ||||||
12 | office who is required to file a statement of economic | ||||||
13 | interests in relation to his or her candidacy pursuant to | ||||||
14 | Section 4A-105(a) shall receive a written or printed | ||||||
15 | receipt for his or her filing. | ||||||
16 | A candidate filing for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, | ||||||
17 | Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, | ||||||
18 | Comptroller, State Senate, or State House of | ||||||
19 | Representatives , Supreme Court Justice, appellate court | ||||||
20 | judge, circuit court judge, or judicial retention shall | ||||||
21 | not use the Internet to file his or her statement of | ||||||
22 | economic interests, but shall file his or her statement of | ||||||
23 | economic interests in a written or printed form and shall | ||||||
24 | receive a written or printed receipt for his or her | ||||||
25 | filing. Annually, the duly appointed ethics officer for | ||||||
26 | each legislative caucus shall certify to the Secretary of |
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1 | State whether his or her caucus members will file their | ||||||
2 | statements of economic interests electronically or in a | ||||||
3 | written or printed format for that year. If the ethics | ||||||
4 | officer for a caucus certifies that the statements of | ||||||
5 | economic interests shall be written or printed, then | ||||||
6 | members of the General Assembly of that caucus shall not | ||||||
7 | use the Internet to file his or her statement of economic | ||||||
8 | interests, but shall file his or her statement of economic | ||||||
9 | interests in a written or printed form and shall receive a | ||||||
10 | written or printed receipt for his or her filing. If no | ||||||
11 | certification is made by an ethics officer for a | ||||||
12 | legislative caucus, or if a member of the General Assembly | ||||||
13 | is not affiliated with a legislative caucus, then the | ||||||
14 | affected member or members of the General Assembly may | ||||||
15 | file their statements of economic interests using the | ||||||
16 | Internet. | ||||||
17 | (4) In the first year of the implementation of a | ||||||
18 | system of Internet-based filing of statements of economic | ||||||
19 | interests, each person required to file such a statement | ||||||
20 | is to be notified in writing of his or her obligation to | ||||||
21 | file his or her statement of economic interests by way of | ||||||
22 | the Internet-based system. If access to the website web | ||||||
23 | site requires a code or password, this information shall | ||||||
24 | be included in the notice prescribed by this paragraph. | ||||||
25 | (5) When a person required to file a statement of | ||||||
26 | economic interests has supplied the Secretary of State or |
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1 | a county clerk, as applicable, with an email address for | ||||||
2 | the purpose of receiving notices under this Article by | ||||||
3 | email, a notice sent by email to the supplied email | ||||||
4 | address shall be the equivalent of a notice sent by first | ||||||
5 | class mail, as set forth in Section 4A-106 or 4A-106.5. A | ||||||
6 | person who has supplied such an email address shall notify | ||||||
7 | the Secretary of State or county clerk, as applicable, | ||||||
8 | when his or her email address changes or if he or she no | ||||||
9 | longer wishes to receive notices by email. | ||||||
10 | (6) If any person who is required to file a statement | ||||||
11 | of economic interests and who has chosen to receive | ||||||
12 | notices by email fails to file his or her statement by May | ||||||
13 | 10, then the Secretary of State or county clerk, as | ||||||
14 | applicable, shall send an additional email notice on that | ||||||
15 | date, informing the person that he or she has not filed and | ||||||
16 | describing the penalties for late filing and failing to | ||||||
17 | file. This notice shall be in addition to other notices | ||||||
18 | provided for in this Article. | ||||||
19 | (7) The Secretary of State and each county clerk who | ||||||
20 | institutes a system of Internet-based filing of statements | ||||||
21 | of economic interests may also institute an Internet-based | ||||||
22 | process for the filing of the list of names and addresses | ||||||
23 | of persons required to file statements of economic | ||||||
24 | interests by the chief administrative officers that must | ||||||
25 | file such information with the Secretary of State or | ||||||
26 | county clerk, as applicable, pursuant to Section 4A-106 or |
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1 | 4A-106.5. Whenever the Secretary of State or a county | ||||||
2 | clerk institutes such a system under this paragraph, every | ||||||
3 | chief administrative officer must use the system to file | ||||||
4 | this information. | ||||||
5 | (8) The Secretary of State and any county clerk who | ||||||
6 | institutes a system of Internet-based filing of statements | ||||||
7 | of economic interests shall post the contents of such | ||||||
8 | statements filed with him or her available for inspection | ||||||
9 | and copying on a publicly accessible website. Such | ||||||
10 | postings shall not include the addresses or signatures of | ||||||
11 | the filers.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 100-1041, eff. 1-1-19; 101-221, eff. 8-9-19; | ||||||
13 | revised 9-12-19.)
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14 | (5 ILCS 420/4A-104 rep.)
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15 | Section 10. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is | ||||||
16 | amended by repealing Section 4A-104 on January 1, 2022. | ||||||
17 | Section 15. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act | ||||||
18 | is amended by changing Sections 5-40, 5-45, and 25-10 as | ||||||
19 | follows: | ||||||
20 | (5 ILCS 430/5-40)
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21 | Sec. 5-40. Fundraising in Sangamon County. Except as | ||||||
22 | provided in this
Section, any executive branch constitutional | ||||||
23 | officer, any candidate for an
executive branch constitutional |
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1 | office, any member of the General Assembly,
any candidate for | ||||||
2 | the General Assembly, any political caucus of the General
| ||||||
3 | Assembly, or any political committee on behalf of any of the | ||||||
4 | foregoing may not
hold a political fundraising function in | ||||||
5 | Sangamon County or a virtual fundraising function on any day | ||||||
6 | the legislature is
in session or the day immediately prior to | ||||||
7 | or immediately after such day; except that executive branch | ||||||
8 | constitutional officers, candidates for an executive branch | ||||||
9 | constitutional office, members of the General Assembly, and | ||||||
10 | candidates candidate for the General Assembly may have a | ||||||
11 | virtual fundraising function on the day before or after a day | ||||||
12 | the legislature is in session if the officer, member, or | ||||||
13 | candidate is not in Sangamon County (i) during the period | ||||||
14 | beginning February 1 and ending on the later
of the actual | ||||||
15 | adjournment dates
of either house of the spring session and | ||||||
16 | (ii) during fall veto session . For purposes of this Section, | ||||||
17 | the legislature is not considered to be in
session on a day | ||||||
18 | that is solely a perfunctory session day or on a day when only
| ||||||
19 | a committee is meeting.
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20 | During the period beginning June 1 and ending on the first | ||||||
21 | day of fall veto
session each year, this Section does not apply | ||||||
22 | to (i) a member of the General
Assembly whose legislative or | ||||||
23 | representative district is entirely within
Sangamon County or | ||||||
24 | (ii) a candidate for the General Assembly from that
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25 | legislative or representative district.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.) |
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1 | (5 ILCS 430/5-45)
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2 | Sec. 5-45. Procurement; revolving door prohibition.
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3 | (a) No former officer, member, or State employee, or | ||||||
4 | spouse or
immediate family member living with such person, | ||||||
5 | shall, within a period of one
year immediately after | ||||||
6 | termination of State employment, knowingly accept
employment | ||||||
7 | or receive compensation or fees for services from a person or | ||||||
8 | entity
if the officer, member, or State employee, during the | ||||||
9 | year immediately
preceding termination of State employment, | ||||||
10 | participated personally and
substantially in the award or | ||||||
11 | fiscal administration of State contracts, or the issuance of | ||||||
12 | State contract change orders, with a cumulative value
of | ||||||
13 | $25,000
or more to the person or entity, or its parent or | ||||||
14 | subsidiary.
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15 | (a-5) No officer, member, or spouse or immediate family | ||||||
16 | member living with such person shall, during the officer or | ||||||
17 | member's term in office or within a period of 2 years | ||||||
18 | immediately leaving office, hold an ownership interest, other | ||||||
19 | than a passive interest in a publicly traded company, in any | ||||||
20 | gaming license under the Illinois Gambling Act, the Video | ||||||
21 | Gaming Act, the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, or the | ||||||
22 | Sports Wagering Act. Any member of the General Assembly or | ||||||
23 | spouse or immediate family member living with such person who | ||||||
24 | has an ownership interest, other than a passive interest in a | ||||||
25 | publicly traded company, in any gaming license under the |
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1 | Illinois Gambling Act, the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, | ||||||
2 | the Video Gaming Act, or the Sports Wagering Act at the time of | ||||||
3 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General | ||||||
4 | Assembly shall divest himself or herself of such ownership | ||||||
5 | within one year after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
6 | Act of the 101st General Assembly. No State employee who works | ||||||
7 | for the Illinois Gaming Board or Illinois Racing Board or | ||||||
8 | spouse or immediate family member living with such person | ||||||
9 | shall, during State employment or within a period of 2 years | ||||||
10 | immediately after termination of State employment, hold an | ||||||
11 | ownership interest, other than a passive interest in a | ||||||
12 | publicly traded company, in any gaming license under the | ||||||
13 | Illinois Gambling Act, the Video Gaming Act, the Illinois | ||||||
14 | Horse Racing Act of 1975, or the Sports Wagering Act. | ||||||
15 | (a-10) This subsection (a-10) applies on and after June | ||||||
16 | 25, 2021. No officer, member, or spouse or immediate family | ||||||
17 | member living with such person, shall, during the officer or | ||||||
18 | member's term in office or within a period of 2 years | ||||||
19 | immediately after leaving office, hold an ownership interest, | ||||||
20 | other than a passive interest in a publicly traded company, in | ||||||
21 | any cannabis business establishment which is licensed under | ||||||
22 | the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Any member of the General | ||||||
23 | Assembly or spouse or immediate family member living with such | ||||||
24 | person who has an ownership interest, other than a passive | ||||||
25 | interest in a publicly traded company, in any cannabis | ||||||
26 | business establishment which is licensed under the Cannabis |
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1 | Regulation and Tax Act at the time of the effective date of | ||||||
2 | this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly shall divest | ||||||
3 | himself or herself of such ownership within one year after the | ||||||
4 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General | ||||||
5 | Assembly. | ||||||
6 | No State employee who works for any State agency that | ||||||
7 | regulates cannabis business establishment license holders who | ||||||
8 | participated personally and substantially in the award of | ||||||
9 | licenses under the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act or a spouse | ||||||
10 | or immediate family member living with such person shall, | ||||||
11 | during State employment or within a period of 2 years | ||||||
12 | immediately after termination of State employment, hold an | ||||||
13 | ownership interest, other than a passive interest in a | ||||||
14 | publicly traded company, in any cannabis license under the | ||||||
15 | Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. | ||||||
16 | (b) No former officer of the executive branch or State | ||||||
17 | employee of the
executive branch with regulatory or
licensing | ||||||
18 | authority, or spouse or immediate family member living with | ||||||
19 | such
person, shall, within a period of one year immediately | ||||||
20 | after termination of
State employment, knowingly accept | ||||||
21 | employment or receive compensation or fees
for services from a | ||||||
22 | person or entity if the officer
or State
employee, during the | ||||||
23 | year immediately preceding
termination of State employment, | ||||||
24 | participated personally and substantially in making a | ||||||
25 | regulatory or licensing decision that
directly applied to the | ||||||
26 | person or entity, or its parent or subsidiary. |
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1 | (b-5) Beginning January 1, 2022, no former officer of the | ||||||
2 | executive branch shall, within a period of 6 months | ||||||
3 | immediately after leaving office or for the remainder of that | ||||||
4 | officer's term engage in activities at the State level that | ||||||
5 | require registration under the Lobbyist Registration Act.
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6 | (b-7) Beginning January 1, 2022, no former member shall, | ||||||
7 | within a period of 6 months immediately after leaving office | ||||||
8 | or for the remainder of the General Assembly to which that | ||||||
9 | member was elected engage in activities at the State level | ||||||
10 | that require registration under the Lobbyist Registration Act. | ||||||
11 | (c) Within 6 months after the effective date of this | ||||||
12 | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, each executive | ||||||
13 | branch constitutional officer and legislative leader, the | ||||||
14 | Auditor General, and the Joint Committee on Legislative | ||||||
15 | Support Services shall adopt a policy delineating which State | ||||||
16 | positions under his or her jurisdiction and control, by the | ||||||
17 | nature of their duties, may have the authority to participate | ||||||
18 | personally and substantially in the award or fiscal | ||||||
19 | administration of State contracts or in regulatory or | ||||||
20 | licensing decisions. The Governor shall adopt such a policy | ||||||
21 | for all State employees of the executive branch not under the | ||||||
22 | jurisdiction and control of any other executive branch | ||||||
23 | constitutional officer.
