Full Text of HB5700 102nd General Assembly
HB5700 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB5700 Introduced 2/18/2022, by Rep. Tom Demmer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 5 ILCS 420/4A-101 | from Ch. 127, par. 604A-101 | 5 ILCS 420/4A-105 | from Ch. 127, par. 604A-105 | 5 ILCS 420/4A-106 | from Ch. 127, par. 604A-106 |
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Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that in addition to other specified filings of economic interests, persons holding elective office in the Executive Branch of State government, persons serving as the head of a department of State government, and members of a Commission or Board created by the Illinois Constitution shall be required to file, on a quarterly basis, a statement regarding specified ownership interest in any entity doing business in the State of Illinois. Provides that such persons shall file the required statement on or before February 1, May 1, August 1, and November 1 of each year. Requires the Secretary of State to provide notice on or before January 1 of each year of the requirement to file the specified statement of economic interests on a quarterly basis. Makes other 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 Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Sections 4A-101, 4A-105, and 4A-106 as follows: | 6 | | (5 ILCS 420/4A-101) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-101) | 7 | | Sec. 4A-101. Persons required to file with the Secretary | 8 | | of State. The following persons shall file
verified written | 9 | | statements of economic interests with the Secretary of State, | 10 | | as provided in this Article:
| 11 | | (a) Members of the General Assembly and candidates for | 12 | | nomination or
election to the General Assembly.
| 13 | | (b) Persons holding an elected office in the Executive | 14 | | Branch of this
State, and candidates for nomination or | 15 | | election to these offices.
| 16 | | (c) Members of a Commission or Board created by the | 17 | | Illinois Constitution,
and candidates for nomination or | 18 | | election to such Commission or Board.
| 19 | | (d) Persons whose appointment to office is subject to | 20 | | confirmation by
the Senate , including, but not limited to, | 21 | | persons serving as the head of a department of State | 22 | | government as provided under Section 5-20 of the | 23 | | Departments of State Government Law of the Civil |
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| 1 | | Administrative Code of Illinois, and persons appointed by | 2 | | the Governor to any other position on a board or | 3 | | commission described in subsection (a) of Section 15 of | 4 | | the Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act.
| 5 | | (e) Holders of, and candidates for nomination or | 6 | | election to, the office
of judge or associate judge of the | 7 | | Circuit Court and the office of judge of
the Appellate or | 8 | | Supreme Court.
| 9 | | (f) Persons who are employed by any branch, agency, | 10 | | authority or board
of the government of this State, | 11 | | including but not limited to, the Illinois
State Toll | 12 | | Highway Authority, the Illinois Housing Development | 13 | | Authority,
the Illinois Community College Board, and | 14 | | institutions under the
jurisdiction of the Board of | 15 | | Trustees
of the University of Illinois, Board of Trustees | 16 | | of Southern Illinois
University, Board of Trustees of | 17 | | Chicago State University,
Board of Trustees of Eastern | 18 | | Illinois University, Board of Trustees of Governors
State | 19 | | University, Board of Trustees of Illinois State | 20 | | University,
Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois | 21 | | University, Board of Trustees of
Northern Illinois | 22 | | University, Board of Trustees of Western Illinois
| 23 | | University, or Board of Trustees of the Illinois | 24 | | Mathematics and Science
Academy, and are compensated for | 25 | | services as employees and not as
independent contractors | 26 | | and who:
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| 1 | | (1) are, or function as, the head of a department, | 2 | | commission, board,
division, bureau, authority or | 3 | | other administrative unit within the
government of | 4 | | this State, or who exercise similar authority within | 5 | | the
government of this State;
| 6 | | (2) have direct supervisory authority over, or | 7 | | direct responsibility for
the formulation, | 8 | | negotiation, issuance or execution of contracts | 9 | | entered into
by the State in the amount of $5,000 or | 10 | | more;
| 11 | | (3) have authority for the issuance or | 12 | | promulgation of rules and
regulations within areas | 13 | | under the authority of the State;
| 14 | | (4) have authority for the approval of | 15 | | professional licenses;
| 16 | | (5) have responsibility with respect to the | 17 | | financial inspection
of regulated nongovernmental | 18 | | entities;
| 19 | | (6) adjudicate, arbitrate, or decide any judicial | 20 | | or administrative
proceeding, or review the | 21 | | adjudication, arbitration or decision of any judicial
| 22 | | or administrative proceeding within the authority of | 23 | | the State;
| 24 | | (7) have supervisory responsibility for 20 or more | 25 | | employees of the
State;
| 26 | | (8) negotiate, assign, authorize, or grant naming |
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| 1 | | rights or sponsorship rights regarding any property or | 2 | | asset of the State, whether real, personal, tangible, | 3 | | or intangible; or
| 4 | | (9) have responsibility with respect to the | 5 | | procurement of goods or services. | 6 | | (f-5) Members of the board of commissioners of any | 7 | | flood prevention district created under the Flood | 8 | | Prevention District Act or the Beardstown Regional Flood | 9 | | Prevention District Act. | 10 | | (g) (Blank).
