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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB0962 Introduced 1/25/2013, by Rep. André M. Thapedi SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 20 ILCS 3948/65 new | | 20 ILCS 3948/70 new | |
| Amends the Illinois Global Partnership Act. Prohibits IGP officers and employees and their spouses and immediate family from (i) having IGP grants or contracts or specified levels of interests in IGP grants and contracts, (ii) soliciting or accepting gifts from IGP grantees and contractors, and (iii) having IGP travel expenses paid for or reimbursed by IGP grantees or contractors. Requires IGP to develop 2-year goals and strategic plans; requires that IGP annually file the plan and a report of its progress with the Governor and General Assembly, beginning July 1, 2013.
Effective immediately.
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| | HB0962 | | LRB098 07433 JDS 37501 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning State 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 Global Partnership Act is amended |
5 | | by adding Sections 65 and 70 as follows: |
6 | | (20 ILCS 3948/65 new) |
7 | | Sec. 65. Conflicts of interests. |
8 | | (a) None of the following shall have or acquire a grant |
9 | | from IGP, a contract for
goods or services with IGP, or a |
10 | | direct interest in an IGP grant or IGP contract for goods or |
11 | | services: (i) a member of the IGP board of directors; (ii) the |
12 | | IGP executive director; (iii) an IGP employee; or (iv) the |
13 | | spouse of or immediate family residing with a person described |
14 | | in item (i), (ii), or (iii). |
15 | | For the purposes of this subsection, a "direct interest" is |
16 | | the right or potential right to receive (1) more than 5% of the |
17 | | distributive income or ownership share of an IGP grantee or |
18 | | contractor or (2) in combination with a person described in |
19 | | items (i) through (iv) of this subsection, more than 7% of the |
20 | | distributive income or ownership share of an IGP grantee or |
21 | | contractor. |
22 | | (b) None of the following shall solicit or accept a gift |
23 | | from a person or entity that has an IGP grant or that has a |