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90_SB0594

      50 ILCS 105/3             from Ch. 102, par. 3
      65 ILCS 5/3.1-55-10
          Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities  Act  and
      the  Illinois  Municipal  Code.   Provides  that  a municipal
      officer is not deemed interested in a company if the  officer
      is an employee of or owns or holds an interest of 1% or less,
      or  both,  in the officer's individual name in a company that
      is  involved  in  the  transaction  of  business   with   the
      municipality   and  that  company's  stock  is  traded  on  a
      nationally recognized securities market.    Provides  that  a
      municipal  officer  is  not deemed interested in a company if
      the officer owns or holds an interest of 1% or less,  not  in
      the officer's individual name but through a mutual fund, in a
      company,  that  company  is  involved  in  the transaction of
      business with the municipality, and that company's  stock  is
      traded   on   a   nationally  recognized  securities  market.
      Provides that any person  serving  on  a  municipal  advisory
      panel  or  commission  or nongoverning board or commission is
      not prohibited (now is prohibited) from having an interest in
      the transaction of business with the municipality unless that
      person's duties include evaluating, recommending,  approving,
      or voting to recommend or approve the business.
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 1        AN  ACT  concerning  municipal  officers,  amending named
 2    Acts.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.  The Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act
 6    is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 7        (50 ILCS 105/3) (from Ch. 102, par. 3)
 8        Sec. 3. (a) No  person  holding  any  office,  either  by
 9    election  or  appointment  under  the laws or Constitution of
10    this State, may be  in  any  manner  financially  interested,
11    either  directly or indirectly, in his own name or indirectly
12    in the name  of  any  other  person,  association,  trust  or
13    corporation,  in  any contract or the performance of any work
14    in the making or letting of which such officer may be  called
15    upon to act or vote. No such officer may represent, either as
16    agent   or  otherwise,  any  person,  association,  trust  or
17    corporation, with respect to any application or bid  for  any
18    contract  or  work  in  regard  to  which such officer may be
19    called upon to  vote.  Nor  may  any  such  officer  take  or
20    receive,  or  offer  to  take  or receive, either directly or
21    indirectly, any money or other thing of value as  a  gift  or
22    bribe  or  means  of  influencing  his  vote or action in his
23    official  character.  Any  contract  made  and  procured   in
24    violation  hereof  is  void.  This Section shall not apply to
25    any person serving on an advisory panel or commission.
26        (b)  However, any elected  or  appointed  member  of  the
27    governing  body may provide materials, merchandise, property,
28    services or labor, if:
29             A.  the   contract   is   with   a   person,   firm,
30        partnership,  association,  corporation,  or  cooperative
31        association  in  which  such  interested  member  of  the
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 1        governing body of the municipality has less than a 7 1/2%
 2        share in the ownership; and
 3             B.  such interested member  publicly  discloses  the
 4        nature  and  extent  of  his  interest prior to or during
 5        deliberations  concerning  the  proposed  award  of   the
 6        contract; and
 7             C.  such  interested  member abstains from voting on
 8        the award of the contract, though he shall be  considered
 9        present for the purposes of establishing a quorum; and
10             D.  such  contract is approved by a majority vote of
11        those members presently holding office; and
12             E.  the contract is awarded after sealed bids to the
13        lowest responsible bidder if the amount of  the  contract
14        exceeds  $1500,  or awarded without bidding if the amount
15        of the contract is less than $1500; and
16             F.  the award of the contract would  not  cause  the
17        aggregate  amount of all such contracts so awarded to the
18        same person, firm, association, partnership,  corporation
19        or  cooperative  association  in  the same fiscal year to
20        exceed $25,000.