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24 | The policies required under subsection (c) of this Section | ||||||
25 | shall be filed with the appropriate ethics commission | ||||||
26 | established under this Act or, for the Auditor General, with |
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1 | the Office of the Auditor General. | ||||||
2 | (d) Each Inspector General shall have the authority to | ||||||
3 | determine that additional State positions under his or her | ||||||
4 | jurisdiction, not otherwise subject to the policies required | ||||||
5 | by subsection (c) of this Section, are nonetheless subject to | ||||||
6 | the notification requirement of subsection (f) below due to | ||||||
7 | their involvement in the award or fiscal administration of | ||||||
8 | State contracts or in regulatory or licensing decisions. | ||||||
9 | (e) The Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services, | ||||||
10 | the Auditor General, and each of the executive branch | ||||||
11 | constitutional officers and legislative leaders subject to | ||||||
12 | subsection (c) of this Section shall provide written | ||||||
13 | notification to all employees in positions subject to the | ||||||
14 | policies required by subsection (c) or a determination made | ||||||
15 | under subsection (d): (1) upon hiring, promotion, or transfer | ||||||
16 | into the relevant position; and (2) at the time the employee's | ||||||
17 | duties are changed in such a way as to qualify that employee. | ||||||
18 | An employee receiving notification must certify in writing | ||||||
19 | that the person was advised of the prohibition and the | ||||||
20 | requirement to notify the appropriate Inspector General in | ||||||
21 | subsection (f). | ||||||
22 | (f) Any State employee in a position subject to the | ||||||
23 | policies required by subsection (c) or to a determination | ||||||
24 | under subsection (d), but who does not fall within the | ||||||
25 | prohibition of subsection (h) below, who is offered non-State | ||||||
26 | employment during State employment or within a period of one |
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| |||||||
1 | year immediately after termination of State employment shall, | ||||||
2 | prior to accepting such non-State employment, notify the | ||||||
3 | appropriate Inspector General. Within 10 calendar days after | ||||||
4 | receiving notification from an employee in a position subject | ||||||
5 | to the policies required by subsection (c), such Inspector | ||||||
6 | General shall make a determination as to whether the State | ||||||
7 | employee is restricted from accepting such employment by | ||||||
8 | subsection (a) or (b). In making a determination, in addition | ||||||
9 | to any other relevant information, an Inspector General shall | ||||||
10 | assess the effect of the prospective employment or | ||||||
11 | relationship upon decisions referred to in subsections (a) and | ||||||
12 | (b), based on the totality of the participation by the former | ||||||
13 | officer, member, or State employee in those decisions. A | ||||||
14 | determination by an Inspector General must be in writing, | ||||||
15 | signed and dated by the Inspector General, and delivered to | ||||||
16 | the subject of the determination within 10 calendar days or | ||||||
17 | the person is deemed eligible for the employment opportunity. | ||||||
18 | For purposes of this subsection, "appropriate Inspector | ||||||
19 | General" means (i) for members and employees of the | ||||||
20 | legislative branch, the Legislative Inspector General; (ii) | ||||||
21 | for the Auditor General and employees of the Office of the | ||||||
22 | Auditor General, the Inspector General provided for in Section | ||||||
23 | 30-5 of this Act; and (iii) for executive branch officers and | ||||||
24 | employees, the Inspector General having jurisdiction over the | ||||||
25 | officer or employee. Notice of any determination of an | ||||||
26 | Inspector General and of any such appeal shall be given to the |
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1 | ultimate jurisdictional authority, the Attorney General, and | ||||||
2 | the Executive Ethics Commission. | ||||||
3 | (g) An Inspector General's determination regarding | ||||||
4 | restrictions under subsection (a) or (b) may be appealed to | ||||||
5 | the appropriate Ethics Commission by the person subject to the | ||||||
6 | decision or the Attorney General no later than the 10th | ||||||
7 | calendar day after the date of the determination. | ||||||
8 | On appeal, the Ethics Commission or Auditor General shall | ||||||
9 | seek, accept, and consider written public comments regarding a | ||||||
10 | determination. In deciding whether to uphold an Inspector | ||||||
11 | General's determination, the appropriate Ethics Commission or | ||||||
12 | Auditor General shall assess, in addition to any other | ||||||
13 | relevant information, the effect of the prospective employment | ||||||
14 | or relationship upon the decisions referred to in subsections | ||||||
15 | (a) and (b), based on the totality of the participation by the | ||||||
16 | former officer, member, or State employee in those decisions. | ||||||
17 | The Ethics Commission shall decide whether to uphold an | ||||||
18 | Inspector General's determination within 10 calendar days or | ||||||
19 | the person is deemed eligible for the employment opportunity. | ||||||
20 | (h) The following officers, members, or State employees | ||||||
21 | shall not, within a period of one year immediately after | ||||||
22 | termination of office or State employment, knowingly accept | ||||||
23 | employment or receive compensation or fees for services from a | ||||||
24 | person or entity if the person or entity or its parent or | ||||||
25 | subsidiary, during the year immediately preceding termination | ||||||
26 | of State employment, was a party to a State contract or |
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1 | contracts with a cumulative value of $25,000 or more involving | ||||||
2 | the officer, member, or State employee's State agency, or was | ||||||
3 | the subject of a regulatory or licensing decision involving | ||||||
4 | the officer, member, or State employee's State agency, | ||||||
5 | regardless of whether he or she participated personally and | ||||||
6 | substantially in the award or fiscal administration of the | ||||||
7 | State contract or contracts or the making of the regulatory or | ||||||
8 | licensing decision in question: | ||||||
9 | (1) members or officers; | ||||||
10 | (2) members of a commission or board created by the | ||||||
11 | Illinois Constitution; | ||||||
12 | (3) persons whose appointment to office is subject to | ||||||
13 | the advice and consent of the Senate; | ||||||
14 | (4) the head of a department, commission, board, | ||||||
15 | division, bureau, authority, or other administrative unit | ||||||
16 | within the government of this State; | ||||||
17 | (5) chief procurement officers, State purchasing | ||||||
18 | officers, and their designees whose duties are directly | ||||||
19 | related to State procurement; | ||||||
20 | (6) chiefs of staff, deputy chiefs of staff, associate | ||||||
21 | chiefs of staff, assistant chiefs of staff, and deputy | ||||||
22 | governors , or any other position that holds an equivalent | ||||||
23 | level of managerial oversight ; | ||||||
24 | (7) employees of the Illinois Racing Board; and | ||||||
25 | (8) employees of the Illinois Gaming Board. | ||||||
26 | (i) For the purposes of this Section, with respect to |
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1 | officers or employees of a regional transit board, as defined | ||||||
2 | in this Act, the phrase "person or entity" does not include: | ||||||
3 | (i) the United States government, (ii) the State, (iii) | ||||||
4 | municipalities, as defined under Article VII, Section 1 of the | ||||||
5 | Illinois Constitution, (iv) units of local government, as | ||||||
6 | defined under Article VII, Section 1 of the Illinois | ||||||
7 | Constitution, or (v) school districts. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19.) | ||||||
9 | (5 ILCS 430/25-10)
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10 | Sec. 25-10. Office of Legislative Inspector General.
| ||||||
11 | (a) The independent Office of the Legislative Inspector | ||||||
12 | General is created.
The Office shall be under the direction | ||||||
13 | and supervision of the
Legislative Inspector General and shall | ||||||
14 | be a fully independent office with its
own appropriation and | ||||||
15 | regular post office hours in Springfield .
| ||||||
16 | (b) The Legislative Inspector General shall be appointed | ||||||
17 | without regard to
political
affiliation and solely on the | ||||||
18 | basis of integrity and
demonstrated ability.
The Legislative | ||||||
19 | Ethics
Commission shall diligently search out qualified | ||||||
20 | candidates for Legislative
Inspector General
and shall make | ||||||
21 | recommendations to the General Assembly. The Legislative | ||||||
22 | Inspector General is a full-time employee of the State of | ||||||
23 | Illinois may serve in a full-time, part-time, or contractual | ||||||
24 | capacity .
| ||||||
25 | The Legislative Inspector General shall be appointed by a |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | joint resolution of
the
Senate and the House of | ||||||
2 | Representatives, which may specify the date on
which the | ||||||
3 | appointment takes effect.
A joint resolution, or other | ||||||
4 | document as may be specified by the
Joint Rules of the General | ||||||
5 | Assembly, appointing the Legislative Inspector
General must be | ||||||
6 | certified by
the Speaker
of the House of Representatives and | ||||||
7 | the President of the Senate as having been
adopted by the
| ||||||
8 | affirmative vote of three-fifths of the members elected to | ||||||
9 | each house,
respectively,
and be filed with the Secretary of | ||||||
10 | State.
The appointment of the Legislative Inspector General | ||||||
11 | takes effect on the day
the
appointment is completed by the | ||||||
12 | General Assembly, unless the appointment
specifies a later | ||||||
13 | date on which it is to become effective.
| ||||||
14 | The Legislative Inspector General shall have the following | ||||||
15 | qualifications:
| ||||||
16 | (1) has not been convicted of any felony under the | ||||||
17 | laws of this State,
another state, or the United States;
| ||||||
18 | (2) has earned a baccalaureate degree from an | ||||||
19 | institution of higher
education; and
| ||||||
20 | (3) has 5 or more years of cumulative service (A) with | ||||||
21 | a federal,
State, or
local law enforcement agency, at | ||||||
22 | least 2 years of which have been in a
progressive | ||||||
23 | investigatory capacity; (B)
as a
federal, State, or local | ||||||
24 | prosecutor; (C)
as a
senior manager or executive of a | ||||||
25 | federal, State, or local
agency; (D) as a member, an | ||||||
26 | officer,
or a State
or federal judge; or (E) representing |
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1 | any combination of items (A) through (D).
| ||||||
2 | The Legislative Inspector General may not be a relative of | ||||||
3 | a commissioner.
| ||||||
4 | The term of the initial Legislative Inspector General | ||||||
5 | shall
commence upon qualification and shall run through June | ||||||
6 | 30, 2008.
| ||||||
7 | After the initial term, the Legislative Inspector General | ||||||
8 | shall serve
for 5-year terms commencing on July 1 of the year | ||||||
9 | of appointment
and running through June 30 of the fifth | ||||||
10 | following year. The
Legislative Inspector General may be | ||||||
11 | reappointed to one or more
subsequent terms. Terms shall run | ||||||
12 | regardless of whether the position is filled.
