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1    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 



 
4    Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 25-20 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 430/25-20)

7    Sec. 25-20. Duties of the Legislative Inspector
General. In 
8addition to duties otherwise assigned by law,
the Legislative 
9Inspector General shall have the following duties:

10        (1) To receive and investigate allegations of 
11    violations of this
Act. Except as otherwise provided in 
12    paragraph (1.5), an An investigation may not be initiated

13    more than one year after the most recent act of the alleged 
14    violation or of a
series of alleged violations except where 
15    there is reasonable cause to believe
that fraudulent 
16    concealment has occurred.  To constitute fraudulent 
17    concealment
sufficient to toll this limitations period, 
18    there must be an affirmative act or
representation 
19    calculated to prevent discovery of the fact that a 
20    violation
has occurred. The
Legislative Inspector General 
21    shall have the discretion to determine the
appropriate 
22    means of investigation as permitted by law.
23        (1.5) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 
 
 
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1    contrary, the Legislative Inspector General, whether  
2    appointed by the Legislative Ethics Commission or the 
3    General Assembly, may initiate an investigation based on 
4    information provided to the Office of the Legislative 
5    Inspector General or the  Legislative Ethics Commission 
6    during the period from December 1, 2014 through November 3, 
7    2017. Any investigation initiated under this paragraph 
8    (1.5) must be initiated within one year after the effective 
9    date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly. 

10        (2) To request information relating to an 
11    investigation from any
person when the Legislative 
12    Inspector General deems that information necessary
in

13    conducting an investigation.

14        (3) To issue subpoenas, with the advance approval of 
15    the Commission,
to compel the attendance of witnesses for 
16    the
purposes of testimony and production of documents and 
17    other items for
inspection and copying and to make service 
18    of those subpoenas and subpoenas
issued under item (7) of 
19    Section 25-15.

20        (4) To submit reports as required by this Act.

21        (5) To file
pleadings in the name of
the Legislative 
22    Inspector General with the Legislative Ethics
Commission, 
23    through the Attorney General, as provided in this Article 
24    if the
Attorney General finds that reasonable cause exists 
25    to believe that a violation
has
occurred.

26        (6) To assist and coordinate the ethics officers
for 
 
 
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1    State agencies under the jurisdiction of the
Legislative 
2    Inspector General and to work with those ethics officers.

3        (7) To participate in or conduct, when appropriate, 
4    multi-jurisdictional
investigations.

5        (8) To request, as the Legislative Inspector General 
6    deems appropriate,
from ethics officers
of State agencies 
7    under his or her  jurisdiction, reports or information
on 
8    (i) the content of a State agency's ethics
training program 
9    and (ii) the percentage of new officers and
employees who 
10    have completed ethics training.

11        (9) To establish a policy that ensures the appropriate 
12    handling and correct recording of all investigations of 
13    allegations and to ensure that the policy is accessible via 
14    the Internet in order that those seeking to report those 
15    allegations are familiar with the process and that the 
16    subjects of those allegations are treated fairly. 
17(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.)
 

18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
19becoming law.