Full Text of HB2844 97th General Assembly
HB2844 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB2844 Introduced 2/22/2011, by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| | Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Defines as a prohibited political activity the wearing or displaying of items expressing support for or against a candidate or referendum question while registering voters as a deputy registrar or assisting persons in completing mail-in voter registration applications. Defines a "candidate" to include candidates for federal and local offices as well as State offices.
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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 changing Section 1-5 as follows: | 6 | | (5 ILCS 430/1-5)
| 7 | | Sec. 1-5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 8 | | "Appointee" means a person appointed to a position in or | 9 | | with a State
agency, regardless of whether the position is | 10 | | compensated.
| 11 | | "Campaign for elective office" means any activity in | 12 | | furtherance of an
effort to influence the selection, | 13 | | nomination, election, or appointment of any
individual to any | 14 | | federal, State, or local public office or office in a
political | 15 | | organization, or the selection, nomination, or election
of | 16 | | Presidential or Vice-Presidential electors,
but does not | 17 | | include
activities (i) relating to the support or opposition of | 18 | | any executive,
legislative, or administrative action (as those | 19 | | terms are defined in Section 2
of the Lobbyist Registration | 20 | | Act), (ii) relating to collective bargaining, or
(iii) that are | 21 | | otherwise in furtherance of the person's official State duties.
| 22 | | "Candidate" means a person who has
filed nominating papers | 23 | | or petitions for nomination or election to an elected
State |
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| 1 | | office, or who has been appointed to fill a vacancy in | 2 | | nomination, and
who remains eligible for placement on the | 3 | | ballot at either a
general primary election or general | 4 | | election.
| 5 | | "Collective bargaining" has the same meaning as that term | 6 | | is defined in
Section 3 of the Illinois Public Labor Relations | 7 | | Act.
| 8 | | "Commission" means an ethics commission created by this | 9 | | Act.
| 10 | | "Compensated time" means any time worked by or credited to | 11 | | a State employee
that counts
toward any minimum work time | 12 | | requirement imposed as a condition of employment
with a State | 13 | | agency, but does not include any designated State holidays or | 14 | | any
period when the employee is on a
leave of absence.
| 15 | | "Compensatory time off" means authorized time off earned by | 16 | | or awarded to a
State employee to compensate in whole or in | 17 | | part for time worked in excess of
the minimum work time | 18 | | required
of that employee as a condition of employment with a | 19 | | State agency.
| 20 | | "Contribution" has the same meaning as that term is defined | 21 | | in Section 9-1.4
of the Election Code.
| 22 | | "Employee" means (i) any person employed full-time, | 23 | | part-time, or
pursuant to a contract and whose employment | 24 | | duties are subject to the direction
and
control of an employer | 25 | | with regard to the material details of how the work is
to be | 26 | | performed or (ii) any appointed or elected commissioner, |
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| 1 | | trustee, director, or board member of a board of a State | 2 | | agency, including any retirement system or investment board | 3 | | subject to the Illinois Pension Code or (iii) any other | 4 | | appointee.
| 5 | | "Employment benefits" include but are not limited to the | 6 | | following: modified compensation or benefit terms; compensated | 7 | | time off; or change of title, job duties, or location of office | 8 | | or employment. An employment benefit may also include favorable | 9 | | treatment in determining whether to bring any disciplinary or | 10 | | similar action or favorable treatment during the course of any | 11 | | disciplinary or similar action or other performance review. | 12 | | "Executive branch constitutional officer" means the | 13 | | Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of | 14 | | State, Comptroller, and Treasurer.
| 15 | | "Gift" means any gratuity, discount, entertainment, | 16 | | hospitality, loan,
forbearance, or other tangible or | 17 | | intangible item having monetary value
including, but not
| 18 | | limited to, cash, food and drink, and honoraria for speaking | 19 | | engagements
related to or attributable to government | 20 | | employment or the official position of
an
employee, member, or | 21 | | officer.
| 22 | | "Governmental entity" means a unit of local government | 23 | | (including a community college district) or a school
district | 24 | | but not a State
agency.
| 25 | | "Leave of absence" means any period during which a State | 26 | | employee does not
receive (i) compensation for State |
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| 1 | | employment, (ii) service credit towards
State pension | 2 | | benefits, and (iii) health insurance benefits paid for by the
| 3 | | State.
