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