| ||||||
13 | (b-5) A vacancy occurring other than at the end of a term | ||||||
14 | shall be filled in the
same manner as an appointment only for | ||||||
15 | the balance of the term of the
Legislative
Inspector General | ||||||
16 | whose office is vacant. Within 7 days of the Office becoming | ||||||
17 | vacant or receipt of a Legislative Inspector General's | ||||||
18 | prospective resignation, the vacancy shall be publicly posted | ||||||
19 | on the Commission's website, along with a description of the | ||||||
20 | requirements for the position and where applicants may apply. | ||||||
21 | Within 45 days of the vacancy, the Commission shall | ||||||
22 | designate an Acting Legislative Inspector General who shall | ||||||
23 | serve until the vacancy is filled. The Commission shall file | ||||||
24 | the designation in writing with the Secretary of State. | ||||||
25 | Within 60 days prior to the end of the term of the | ||||||
26 | Legislative Inspector General or within 30 days of the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | occurrence of a vacancy in the Office of the Legislative | ||||||
2 | Inspector General, the Legislative Ethics Commission shall | ||||||
3 | establish a four-member search committee within the Commission | ||||||
4 | for the purpose of conducting a search for qualified | ||||||
5 | candidates to serve as Legislative Inspector General. The | ||||||
6 | Speaker of the House of Representatives, Minority Leader of | ||||||
7 | the House, Senate President, and Minority Leader of the Senate | ||||||
8 | shall each appoint one member to the search committee. A | ||||||
9 | member of the search committee shall be either a retired judge | ||||||
10 | or former prosecutor and may not be a member or employee of the | ||||||
11 | General Assembly or a registered lobbyist. If the Legislative | ||||||
12 | Ethics Commission wishes to recommend that the Legislative | ||||||
13 | Inspector General be re-appointed, a search committee does not | ||||||
14 | need to be appointed. | ||||||
15 | The search committee shall conduct a search for qualified | ||||||
16 | candidates, accept applications, and conduct interviews. The | ||||||
17 | search committee shall recommend up to 3 candidates for | ||||||
18 | Legislative Inspector General to the Legislative Ethics | ||||||
19 | Commission. The search committee shall be disbanded upon an | ||||||
20 | appointment of the Legislative Inspector General. Members of | ||||||
21 | the search committee are not entitled to compensation but | ||||||
22 | shall be entitled to reimbursement of reasonable expenses | ||||||
23 | incurred in connection with the performance of their duties. | ||||||
24 | Within 30 days after June 8, 2018 ( the effective date of | ||||||
25 | Public Act 100-588) this amendatory Act of the 100th General | ||||||
26 | Assembly , the Legislative Ethics Commission shall create a |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | search committee in the manner provided for in this subsection | ||||||
2 | to recommend up to 3 candidates for Legislative Inspector | ||||||
3 | General to the Legislative Ethics Commission by October 31, | ||||||
4 | 2018. | ||||||
5 | If a vacancy exists and the Commission has not appointed | ||||||
6 | an Acting Legislative Inspector General, either the staff of | ||||||
7 | the Office of the Legislative Inspector General, or if there | ||||||
8 | is no staff, the Executive Director, shall advise the | ||||||
9 | Commission of all open investigations and any new allegations | ||||||
10 | or complaints received in the Office of the Inspector General. | ||||||
11 | These reports shall not include the name of any person | ||||||
12 | identified in the allegation or complaint, including, but not | ||||||
13 | limited to, the subject of and the person filing the | ||||||
14 | allegation or complaint. Notification shall be made to the | ||||||
15 | Commission on a weekly basis unless the Commission approves of | ||||||
16 | a different reporting schedule.
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17 | If the Office of the Inspector General is vacant for 6 | ||||||
18 | months or more beginning on or after January 1, 2019, and the | ||||||
19 | Legislative Ethics Commission has not appointed an Acting | ||||||
20 | Legislative Inspector General, all complaints made to the | ||||||
21 | Legislative Inspector General or the Legislative Ethics | ||||||
22 | Commission shall be directed to the Inspector General for the | ||||||
23 | Auditor General, and he or she shall have the authority to act | ||||||
24 | as provided in subsection (c) of this Section and Section | ||||||
25 | 25-20 of this Act, and shall be subject to all laws and rules | ||||||
26 | governing a Legislative Inspector General or Acting |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Legislative Inspector General. The authority for the Inspector | ||||||
2 | General of the Auditor General under this paragraph shall | ||||||
3 | terminate upon appointment of a Legislative Inspector General | ||||||
4 | or an Acting Legislative Inspector General.
| ||||||
5 | (c) The Legislative Inspector General
shall have | ||||||
6 | jurisdiction over the current and former members of the | ||||||
7 | General Assembly regarding events occurring during a member's | ||||||
8 | term of office and
current and former State employees | ||||||
9 | regarding events occurring during any period of employment | ||||||
10 | where the State employee's ultimate jurisdictional authority | ||||||
11 | is
(i) a legislative leader, (ii) the Senate Operations | ||||||
12 | Commission, or (iii) the
Joint Committee on Legislative | ||||||
13 | Support Services.
| ||||||
14 | The jurisdiction of each Legislative Inspector General is | ||||||
15 | to investigate
allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, | ||||||
16 | mismanagement, misconduct, nonfeasance,
misfeasance,
| ||||||
17 | malfeasance, or violations of this Act or violations of other | ||||||
18 | related
laws and rules.
| ||||||
19 | The Legislative Inspector General shall have jurisdiction | ||||||
20 | over complainants in violation of subsection (e) of Section | ||||||
21 | 25-63 of this Act. | ||||||
22 | (d) The compensation of the Legislative Inspector General | ||||||
23 | shall
be the greater of an amount (i) determined by the | ||||||
24 | Commission , but in no event shall such compensation be less | ||||||
25 | than the highest amount received by an Executive Inspector | ||||||
26 | General under Section 20-10 or (ii) by joint
resolution of the |
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| |||||||
1 | General Assembly passed by a majority of members elected in
| ||||||
2 | each chamber .
Subject to Section 25-45 of this Act, the | ||||||
3 | Legislative Inspector General has
full
authority to organize | ||||||
4 | the Office of the Legislative Inspector General,
including the | ||||||
5 | employment and determination of the compensation of
staff, | ||||||
6 | such as deputies, assistants, and other employees, as
| ||||||
7 | appropriations permit. Employment of staff is subject to the | ||||||
8 | approval of at least 3 of the 4 legislative leaders.
| ||||||
9 | (e) No Legislative Inspector General or employee of the | ||||||
10 | Office of
the Legislative Inspector General may, during his or | ||||||
11 | her term of appointment or
employment:
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12 | (1) become a candidate for any elective office;
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13 | (2) hold any other elected or appointed public office
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14 | except for appointments on governmental advisory boards
or | ||||||
15 | study commissions or as otherwise expressly authorized by | ||||||
16 | law;
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17 | (3) be actively involved in the affairs of any | ||||||
18 | political party or
political organization; or
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19 | (4) actively participate in any campaign for any
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20 | elective office.
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21 | A full-time Legislative Inspector General shall not engage | ||||||
22 | in the practice of law or any other business, employment, or | ||||||
23 | vocation. | ||||||
24 | In this subsection an appointed public office means a | ||||||
25 | position authorized by
law that is filled by an appointing | ||||||
26 | authority as provided by law and does not
include employment |
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1 | by hiring in the ordinary course of business.
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2 | (e-1) No Legislative Inspector General or employee of the | ||||||
3 | Office of the
Legislative Inspector General may, for one year | ||||||
4 | after the termination of his or
her appointment or employment:
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5 | (1) become a candidate for any elective office;
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6 | (2) hold any elected public office; or
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7 | (3) hold any appointed State, county, or local | ||||||
8 | judicial office.
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9 | (e-2) The requirements of item (3) of subsection (e-1) may | ||||||
10 | be waived by the
Legislative Ethics Commission.
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11 | (f) The Commission may remove the Legislative Inspector | ||||||
12 | General only for
cause. At the time of the removal, the | ||||||
13 | Commission must report to the General
Assembly the | ||||||
14 | justification for the removal.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 100-588, eff. 6-8-18; 101-221, eff. 8-9-19; | ||||||
16 | revised 9-12-19.) | ||||||
17 | Section 20. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||||
18 | Sections 1A-14, 9-1.8, and 9-8.5 and by adding Section 9-3.5 | ||||||
19 | as follows:
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20 | (10 ILCS 5/1A-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-14)
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21 | Sec. 1A-14. Political activity by members of the State | ||||||
22 | Board of Elections. | ||||||
23 | (a) No member of the State Board of Elections may become a | ||||||
24 | candidate
for nomination for, or election to,
or accept |
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1 | appointment to or hold any other remunerative public office or | ||||||
2 | public
employment or any office in a political party. No | ||||||
3 | member of the State Board of Elections shall: (i) contribute, | ||||||
4 | either financially or in services or goods or any other way, to | ||||||
5 | any political committee; (ii) serve as an officer of any | ||||||
6 | political committee; or (iii) be a candidate who is designated | ||||||
7 | as the candidate to be supported by a candidate political | ||||||
8 | committee. | ||||||
9 | (b) A member of the State Board of Elections who is either | ||||||
10 | an officer of a political committee or a candidate who is | ||||||
11 | designated as the candidate to be supported by a candidate | ||||||
12 | political committee shall within 30 days after confirmation by | ||||||
13 | the Senate: (i) resign as an officer of the political | ||||||
14 | committee; (ii) have his or her name removed as the candidate | ||||||
15 | to be supported by a political committee; (iii) notify the | ||||||
16 | Board of the member's intent to convert the political | ||||||
17 | committee to a limited activity committee under Section 9-1.8, | ||||||
18 | and complete the transition to a limited activity committee | ||||||
19 | within 60 days after confirmation; or (iv) dissolve the | ||||||
20 | committee. A member of the State Board of Elections who is in | ||||||
21 | violation of this subsection (b) on the effective date of this | ||||||
22 | amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly must come into | ||||||
23 | compliance within 30 days after the effective date of this | ||||||
24 | amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly. | ||||||
25 | (c) Violation of any prohibition
in this Section shall | ||||||
26 | disqualify a member of the Board and a
vacancy is thereby |
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1 | created. A vacancy also exists upon the occurrence of
any of | ||||||
2 | the events enumerated in Section 25-2 of this Act as in the | ||||||
3 | case
of an elective office. | ||||||
4 | (d) As used in this Section, "political committee" | ||||||
5 | includes both the meaning provided in Section 9-1.8 of this | ||||||
6 | Code and the meaning provided in 52 U.S.C. 30101.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 80-1178.)
