Section 1620.610  Waiver of Revolving Door Prohibition

An officer or employee or the spouse or immediate family member living with such person may request the Commission to waive the revolving door prohibition (see 5 ILCS 430/5-45).  The requestor shall file with the Commission a petition and 2 supporting statements.

a)         The petition shall be verified and describe in detail:

1)         the officer or employee's involvement in the decision to award any State contract to the source, and/or the officer or employee's involvement in any regulatory or licensing decision that directly applied to the source;

2)         the dates of the officer's or employee's involvement in these decisions;

3)         the date that the requestor and the source first began discussing or negotiating a relationship; and

4)         any other information that the requestor or Commission deems relevant.

b)         The requestor shall also submit 2 statements in support of the petition.

1)         One statement shall be from the ethics officer of the State agency that employed the officer or employee at the time that the officer or employee had involvement with the source.  If the ethics officer is the petitioner or otherwise has a conflict with this duty, the Commission may accept a statement from another appropriate agency officer or employee.  The statement shall be verified and state that the ethics officer has read the requestor's petition, has made diligent inquiries into the underlying facts and circumstances surrounding the petition, believes the statements made in the petition are true and complete, and that the ethics officer knows of no reason why the Commission should not grant the requestor's petition.  If the ethics officer is unable to make such attestation, he or she shall submit a written statement to the Commission setting forth the reasons why the attestation cannot be made.

2)         The second statement shall be from the source.  The statement shall be verified and state that the source, through its authorized representative, has read the requestor's petition, that the statements made in the petition are true and complete, and that the source knows of no reason why the Commission should not grant the requestor's petition.

(Source:  Amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 7099, effective July 1, 2008)