21        (c)  In addition to the above exemption, any  elected  or
22    appointed member of the governing body may provide materials,
23    merchandise, property, services or labor if:
24             A.  the  award  of  the  contract  is  approved by a
25        majority vote of the governing body of  the  municipality
26        provided  that  any  such interested member shall abstain
27        from voting; and
28             B.  the amount  of  the  contract  does  not  exceed
29        $2,000; and
30             C.  the  award  of  the contract would not cause the
31        aggregate amount of all such contracts so awarded to  the
32        same  person, firm, association, partnership, corporation
33        or cooperative association in the  same  fiscal  year  to
34        exceed $4,000; and
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 1             D.  such  interested  member  publicly discloses the
 2        nature and extent of his  interest  prior  to  or  during
 3        deliberations   concerning  the  proposed  award  of  the
 4        contract; and
 5             E.  such interested member abstains from  voting  on
 6        the  award of the contract, though he shall be considered
 7        present for the purposes of establishing a quorum.
 8        (d)  A contract for the  procurement  of  public  utility
 9    services  by a public entity with a public utility company is
10    not barred by this Section by one  or  more  members  of  the
11    governing  body  of  the  public  entity  being an officer or
12    employee  of  the  public  utility  company  or  holding   an
13    ownership  interest  of  no  more  than  7 1/2% in the public
14    utility company, or holding an ownership interest of any size
15    if the public entity is a municipality with a  population  of
16    less  than  7,500 and the public utility's rates are approved
17    by the Illinois Commerce Commission.  An elected or appointed
18    member of the governing body of the public entity having such
19    an interest shall be deemed not to have a prohibited interest
20    under this Section.
21        (e)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this  Section
22    or  any  other  law to the contrary, until January 1, 1994, a
23    member  of  the  city  council  of  a  municipality  with   a
24    population  under  20,000  may  purchase real estate from the
25    municipality, at a price of not less than  100% of the  value
26    of  the  real estate as determined by a written MAI certified
27    appraisal or by a written  certified  appraisal  of  a  State
28    certified  or licensed real estate appraiser, if the purchase
29    is approved by a unanimous vote of the city  council  members
30    then  holding  office  (except  for  the  member  desiring to
31    purchase  the  real  estate,  who  shall  not  vote  on   the
32    question).
33        (f)  For  the  purposes of this Section only, a municipal
34    officer shall not be deemed interested if the officer  is  an
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 1    employee  of  a company or owns or holds an interest of 1% or
 2    less in the municipal officer's individual name in a company,
 3    or both, that company  is  involved  in  the  transaction  of
 4    business  with  the municipality, and that company's stock is
 5    traded on a nationally recognized securities market, provided
 6    the interested member: (i) publicly discloses the  fact  that
 7    he  or  she is an employee or holds an interest of 1% or less
 8    in a company before deliberation of the proposed award of the
 9    contract;  (ii)  refrains  from   evaluating,   recommending,
10    approving,   deliberating,   or  otherwise  participating  in
11    negotiation, approval, or both, of  the  contract,  work,  or
12    business;  (iii)  abstains  from  voting  on the award of the
13    contract though he or she shall  be  considered  present  for
14    purposes  of  establishing a quorum; and (iv) the contract is
15    approved by  a  majority  vote  of  those  members  currently
16    holding office.
17        A municipal officer shall not be deemed interested if the
18    officer  owns  or holds an interest of 1% or less, not in the
19    officer's individual name but through a  mutual  fund,  in  a
20    company,  that  company  is  involved  in  the transaction of
21    business with the municipality, and that company's  stock  is
22    traded on a nationally recognized securities market.
23    (Source: P.A. 87-855; 87-1197.)
24        Section  10.   The  Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
25    changing Section 3.1-55-10 as follows:
26        (65 ILCS 5/3.1-55-10)
