101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4460

 

Introduced 2/3/2020, by Rep. Allen Skillicorn

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 420/3A-35

    Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that a person may not be appointed to or continue to serve as a member of a board, commission, authority, or task force authorized or created by State law if he or she is employed by, receives direct compensation from, or is an owner of a partnership, association, corporation, or other business entity that receives compensation from a State agency that is overseen by the board, commission, authority, or task force on which he or she serves or seeks to be appointed.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended
5by changing Section 3A-35 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 420/3A-35)
7    Sec. 3A-35. Conflicts of interests.
8    (a) In addition to the provisions of subsection (a) of
9Section 50-13 of the Illinois Procurement Code, it is unlawful
10for an appointed member of a board, commission, authority, or
11task force authorized or created by State law or by executive
12order of the Governor, the spouse of the appointee, or an
13immediate family member of the appointee living in the
14appointee's residence to have or acquire a contract or have or
15acquire a direct pecuniary interest in a contract with the
16State that relates to the board, commission, authority, or task
17force of which he or she is an appointee during and for one
18year after the conclusion of the person's term of office.
19    (b) If (i) a person subject to subsection (a) is entitled
20to receive more than 7 1/2% of the total distributable income
21of a partnership, association, corporation, or other business
22entity or (ii) a person subject to subsection (a) together with
23his or her spouse and immediate family members living in that

 

 

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1person's residence are entitled to receive more than 15%, in
2the aggregate, of the total distributable income of a
3partnership, association, corporation, or other business
4entity then it is unlawful for that partnership, association,
5corporation, or other business entity to have or acquire a
6contract or a direct pecuniary interest in a contract
7prohibited by subsection (a) during and for one year after the
8conclusion of the person's term of office.
9    (c) A person may not be appointed to or continue to serve
10as a member of a board, commission, authority, or task force
11authorized or created by State law if he or she is employed by,
12receives direct compensation from, or is an owner of a
13partnership, association, corporation, or other business
14entity that receives compensation from a State agency that is
15overseen by the board, commission, authority, or task force on
16which he or she serves or seeks to be appointed.
17(Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)