SB0277sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Dan Kotowski

Filed: 3/23/2012

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 277

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 277 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is amended by changing Section 20-52 as follows:

(5 ILCS 430/20-52)

Sec. 20-52. Release of summary reports.

(a) Within 60 days after receipt of a summary report and response from the ultimate jurisdictional authority or agency head that resulted in a suspension of at least 3 days or termination of employment, the Executive Ethics Commission shall make available to the public the report and response or a redacted version of the report and response. The Executive Ethics Commission may make available to the public any other summary report and response of the ultimate jurisdictional authority or agency head or a redacted version of the report and response. If the Executive Ethics Commission does not make a summary report and response of the ultimate jurisdictional authority or agency head available to the public, the Executive Inspector General responsible for the investigation and report may make a summary report and response of the ultimate jurisdictional authority or agency head available to the public.

(b) The Commission or Executive Inspector General shall redact information in the summary report that may reveal the identity of witnesses, complainants, or informants or if the Commission or Executive Inspector General determines it is appropriate to protect the identity of a person before the report is made public. The Commission or Executive Inspector General may also redact any information it believes should not be made public. Prior to publication by the Commission, the Commission shall permit the respondents, Executive Inspector General, and Attorney General to review documents to be made public and offer suggestions for redaction or provide a response that shall be made public with the summary report. Prior to publication by the Executive Inspector General, the Executive Inspector General shall permit the respondents, the Commission, and the Attorney General to review the documents to be made public and offer suggestions for redaction or provide a response that shall be made public with the summary report.

(c) The Commission may withhold publication of the report or response if the Executive Inspector General or Attorney General certifies that releasing the report to the public will interfere with an ongoing investigation.

(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.)

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