| 11 | | (h) (Blank).
| 12 | | (i) (Blank).
| 13 | | (j) Persons on the Board of Trustees of the Illinois | 14 | | Mathematics and
Science Academy.
| 15 | | (k) (Blank).
| 16 | | (l) Special government agents. A "special government | 17 | | agent" is a
person who is directed, retained, designated, | 18 | | appointed, or
employed, with or without compensation, by | 19 | | or on behalf of a
statewide executive branch | 20 | | constitutional officer to make an ex
parte communication | 21 | | under Section 5-50 of the State Officials and
Employees | 22 | | Ethics Act or Section 5-165 of the Illinois
Administrative | 23 | | Procedure Act.
| 24 | | (m) (Blank). | 25 | | (n) Members of the board of any retirement system or | 26 | | investment board established under the Illinois Pension |
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| 1 | | Code, if not required to file under any other provision of | 2 | | this Section. | 3 | | (o) (Blank). | 4 | | (p) Members of the investment advisory panel created | 5 | | under Section 20 of the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Act. | 6 | | This Section shall not be construed to prevent any unit of | 7 | | local government
from enacting financial disclosure | 8 | | requirements that mandate
more information
than required by | 9 | | this Act.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-221, eff. 8-9-19.)
| 11 | | (5 ILCS 420/4A-105) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-105)
| 12 | | Sec. 4A-105. Time for filing. Except as provided in | 13 | | Section 4A-106.1, by
May 1 of each year a statement must be | 14 | | filed by each person
whose position at that time subjects him | 15 | | to the filing requirements of Section
4A-101 or 4A-101.5 | 16 | | unless he has already filed a statement in relation to the same | 17 | | unit of
government in that calendar year.
| 18 | | Statements must also be filed as follows:
| 19 | | (a) A candidate for elective office shall file his | 20 | | statement not later
than the end of the period during | 21 | | which he can take the action necessary
under the laws of | 22 | | this State to attempt to qualify for nomination, election, | 23 | | or
retention to such office if he has not filed a statement | 24 | | in relation to the
same unit of government within a year | 25 | | preceding such action.
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| 1 | | (b) A person whose appointment to office is subject to | 2 | | confirmation by
the Senate shall file his statement at the | 3 | | time his name is submitted to
the Senate for confirmation.
| 4 | | (b-5) A special government agent, as defined in
item | 5 | | (1) of Section 4A-101 of this Act, shall file a statement | 6 | | within 30 days
after
making the first ex parte | 7 | | communication and each May 1 thereafter if he or she
has | 8 | | made an ex parte communication within the previous 12 | 9 | | months.
| 10 | | (c) Any other person required by this Article to file | 11 | | the statement
shall file a statement at the time of his or | 12 | | her initial appointment or
employment in relation to that | 13 | | unit of government if appointed or employed by
May 1.