27        Sec. 3.1-55-10.  Interests in contracts.
28        (a)  A  municipal  officer  shall  not   be   financially
29    interested, directly or indirectly, in the officer's own name
30    or  indirectly  in the name of any other person, association,
31    trust, or corporation, in any contract, work, or business  of
32    the  municipality  or in the sale of any article whenever the
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 1    expense, price,  or  consideration  of  the  contract,  work,
 2    business,  or  sale is paid either from the treasury or by an
 3    assessment  levied  by  statute  or  ordinance.  A  municipal
 4    officer shall not be interested, directly or  indirectly,  in
 5    the  purchase  of  any  property  that  (i)  belongs  to  the
 6    municipality, (ii) is sold for taxes or assessments, or (iii)
 7    is  sold  by  virtue  of  legal  process  at  the suit of the
 8    municipality.   For  the  purposes  of  this  Section   only,
 9    however,  a  municipal officer shall not be deemed interested
10    if the officer is an employee of a company or owns  or  holds
11    an  interest  of  1%  or  less  in  the  municipal  officer's
12    individual  name  in  a  company,  or  both,  that company is
13    involved  in   the   transaction   of   business   with   the
14    municipality,  and  that  company's  stock  is  traded  on  a
15    nationally   recognized   securities   market,  provided  the
16    interested member (i) publically discloses the fact  that  he
17    or she is an employee or holds an interest of 1% of less in a
18    company  before  deliberation  of  the  proposed award of the
19    contract;  (ii)  refrains  from   evaluating,   recommending,
20    approving,  deliberating,  or  otherwise participating in the
21    negotiation, approval, or both, of  the  contract,  work,  or
22    business;  (iii)  abstains  from  voting  on the award of the
23    contract though he or she shall  be  considered  present  for
24    purposes  of  establishing a quorum; and (iv) the contract is
25    approved by  a  majority  vote  of  those  members  currently
26    holding office.
27        A municipal officer shall not be deemed interested if the
28    officer  owns  or holds an interest of 1% or less, not in the
29    officer's individual name but through a  mutual  fund,  in  a
30    company,  that  company  is  involved  in  the transaction of
31    business with the municipality, and that company's  stock  is
32    traded on a nationally recognized securities market.
33        This  Section  does  not prohibit any person serving on a
34    municipal advisory panel or commission or nongoverning  board
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 1    or commission from having an interest in a contract, work, or
 2    business  of  the municipality unless the municipal officer's
 3    duties include evaluating, recommending, approving, or voting
 4    to recommend or approve the contract, work, or business.
 5        (b)  Any elected or appointed  member  of  the  governing
 6    body  and any person serving on a municipal advisory panel or
 7    commission or nongoverning board or commission may,  however,
 8    provide materials, merchandise, property, services, or labor,
 9    if:
10             (1)  the   contract   is   with   a   person,  firm,
11        partnership,  association,  corporation,  or  cooperative
12        association  in  which  the  interested  member  of   the
13        governing  body  of the municipality or advisory panel or
14        commission member has less than a 7  1/2%  share  in  the
15        ownership;
16             (2)  in  the  case of an elected or appointed member
17        of the governing body,  the  interested  member  publicly
18        discloses the nature and extent of the interest before or
19        during deliberations concerning the proposed award of the
20        contract;
21             (3)  in  the  case of an elected or appointed member
22        of the governing body,  the  interested  member  abstains
23        from  voting  on  the  award  of the contract (though the
24        member shall be considered present for  the  purposes  of
25        establishing a quorum);
26             (4)  the  contract is approved by a majority vote of
27        those members presently holding office;
28             (5)  the contract is awarded after  sealed  bids  to
29        the  lowest  responsible  bidder  if  the  amount  of the
30        contract exceeds $1,500 (but the contract may be  awarded
31        without bidding if the amount is less than $1,500); and
32             (6)  the  award  of the contract would not cause the
33        aggregate amount of all contracts so awarded to the  same
34        person,  firm,  association, partnership, corporation, or
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 1        cooperative association in the same fiscal year to exceed
 2        $25,000.