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8 | (10 ILCS 5/9-1.8)
(from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8)
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9 | Sec. 9-1.8. Political committees. | ||||||
10 | (a) "Political committee" includes a candidate political | ||||||
11 | committee, a political party committee, a political action | ||||||
12 | committee, a ballot initiative committee, and an independent | ||||||
13 | expenditure committee. | ||||||
14 | (b) "Candidate political committee" means the candidate | ||||||
15 | himself or herself or any natural person, trust, partnership, | ||||||
16 | corporation, or other organization or group of persons | ||||||
17 | designated by the candidate that accepts contributions or | ||||||
18 | makes expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate | ||||||
19 | amount exceeding $5,000 on behalf of the candidate. | ||||||
20 | (c) "Political party committee" means the State central | ||||||
21 | committee of a political party, a county central committee of | ||||||
22 | a political party, a legislative caucus committee, or a | ||||||
23 | committee formed by a ward or township committeeperson of a | ||||||
24 | political party. For purposes of this Article, a "legislative | ||||||
25 | caucus committee" means a committee established for the |
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1 | purpose of electing candidates to the General Assembly by the | ||||||
2 | person elected President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the | ||||||
3 | Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Minority | ||||||
4 | Leader of the House of Representatives, or a committee | ||||||
5 | established by 5 or more members of the same caucus of the | ||||||
6 | Senate or 10 or more members of the same caucus of the House of | ||||||
7 | Representatives. | ||||||
8 | (d) "Political action committee" means any natural person, | ||||||
9 | trust, partnership, committee, association, corporation, or | ||||||
10 | other organization or group of persons, other than a | ||||||
11 | candidate, political party, candidate political committee, or | ||||||
12 | political party committee, that accepts contributions or makes | ||||||
13 | expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount | ||||||
14 | exceeding $5,000 on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate | ||||||
15 | or candidates for public office. "Political action committee" | ||||||
16 | includes any natural person, trust, partnership, committee, | ||||||
17 | association, corporation, or other organization or group of | ||||||
18 | persons, other than a candidate, political party, candidate | ||||||
19 | political committee, or political party committee, that makes | ||||||
20 | electioneering communications during any 12-month period in an | ||||||
21 | aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 related to any candidate or | ||||||
22 | candidates for public office. | ||||||
23 | (e) "Ballot initiative committee" means any natural | ||||||
24 | person, trust, partnership, committee, association, | ||||||
25 | corporation, or other organization or group of persons that | ||||||
26 | accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any |
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1 | 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 in | ||||||
2 | support of or in opposition to any question of public policy to | ||||||
3 | be submitted to the electors. "Ballot initiative committee" | ||||||
4 | includes any natural person, trust, partnership, committee, | ||||||
5 | association, corporation, or other organization or group of | ||||||
6 | persons that makes electioneering communications during any | ||||||
7 | 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 | ||||||
8 | related to any question of public policy to be submitted to the | ||||||
9 | voters. The $5,000 threshold applies to any contributions or | ||||||
10 | expenditures received or made with the purpose of securing a | ||||||
11 | place on the ballot for, advocating the defeat or passage of, | ||||||
12 | or engaging in electioneering communication regarding the | ||||||
13 | question of public policy, regardless of the method of | ||||||
14 | initiation of the question of public policy and regardless of | ||||||
15 | whether petitions have been circulated or filed with the | ||||||
16 | appropriate office or whether the question has been adopted | ||||||
17 | and certified by the governing body. | ||||||
18 | (f) "Independent expenditure committee" means any trust, | ||||||
19 | partnership, committee, association, corporation, or other | ||||||
20 | organization or group of persons formed for the exclusive
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21 | purpose of making independent expenditures during any 12-month | ||||||
22 | period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 in support of | ||||||
23 | or in opposition to (i) the nomination for election, election, | ||||||
24 | retention, or defeat of any public official or candidate or | ||||||
25 | (ii) any question of public policy to be submitted to the | ||||||
26 | electors. "Independent expenditure committee" also includes |
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1 | any trust, partnership, committee, association, corporation, | ||||||
2 | or other organization or group of persons that makes | ||||||
3 | electioneering communications that are not made in connection, | ||||||
4 | consultation, or concert with or at the request or suggestion | ||||||
5 | of a public official or candidate, a public official's or | ||||||
6 | candidate's designated political committee or campaign, or an | ||||||
7 | agent or agents of the public official, candidate, or | ||||||
8 | political committee or campaign during any 12-month period in | ||||||
9 | an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 related to (i) the | ||||||
10 | nomination for election, election, retention, or defeat of any | ||||||
11 | public official or candidate or (ii) any question of public | ||||||
12 | policy to be submitted to the voters. | ||||||
13 | (g) "Limited activity committee" means a political | ||||||
14 | committee for which a person who is nominated to a position | ||||||
15 | that is subject to confirmation by the Senate, including a | ||||||
16 | member of the State Board of Elections, is either an officer or | ||||||
17 | a candidate the committee has designated to support.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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19 | (10 ILCS 5/9-3.5 new) | ||||||
20 | Sec. 9-3.5. Candidate political committee restrictions. | ||||||
21 | (a) A person who is nominated to an affected office shall | ||||||
22 | not: (i) serve as an officer of a candidate political | ||||||
23 | committee that is designated to support or oppose that person | ||||||
24 | as a candidate; or (ii) be a candidate who is designated as the | ||||||
25 | candidate to be supported by a candidate political committee. |
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1 | (b) Within 30 days after appointment, the person shall: | ||||||
2 | (i) dissolve the candidate political committee; (ii) resign as | ||||||
3 | an officer of the candidate political committee; (iii) have | ||||||
4 | his or her name removed as the candidate to be supported by the | ||||||
5 | candidate political committee; or (iv) notify the Board of the | ||||||
6 | person's intent to convert the candidate political committee | ||||||
7 | to a limited activity candidate political committee. | ||||||
8 | (c) As used in this Section, "affected office" has the | ||||||
9 | meaning provided in subsection (c) of Section 3A-50 of the | ||||||
10 | Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. | ||||||
11 | (10 ILCS 5/9-8.5) | ||||||
12 | Sec. 9-8.5. Limitations on campaign contributions. | ||||||
13 | (a) It is unlawful for a political committee to accept | ||||||
14 | contributions except as provided in this Section. | ||||||
15 | (b) During an election cycle, a candidate political | ||||||
16 | committee may not accept contributions with an aggregate value | ||||||
17 | over the following: (i) $5,000 from any individual, (ii) | ||||||
18 | $10,000 from any corporation, labor organization, or | ||||||
19 | association, or (iii) $50,000 from a candidate political | ||||||
20 | committee or political action committee. A candidate political | ||||||
21 | committee may accept contributions in any amount from a | ||||||
22 | political party committee except during an election cycle in | ||||||
23 | which the candidate seeks nomination at a primary election. | ||||||
24 | During an election cycle in which the candidate seeks | ||||||
25 | nomination at a primary election, a candidate political |
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1 | committee may not accept contributions from political party | ||||||
2 | committees with an aggregate value over the following: (i) | ||||||
3 | $200,000 for a candidate political committee established to | ||||||
4 | support a candidate seeking nomination to statewide office, | ||||||
5 | (ii) $125,000 for a candidate political committee established | ||||||
6 | to support a candidate seeking nomination to the Senate, the | ||||||
7 | Supreme Court or Appellate Court in the First Judicial | ||||||
8 | District, or an office elected by all voters in a county with | ||||||
9 | 1,000,000 or more residents, (iii) $75,000 for a candidate | ||||||
10 | political committee established to support a candidate seeking | ||||||
11 | nomination to the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court | ||||||
12 | or Appellate Court for a Judicial District other than the | ||||||
13 | First Judicial District, an office elected by all voters of a | ||||||
14 | county of fewer than 1,000,000 residents, and municipal and | ||||||
15 | county offices in Cook County other than those elected by all | ||||||
16 | voters of Cook County, and (iv) $50,000 for a candidate | ||||||
17 | political committee established to support the nomination of a | ||||||
18 | candidate to any other office.
A candidate political committee | ||||||
19 | established to elect a candidate to the General Assembly may | ||||||
20 | accept contributions from only one legislative caucus | ||||||
21 | committee. A candidate political committee may not accept | ||||||
22 | contributions from a ballot initiative committee or from an
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23 | independent expenditure committee. | ||||||
24 | (c) During an election cycle, a political party committee | ||||||
25 | may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the | ||||||
26 | following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from |
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1 | any corporation, labor organization, or association, or (iii) | ||||||
2 | $50,000 from a political action committee. A political party | ||||||
3 | committee may accept contributions in any amount from another | ||||||
4 | political party committee or a candidate political committee, | ||||||
5 | except as provided in subsection (c-5). Nothing in this | ||||||
6 | Section shall limit the amounts that may be transferred | ||||||
7 | between a political party committee established under | ||||||
8 | subsection (a) of Section 7-8 of this Code and an affiliated | ||||||
9 | federal political committee established under the Federal | ||||||
10 | Election Code by the same political party. A political party | ||||||
11 | committee may not accept contributions from a ballot | ||||||
12 | initiative committee or from an
independent expenditure | ||||||
13 | committee. A political party committee established by a | ||||||
14 | legislative caucus may not accept contributions from another | ||||||
15 | political party committee established by a legislative caucus. | ||||||
16 | (c-5) During the period beginning on the date candidates | ||||||
17 | may begin circulating petitions for a primary election and | ||||||
18 | ending on the day of the primary election, a political party | ||||||
19 | committee may not accept contributions with an aggregate value | ||||||
20 | over $50,000 from a candidate political committee or political | ||||||
21 | party committee. A political party committee may accept | ||||||
22 | contributions in any amount from a candidate political | ||||||
23 | committee or political party committee if the political party | ||||||
24 | committee receiving the contribution filed a statement of | ||||||
25 | nonparticipation in the primary as provided in subsection | ||||||
26 | (c-10). The Task Force on Campaign Finance Reform shall study |
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1 | and make recommendations on the provisions of this subsection | ||||||
2 | to the Governor and General Assembly by September 30, 2012. | ||||||
3 | This subsection becomes inoperative on July 1, 2013 and | ||||||
4 | thereafter no longer applies. | ||||||
5 | (c-10) A political party committee that does not intend to | ||||||
6 | make contributions to candidates to be nominated at a general | ||||||
7 | primary election or consolidated primary election may file a | ||||||
8 | Statement of Nonparticipation in a Primary Election with the | ||||||
9 | Board. The Statement of Nonparticipation shall include a | ||||||
10 | verification signed by the chairperson and treasurer of the | ||||||
11 | committee that (i) the committee will not make contributions | ||||||
12 | or coordinated expenditures in support of or opposition to a | ||||||
13 | candidate or candidates to be nominated at the general primary | ||||||
14 | election or consolidated primary election (select one) to be | ||||||
15 | held on (insert date), (ii) the political party committee may | ||||||
16 | accept unlimited contributions from candidate political | ||||||
17 | committees and political party committees, provided that the | ||||||
18 | political party committee does not make contributions to a | ||||||
19 | candidate or candidates to be nominated at the primary | ||||||
20 | election, and (iii) failure to abide by these requirements | ||||||
21 | shall deem the political party committee in violation of this | ||||||
22 | Article and subject the committee to a fine of no more than | ||||||
23 | 150% of the total contributions or coordinated expenditures | ||||||
24 | made by the committee in violation of this Article. This | ||||||
25 | subsection becomes inoperative on July 1, 2013 and thereafter | ||||||
26 | no longer applies. |
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1 | (d) During an election cycle, a political action committee | ||||||
2 | may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the | ||||||
3 | following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from | ||||||
4 | any corporation, labor organization, political party | ||||||
5 | committee, or association, or (iii) $50,000 from a political | ||||||
6 | action committee or candidate political committee. A political | ||||||
7 | action committee may not accept contributions from a ballot | ||||||
8 | initiative committee or from an
independent expenditure | ||||||
9 | committee. | ||||||
10 | (e) A ballot initiative committee may accept contributions | ||||||
11 | in any amount from any source, provided that the committee | ||||||
12 | files the document required by Section 9-3 of this Article and | ||||||
13 | files the disclosure reports required by the provisions of | ||||||
14 | this Article. | ||||||
15 | (e-5) An independent expenditure committee may accept | ||||||
16 | contributions in any amount from any source, provided that the | ||||||
17 | committee files the document required by Section 9-3 of this | ||||||
18 | Article and files the disclosure reports required by the | ||||||
19 | provisions of this Article. | ||||||
20 | (e-10) A limited activity committee shall not accept | ||||||
21 | contributions, except that the officer or a candidate the | ||||||
22 | committee has designated to support may contribute personal | ||||||
23 | funds in order to pay for maintenance expenses. A limited | ||||||
24 | activity committee may only make expenditures that are: (i) | ||||||
25 | necessary for maintenance of the committee; (ii) for rent or | ||||||
26 | lease payments until the end of the lease in effect at the time |
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1 | the officer or candidate is confirmed by the Senate; (iii) | ||||||
2 | contributions to 501(c)(3) charities; or (iv) returning | ||||||
3 | contributions to original contributors. | ||||||
4 | (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a political | ||||||
5 | committee from dividing the proceeds of joint fundraising | ||||||
6 | efforts; provided that no political committee may receive more | ||||||
7 | than the limit from any one contributor, and provided that an | ||||||
8 | independent
expenditure committee may not conduct joint | ||||||
9 | fundraising efforts with a
candidate political committee or a | ||||||
10 | political party committee. | ||||||
11 | (g) On January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the State | ||||||
12 | Board of Elections shall adjust the amounts of the | ||||||
13 | contribution limitations established in this Section for | ||||||
14 | inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index for All | ||||||
