100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4986

 

Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 420/4A-102  from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102
5 ILCS 420/4A-103  from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103
5 ILCS 420/4A-104  from Ch. 127, par. 604A-104

    Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Modifies the required statement of economic interests under the Act to include disclosure of income received from specified entities on which a person is required to report. Modifies the statement of economic interests forms to make conforming changes.


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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 Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended
5by changing Sections 4A-102, 4A-103, and 4A-104 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 420/4A-102)  (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102)
7    Sec. 4A-102. The statement of economic interests required
8by this Article shall include the economic interests of the
9person making the statement as provided in this Section. The
10interest (if constructively controlled by the person making the
11statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be considered
12to be the same as the interest of the person making the
13statement. Campaign receipts shall not be included in this
14statement.
15        (a) The following interests shall be listed by all
16    persons required to file:
17            (1) The name, address, amount of income received
18        from, and type of practice of any professional
19        organization or individual professional practice in
20        which the person making the statement was an officer,
21        director, associate, partner or proprietor, or served
22        in any advisory capacity, from which income in excess
23        of $1200 was derived during the preceding calendar

 

 

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1        year;
2            (2) The nature of professional services (other
3        than services rendered to the unit or units of
4        government in relation to which the person is required
5        to file), the amount of income received from performing
6        such services, and the name nature of the entity to
7        which they were rendered if fees exceeding $5,000 were
8        received during the preceding calendar year from the
9        entity for professional services rendered by the
10        person making the statement.
11            (2.5) The name of each client from whom a person,
12        or his or her business, received payments for services
13        provided, if the filer's share of gross receipts was
14        $5,000 or more, unless disclosure would violate legal
15        confidentiality.
16            (3) The identity (including the address or legal
17        description of real estate), and the amount of income
18        received from, of any capital asset from which a
19        capital gain of $5,000 or more was realized in the
20        preceding calendar year.
21            (4) The name of any unit of government, and the
22        amount of income received for services provided to that
23        unit of government, which has employed the person
24        making the statement during the preceding calendar
25        year other than the unit or units of government in
26        relation to which the person is required to file.

 

 

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1            (5) The name of any entity from which a gift or
2        gifts, or honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in
3        the aggregate in excess of $500, was received during
4        the preceding calendar year, and the monetary value of
5        each gift or honorarium received from that entity.
6        (b) The following interests shall also be listed by
7    persons listed in items (a) through (f), item (l), item
8    (n), and item (p) of Section 4A-101:
9            (1) The name and instrument of ownership in any
10        entity doing business in the State of Illinois, in
11        which an ownership interest held by the person at the
12        date of filing is in excess of $5,000 fair market value
13        or from which dividends of in excess of $1,200 were
14        derived during the preceding calendar year. (In the
15        case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed
16        by street address, or if none, then by legal
17        description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
18        institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed;
19            (2) Except for professional service entities, the
20        name of any entity and any position held therein from
21        which income of in excess of $1,200 was derived during
22        the preceding calendar year, and the amount of income
23        received from that entity, if the entity does business
24        in the State of Illinois. No time or demand deposit in
25        a financial institution, nor any debt instrument need
26        be listed.

 

 

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1            (3) The identity of any compensated lobbyist with
2        whom the person making the statement maintains a close
3        economic association, including the name of the
4        lobbyist and specifying the legislative matter or
5        matters which are the object of the lobbying activity,
6        and describing the general type of economic activity of
7        the client or principal on whose behalf that person is
8        lobbying.
9        (c) The following interests shall also be listed by
10    persons listed in items (g), (h), (i), and (o) of Section
11    4A-101:
12            (1) The name and instrument of ownership in any
13        entity doing business with a unit of local government
14        in relation to which the person is required to file if
15        the ownership interest of the person filing is greater
16        than $5,000 fair market value as of the date of filing
17        or if dividends in excess of $1,200 were received from
18        the entity during the preceding calendar year. (In the
19        case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed
20        by street address, or if none, then by legal
21        description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
22        institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed.
23            (2) Except for professional service entities, the
24        name of any entity and any position held therein from
25        which income in excess of $1,200 was derived during the
26        preceding calendar year, and the amount of income

 

 

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1        received, if the entity does business with a unit of
2        local government in relation to which the person is
3        required to file. No time or demand deposit in a
4        financial institution, nor any debt instrument need be
5        listed.
6            (3) The name of any entity and the nature of the
7        governmental action requested by any entity which has
8        applied to a unit of local government in relation to
9        which the person must file for any license, franchise
10        or permit for annexation, zoning or rezoning of real
11        estate during the preceding calendar year if the
12        ownership interest of the person filing is in excess of
13        $5,000 fair market value at the time of filing or if
14        income or dividends in excess of $1,200 were received
15        by the person filing from the entity during the
16        preceding calendar year.
17    For the purposes of this Section, the unit of local
18government in relation to which a person required to file under
19item (o) of Section 4A-101 shall be the unit of local
20government that contributes to the pension fund of which such
21person is a member of the board.
22(Source: P.A. 96-6, eff. 4-3-09; 97-754, eff. 7-6-12.)
 
