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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB0761 Introduced 2/1/2017, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5 ILCS 420/3-203 | from Ch. 127, par. 603-203 |
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Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that when a legislator chooses to take official action on a matter despite the existence of a conflict situation, he or she shall (in addition to serving the public interest) also disclose that he or she is taking official action by either: (i) filing a statement with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate stating that he or she has a conflict regarding the specified legislative matter and that he or she is voting in the public interest; or (ii) stating on the record, during debate on the legislative matter, that he or she has a conflict regarding the legislative matter in question and that he or she is voting in the public interest.
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| | SB0761 | | LRB100 05648 RJF 15663 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended |
| 5 | | by changing Section 3-203 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 420/3-203) (from Ch. 127, par. 603-203)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3-203.
When, despite the existence of a conflict |
| 8 | | situation, a
legislator chooses to take official action on a |
| 9 | | matter, he or she should serve the
public interest, and not the |
| 10 | | interest of any person. The legislator shall also disclose that |
| 11 | | he or she is taking official action by either: (i) filing a |
| 12 | | statement with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the |
| 13 | | Secretary of the Senate, as applicable, stating that he or she |
| 14 | | has a conflict regarding the specified legislative matter and |
| 15 | | that he or she is voting in the public interest; or (ii) |
| 16 | | stating on the record, during debate on the legislative matter, |
| 17 | | that he or she has a conflict regarding the legislative matter |
| 18 | | in question and that he or she is voting in the public |
| 19 | | interest.
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| 20 | | (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
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