15 | Urban Consumers as issued by the United States Department of | ||||||
16 | Labor and rounded to the nearest $100. The State Board shall | ||||||
17 | publish this information on its official website. | ||||||
18 | (h) Self-funding candidates. If a public official, a | ||||||
19 | candidate, or the public official's or candidate's immediate | ||||||
20 | family contributes or loans to the public official's or | ||||||
21 | candidate's political committee or to other political | ||||||
22 | committees that transfer funds to the public official's or | ||||||
23 | candidate's political committee or makes independent | ||||||
24 | expenditures for the benefit of the public official's or | ||||||
25 | candidate's campaign during the 12 months prior to an election | ||||||
26 | in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for statewide |
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1 | office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective offices, then | ||||||
2 | the public official or candidate shall file with the State | ||||||
3 | Board of Elections, within one day, a Notification of | ||||||
4 | Self-funding that shall detail each contribution or loan made | ||||||
5 | by the public official, the candidate, or the public | ||||||
6 | official's or candidate's immediate family. Within 2 business | ||||||
7 | days after the filing of a Notification of Self-funding, the | ||||||
8 | notification shall be posted on the Board's website and the | ||||||
9 | Board shall give official notice of the filing to each | ||||||
10 | candidate for the same office as the public official or | ||||||
11 | candidate making the filing, including the public official or | ||||||
12 | candidate filing the Notification of Self-funding. Notice | ||||||
13 | shall be sent via first class mail to the candidate and the | ||||||
14 | treasurer of the candidate's committee. Notice shall also be | ||||||
15 | sent by e-mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the | ||||||
16 | candidate's committee if the candidate and the treasurer, as | ||||||
17 | applicable, have provided the Board with an e-mail address. | ||||||
18 | Upon posting of the notice on the Board's website, all | ||||||
19 | candidates for that office, including the public official or | ||||||
20 | candidate who filed a Notification of Self-funding, shall be | ||||||
21 | permitted to accept contributions in excess of any | ||||||
22 | contribution limits imposed by subsection (b). If a public | ||||||
23 | official or candidate filed a Notification of Self-funding | ||||||
24 | during an election cycle that includes a general primary | ||||||
25 | election or consolidated primary election and that public | ||||||
26 | official or candidate is nominated, all candidates for that |
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1 | office, including the nominee who filed the notification of | ||||||
2 | self-funding, shall be permitted to accept contributions in | ||||||
3 | excess of any contribution limit imposed by subsection (b) for | ||||||
4 | the subsequent election cycle. For the purposes of this | ||||||
5 | subsection, "immediate family" means the spouse, parent, or | ||||||
6 | child of a public official or candidate. | ||||||
7 | (h-5) If a natural person or independent expenditure | ||||||
8 | committee makes independent expenditures in support of or in | ||||||
9 | opposition to the campaign of a particular public official or | ||||||
10 | candidate in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for | ||||||
11 | statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective | ||||||
12 | offices in an election cycle, as reported in a written | ||||||
13 | disclosure filed under subsection (a) of Section 9-8.6 or | ||||||
14 | subsection (e-5) of Section 9-10, then the State Board of | ||||||
15 | Elections shall, within 2 business days after the filing of | ||||||
16 | the disclosure, post the disclosure on the Board's website and | ||||||
17 | give official notice of the disclosure to each candidate for | ||||||
18 | the same office as the public official or candidate for whose | ||||||
19 | benefit or detriment the natural person or independent | ||||||
20 | expenditure committee made independent expenditures. Upon | ||||||
21 | posting of the notice on the Board's website, all candidates | ||||||
22 | for that office in that election, including the public | ||||||
23 | official or candidate for whose benefit or detriment the | ||||||
24 | natural person or independent expenditure committee made | ||||||
25 | independent expenditures, shall be permitted to accept | ||||||
26 | contributions in excess of any contribution limits imposed by |
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1 | subsection (b). | ||||||
2 | (h-10) If the State Board of Elections receives | ||||||
3 | notification or determines that a natural person or persons, | ||||||
4 | an independent expenditure committee or committees, or | ||||||
5 | combination thereof has made independent expenditures in | ||||||
6 | support of or in opposition to the campaign of a particular | ||||||
7 | public official or candidate in an aggregate amount of more | ||||||
8 | than (i) $250,000 for statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for | ||||||
9 | all other elective offices in an election cycle, then the | ||||||
10 | Board shall, within 2 business days after discovering the | ||||||
11 | independent expenditures that, in the aggregate, exceed the | ||||||
12 | threshold set forth in (i) and (ii) of this subsection, post | ||||||
13 | notice of this fact on the Board's website and give official | ||||||
14 | notice to each candidate for the same office as the public | ||||||
15 | official or candidate for whose benefit or detriment the | ||||||
16 | independent expenditures were made. Notice shall be sent via | ||||||
17 | first class mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the | ||||||
18 | candidate's committee. Notice shall also be sent by e-mail to | ||||||
19 | the candidate and the treasurer of the candidate's committee | ||||||
20 | if the candidate and the treasurer, as applicable, have | ||||||
21 | provided the Board with an e-mail address. Upon posting of the | ||||||
22 | notice on the Board's website, all candidates of that office | ||||||
23 | in that election, including the public official or candidate | ||||||
24 | for whose benefit or detriment the independent expenditures | ||||||
25 | were made, may accept contributions in excess of any | ||||||
26 | contribution limits imposed by subsection (b). |
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1 | (i) For the purposes of this Section, a corporation, labor | ||||||
2 | organization, association, or a political action committee | ||||||
3 | established by a corporation, labor organization, or | ||||||
4 | association may act as a conduit in facilitating the delivery | ||||||
5 | to a political action committee of contributions made through | ||||||
6 | dues, levies, or similar assessments and the political action | ||||||
7 | committee may report the contributions in the aggregate, | ||||||
8 | provided that: (i) contributions made through dues, levies, or | ||||||
9 | similar assessments paid by any natural person, corporation, | ||||||
10 | labor organization, or association in a calendar year may not | ||||||
11 | exceed the limits set forth in this Section; (ii) the | ||||||
12 | corporation, labor organization, association, or a political | ||||||
13 | action committee established by a corporation, labor | ||||||
14 | organization, or association facilitating the delivery of | ||||||
15 | contributions maintains a list of natural persons, | ||||||
16 | corporations, labor organizations, and associations that paid | ||||||
17 | the dues, levies, or similar assessments from which the | ||||||
18 | contributions comprising the aggregate amount derive; and | ||||||
19 | (iii) contributions made through dues, levies, or similar | ||||||
20 | assessments paid by any natural person, corporation, labor | ||||||
21 | organization, or association that exceed $500 in a quarterly | ||||||
22 | reporting period shall be itemized on the committee's | ||||||
23 | quarterly report and may not be reported in the aggregate. A | ||||||
24 | political action committee facilitating the delivery of | ||||||
25 | contributions or receiving contributions shall disclose the | ||||||
26 | amount of contributions made through dues delivered or |
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1 | received and the name of the corporation, labor organization, | ||||||
2 | association, or political action committee delivering the | ||||||
3 | contributions, if applicable. On January 1 of each | ||||||
4 | odd-numbered year, the State Board of Elections shall adjust | ||||||
5 | the amounts of the contribution limitations established in | ||||||
6 | this subsection for inflation as determined by the Consumer | ||||||
7 | Price Index for All Urban Consumers as issued by the United | ||||||
8 | States Department of Labor and rounded to the nearest $100. | ||||||
9 | The State Board shall publish this information on its official | ||||||
10 | website. | ||||||
11 | (j) A political committee that receives a contribution or | ||||||
12 | transfer in violation of this Section shall dispose of the | ||||||
13 | contribution or transfer by returning the contribution or | ||||||
14 | transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or transfer, | ||||||
15 | to the contributor or transferor or donating the contribution | ||||||
16 | or transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or | ||||||
17 | transfer, to a charity. A contribution or transfer received in | ||||||
18 | violation of this Section that is not disposed of as provided | ||||||
19 | in this subsection within 30 days after the Board sends | ||||||
20 | notification to the political committee of the excess | ||||||
21 | contribution by certified mail shall escheat to the General | ||||||
22 | Revenue Fund and the political committee shall be deemed in | ||||||
23 | violation of this Section and subject to a civil penalty not to | ||||||
24 | exceed 150% of the total amount of the contribution. | ||||||
25 | (k) For the purposes of this Section, "statewide office" | ||||||
26 | means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, |
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1 | Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer. | ||||||
2 | (l) This Section is repealed if and when the United States | ||||||
3 | Supreme Court invalidates contribution limits on committees | ||||||
4 | formed to assist candidates, political parties, corporations, | ||||||
5 | associations, or labor organizations established by or | ||||||
6 | pursuant to federal law.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.) | ||||||
8 | Section 25. The General Assembly Compensation Act is | ||||||
9 | amended by changing Section 1 as follows: | ||||||
10 | (25 ILCS 115/1) (from Ch. 63, par. 14) | ||||||
11 | Sec. 1. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive | ||||||
12 | an annual salary
of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation | ||||||
13 | Review Board, whichever is
greater. The
following named | ||||||
14 | officers, committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen
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15 | shall receive additional amounts per year for
their services | ||||||
16 | as such officers, committee chairmen and committee
minority | ||||||
17 | spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation
Review | ||||||
18 | Board or, as follows, whichever is greater: Beginning the | ||||||
19 | second
Wednesday in January 1989, the Speaker and the minority | ||||||
20 | leader of the
House of Representatives and the
President and | ||||||
21 | the minority leader of the Senate, $16,000 each; the
majority | ||||||
22 | leader in the House of Representatives $13,500;
5 assistant
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23 | majority leaders and 5 assistant minority leaders in the | ||||||
24 | Senate,
$12,000
each; 6 assistant majority leaders and 6 |
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1 | assistant minority leaders in
the House of Representatives, | ||||||
2 | $10,500 each; 2 Deputy
Majority leaders in the House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives $11,500 each; and 2 Deputy
Minority leaders in | ||||||
4 | the House of Representatives, $11,500 each; the majority
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5 | caucus chairman and minority caucus chairman in the Senate, | ||||||
6 | $12,000 each;
and beginning the second Wednesday in January, | ||||||
7 | 1989, the majority
conference chairman and the minority | ||||||
8 | conference chairman
in the House of Representatives, $10,500 | ||||||
9 | each; beginning
the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the | ||||||
10 | chairman and minority spokesman
of each standing committee of | ||||||
11 | the Senate, except the Rules Committee, the
Committee on | ||||||
12 | Committees, and the Committee on Assignment of Bills, $6,000
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13 | each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the | ||||||
14 | chairman and
minority spokesman of each standing and select | ||||||
15 | committee of the House of
Representatives, $6,000 each; and | ||||||
16 | beginning fiscal year 2020 , the majority leader in the Senate, | ||||||
17 | an amount equal to the majority leader in the House. A member | ||||||
18 | who serves in more than one
position as an officer, committee | ||||||
19 | chairman, or committee minority spokesman
shall receive only | ||||||
20 | one additional amount based on the position paying the
highest | ||||||
21 | additional amount. The
compensation provided for in this | ||||||
22 | Section to be paid per year to members
of the General Assembly, | ||||||
23 | including the additional sums payable per year
to officers of | ||||||
24 | the General Assembly shall be paid in 12 equal monthly
| ||||||
25 | installments until December 31, 2021. Beginning January 1, | ||||||
26 | 2022 the compensation provided for in this Section to be paid |
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1 | per year to members of the General Assembly, including | ||||||
2 | additional sums payable per year to officers of the General | ||||||
3 | Assembly, shall be paid bi-monthly. Members who resign before | ||||||
4 | completing the entire term in office shall be compensated on a | ||||||
5 | prorated basis. Members completing the term of a vacancy shall | ||||||
6 | be compensated on a prorated basis . The first such installment | ||||||
7 | is payable on January 31,
1977. All subsequent equal monthly | ||||||
8 | installments are payable on the last
working day of the month. | ||||||
9 | A member who has held office any part of a
month is entitled to | ||||||
10 | compensation for an entire month. | ||||||
11 | Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile | ||||||
12 | before January
9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in | ||||||
13 | effect under regulations
promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C. | ||||||
14 | 5707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number
of actual | ||||||
15 | highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the
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16 | most feasible route to be present upon convening of the | ||||||
17 | sessions of the
General Assembly by such member in each and | ||||||
18 | every trip during each
session in going to and returning from | ||||||
19 | the seat of government, to be
computed by the Comptroller. A | ||||||
20 | member traveling by public
transportation for such purposes, | ||||||
21 | however, shall be paid his actual cost
of that transportation | ||||||
22 | instead of on the mileage rate if his cost of
public | ||||||
23 | transportation exceeds the amount to which he would be | ||||||
24 | entitled
on a mileage basis. No member may be paid, whether on | ||||||
25 | a mileage basis
or for actual costs of public transportation, | ||||||
26 | for more than one such
trip for each week the General Assembly |
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1 | is actually in session. Each
member shall also receive an | ||||||
2 | allowance of $36 per day for lodging and
meals while in | ||||||
3 | attendance at sessions
of the General Assembly before January | ||||||
4 | 9, 1985; beginning January 9,
1985, such food and lodging | ||||||
5 | allowance shall be equal to the amount per day
permitted to be | ||||||
6 | deducted for such expenses under the Internal Revenue Code;
| ||||||
7 | however, beginning May 31, 1995, no allowance for food and | ||||||
8 | lodging while in
attendance at sessions is authorized for | ||||||
9 | periods of time after the last day in
May of each calendar | ||||||
10 | year, except (i) if the General Assembly is convened in
| ||||||
11 | special session by either the Governor or the presiding | ||||||
12 | officers of both
houses, as provided by subsection (b) of | ||||||
13 | Section 5 of Article IV of the
Illinois Constitution or (ii) if | ||||||
14 | the
General Assembly is convened to consider bills vetoed, | ||||||
15 | item vetoed, reduced, or
returned with specific | ||||||
