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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 adding Section 3A-40 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 420/3A-40 new)
7    Sec. 3A-40. Appointees with expired terms; temporary and
8acting appointees.
9    (a) A person who is nominated by the Governor on or after
10the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
11Assembly for any office to which appointment requires the
12advice and consent of the Senate, who is appointed pursuant to
13that advice and consent, and whose term of office expires shall
14not continue in office longer than 30 days after the expiration
15of that term of office. After that 30th day, each such office
16is considered vacant and shall be filled only pursuant to the
17law applicable to making appointments to that office, subject
18to the provisions of this Section.
19    A person who has been nominated by the Governor before the
20effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
21Assembly for any salaried office to which appointment requires
22the advice and consent of the Senate, who has been appointed
23pursuant to that advice and consent, and whose term of office

 

 

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1has expired before that effective date shall not continue in
2office after that effective date. After that effective date,
3each such office is considered vacant and shall be filled only
4pursuant to the law applicable to making appointments to that
5office, subject to the provisions of this Section. For the
6purposes of this Section, "salaried office" means an office in
7which one receives any form of compensation other than per diem
8or expense reimbursement.
9    A person who has been nominated by the Governor before the
10effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
11Assembly for an office other than a salaried office to which
12appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate, who
13has been appointed pursuant to that advice and consent, and
14whose term of office has expired before that effective date
15shall not continue in office longer than 30 days after that
16effective date. After that 30th day, each such office is
17considered vacant and shall be filled only pursuant to the law
18applicable to making appointments to that office, subject to
19the provisions of this Section.
20    (b) A person who is appointed by the Governor on or after
21the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
22Assembly to serve as a temporary appointee, pursuant to Article
23V, Section 9(b) of the Illinois Constitution or any other
24applicable statute, to any office to which appointment requires
25the advice and consent of the Senate shall not continue in
26office after the next meeting of the Senate unless the Governor

 

 

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1has filed a message with the Secretary of the Senate nominating
2that person to fill that office on or before that meeting date.
3After that meeting date, each such office is considered vacant
4and shall be filled only pursuant to the law applicable to
5making appointments to that office, subject to the provisions
6of this Section.
7    A person who has been appointed by the Governor before the
8effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
9Assembly to serve as a temporary appointee, pursuant to Article
10V, Section 9(b) of the Illinois Constitution or any other
11applicable statute, to any office to which appointment requires
12the advice and consent of the Senate shall not continue in
13office after that effective date or the next meeting of the
14Senate, as applicable, unless the Governor has filed a message
15with the Secretary of the Senate nominating that person to fill
16that office on or before the next meeting of the Senate after
17that temporary appointment was made. After that effective date
18or meeting date, whichever last occurs, each such office is
19considered vacant and shall be filled only pursuant to the law
20applicable to making appointments to that office, subject to
21the provisions of this Section.
22    For the purposes of this subsection (b), a meeting of the
23Senate does not include a perfunctory session day as designated
24by the Senate under its rules.
25    (c) A person who is designated by the Governor on or after
26the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General

 

 

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1Assembly to serve as an acting appointee to any office to which
2appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate shall
3not continue in office more than 30 days unless the Governor
4files a message with the Secretary of the Senate nominating
5that person to fill that office within that 30 days. After that
630 days, each such office is considered vacant and shall be
7filled only pursuant to the law applicable to making
8appointments to that office, subject to the provisions of this
9Section. No person who has been designated by the Governor to
10serve as an acting appointee to any office to which appointment
11requires the advice and consent of the Senate shall, except at
12the Senate's request, be designated again as an acting
13appointee for that office at the same session of that Senate,
14subject to the provisions of this Section.
15    A person who has been designated by the Governor before the
16effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
17Assembly to serve as an acting appointee to any office to which
18appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate shall
19not continue in office after that effective date unless the
20Governor has filed a message with the Secretary of the Senate
21nominating that person to fill that office on or before that
22effective date. After that effective date, each such office is
23considered vacant and shall be filled only pursuant to the law
24applicable to making appointments to that office, subject to
25the provisions of this Section. No person who has been
26designated by the Governor to serve as an acting appointee to

 

 

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1any office to which appointment requires the advice and consent
2of the Senate shall, except at the Senate's request, be
3designated again as an acting appointee for that office at the
4same session of that Senate, subject to the provisions of this
5Section.
6    During the term of a General Assembly, the Governor may not
7designate a person to serve as an acting appointee to any
8office to which appointment requires the advice and consent of
9the Senate if that person's nomination to serve as the
10appointee for the same office was rejected by the Senate of the
11same General Assembly.
12    For the purposes of this subsection (c), "acting appointee"
13means a person designated by the Governor to serve as an acting
14director or acting secretary pursuant to Section 5-605 of the
15Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. "Acting appointee" also
16means a person designated by the Governor pursuant to any other
17statute to serve as an acting holder of any office, to execute
18the duties and functions of any office, or both.
19    (d) The provisions of this Section apply notwithstanding
20any law to the contrary. However, the provisions of this
21Section shall not apply to appointments made under Article 1A
22of the Election Code.
 
23    Section 10. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
24amended by changing Section 5-605 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (20 ILCS 5/5-605)  (was 20 ILCS 5/12)
2    Sec. 5-605. Appointment of officers. Each officer whose
3office is created by the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
4or by any amendment to the Code shall be appointed by the
5Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. In
6case of vacancies in those offices during the recess of the
7Senate, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment until
8the next meeting of the Senate, when the Governor shall
9nominate some person to fill the office, and any person so
10nominated who is confirmed by the Senate shall hold office
11during the remainder of the term and until his or her successor
12is appointed and qualified. If the Senate is not in session at
13the time the Code or any amendments to the Code take effect,
14the Governor shall make a temporary appointment as in the case
15of a vacancy.
16    During the absence or inability to act of the director of
17any department, or of the Secretary of Human Services or the
18Secretary of Transportation, or in case of a vacancy in any
19such office until a successor is appointed and qualified, the
20Governor may designate some person as acting director or acting
21secretary to execute the powers and discharge the duties vested
22by law in that director or secretary.
23    During the term of a General Assembly, the Governor may not
24designate a person to serve as an acting director or secretary
25under this Section if that person's nomination to serve as the
26director or secretary of that same Department was rejected by

 

 

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1the Senate of the same General Assembly. This Section is
2subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of Section 3A-40 of
3the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
4(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.