House Sponsors: DANIELS-COULSON. Short description: GIFT BAN-ETHICS-REENACT Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Re-enacts the provisions of the State Gift Ban Act, the Open Meetings Act, the Freedom of Information Act, the Lobbyist Registration Act, and the Election Code contained in Public Act 90-737, which was held unconstitutional by the Illinois Circuit Courts of the 7th and 12th Judicial Circuits. Re-repeals provisions of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and the Election Code repealed by Public Act 90-737. Amends the State Gift Ban Act. Removes the Act's application to the judicial branch, units of local government, and school districts. Permits the solicitation and acceptance of gifts from prohibited donors of $100 or less per year. Changes various exemptions from the gift ban. Provides for one ethics commission for the executive branch, rather than separate commissions for each State officer. Requires the commissions to adopt certain procedural rules. Permits the commissions to issue advisory opinions and rulings. Amends the Election Code. Prohibits executive branch constitutional officers, employees, and candidates from (i) soliciting contributions from the constitutional officer's employees and (ii) promising anything of value in return for a contribution. Changes various filing requirements and fines relating to political committees' financial disclosures. Changes the permitted uses of a political committee's funds. Makes other changes. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Changes the revolving door provisions applicable to former State officers and employees. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Prohibits a public employee from knowingly soliciting or receiving a political contribution from a business for which the employee has regulatory responsibility. States that the bill's provisions are severable and require a 2/3 vote of each house of the General Assembly for passage. Effective immediately. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status