16 | recommendations for change by the Governor as provided
in | ||||||
17 | Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution. For | ||||||
18 | fiscal year 2011 and for session days in fiscal years 2012, | ||||||
19 | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 only (i) the | ||||||
20 | allowance for lodging and meals is $111 per day and (ii) | ||||||
21 | mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a rate of | ||||||
22 | $0.39 per mile. | ||||||
23 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the | ||||||
24 | contrary, beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement | ||||||
25 | for
General Assembly members on non-session days shall be
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26 | calculated using the guidelines set forth by the Legislative
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1 | Travel Control Board, except that fiscal year 2012, 2013, | ||||||
2 | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 mileage reimbursement | ||||||
3 | is set at a rate of $0.39 per mile. | ||||||
4 | If a member dies having received only a portion of the | ||||||
5 | amount payable
as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be | ||||||
6 | paid to the surviving
spouse of such member, or, if there be | ||||||
7 | none, to the estate of such member. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 100-25, eff. 7-26-17; 100-587, eff. 6-4-18; | ||||||
9 | 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; revised 7-17-19.) | ||||||
10 | Section 30. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by | ||||||
11 | changing Sections 2, 3, 4.5, 4.7, 5, 6, 8, and 11.2 as follows: | ||||||
12 | (25 ILCS 170/2) (from Ch. 63, par. 172) | ||||||
13 | Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | ||||||
14 | context otherwise
requires: | ||||||
15 | (a) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, | ||||||
16 | committee,
association, corporation, or any other organization | ||||||
17 | or group of persons. | ||||||
18 | (b) "Expenditure" means a payment, distribution, loan, | ||||||
19 | advance, deposit,
or gift of money or anything of value, and | ||||||
20 | includes a contract, promise, or
agreement, whether or not | ||||||
21 | legally enforceable, to make an expenditure, for
the ultimate | ||||||
22 | purpose of influencing executive, legislative, or | ||||||
23 | administrative
action, other than compensation as defined in | ||||||
24 | subsection (d). |
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1 | (c) "Official" means: | ||||||
2 | (1) the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of | ||||||
3 | State, Attorney
General, State Treasurer, and State | ||||||
4 | Comptroller; | ||||||
5 | (2) Chiefs of Staff for officials described in item | ||||||
6 | (1) , the Deputy Governor, the Deputy Secretary of State, | ||||||
7 | the Deputy Attorney General, the Deputy Treasurer, and the | ||||||
8 | Deputy Comptroller ; | ||||||
9 | (3) Cabinet members of any elected constitutional | ||||||
10 | officer, including Directors, Assistant Directors and | ||||||
11 | Chief Legal Counsel or General Counsel; | ||||||
12 | (4) Members of the General Assembly; and | ||||||
13 | (5) Members of any board, commission, authority, or | ||||||
14 | task force of the State authorized or created by State law | ||||||
15 | or by executive order of the Governor ; . | ||||||
16 | (6) Mayors, presidents, aldermen, commissioners, and | ||||||
17 | trustees of a city, village, or town; | ||||||
18 | (7) County board members and countywide elected | ||||||
19 | officials; | ||||||
20 | (8) Township board members and township elected | ||||||
21 | officials; and | ||||||
22 | (9) Members of any board, commission, authority, or | ||||||
23 | task force created by a local ordinance or order of a mayor | ||||||
24 | or village or town president. | ||||||
25 | (d) "Compensation" means any money, thing of value or | ||||||
26 | financial benefits
received or to be received in return for |
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1 | services rendered or to be
rendered, for lobbying or as a | ||||||
2 | consultant as defined in subsection (e) . | ||||||
3 | Monies paid to members of the General Assembly by the | ||||||
4 | State as
remuneration for performance of their Constitutional | ||||||
5 | and statutory duties
as members of the General Assembly shall | ||||||
6 | not constitute compensation as
defined by this Act. | ||||||
7 | (e) "Lobby" and "lobbying"
means any communication , | ||||||
8 | including the soliciting of others to communicate, with an | ||||||
9 | official of the
executive or legislative branch of State | ||||||
10 | government as defined in subsection
(c) for the ultimate | ||||||
11 | purpose of influencing any executive, legislative, or
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12 | administrative action at the State, municipal, county, or | ||||||
13 | township government level . | ||||||
14 | (f) "Influencing" means any communication, action, | ||||||
15 | reportable
expenditure as prescribed in Section 6 or other | ||||||
16 | means used to promote,
support, affect, modify, oppose or | ||||||
17 | delay any executive, legislative or
administrative action or | ||||||
18 | to promote goodwill with officials as defined in
subsection | ||||||
19 | (c). | ||||||
20 | (g) "Executive action" means the proposal, drafting, | ||||||
21 | development,
consideration, amendment, adoption, approval, | ||||||
22 | promulgation, issuance,
modification, rejection or | ||||||
23 | postponement by a State , municipal, county, or township | ||||||
24 | government entity of a rule,
regulation, order, decision, | ||||||
25 | determination, contractual arrangement, purchasing
agreement | ||||||
26 | or other quasi-legislative or quasi-judicial action or |
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1 | proceeding. | ||||||
2 | (h) "Legislative action" means the development, drafting, | ||||||
3 | introduction,
consideration, modification, adoption, | ||||||
4 | rejection, review, enactment, or passage
or defeat of any | ||||||
5 | bill, amendment, resolution, ordinance, report, nomination,
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6 | administrative rule or other matter by either house of the | ||||||
7 | General Assembly or
a committee thereof, or by a legislator , | ||||||
8 | by the legislative body of a municipality, county, or | ||||||
9 | township, or by an alderman, trustee, or township board | ||||||
10 | member . Legislative action also means the
action of the | ||||||
11 | Governor , mayor, or village or township board president, or | ||||||
12 | county executive in approving or vetoing any bill , ordinance, | ||||||
13 | or resolution or portion thereof, and
the action of such | ||||||
14 | officials the Governor or any agency under their jurisdiction | ||||||
15 | in the development of a legislative proposal for
introduction | ||||||
16 | in the legislature . | ||||||
17 | (i) "Administrative action" means the execution or | ||||||
18 | rejection of any rule,
regulation, legislative rule, standard, | ||||||
19 | fee, rate, contractual arrangement,
purchasing agreement or | ||||||
20 | other delegated legislative or quasi-legislative action
to be | ||||||
21 | taken or withheld by any executive agency, department, board | ||||||
22 | or
commission of the State , municipal, county, or township . | ||||||
23 | (j) "Lobbyist" means any natural person who undertakes to | ||||||
24 | lobby State , municipal, county, or township government
as | ||||||
25 | provided in subsection (e). | ||||||
26 | (k) "Lobbying entity" means any entity that hires, |
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1 | retains, employs, or compensates a natural person to lobby | ||||||
2 | State , municipal, county, or township government as provided | ||||||
3 | in subsection (e).
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4 | (l) "Authorized agent" means the person designated by an | ||||||
5 | entity or lobbyist registered under this Act as the person | ||||||
6 | responsible for submission and retention of reports required | ||||||
7 | under this Act. | ||||||
8 | (m) "Client" means any person or entity that provides | ||||||
9 | compensation to a lobbyist to lobby State , municipal, county, | ||||||
10 | or township government as provided in subsection (e) of this | ||||||
11 | Section. | ||||||
12 | (n) "Client registrant" means a client who is required to | ||||||
13 | register under this Act. | ||||||
14 | (o) "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to | ||||||
15 | it in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution and | ||||||
16 | also includes school districts and community college | ||||||
17 | districts. | ||||||
18 | (p) "Consultant" means any natural person or entity who, | ||||||
19 | for compensation, provides advisory services, including but | ||||||
20 | not limited to, rendering opinions on or developing strategies | ||||||
21 | for lobbying or influencing, to a lobbyist or lobbying entity | ||||||
22 | for the ultimate purpose of influencing any executive, | ||||||
23 | legislative, or administrative action. "Consultant" does not | ||||||
24 | include (i) an employee of the lobbyist or lobbying entity or | ||||||
25 | (ii) an attorney or law firm providing legal services, | ||||||
26 | including drafting legislation or advising and rendering |
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1 | opinions to clients as to the construction and legal effect of | ||||||
2 | proposed or pending legislation or any executive, legislative, | ||||||
3 | or administrative action. | ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 101-595, eff. 12-5-19.) | ||||||
5 | (25 ILCS 170/3) (from Ch. 63, par. 173) | ||||||
6 | Sec. 3. Persons required to register. | ||||||
7 | (a) Except as provided in Section
9, any natural
person | ||||||
8 | who, for compensation or otherwise,
undertakes to lobby, or | ||||||
9 | any
person or entity who employs or compensates another person | ||||||
10 | for the purposes
of lobbying, shall register with the | ||||||
11 | Secretary of State as provided in this Act, unless that person | ||||||
12 | or entity qualifies for one or more of the following | ||||||
13 | exemptions. | ||||||
14 | (1) Persons or entities who, for the purpose of | ||||||
15 | influencing any executive, legislative, or administrative | ||||||
16 | action and who do not make expenditures that are | ||||||
17 | reportable pursuant to Section 6, appear without | ||||||
18 | compensation or promise thereof only as witnesses before a | ||||||
19 | legislative committee committees of the House and Senate | ||||||
20 | for the purpose of explaining or arguing for or against | ||||||
21 | the passage of or action upon any legislation , ordinance, | ||||||
22 | or regulation then pending before the committee those | ||||||
23 | committees , or who seek without compensation or promise | ||||||
24 | thereof the approval or veto of any legislation or | ||||||
25 | ordinance by the Governor . |
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1 | (1.4) A unit of local government , State government, or | ||||||
2 | agencies, departments, commissions, boards, or task forces | ||||||
3 | thereof or a school district . | ||||||
4 | (1.5) An elected or appointed official or an employee | ||||||
5 | of a unit of local government or school district who, in | ||||||
6 | the scope of his or her public office or employment, seeks | ||||||
7 | to influence executive, legislative, or administrative | ||||||
8 | action exclusively on behalf of that unit of local | ||||||
9 | government or school district . | ||||||
10 | (2) Persons or entities who own, publish, or are | ||||||
11 | employed by a newspaper or other regularly published | ||||||
12 | periodical, or who own or are employed by a radio station, | ||||||
13 | television station, or other bona fide news medium that in | ||||||
14 | the ordinary course of business disseminates news, | ||||||
15 | editorial or other comment, or paid advertisements that | ||||||
16 | directly urge the passage or defeat of legislation. This | ||||||
17 | exemption is not applicable to such an individual insofar | ||||||
18 | as he or she receives additional compensation or expenses | ||||||
19 | from some source other than the bona fide news medium for | ||||||
20 | the purpose of influencing executive, legislative, or | ||||||
21 | administrative action. This exemption does not apply to | ||||||
22 | newspapers and periodicals owned by or published by trade | ||||||
23 | associations and not-for-profit corporations engaged | ||||||
24 | primarily in endeavors other than dissemination of news. | ||||||
25 | (3) Persons or entities performing professional | ||||||
26 | services in drafting bills or in advising and rendering |
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1 | opinions to clients as to the construction and effect of | ||||||
2 | proposed or pending legislation when those professional | ||||||
3 | services are not otherwise, directly or indirectly, | ||||||
4 | connected with executive, legislative, or administrative | ||||||
5 | action. | ||||||
6 | (4) Persons or entities who are employees of | ||||||
7 | departments, divisions, or agencies of State or local | ||||||
8 | government and who appear before committees of the House | ||||||
9 | and Senate for the purpose of explaining how the | ||||||
10 | executive, legislative, or administrative action passage | ||||||
11 | of or action upon any legislation then pending before | ||||||
12 | those committees will affect those departments, divisions, | ||||||
13 | or agencies of State or local government. | ||||||
14 | (5) Employees of the General Assembly, legislators, | ||||||
15 | legislative agencies, and legislative commissions who, in | ||||||
16 | the course of their official duties only, engage in | ||||||
17 | activities that otherwise qualify as lobbying. Legislators | ||||||
18 | whose activities are limited to occasional communications | ||||||
19 | with an official of a unit of local government on behalf of | ||||||
20 | their employer in the ordinary course of their non-public | ||||||
21 | employment where (1) the primary duties of the employment | ||||||
22 | are not to influence executive, legislative, or | ||||||
23 | administrative action and (2) the legislator does not make | ||||||
24 | any expenditures that are reportable pursuant to Section | ||||||
25 | 6. | ||||||
26 | (6) Persons or entities in possession of technical |
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1 | skills and knowledge relevant to certain areas of | ||||||
2 | executive, legislative, or administrative actions, whose | ||||||
3 | skills and knowledge would be helpful to officials when | ||||||
4 | considering those actions, whose activities are limited to | ||||||
5 | making occasional appearances for or communicating on | ||||||
6 | behalf of a registrant, and who do not make expenditures | ||||||
7 | that are reportable pursuant to Section 6 even though | ||||||
8 | receiving expense reimbursement for those occasional | ||||||
9 | appearances. | ||||||
10 | (7) Any full-time employee of a bona fide church or | ||||||
11 | religious organization who represents that organization | ||||||
12 | solely for the purpose of protecting the right of the | ||||||
13 | members thereof to practice the religious doctrines of | ||||||
14 | that church or religious organization, or any such bona | ||||||
15 | fide church or religious organization. | ||||||
16 | (8) Persons or entities that receive no compensation | ||||||
17 | other than reimbursement for expenses of up to $500 per | ||||||
18 | year while engaged in lobbying State government , unless | ||||||
19 | those persons make expenditures that are reportable under | ||||||
20 | Section 6. | ||||||
21 | (9) Any attorney or group or firm of attorneys (1) in | ||||||
22 | connection with the practice of law or (2) in the course of | ||||||
23 | representing a client in relation to any administrative , | ||||||
24 | or judicial , quasi-judicial proceeding, or any witness | ||||||
25 | providing testimony in any administrative , or judicial , or | ||||||
26 | quasi-judicial proceeding, in which ex parte |
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1 | communications are not allowed and who does not make | ||||||
2 | expenditures that are reportable pursuant to Section 6. | ||||||
3 | (9.5) Any attorney or group or firm of attorneys in | ||||||
4 | the course of representing a client in an administrative | ||||||
5 | or executive action involving a contractual or purchasing | ||||||
6 | arrangement and who does not make expenditures that are | ||||||
7 | reportable pursuant to Section 6. | ||||||
8 | (10) Persons or entities who, in the scope of their | ||||||
9 | employment as a vendor, offer or solicit an official for | ||||||
10 | the purchase of any goods or services when (1) the | ||||||
11 | solicitation is limited to either an oral inquiry or | ||||||
12 | written advertisements and informative literature; or (2) | ||||||
13 | the goods and services are subject to competitive bidding | ||||||
14 | requirements of the Illinois Procurement Code ; or (3) the | ||||||
15 | goods and services are for sale at a cost not to exceed | ||||||
16 | $5,000; and (4) the persons or entities do not make | ||||||
17 | expenditures that are reportable under Section 6.
