HB2925sam001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Daniel Biss

Filed: 5/9/2013

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2925

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2925 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is amended by adding Section 70-20 as follows:

(5 ILCS 430/70-20 new)

Sec. 70-20. Members appointed by a county. In addition to any other applicable requirement of law, any member of a governmental entity appointed by the president or chairperson of the county board, with or without the advice and consent of the county board, shall abide by the ethics laws applicable to, and the ethics policies of, that county and, if applicable, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of that county's ethics officer or inspector general.

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