23    (5 ILCS 420/4A-103)  (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103)
24    Sec. 4A-103. The statement of economic interests required
25by this Article to be filed with the Secretary of State shall

 

 

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1be filled in by typewriting or hand printing, shall be
2verified, dated, and signed by the person making the statement
3and shall contain substantially the following:
4
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST
5
(TYPE OR HAND PRINT)
6.............................................................
7(name)
8.............................................................
9(each office or position of employment for which this statement
10is filed)
11.............................................................
12(full mailing address)
13GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
14    The interest (if constructively controlled by the person
15making the statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be
16considered to be the same as the interest of the person making
17the statement.
18    Campaign receipts shall not be included in this statement.
19    If additional space is needed, please attach supplemental
20listing.
21    1. List the name and instrument of ownership in any entity
22doing business in the State of Illinois, in which the ownership
23interest held by the person at the date of filing is in excess
24of $5,000 fair market value or from which dividends in excess
25of $1,200 were derived during the preceding calendar year. (In
26the case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed by

 

 

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1street address, or if none, then by legal description.) No time
2or demand deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt
3instrument need be listed.
4Business EntityInstrument of Ownership
5..............................................................
6..............................................................
7..............................................................
8..............................................................
9    2. List the name, address, amount of income received from,
10and type of practice of any professional organization in which
11the person making the statement was an officer, director,
12associate, partner or proprietor or served in any advisory
13capacity, from which income in excess of $1,200 was derived
14during the preceding calendar year.
15NameAddressIncome Type of Practice
16
17............................................ ..................
18..............................................................
19..............................................................
20    3. List the nature of professional services rendered (other
21than to the State of Illinois), the amount of income received
22from performing such services, and the name of to each entity
23from which income exceeding $5,000 was received for
24professional services rendered during the preceding calendar
25year by the person making the statement.
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1.............................................................
2    4. List the identity (including the address or legal
3description of real estate) of, and the amount of income
4received from, any capital asset from which a capital gain of
5$5,000 or more was realized during the preceding calendar year.
6.............................................................
7.............................................................
8    5. List the identity of any compensated lobbyist with whom
9the person making the statement maintains a close economic
10association, including the name of the lobbyist and specifying
11the legislative matter or matters which are the object of the
12lobbying activity, and describing the general type of economic
13activity of the client or principal on whose behalf that person
14is lobbying.
15LobbyistLegislative MatterClient or Principal
16.............................................................
17.............................................................
18    6. List the name of any entity doing business in the State
19of Illinois, and the amount of income received from that
20entity, from which income in excess of $1,200 was derived
21during the preceding calendar year other than for professional
22services and the title or description of any position held in
23that entity. (In the case of real estate, location thereof
24shall be listed by street address, or if none, then by legal
25description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
26institution nor any debt instrument need be listed.

 

 

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1EntityIncomePosition Held
2........................................................
3........................................................
4........................................................
5    7. List the name of any unit of government, and the amount
6of income received for services provided to that unit of
7government, which employed the person making the statement
8during the preceding calendar year other than the unit or units
9of government in relation to which the person is required to
10file.
11.............................................................
12.............................................................
13    8. List the name of any entity from which a gift or gifts,
14or honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate
15in excess of $500, was received during the preceding calendar
16year, and the monetary value of each gift or honorarium
17received from that entity.
18.............................................................
19    9. List the name of each client from whom a person, or his
20or her business, received payments for services provided, if
21the filer's share of gross receipts was $5,000 or more, unless
22disclosure would violate legal confidentiality.
23............................................................. 
24VERIFICATION:
25    "I declare that this statement of economic interests
26(including any accompanying schedules and statements) has been

 

 