| 4 | | "Legislative branch constitutional officer" means a member | 5 | | of the General
Assembly and the Auditor General.
| 6 | | "Legislative leader" means the President and Minority | 7 | | Leader of the Senate
and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the | 8 | | House of Representatives.
| 9 | | "Member" means a member of the General Assembly.
| 10 | | "Officer" means an executive branch constitutional officer
| 11 | | or a
legislative branch constitutional officer.
| 12 | | "Political" means any activity in support
of or in | 13 | | connection with any campaign for elective office or any | 14 | | political
organization, but does not include activities (i) | 15 | | relating to the support or
opposition of any executive, | 16 | | legislative, or administrative action (as those
terms are | 17 | | defined in Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration Act), (ii) | 18 | | relating
to collective bargaining, or (iii) that are
otherwise
| 19 | | in furtherance of the person's official
State duties or | 20 | | governmental and public service functions.
| 21 | | "Political organization" means a party, committee, | 22 | | association, fund, or
other organization (whether or not | 23 | | incorporated) that is required to file a
statement of | 24 | | organization with the State Board of Elections or a county | 25 | | clerk
under Section 9-3 of the Election Code, but only with | 26 | | regard to those
activities that require filing with the State |
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| 1 | | Board of Elections or a county
clerk.
| 2 | | "Prohibited political activity" means:
| 3 | | (1) Preparing for, organizing, or participating in any
| 4 | | political meeting, political rally, political | 5 | | demonstration, or other political
event.
| 6 | | (2) Soliciting contributions, including but not | 7 | | limited to the purchase
of, selling, distributing, or | 8 | | receiving
payment for tickets for any political | 9 | | fundraiser,
political meeting, or other political event.
| 10 | | (3) Soliciting, planning the solicitation of, or | 11 | | preparing any document or
report regarding any thing of | 12 | | value intended as a campaign contribution.
| 13 | | (4) Planning, conducting, or participating in a public | 14 | | opinion
poll in connection with a campaign for elective | 15 | | office or on behalf of a
political organization for | 16 | | political purposes or for or against any referendum
| 17 | | question.
| 18 | | (5) Surveying or gathering information from potential | 19 | | or actual
voters in an election to determine probable vote | 20 | | outcome in connection with a
campaign for elective office | 21 | | or on behalf of a political organization for
political | 22 | | purposes or for or against any referendum question.
| 23 | | (6) Assisting at the polls on election day on behalf of | 24 | | any
political organization or candidate for elective | 25 | | office or for or against any
referendum
question.
| 26 | | (7) Soliciting votes on behalf of a candidate for |
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| 1 | | elective office or a
political organization or for or | 2 | | against any referendum question or helping in
an effort to | 3 | | get voters
to the polls.
| 4 | | (8) Initiating for circulation, preparing, | 5 | | circulating, reviewing, or
filing any petition on
behalf of | 6 | | a candidate for elective office or for or against any | 7 | | referendum
question.
| 8 | | (9) Making contributions on behalf
of any candidate for | 9 | | elective office in that capacity or in connection with a
| 10 | | campaign for elective office.
| 11 | | (10) Preparing or reviewing responses to candidate | 12 | | questionnaires in
connection with a campaign for elective | 13 | | office or on behalf of a political
organization for | 14 | | political purposes.
| 15 | | (11) Distributing, preparing for distribution, or | 16 | | mailing campaign
literature, campaign signs, or other | 17 | | campaign material on behalf of any
candidate for elective | 18 | | office or for or against any referendum question.
| 19 | | (12) Campaigning for any elective
office or for or | 20 | | against any referendum question.
| 21 | | (13) Managing or working on a campaign for elective
| 22 | | office or for or against any referendum question.
| 23 | | (14) Serving as a delegate, alternate, or proxy to a | 24 | | political
party convention.
| 25 | | (15) Participating in any recount or challenge to the | 26 | | outcome of
any election, except to the extent that under |
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| 1 | | subsection (d) of
Section 6 of Article IV of the Illinois | 2 | | Constitution each house of the General
Assembly shall judge | 3 | | the elections, returns, and qualifications of its members.
