HB2607 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2607

Introduced , by Rep. Martin J. Moylan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

5 ILCS 420/3B-5
5 ILCS 420/3B-15 new

Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that, upon notification by the Department of Revenue's Debt Collection Bureau that any member of a board is delinquent in any debt owed to the State, the board shall withhold that delinquent amount from the member's compensation and shall remit the delinquent amount to the Department. Expands the definition of "board" to include boards where members are appointed by the Governor, subject to Senate confirmation, and who receive a salary (currently, only such boards where members are paid per meeting). Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended by changing Section 3B-5 and by adding Section 3B-15 as follows:

(5 ILCS 420/3B-5)

Sec. 3B-5. Definition. As used in this Article:

"Board" includes a board, commission, authority, task force, or other similar body to which one or more members are appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, but does not include any subcommittee thereof, and where the member receives any form of compensation on a per meeting or salaried basis; this does not include reimbursement for actual travel or other expenses necessarily incurred in discharging the duties of the office.

(Source: P.A. 99-318, eff. 1-1-16.)

(5 ILCS 420/3B-15 new)

Sec. 3B-15. Delinquent debts owed to the State. Upon notification by the Department of Revenue's Debt Collection Bureau that any member of a board is delinquent in any debt owed to the State, including, but not limited to, any tax collected by the Department of Revenue, the board shall withhold that delinquent amount from the member's compensation under this Section and shall remit the delinquent amount to the Department.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.