Rep. Karen May
Filed: 3/19/2009
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2428
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2428 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by adding Section 5-65 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (5 ILCS 430/5-65 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 5-65. Contributions from appointee; ineligibility for | ||||||
8 | appointment. | ||||||
9 | (a) For the purposes of this Section: | ||||||
10 | "Amount set by federal law" means the limit on | ||||||
11 | individual contributions established by the Federal | ||||||
12 | Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended by the Bipartisan | ||||||
13 | Campaign Reform Act of 2002. | ||||||
14 | "Board or commission" means a board, commission, task | ||||||
15 | force, or authority created or authorized by the Illinois | ||||||
16 | constitution, State law, or executive order. |
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1 | "Household member" means any of the persons occupying | ||||||
2 | the same single dwelling. | ||||||
3 | "Political committee" has the meaning set forth in | ||||||
4 | Article 9 of the Election Code. | ||||||
5 | "Officeholder" means an executive branch | ||||||
6 | constitutional officer. | ||||||
7 | (b) An appointed member of a board or commission, or any of | ||||||
8 | his or her household members, may not make, or cause to be | ||||||
9 | made, contributions to the officeholder who appointed that | ||||||
10 | person or succeeded that officeholder, or to a political | ||||||
11 | committee established to promote the candidacy of that | ||||||
12 | officeholder or succeeding officeholder, during the first year | ||||||
13 | of that appointment in a combined, aggregate amount of more | ||||||
14 | than $2,400, or a greater amount set by federal law,
when | ||||||
15 | combined with any aggregate contributions made by that | ||||||
16 | appointee and his or her household members during the year | ||||||
17 | before his or her appointment to the officeholder that | ||||||
18 | appointed the person or to a political committee established to | ||||||
19 | promote the candidacy of that officeholder. | ||||||
20 | (c) A person is ineligible for appointment to a board or | ||||||
21 | commission if that person, or any of his or her household | ||||||
22 | members, during the preceding year, has made, or caused to be | ||||||
23 | made, combined, aggregate contributions of more than $2,400 or | ||||||
24 | a greater amount set by federal law,
to the officeholder | ||||||
25 | authorized or required to make the appointment or to a | ||||||
26 | political committee established to promote the candidacy of |
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1 | that officeholder.
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.".
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