| 4 | | (16) Notwithstanding any collective bargaining | 5 | | agreement, while registering voters as a deputy registrar | 6 | | or assisting persons in completing mail-in voter | 7 | | registration applications, wearing or having within the | 8 | | view of a prospective voter any button, lapel pin, bumper | 9 | | sticker, or other item that expresses support for or | 10 | | opposition to (i) a candidate, as defined in this Section | 11 | | but also including candidates for federal and local | 12 | | offices, or (ii) a referendum question. | 13 | | "Prohibited source" means any person or entity who:
| 14 | | (1) is seeking official action (i) by the
member or | 15 | | officer or (ii) in the case of an employee, by
the employee
| 16 | | or by the
member, officer, State agency, or other employee | 17 | | directing the
employee;
| 18 | | (2) does business or seeks to do business (i) with the
| 19 | | member or officer or (ii) in the case of an employee,
with | 20 | | the
employee or with the member, officer, State agency, or | 21 | | other
employee directing the
employee;
| 22 | | (3) conducts activities regulated (i) by the
member or | 23 | | officer or (ii) in the case of an employee, by
the employee | 24 | | or by the member, officer, State agency, or
other employee | 25 | | directing the employee;
| 26 | | (4) has interests that may be substantially affected by |
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| 1 | | the performance or
non-performance of the official duties | 2 | | of the member, officer, or
employee;
| 3 | | (5) is registered or required to be registered with the | 4 | | Secretary of State
under the Lobbyist Registration Act, | 5 | | except that an entity not otherwise a
prohibited source | 6 | | does not become a prohibited source merely because a
| 7 | | registered lobbyist is one of its members or serves on its | 8 | | board of
directors; or | 9 | | (6) is an agent of, a spouse of, or an immediate family | 10 | | member who is living with a "prohibited source".
| 11 | | "State agency" includes all officers, boards, commissions | 12 | | and agencies
created by the Constitution, whether in the | 13 | | executive or legislative
branch; all officers,
departments, | 14 | | boards, commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities,
| 15 | | public institutions of higher learning as defined in Section 2 | 16 | | of the Higher
Education
Cooperation Act (except community | 17 | | colleges), and bodies politic and corporate of the State; and
| 18 | | administrative
units or corporate outgrowths of the State | 19 | | government which are created by
or pursuant to statute, other | 20 | | than units of local government (including community college | 21 | | districts) and their
officers, school districts, and boards of | 22 | | election commissioners; and all
administrative units and | 23 | | corporate outgrowths of the above and as may be
created by | 24 | | executive order of the Governor. "State agency" includes the | 25 | | General
Assembly, the Senate, the House of Representatives, the | 26 | | President and Minority
Leader of the Senate, the Speaker and |
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| 1 | | Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives, the Senate | 2 | | Operations Commission, and the legislative support
services | 3 | | agencies. "State agency" includes the Office
of the Auditor | 4 | | General. "State agency" does not include the judicial branch.
| 5 | | "State employee" means any employee of a State agency.
| 6 | | "Ultimate jurisdictional
authority" means the following:
| 7 | | (1) For members, legislative partisan staff, and | 8 | | legislative secretaries,
the appropriate
legislative | 9 | | leader: President of the
Senate, Minority Leader of the | 10 | | Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives,
or | 11 | | Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
| 12 | | (2) For State employees who are professional staff or | 13 | | employees of the
Senate and not covered under item (1), the | 14 | | Senate Operations Commission.
| 15 | | (3) For State employees who are professional staff or | 16 | | employees of the
House of Representatives and not covered | 17 | | under item (1), the Speaker of the
House of | 18 | | Representatives.
| 19 | | (4) For State employees who are employees of the | 20 | | legislative support
services agencies, the Joint Committee | 21 | | on Legislative Support Services.
| 22 | | (5) For State employees of the Auditor General, the | 23 | | Auditor General.
| 24 | | (6) For State employees of public institutions of | 25 | | higher learning as
defined in Section 2 of the Higher | 26 | | Education Cooperation Act (except community colleges), the |
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| 1 | | board of
trustees of the appropriate public institution of | 2 | | higher learning.
| 3 | | (7) For State employees of an executive branch | 4 | | constitutional officer
other than those described in | 5 | | paragraph (6), the
appropriate executive branch | 6 | | constitutional officer.
| 7 | | (8) For State employees not under the jurisdiction of | 8 | | paragraph (1), (2),
(3), (4), (5), (6), or (7), the | 9 | | Governor.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 95-880, eff. 8-19-08; 96-6, eff. 4-3-09; 96-555, | 11 | | eff. 8-18-09.)
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