 3        (c)  In addition to the exemption in subsection  (b),  an
 4    elected  or  appointed  member  of the governing body and any
 5    person serving on a municipal advisory  panel  or  commission
 6    may  provide  materials,  merchandise, property, services, or
 7    labor if:
 8             (1)  the award of the  contract  is  approved  by  a
 9        majority  vote  of the governing body of the municipality
10        (provided that, in the case of an  elected  or  appointed
11        member of the governing body, the interested member shall
12        abstain from voting);
13             (2)  the  amount  of  the  contract  does not exceed
14        $2,000;
15             (3)  the award of the contract would not  cause  the
16        aggregate  amount of all contracts so awarded to the same
17        person, firm, association, partnership,  corporation,  or
18        cooperative association in the same fiscal year to exceed
19        $4,000;
20             (4)  in  the  case of an elected or appointed member
21        of the governing body,  the  interested  member  publicly
22        discloses the nature and extent of his interest before or
23        during deliberations concerning the proposed award of the
24        contract; and
25             (5)  in  the  case of an elected or appointed member
26        of the governing body,  the  interested  member  abstains
27        from  voting  on  the  award  of the contract (though the
28        member shall be considered present for  the  purposes  of
29        establishing a quorum).
30        (d)  A  contract  for  the  procurement of public utility
31    services by a municipality with a public utility  company  is
32    not  barred  by  this  Section  by one or more members of the
33    governing body being an officer or  employee  of  the  public
34    utility  company, or holding an ownership interest in no more
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 1    than 7 1/2% in the public  utility  company,  or  holding  an
 2    ownership  interest  of  any  size  if the municipality has a
 3    population of less than 7,500 and the public utility's  rates
 4    are approved by the Illinois Commerce Commission.  An elected
 5    or  appointed  member of the governing body or a nongoverning
 6    board or commission having  an  interest  described  in  this
 7    subsection (d) does not have a prohibited interest under this
 8    Section.
 9        (e)  An  officer who violates this Section is guilty of a
10    Class 4 felony.  In addition, any office held by  an  officer
11    so  convicted shall become vacant and shall be so declared as
12    part of the judgment of the court.
13        (f)  Nothing contained in  this  Section,  including  the
14    restrictions  set  forth  in  subsections  (b), (c), and (d),
15    shall preclude a contract of deposit  of  moneys,  loans,  or
16    other  financial services by a municipality with a local bank
17    or local savings and loan association, regardless of  whether
18    a  member  of  the  governing body or a nongoverning board or
19    commission of the municipality is interested in the  bank  or
20    savings  and loan association as an officer or employee or as
21    a holder of less than 7 1/2% of the total ownership interest.
22    A member holding an interest described in this subsection (f)
23    in a  contract  does  not  hold  a  prohibited  interest  for
24    purposes of this Act.  The interested member of the governing
25    body  or  a  nongoverning  board  or commission must publicly
26    state  the  nature  and  extent  of   the   interest   during
27    deliberations  concerning  the proposed award of the contract
28    but  shall  not  participate  in  any  further  deliberations
29    concerning the proposed award.  The interested  member  shall
30    not  vote  on  the  proposed award.  A member abstaining from
31    participation in deliberations and voting under this  Section
32    may  be  considered  present  for  purposes of establishing a
33    quorum. Award of the contract shall  require  approval  by  a
34    majority  vote  of  those  members  presently holding office.
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 1    Consideration and award of a contract in which  a  member  is
 2    interested  may  only be made at a regularly scheduled public
 3    meeting of the governing body of the municipality.
 4        (g)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this  Section
 5    or  any  other  law to the contrary, until January 1, 1994, a
 6    member  of  the  city  council  of  a  municipality  with   a
 7    population  under  20,000  may  purchase real estate from the
 8    municipality, at a price of not less than  100% of the  value
 9    of  the  real estate as determined by a written MAI certified
10    appraisal or by a written  certified  appraisal  of  a  State
11    certified  or licensed real estate appraiser, if the purchase
12    is approved by a unanimous vote of the city  council  members
13    then  holding  office  (except  for  the  member  desiring to
14    purchase  the  real  estate,  who  shall  not  vote  on   the
15    question).
16    (Source: P.A. 87-1119; 87-1197; 88-45; 88-572, eff. 8-11-94.)

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