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1examined by me and to the best of my knowledge and belief is a
2true, correct and complete statement of my economic interests
3as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. I
4understand that the penalty for willfully filing a false or
5incomplete statement shall be a fine not to exceed $1,000 or
6imprisonment in a penal institution other than the penitentiary
7not to exceed one year, or both fine and imprisonment."
8................  ..........................................
9(date of filing)   (signature of person making the statement)
10(Source: P.A. 95-173, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
11    (5 ILCS 420/4A-104)  (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-104)
12    Sec. 4A-104. The statement of economic interests required
13by this Article to be filed with the county clerk shall be
14filled in by typewriting or hand printing, shall be verified,
15dated, and signed by the person making the statement and shall
16contain substantially the following:
17
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS
18
(TYPE OR HAND PRINT)
19.............................................................
20(Name)
21.............................................................
22(each office or position of employment for which this statement
23is filed) ...................................................
24(full mailing address)
25GENERAL DIRECTIONS:

 

 

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1    The interest (if constructively controlled by the person
2making the statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be
3considered to be the same as the interest of the person making
4the statement.
5    Campaign receipts shall not be included in this statement.
6    If additional space is needed, please attach supplemental
7listing.
8    1. List the name and instrument of ownership in any entity
9doing business with a unit of local government in relation to
10which the person is required to file, in which the ownership
11interest held by the person at the date of filing is in excess
12of $5,000 fair market value or from which dividends in excess
13of $1,200 were received during the preceding calendar year. (In
14the case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed by
15street address, or if none, then by legal description.) No time
16or demand deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt
17instrument shall be listed.
18BusinessInstrument ofPosition of
19EntityOwnershipManagement
20.............................................................
21.............................................................
22.............................................................
23    2. List the name, address, amount of income received from,
24and type of practice of any professional organization in which
25the person making the statement was an officer, director,
26associate, partner or proprietor, or served in any advisory

 

 

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1capacity, from which income in excess of $1,200 was derived
2during the preceding calendar year.
3NameAddressIncome Type of Practice
4..........................................................
5..........................................................
6..........................................................
7    3. List the nature of professional services rendered (other
8than to the unit or units of local government in relation to
9which the person is required to file), the amount of income
10received from performing such services, and the name of to each
11entity from which income exceeding $5,000 was received for
12professional services rendered during the preceding calendar
13year by the person making the statement.
14.............................................................
15.............................................................
16    4. List the identity (including the address or legal
17description of real estate) of, and the amount of income
18received from, any capital asset from which a capital gain of
19$5,000 or more was realized during the preceding calendar year.
20.............................................................
21.............................................................
22.............................................................
23    5. List the name of any entity and the nature of the
24governmental action requested by any entity which has applied
25to a unit of local government in relation to which the person
26must file for any license, franchise or permit for annexation,

 

 

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1zoning or rezoning of real estate during the preceding calendar
2year if the ownership interest of the person filing is in
3excess of $5,000 fair market value at the time of filing or if
4income or dividends in excess of $1200 were received by the
5person filing from the entity during the preceding calendar
6year.
7.............................................................
8.............................................................
9.............................................................
10    6. List the name of any entity doing business with a unit
11of local government, and the amount of income received from
12that entity, in relation to which the person is required to
13file from which income in excess of $1,200 was derived during
14the preceding calendar year other than for professional
15services and the title or description of any position held in
16that entity. No time or demand deposit in a financial
17institution nor any debt instrument need be listed.
18.............................................................
19.............................................................
20    7. List the name of any unit of government, and the amount
21of income received for services provided to that unit of
22government, which employed the person making the statement
23during the preceding calendar year other than the unit or units
24of government in relation to which the person is required to
25file.
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1.............................................................
2    8. List the name of any entity from which a gift or gifts,
3or honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate
4in excess of $500, was received during the preceding calendar
5year, and the monetary value of each gift or honorarium
6received from that entity.
7.............................................................
8    9. List the name of each client from whom a person, or his
9or her business, received payments for services provided, if
10the filer's share of gross receipts was $5,000 or more, unless
11disclosure would violate legal confidentiality.
12............................................................. 
13VERIFICATION:
14    "I declare that this statement of economic interests
15(including any accompanying schedules and statements) has been
16examined by me and to the best of my knowledge and belief is a
17true, correct and complete statement of my economic interests
18as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. I
19understand that the penalty for willfully filing a false or
20incomplete statement shall be a fine not to exceed $1,000 or
21imprisonment in a penal institution other than the penitentiary
22not to exceed one year, or both fine and imprisonment."
23................  ..........................................
24(date of filing)   (signature of person making the statement)
25(Source: P.A. 95-173, eff. 1-1-08.)