Public Act 0582 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB2972 Enrolled LRB097 10867 HLH 51376 b

Public Act 097-0582

AN ACT concerning State 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 adding Section 3A-40 as follows:

(5 ILCS 420/3A-40 new)

Sec. 3A-40. Appointees with expired terms; temporary and acting appointees.

(a) A person who is nominated by the Governor on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly for any affected office to which appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate, who is appointed pursuant to that advice and consent, and whose term of office expires shall not continue in office longer than 60 calendar days after the expiration of that term of office. After that 60th day, each such office is considered vacant and shall be filled only pursuant to the law applicable to making appointments to that office, subject to the provisions of this Section.

A person who has been nominated by the Governor before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly for any affected office to which appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate, who has been appointed pursuant to that advice and consent, and whose term of office has expired before that effective date shall not continue in office longer than 60 calendar days after that effective date. After that 60 days, each such office is considered vacant and shall be filled only pursuant to the law applicable to making appointments to that office, subject to the provisions of this Section. For the purposes of this subsection (a), "affected office" means (i) an office in which one receives any form of compensation, including salary or per diem, but not including expense reimbursement, or (ii) membership on the board of trustees of a public university.

(b) A person who is appointed by the Governor on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly to serve as a temporary appointee, pursuant to Article V, Section 9(b) of the Illinois Constitution or any other applicable statute, to any office to which appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate shall not continue in office after the next meeting of the Senate unless the Governor has filed a message with the Secretary of the Senate nominating that person to fill that office on or before that meeting date. After that meeting date, each such office is considered vacant and shall be filled only pursuant to the law applicable to making appointments to that office, subject to the provisions of this Section.

A person who has been appointed by the Governor before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly to serve as a temporary appointee, pursuant to Article V, Section 9(b) of the Illinois Constitution or any other applicable statute, to any office to which appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate shall not continue in office after that effective date or the next meeting of the Senate after that effective date, as applicable, unless the Governor has filed a message with the Secretary of the Senate nominating that person to fill that office on or before the next meeting of the Senate after that temporary appointment was made. After that effective date or meeting date, as applicable, each such office is considered vacant and shall be filled only pursuant to the law applicable to making appointments to that office, subject to the provisions of this Section.

For the purposes of this subsection (b), a meeting of the Senate does not include a perfunctory session day as designated by the Senate under its rules.

(c) A person who is designated by the Governor on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly to serve as an acting appointee to any office to which appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate shall not continue in office more than 60 calendar days unless the Governor files a message with the Secretary of the Senate nominating that person to fill that office within that 60 days. After that 60 days, each such office is considered vacant and shall be filled only pursuant to the law applicable to making appointments to that office, subject to the provisions of this Section. No person who has been designated by the Governor to serve as an acting appointee to any office to which appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate shall, except at the Senate's request, be designated again as an acting appointee for that office at the same session of that Senate, subject to the provisions of this Section.

A person who has been designated by the Governor before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly to serve as an acting appointee to any office to which appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate shall not continue in office longer than 60 calendar days after that effective date unless the Governor has filed a message with the Secretary of the Senate nominating that person to fill that office on or before that 60 days. After that 60 days, each such office is considered vacant and shall be filled only pursuant to the law applicable to making appointments to that office, subject to the provisions of this Section. No person who has been designated by the Governor to serve as an acting appointee to any office to which appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate shall, except at the Senate's request, be designated again as an acting appointee for that office at the same session of that Senate, subject to the provisions of this Section.

During the term of a General Assembly, the Governor may not designate a person to serve as an acting appointee to any office to which appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate if that person's nomination to serve as the appointee for the same office was rejected by the Senate of the same General Assembly.

For the purposes of this subsection (c), "acting appointee" means a person designated by the Governor to serve as an acting director or acting secretary pursuant to Section 5-605 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. "Acting appointee" also means a person designated by the Governor pursuant to any other statute to serve as an acting holder of any office, to execute the duties and functions of any office, or both.

(d) The provisions of this Section apply notwithstanding any law to the contrary. However, the provisions of this Section do not apply to appointments made under Article 1A of the Election Code or to the appointment of any person to serve as Director of the Illinois Power Agency.

Section 10. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 5-605 as follows:

(20 ILCS 5/5-605) (was 20 ILCS 5/12)

Sec. 5-605. Appointment of officers. Each officer whose office is created by the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois or by any amendment to the Code shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. In case of vacancies in those offices during the recess of the Senate, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next meeting of the Senate, when the Governor shall nominate some person to fill the office, and any person so nominated who is confirmed by the Senate shall hold office during the remainder of the term and until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. If the Senate is not in session at the time the Code or any amendments to the Code take effect, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment as in the case of a vacancy.

During the absence or inability to act of the director of any department, or of the Secretary of Human Services or the Secretary of Transportation, or in case of a vacancy in any such office until a successor is appointed and qualified, the Governor may designate some person as acting director or acting secretary to execute the powers and discharge the duties vested by law in that director or secretary.

During the term of a General Assembly, the Governor may not designate a person to serve as an acting director or secretary under this Section if that person's nomination to serve as the director or secretary of that same Department was rejected by the Senate of the same General Assembly. This Section is subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of Section 3A-40 of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.

(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

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