| 14 | | Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, and | 15 | | in addition to filings otherwise required under this Article, | 16 | | the following persons shall be required to file, on a | 17 | | quarterly basis, a statement regarding interests required to | 18 | | be disclosed under paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section | 19 | | 4A-102: (i) persons holding elective office in the Executive | 20 | | Branch of State government; (ii) persons serving as the head | 21 | | of a department of State government as provided under Section | 22 | | 5-20 of the Departments of State Government Law of the Civil | 23 | | Administrative Code of Illinois; and (iii) members of a | 24 | | Commission or Board created by the Illinois Constitution. | 25 | | Persons specified under this paragraph shall file the | 26 | | statements required under this paragraph on or before February |
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| 1 | | 1, May 1, August 1, and November 1 of each year. For purposes | 2 | | of this Section, a person required to file under this | 3 | | paragraph shall only be required to file his or her May 1 | 4 | | filing once within a given year with respect to disclosures | 5 | | made under paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section 4A-102. | 6 | | If any person who is required to file a statement of | 7 | | economic interests
fails to file such statement by May 1 of any | 8 | | year, the officer with whom
such statement is to be filed under | 9 | | Section 4A-106 or 4A-106.5 of this Act shall,
within 7 days | 10 | | after May 1, notify such person by certified mail of his or
her | 11 | | failure to file by the specified date. Except as may be | 12 | | prescribed by
rule of the Secretary of State, such person | 13 | | shall file his or
her statement of economic interests on or | 14 | | before May 15 with the
appropriate officer, together with a | 15 | | $15 late filing fee. Any such person
who fails to file by May | 16 | | 15 shall be subject to a penalty of $100 for each
day from May | 17 | | 16 to the date of filing, which shall be in addition to the $15
| 18 | | late filing fee specified above. Failure to file by May 31 | 19 | | shall result in a
forfeiture in accordance with Section 4A-107 | 20 | | of this Act.
| 21 | | Any person who takes office or otherwise becomes required | 22 | | to file a
statement of economic interests within 30 days prior | 23 | | to May 1 of any year
may file his or her statement at any time | 24 | | on or before May 31 without
penalty. If such person fails to | 25 | | file such statement by May 31, the
officer with whom such | 26 | | statement is to be filed under Section 4A-106 or 4A-106.5 of
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| 1 | | this Act shall, within 7 days after May 31, notify such person | 2 | | by certified
mail of his or her failure to file by the | 3 | | specified date. Such person
shall file his or her statement of | 4 | | economic interests on or before June 15 with
the appropriate | 5 | | officer, together with a $15 late filing fee. Any such
person | 6 | | who fails to file by June 15 shall be subject to a penalty of | 7 | | $100
per day for each day from June 16 to the date of filing, | 8 | | which shall be in
addition to the $15 late filing fee specified | 9 | | above. Failure to file by June
30 shall result in a forfeiture | 10 | | in accordance with Section 4A-107 of this Act.
| 11 | | All late filing fees and penalties collected pursuant to | 12 | | this Section
shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund in the | 13 | | State treasury, if the
Secretary of State receives such | 14 | | statement for filing, or into the general
fund in the county | 15 | | treasury, if the county clerk receives such statement
for | 16 | | filing. The Attorney General, with respect to the State, and | 17 | | the
several State's Attorneys, with respect to counties, shall | 18 | | take appropriate
action to collect the prescribed penalties.
| 19 | | Failure to file a statement of economic interests within | 20 | | the time
prescribed shall not result in a fine or | 21 | | ineligibility for, or forfeiture of,
office or position of | 22 | | employment, as the case may be; provided that the failure
to | 23 | | file results from not being included for notification by the | 24 | | appropriate
agency, clerk, secretary, officer or unit of | 25 | | government, as the case may be,
and that a statement is filed | 26 | | within 30 days of actual notice of the failure to
file.
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| 1 | | Beginning with statements required to be filed on or after | 2 | | May 1, 2009, the officer with whom a statement is to be filed | 3 | | may, in his or her discretion, waive the late filing fee, the | 4 | | monetary late filing penalty, and the ineligibility for or | 5 | | forfeiture of office or position for failure to file when the | 6 | | person's late filing of a statement or failure to file a | 7 | | statement is due to his or her (i) serious or catastrophic | 8 | | illness that renders the person temporarily incapable of | 9 | | completing the statement or (ii) military service. | 10 | | Notwithstanding any provision of law or rule to the | 11 | | contrary, the deadlines for filing statements of economic | 12 | | interests under this Section on or after March 17, 2020 shall | 13 | | be suspended until August 1, 2020. | 14 | | (Source: P.A. 101-221, eff. 8-9-19; 101-640, eff. 6-12-20.)
