102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB0551
 
Introduced 2/23/2021, by Sen. Jil Tracy
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
 
5 ILCS 430/25-85

     Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that the quarterly report submitted by the Legislative Inspector General shall include, among other required information, the total number of founded reports (currently, complaints) forwarded to the Attorney General since the date of the last report.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning 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 25-85 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 430/25-85)

7    Sec. 25-85. Quarterly reports by the Legislative Inspector 
8General. 
The Legislative Inspector General shall submit 
9quarterly
reports of claims within his or her jurisdiction 
10filed with the Office of the Legislative Inspector General to 
11the General Assembly and the
Legislative Ethics Commission, on 
12dates determined by the
Legislative Ethics Commission, 
13indicating:


14        (1) the total number of allegations received since the 
15    date of the last report and the total number of 
16    allegations received since the date of the last report by 
17    category of claim;
18        (2) the total number of investigations initiated since 
19    the date of
the last report and the total number of 
20    investigations initiated since the date of the last report 
21    by category of claim;

22        (3) the total number of investigations concluded since 
23    the date of
the last report and the total number of 
 
 
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1    investigations concluded since the date of the last report 
2    by category of claim;

3        (4) the total number of investigations pending as of 
4    the reporting
date and the total number of investigations 
5    pending as of the reporting date by category of claim;

6        (5) the total number of founded reports complaints 
7    forwarded to the Attorney General pursuant to subsection 
8    (c) of Section 25-50 since the
date of the last report;


9        (6) the total number of actions filed with the 
10    Legislative Ethics Commission
since the date of the last 
11    report, the total number of
actions pending before the 
12    Legislative Ethics Commission as of the reporting
date, 
13    the total number of actions filed with the Legislative 
14    Ethics Commission since the date of the last report by 
15    category of claim, and the total number of actions pending 
16    before the Legislative Ethics Commission as of the 
17    reporting date by category of claim; 
18        (7) the number of allegations referred to any law 
19    enforcement agency since the date of the last report;
20        (8)    the total number of allegations referred to 
21    another investigatory body since the date of the last 
22    report; and
23        (9)   the cumulative number of each of the foregoing for 
24    the current calendar year.
25    For the purposes of this Section, "category of claim" 
26shall include discrimination claims, harassment claims, sexual 
 
 
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1harassment claims, retaliation claims, gift ban claims, 
2prohibited political activity claims, revolving door 
3prohibition claims, and other, miscellaneous, or 
4uncharacterized claims.
5    The quarterly report shall be available on the website of 
6the Legislative Inspector General. 


7(Source: P.A. 100-588, eff. 6-8-18.)