Full Text of HB0292 101st General Assembly
HB0292 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB0292 Introduced , by Rep. David McSweeney SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 5 ILCS 430/5-47 new | | 25 ILCS 170/3.1 | | 25 ILCS 170/3.2 new | | 55 ILCS 5/2-3015 | | 55 ILCS 5/2-4010 | | 55 ILCS 5/2-5008 | from Ch. 34, par. 2-5008 | 55 ILCS 5/2-6011 new | |
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Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that no member of the General Assembly shall, during his or her term of office, negotiate for employment with a lobbying entity if that lobbying entity engages in lobbying with members of the General Assembly during that member's term of office. Provides that no former member that is registered as a lobbyist shall lobby regarding a bill that he or she voted on during his or her term of office as a member of the General Assembly. Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Provides that a person required to be registered under the Act, his or her spouse, and his or her immediate family members living with that person may not serve as a member of a county board. Amends the Counties Code to provide that no person is eligible to hold office as a county board member, commissioner, or executive if he or she is required to be registered as a lobbyist under the Lobbyist Registration Act. Makes conforming changes.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is | 5 | | amended by adding Section 5-47 as follows: | 6 | | (5 ILCS 430/5-47 new) | 7 | | Sec. 5-47. General Assembly member future employment with a | 8 | | lobbying entity. | 9 | | (a) No member shall, during his or her term of office, | 10 | | negotiate for employment with a lobbying entity, as that term | 11 | | is defined in Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration Act, if | 12 | | that lobbying entity engages in lobbying with members of the | 13 | | General Assembly during that member's term of office. | 14 | | (b) No former member that is registered as a lobbyist under | 15 | | the Lobbyist Registration Act shall lobby regarding a bill that | 16 | | he or she voted on during his or her term of office as a member | 17 | | of the General Assembly. | 18 | | Section 10. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by | 19 | | changing Section 3.1 and by adding Section 3.2 as follows: | 20 | | (25 ILCS 170/3.1) | 21 | | Sec. 3.1. Prohibition on serving on boards and commissions.
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| 1 | | Notwithstanding any other law of this State, on and after | 2 | | February 1, 2004,
but not before that date, a person required | 3 | | to be registered
under this Act, his or her spouse, and his or | 4 | | her immediate family members
living with that person may not
| 5 | | serve on a board, commission, authority, or task force | 6 | | authorized or created
by State law or by executive order of the | 7 | | Governor; except that this
restriction does not apply to any of | 8 | | the
following:
| 9 | | (1) a registered lobbyist, his or her spouse, or any | 10 | | immediate family
member living with the registered | 11 | | lobbyist, who is serving in an elective
public office, | 12 | | whether
elected or appointed to fill a vacancy; and
| 13 | | (2) a registered lobbyist, his or her spouse, or any | 14 | | immediate family
member living with the registered | 15 | | lobbyist, who is serving on a State
advisory body
that | 16 | | makes nonbinding recommendations to an agency of State | 17 | | government
but does not make binding recommendations or | 18 | | determinations or take any
other substantive action.
| 19 | | The prohibition on and exemptions to serving on boards | 20 | | provided under this Section do not apply to county boards, and | 21 | | any such prohibition concerning service on county boards under | 22 | | this Act shall be governed by Section 3.2. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1358, eff. 7-28-10.) | 24 | | (25 ILCS 170/3.2 new) | 25 | | Sec. 3.2. Prohibition on serving on county boards. |
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| 1 | | Notwithstanding any other law of this State, a person required | 2 | | to be registered under this Act, his or her spouse, and his or | 3 | | her immediate family members living with that person may not | 4 | | serve as a member of a county board. | 5 | | Section 15. The Counties Code is amended by changing | 6 | | Sections 2-3015, 2-4010, and 2-5008 and by adding Section | 7 | | 2-6011 as follows:
| 8 | | (55 ILCS 5/2-3015)
| 9 | | Sec. 2-3015. Qualifications of County Board Members and | 10 | | Commissioners. | 11 | | (a) In
counties with a population of 3,000,000 or less, no
| 12 | | person is eligible to hold the office of county board member or | 13 | | commissioner
unless he or she is a legal voter and has been a | 14 | | resident of the county for at
least one year next preceding the | 15 | | election.
| 16 | | (b) In addition to any other qualification which may be | 17 | | required by law or ordinance, no person is eligible to hold | 18 | | office as a county board member or commissioner if he or she is | 19 | | required to be registered as a lobbyist under Section 3 of the | 20 | | Lobbyist Registration Act. | 21 | | (Source: P.A. 90-173, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 22 | | (55 ILCS 5/2-4010)
| 23 | | Sec. 2-4010. Qualifications of County Board Members and |
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| 1 | | Commissioners. | 2 | | (a) In
counties with a population of 3,000,000 or less, no
| 3 | | person is eligible to hold the office of county board member or | 4 | | commissioner
unless he or she is a legal voter and has been a | 5 | | resident of the county for at
least one year next preceding the | 6 | | election.
| 7 | | (b) In addition to any other qualification which may be | 8 | | required by law or ordinance, no person is eligible to hold | 9 | | office as a county board member or commissioner if he or she is | 10 | | required to be registered as a lobbyist under Section 3 of the | 11 | | Lobbyist Registration Act. | 12 | | (Source: P.A. 90-173, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 13 | | (55 ILCS 5/2-5008) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5008)
| 14 | | Sec. 2-5008. Qualifications of county executive. The | 15 | | qualifications
for the office of county executive are the same | 16 | | as those for membership on
the board. However, the county | 17 | | executive shall not be an elected member of
the county board , | 18 | | nor shall he or she be eligible to hold office as county | 19 | | executive if he or she is required to be registered as a | 20 | | lobbyist under Section 3 of the Lobbyist Registration Act .
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
| 22 | | (55 ILCS 5/2-6011 new) | 23 | | Sec. 2-6011. Qualifications of board of commissioners. In | 24 | | addition to any other qualification which may be required by |
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| 1 | | law or ordinance, no person is eligible to hold office as a | 2 | | Cook County Commissioner if he or she is required to be | 3 | | registered as a lobbyist under Section 3 of the Lobbyist | 4 | | Registration Act.
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