| 15 | | (5 ILCS 420/4A-106) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-106)
| 16 | | Sec. 4A-106. Persons filing statements with Secretary of | 17 | | State; notice; certification of list of names; alphabetical | 18 | | list; receipt; examination and copying of statements. The | 19 | | statements of economic interests required of persons
listed in
| 20 | | Section 4A-101 shall be
filed with the Secretary of State. On | 21 | | or before February 1
annually, the chief administrative | 22 | | officer of any State agency in the
executive, legislative, or | 23 | | judicial branch employing persons required to file
under item | 24 | | (f) or item (l) of Section
4A-101 and the chief administrative | 25 | | officer of a board or panel described in item (n) or (p) of |
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| 1 | | Section 4A-101 shall certify to the Secretary of State the | 2 | | names and mailing addresses
of those persons. In preparing the | 3 | | lists, each chief
administrative officer, or his or her | 4 | | designee, shall set out the names in
alphabetical order.
| 5 | | On or before April 1 annually, the Secretary of State | 6 | | shall notify (1)
all persons whose names have been certified | 7 | | to him under items (f),
(l), (n), and (p) of
Section 4A-101, | 8 | | and (2) all persons described in items (a) through (e) and
item | 9 | | (j) of Section 4A-101, other than candidates for office who | 10 | | have filed
their statements with their nominating petitions, | 11 | | of the requirements for
filing statements of economic | 12 | | interests.
A person required to file with the Secretary of | 13 | | State by virtue of more than
one position as listed in Section | 14 | | 4A-101, and filing his or her statement of economic interests | 15 | | in writing, rather than through the Internet-based system,
| 16 | | shall be notified of and is
required
to file only one statement | 17 | | of economic interests relating to all items under
which the | 18 | | person is required to file with the Secretary of State.
| 19 | | In addition to other notice required under this Section, | 20 | | on or before January 1 annually, the Secretary of State shall | 21 | | notify: (i) persons holding elective office in the Executive | 22 | | Branch of State government; (ii) persons serving as the head | 23 | | of a department of State government as provided under Section | 24 | | 5-20 of the Departments of State Government Law of the Civil | 25 | | Administrative Code of Illinois; and (iii) members of a | 26 | | Commission or Board created by the Illinois Constitution of |
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| 1 | | the requirement for filing, on a quarterly basis, a statement | 2 | | of economic interests regarding interests required to be | 3 | | disclosed under paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section | 4 | | 4A-102. | 5 | | Except as provided in Section 4A-106.1, the notices | 6 | | provided for in this
Section shall be in writing and deposited | 7 | | in
the U.S. Mail, properly addressed, first class postage | 8 | | prepaid, on or before
the day required by this Section for the | 9 | | sending of the notice. A certificate
executed by the Secretary | 10 | | of State attesting that he or she has sent
the notice by the | 11 | | means permitted by this Section constitutes prima facie | 12 | | evidence thereof.
| 13 | | Any person who files or has filed a statement of economic | 14 | | interest
under this Section is entitled to receive from the | 15 | | Secretary of State a receipt indicating that the person has | 16 | | filed
such a statement, the date of such filing, and the | 17 | | identity of the
governmental unit or units in relation to | 18 | | which the filing is required.
| 19 | | The Secretary of State may employ such employees and | 20 | | consultants
as he considers necessary to carry out his duties | 21 | | hereunder, and may
prescribe their duties, fix their | 22 | | compensation, and provide for
reimbursement of their expenses.
| 23 | | All statements of economic interests filed under this | 24 | | Section shall be
available for examination and copying by the | 25 | | public at all reasonable times.
Not later than 12 months after | 26 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 93rd General |
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| 1 | | Assembly, beginning with statements filed in calendar year
| 2 | | 2004, the Secretary of State shall make statements of economic | 3 | | interests filed
with the Secretary available for inspection | 4 | | and copying via the Secretary's
website.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 101-221, eff. 8-9-19.)
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