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18 | (a-5) If in the course of providing services as a | ||||||
19 | consultant, the consultant communicates with an official on | ||||||
20 | behalf of the lobbyist or lobbying entity for the ultimate | ||||||
21 | purpose of influencing any executive, legislative, or | ||||||
22 | administrative action, or makes an expenditure on behalf of or | ||||||
23 | benefitting an official, the consultant shall register as a | ||||||
24 | lobbyist within 2 business days of engaging in the | ||||||
25 | communication with the official or making the expenditure | ||||||
26 | benefitting the official. |
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1 | (b) It is a violation of this Act to engage in lobbying or | ||||||
2 | to employ any
person for the purpose of lobbying who is not | ||||||
3 | registered with the Office of the
Secretary of State, except | ||||||
4 | upon condition that the person register and the
person does in | ||||||
5 | fact register within 2 business days after being employed or | ||||||
6 | retained for lobbying services. | ||||||
7 | (c) The Secretary shall promulgate a rule establishing a | ||||||
8 | list of the entities required to register under this Act, | ||||||
9 | including the name of each board, commission, authority, or | ||||||
10 | task force. The Secretary may require a person or entity | ||||||
11 | claiming an exemption under this Section to certify the person | ||||||
12 | or entity is not required to register under this Act. Nothing | ||||||
13 | prohibits the Secretary from rejecting a certification and | ||||||
14 | requiring a person or entity to register. | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1358, eff. 7-28-10.) | ||||||
16 | (25 ILCS 170/4.5) | ||||||
17 | Sec. 4.5. Ethics training. Each natural person required to | ||||||
18 | register as a lobbyist under this Act must complete a program | ||||||
19 | of ethics training provided by the Secretary of State. A | ||||||
20 | natural person registered under this Act must complete the | ||||||
21 | training program before no later than 30 days after | ||||||
22 | registration or renewal is deemed complete under this Act. If | ||||||
23 | the Secretary of State uses the ethics training developed in | ||||||
24 | accordance with Section 5-10 of the State Officials and | ||||||
25 | Employees Ethics Act, that training must be expanded to |
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1 | include appropriate information about the requirements, | ||||||
2 | responsibilities, and opportunities imposed by or arising | ||||||
3 | under this Act, including reporting requirements. | ||||||
4 | The Secretary of State shall adopt rules for the | ||||||
5 | implementation of this Section. | ||||||
6 | (Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1358, eff. 7-28-10.) | ||||||
7 | (25 ILCS 170/4.7) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 4.7. Prohibition on sexual harassment. | ||||||
9 | (a) All persons have the right to work in an environment | ||||||
10 | free from sexual harassment. All persons subject to this Act | ||||||
11 | shall refrain from sexual harassment of any person. | ||||||
12 | (b) (Blank.) Until January 1, 2020, each natural person | ||||||
13 | required to register as a lobbyist under this Act must | ||||||
14 | complete, at least annually, a sexual harassment training | ||||||
15 | program provided by the Secretary of State. A natural person | ||||||
16 | registered under this Act must complete the training program | ||||||
17 | no later than 30 days after registration or renewal under this | ||||||
18 | Act. This requirement does not apply to a lobbying entity or a | ||||||
19 | client that hires a lobbyist that (i) does not have employees | ||||||
20 | of the lobbying entity or client registered as lobbyists, or | ||||||
21 | (ii) does not have an actual presence in Illinois. | ||||||
22 | (b-5) Each Beginning January 1, 2020, each natural person | ||||||
23 | required to register as a lobbyist under this Act must | ||||||
24 | complete, at least annually, a harassment and discrimination | ||||||
25 | prevention training program provided by the Secretary of |
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1 | State. A natural person registered under this Act must | ||||||
2 | complete the training program before no later than 30 days | ||||||
3 | after registration or renewal is deemed complete under this | ||||||
4 | Act. This requirement does not apply to a lobbying entity or a | ||||||
5 | client that hires a lobbyist that (i) does not have employees | ||||||
6 | of the lobbying entity or client registered as lobbyists, or | ||||||
7 | (ii) does not have an actual presence in Illinois. For the | ||||||
8 | purposes of this subsection, "unlawful discrimination" and | ||||||
9 | "harassment" mean unlawful discrimination and harassment | ||||||
10 | prohibited under Section 2-102 of the Illinois Human Rights | ||||||
11 | Act. | ||||||
12 | (c) Before registration or renewal is deemed complete | ||||||
13 | under this Act No later than January 1, 2018 , each natural | ||||||
14 | person and any entity required to register under this Act | ||||||
15 | shall have a written sexual harassment policy that shall | ||||||
16 | include, at a minimum: (i) a prohibition on sexual harassment; | ||||||
17 | (ii) details on how an individual can report an allegation of | ||||||
18 | sexual harassment, including options for making a confidential | ||||||
19 | report to a supervisor, ethics officer, Inspector General, or | ||||||
20 | the Department of Human Rights; (iii) a prohibition on | ||||||
21 | retaliation for reporting sexual harassment allegations, | ||||||
22 | including availability of whistleblower protections under the | ||||||
23 | State Officials and Employee Ethics Act, the Whistleblower | ||||||
24 | Act, and the Illinois Human Rights Act; and (iv) the | ||||||
25 | consequences of a violation of the prohibition on sexual | ||||||
26 | harassment and the consequences for knowingly making a false |
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1 | report. | ||||||
2 | (d) For purposes of this Act, "sexual harassment" means | ||||||
3 | any unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual favors or | ||||||
4 | any conduct of a sexual nature when: (i) submission to such | ||||||
5 | conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or | ||||||
6 | condition of an individual's employment; (ii) submission to or | ||||||
7 | rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis | ||||||
8 | for employment decisions affecting such individual; or (iii) | ||||||
9 | such conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially | ||||||
10 | interfering with an individual's work performance or creating | ||||||
11 | an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. | ||||||
12 | For the purposes of this definition, the phrase "working | ||||||
13 | environment" is not limited to a physical location an employee | ||||||
14 | is assigned to perform his or her duties and does not require | ||||||
15 | an employment relationship. | ||||||
16 | (e) The Secretary of State shall adopt rules for the | ||||||
17 | implementation of this Section. In order to provide for the | ||||||
18 | expeditious and timely implementation of this Section, the | ||||||
19 | Secretary of State shall adopt emergency rules under | ||||||
20 | subsection (z) of Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative | ||||||
21 | Procedure Act for the implementation of this Section no later | ||||||
22 | than 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
23 | the 100th General Assembly.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 100-554, eff. 11-16-17; 101-221, eff. 8-9-19.) | ||||||
25 | (25 ILCS 170/5) |
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1 | Sec. 5. Lobbyist registration and disclosure. Every | ||||||
2 | natural person and every entity required to
register under | ||||||
3 | this Act shall
before any service
is performed which requires | ||||||
4 | the natural person or entity to register, but in any event not
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5 | later than 2 business days after being employed or retained, | ||||||
6 | file in the Office of the
Secretary of State a statement in a | ||||||
7 | format prescribed by the Secretary of State containing the
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8 | following
information
with respect to each person or entity
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9 | employing, retaining, or benefitting from the services of the | ||||||
10 | natural person or entity required to register:
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11 | (a) The registrant's name, permanent address, e-mail
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12 | address, if any,
fax
number, if any, business telephone | ||||||
13 | number, and temporary address, if the
registrant has a | ||||||
14 | temporary address while lobbying.
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15 | (a-5) If the registrant is an entity, the
information | ||||||
16 | required under subsection (a) for each natural person | ||||||
17 | associated with the
registrant who will be lobbying,
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18 | regardless of whether lobbying is a significant part of | ||||||
19 | his or her duties.
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20 | (b) The name and address of the client or clients | ||||||
21 | employing or retaining
the registrant to perform such | ||||||
22 | services or on whose behalf the registrant appears.
If the | ||||||
23 | client employing or retaining the registrant is a client | ||||||
24 | registrant, the statement shall also include the name and | ||||||
25 | address of the client or clients of the client registrant | ||||||
26 | on whose behalf the registrant will be or anticipates |
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1 | performing services. | ||||||
2 | (b-5) If the registrant employs or retains a | ||||||
3 | sub-registrant, the statement shall include the name and | ||||||
4 | address of the sub-registrant and identify the client or | ||||||
5 | clients of the registrant on whose behalf the | ||||||
6 | sub-registrant will be or is anticipated to be performing | ||||||
7 | services. | ||||||
8 | (b-7) If the registrant retains a consultant, the | ||||||
9 | statement shall include the name and address of the | ||||||
10 | consultant and identify the client or clients and each | ||||||
11 | executive and legislative branch agency for which the | ||||||
12 | consultant is to provide advisory services. | ||||||
13 | (c) For those identified under subsections (b), (b-5), | ||||||
14 | and (b-7), a A brief description of the executive, | ||||||
15 | legislative, or administrative
action in reference to | ||||||
16 | which such service is to be rendered.
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17 | (c-5) Each executive and legislative branch agency of | ||||||
18 | the State and each unit of local government the registrant
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19 | expects
to lobby during the registration period.
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20 | (c-6) The nature of the client's business, by | ||||||
21 | indicating all
of the following categories that apply: (1) | ||||||
22 | banking and financial services, (2)
manufacturing, (3) | ||||||
23 | education, (4) environment, (5) healthcare, (6)
insurance, | ||||||
24 | (7) community interests, (8) labor, (9) public relations | ||||||
25 | or
advertising, (10) marketing or sales, (11) hospitality, | ||||||
26 | (12) engineering,
(13) information or technology products |
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1 | or services, (14) social services,
(15) public utilities, | ||||||
2 | (16) racing or wagering, (17) real estate or
construction, | ||||||
3 | (18) telecommunications, (19) trade or professional
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4 | association, (20) travel or tourism, (21) transportation, | ||||||
5 | (22) agriculture, and (23) other
(setting forth the nature | ||||||
6 | of that other business).
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7 | (d) A confirmation that the registrant has a sexual | ||||||
8 | harassment policy as required by Section 4.7, that such | ||||||
9 | policy shall be made available to any individual within 2 | ||||||
10 | business days upon written request (including electronic | ||||||
11 | requests), that any person may contact the authorized | ||||||
12 | agent of the registrant to report allegations of sexual | ||||||
13 | harassment, and that the registrant recognizes the | ||||||
14 | Inspector General has jurisdiction to review any | ||||||
15 | allegations of sexual harassment alleged against the | ||||||
16 | registrant or lobbyists hired by the registrant. | ||||||
17 | (e) (Blank.) Each unit of local government in this | ||||||
18 | State for which the registrant is or expects to be | ||||||
19 | required to register to lobby the local government during | ||||||
20 | the registration period. "Lobby" shall have the meaning | ||||||
21 | ascribed to it by the relevant unit of local government. | ||||||
22 | (f) Each elected or appointed public office in this | ||||||
23 | State to be held by the registrant at any time during the | ||||||
24 | registration period. | ||||||
25 | Every natural person and every entity required to register | ||||||
26 | under this Act shall annually submit the registration required |
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1 | by this Section on or before each January 31. The registrant | ||||||
2 | has a continuing duty to report any substantial change or | ||||||
3 | addition to the information contained in the registration.
A | ||||||
4 | registrant who retains a consultant shall file an amended | ||||||
5 | registration before any consulting services are performed, but | ||||||
6 | in any event not later than 2 business days after the | ||||||
7 | consultant is retained, setting forth the information required | ||||||
8 | in subsections (b-7) and (c) of this Section. Registrants | ||||||
9 | registered as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
10 | the 101st General Assembly shall update their registration to | ||||||
11 | add the information required under subsections (b-5), (e), and | ||||||
12 | (f), if applicable, within 30 days after the effective date of | ||||||
13 | this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. | ||||||
14 | The Secretary of State shall make all filed statements and | ||||||
15 | amendments to statements publicly available by means of a | ||||||
16 | searchable database that is accessible through the World Wide | ||||||
17 | Web. The Secretary of State shall provide all software | ||||||
18 | necessary to comply with this provision to all natural persons | ||||||
19 | and entities required to file. The Secretary of State shall | ||||||
20 | implement a plan to provide computer access and assistance to | ||||||
21 | natural persons and entities required to file electronically. | ||||||
22 | All natural persons
and entities required to register | ||||||
23 | under this Act shall remit a single, annual, and
nonrefundable | ||||||
24 | $300 registration fee. Each natural person required to | ||||||
25 | register
under this Act shall submit, on an annual basis, a | ||||||
26 | picture of the registrant. A registrant may, in lieu of |
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1 | submitting a
picture on an annual basis, authorize the | ||||||
2 | Secretary of State to use any photo
identification available | ||||||
3 | in any database maintained by the Secretary of State
for other | ||||||
4 | purposes. Each registration fee collected for registrations on
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5 | or after January 1, 2010 shall be deposited into the Lobbyist
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6 | Registration Administration Fund for administration and | ||||||
7 | enforcement
of this
Act.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 100-554, eff. 11-16-17; 101-595, eff. 12-5-19.) | ||||||
9 | (25 ILCS 170/6) (from Ch. 63, par. 176) | ||||||
10 | Sec. 6. Reports. | ||||||
11 | (a) Lobbyist reports. Except as otherwise provided in this | ||||||
12 | Section, every lobbyist registered under this Act who is | ||||||
13 | solely employed by a lobbying entity
shall file an | ||||||
14 | affirmation, verified under
oath pursuant to Section 1-109 of | ||||||
15 | the Code of Civil Procedure, with
the
Secretary of
State | ||||||
16 | attesting to the accuracy of any reports filed pursuant to | ||||||
17 | subsection (b) as those reports pertain to work performed by | ||||||
18 | the lobbyist. Any lobbyist registered under this Act who is | ||||||
19 | not solely employed by a lobbying entity shall personally file | ||||||
20 | reports required of lobbying entities pursuant to subsection | ||||||
21 | (b). A lobbyist may, if authorized so to do by a lobbying | ||||||
22 | entity by whom he or she is employed or retained, file lobbying | ||||||
23 | entity reports pursuant to subsection (b) provided that the | ||||||
24 | lobbying entity may delegate the filing of the lobbying entity | ||||||
25 | report to only one lobbyist in any reporting period.
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1 | (b) Lobbying entity reports. Every lobbying entity | ||||||
2 | registered under this Act shall report expenditures related to | ||||||
3 | lobbying , including any expenditures made by a consultant in | ||||||
4 | performing services for the lobbying entity . The report shall | ||||||
5 | itemize each individual expenditure or transaction
and shall | ||||||
6 | include the name of the official on whose behalf the
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7 | expenditure
was made, the name of the client if the | ||||||
8 | expenditure was made on behalf of a client, the
total amount of | ||||||
9 | the expenditure, a description of the expenditure, the vendor | ||||||
10 | or purveyor to whom the expenditure was made (including the | ||||||
11 | address or location of the expenditure), the date on which the | ||||||
12 | expenditure occurred and
the subject matter of the lobbying | ||||||
13 | activity, if any.
For those expenditures made on behalf of a | ||||||
14 | client, if the client is a client registrant, the report shall | ||||||
15 | also include the name and address of the client or clients of | ||||||
16 | the client registrant or the official or officials on whose | ||||||
17 | behalf the expenditure ultimately was made. Each expenditure | ||||||
18 | required to be reported shall include all expenses made for or | ||||||
19 | on behalf of an official or his or her immediate family member | ||||||
20 | living with the official. | ||||||
21 | (b-1) The report shall include any change or addition to | ||||||
22 | the client list information, required in Section 5 for | ||||||
23 | registration, since the last report, including the names and | ||||||
24 | addresses of all clients who retained the lobbying entity | ||||||
25 | together with an itemized description for each client of the | ||||||
26 | following: (1) lobbying regarding executive action, including |
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1 | the name of any executive agency lobbied and the subject | ||||||
2 | matter; (2) lobbying regarding legislative action, including | ||||||
3 | the General Assembly and any other agencies lobbied and the | ||||||
4 | subject matter; and (3) lobbying regarding administrative | ||||||
5 | action, including the agency lobbied and the subject matter. | ||||||
6 | Registrants who made no reportable expenditures during a | ||||||
7 | reporting period shall file a report stating that no | ||||||
8 | expenditures were incurred.
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9 | (b-2) Expenditures attributable to lobbying officials | ||||||
10 | shall be listed and reported
according to the following | ||||||
11 | categories:
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12 | (1) Travel and lodging on behalf of others, including, | ||||||
13 | but not limited to, all travel and living accommodations | ||||||
14 | made for or on behalf of State officials during sessions | ||||||
15 | of the General Assembly.
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16 | (2) Meals, beverages and other entertainment.
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17 | (3) Gifts (indicating which, if any, are on the basis | ||||||
18 | of personal friendship).
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19 | (4) Honoraria.
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20 | (5) Any other thing or service of value not listed | ||||||
21 | under categories (1) through (4), setting forth a | ||||||
22 | description of the expenditure.
The category travel and | ||||||
23 | lodging includes, but is not limited to, all travel and | ||||||
24 | living accommodations made for or on behalf of State | ||||||
25 | officials in the State capital during sessions of the | ||||||
26 | General Assembly.
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1 | (b-3) Expenditures incurred for hosting receptions, | ||||||
2 | benefits and other large
gatherings held for purposes of | ||||||
3 | goodwill or otherwise to influence executive,
legislative or | ||||||
4 | administrative action to which there are 25 or more State
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5 | officials invited shall be reported listing only the total | ||||||
6 | amount of
the
expenditure, the date of the event, and the | ||||||
7 | estimated number of officials in
attendance.
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8 | (b-7) Matters excluded from reports. The following items | ||||||
9 | need not be included in the report: | ||||||
10 | (1) Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the | ||||||
11 | registrant
who is a member of a legislative or State study | ||||||
12 | commission or committee while
attending and participating | ||||||
13 | in meetings and hearings of such commission or
committee.
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14 | (2) Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the | ||||||
15 | registrant for personal
sustenance, lodging, travel, | ||||||
16 | office expenses and clerical or support staff.
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17 | (3) Salaries, fees, and other compensation paid to
the | ||||||
18 | registrant
for the
purposes of lobbying.
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19 | (4) Any contributions required to be reported under | ||||||
20 | Article 9 of the Election
Code.
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21 | (5) Expenditures made by a registrant on behalf of an | ||||||
22 | official that are returned or reimbursed prior to the | ||||||
23 | deadline for submission of the report. | ||||||
24 | (c)
A registrant who terminates employment or duties which | ||||||
25 | required him to
register under this Act shall give the | ||||||
26 | Secretary of State, within 30 days after
the date of such |
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1 | termination, written notice of such termination and shall
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2 | include therewith a report of the expenditures described | ||||||
3 | herein, covering the
period of time since the filing of his | ||||||
4 | last report to the date of termination
of employment. Such | ||||||
5 | notice and report shall be final and relieve such
registrant | ||||||
6 | of further reporting under this Act, unless and until he later | ||||||
7 | takes
employment or assumes duties requiring him to again | ||||||
8 | register under this Act.
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9 | (d) Failure to file any such report within the time | ||||||
10 | designated or the
reporting of incomplete information shall | ||||||
11 | constitute a violation of this Act.
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12 | A registrant shall preserve for a period of 2 years all | ||||||
13 | receipts and records
used in preparing reports under this Act.
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14 | (e) Within 30 days after a filing deadline or as provided | ||||||
15 | by rule, the lobbyist shall notify each
official on whose | ||||||
16 | behalf an expenditure has been reported. Notification shall
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17 | include the name of the registrant, the total amount of the | ||||||
18 | expenditure, a description of the expenditure, the
date on | ||||||
19 | which the expenditure occurred, and the subject matter of the | ||||||
20 | lobbying
activity.
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21 | (f) A report for the period beginning January 1, 2010 and | ||||||
22 | ending on June 30, 2010 shall be filed no later than July 15, | ||||||
23 | 2010, and a report for the period beginning July 1, 2010 and | ||||||
24 | ending on December 31, 2010 shall be filed no later than | ||||||
25 | January 15, 2011. Beginning January 1, 2011, reports shall be | ||||||
26 | filed semi-monthly as follows: (i) for the period beginning |
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1 | the first day of the month through the 15th day of the month, | ||||||
2 | the report shall be filed no later than the 20th day of the | ||||||
3 | month and (ii) for the period beginning on the 16th day of the | ||||||
4 | month through the last day of the month, the report shall be | ||||||
5 | filed no later than the 5th day of the following month. A | ||||||
6 | report filed under this Act is due in the Office of the | ||||||
7 | Secretary of State no later than the close of business on the | ||||||
8 | date on which it is required to be filed. | ||||||
9 | (g) All reports filed under this Act shall be filed in a | ||||||
10 | format or on forms prescribed by the Secretary of State.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 98-459, eff. 1-1-14.)
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12 | (25 ILCS 170/8) (from Ch. 63, par. 178)
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13 | Sec. 8. Contingent
fees prohibited. No person shall retain | ||||||
14 | or employ another to lobby or provide services as a consultant | ||||||
15 | with respect to any legislative, executive, or administrative | ||||||
16 | action for compensation contingent in whole or in part upon | ||||||
17 | the
outcome of the action and no person shall accept any such | ||||||
18 | employment
or render any such service for compensation | ||||||
19 | contingent upon the outcome of the legislative, executive, or | ||||||
20 | administrative action.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 93-889, eff. 8-9-04.)
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22 | (25 ILCS 170/11.2)
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23 | Sec. 11.2. Local regulation. No unit of local government, | ||||||
24 | including a home rule unit, may regulate lobbying in a manner |
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7 | regulating lobbying activities
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8 | government or school district that imposes requirements
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9 | similar to those imposed by this Act.
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