101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4809

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Blaine Wilhour

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 430/5-45

    Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that any (i) member of the General Assembly, (ii) person whose appointment to office is subject to the advice and consent of the Senate, or (iii) head of a department, commission, board, division, bureau, authority, or other administrative unit within the government of this State who takes office on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act shall not, within a 3-year period immediately following termination of that persons's most recent term of office, register as a lobbyist and engage in lobbying with members of the General Assembly. Effective immediately.


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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 5-45 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 430/5-45)
7    Sec. 5-45. Procurement; revolving door prohibition.
8    (a) No former officer, member, or State employee, or spouse
9or immediate family member living with such person, shall,
10within a period of one year immediately after termination of
11State employment, knowingly accept employment or receive
12compensation or fees for services from a person or entity if
13the officer, member, or State employee, during the year
14immediately preceding termination of State employment,
15participated personally and substantially in the award of State
16contracts, or the issuance of State contract change orders,
17with a cumulative value of $25,000 or more to the person or
18entity, or its parent or subsidiary.
19    (a-5) No officer, member, or spouse or immediate family
20member living with such person shall, during the officer or
21member's term in office or within a period of 2 years
22immediately leaving office, hold an ownership interest, other
23than a passive interest in a publicly traded company, in any

 

 

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1gaming license under the Illinois Gambling Act, the Video
2Gaming Act, the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, or the
3Sports Wagering Act. Any member of the General Assembly or
4spouse or immediate family member living with such person who
5has an ownership interest, other than a passive interest in a
6publicly traded company, in any gaming license under the
7Illinois Gambling Act, the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975,
8the Video Gaming Act, or the Sports Wagering Act at the time of
9the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
10Assembly shall divest himself or herself of such ownership
11within one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act
12of the 101st General Assembly. No State employee who works for
13the Illinois Gaming Board or Illinois Racing Board or spouse or
14immediate family member living with such person shall, during
15State employment or within a period of 2 years immediately
16after termination of State employment, hold an ownership
17interest, other than a passive interest in a publicly traded
18company, in any gaming license under the Illinois Gambling Act,
19the Video Gaming Act, the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, or
20the Sports Wagering Act.
21    (a-10) This subsection (a-10) applies on and after June 25,
222021. No officer, member, or spouse or immediate family member
23living with such person, shall, during the officer or member's
24term in office or within a period of 2 years immediately after
25leaving office, hold an ownership interest, other than a
26passive interest in a publicly traded company, in any cannabis

 

 

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1business establishment which is licensed under the Cannabis
2Regulation and Tax Act. Any member of the General Assembly or
3spouse or immediate family member living with such person who
4has an ownership interest, other than a passive interest in a
5publicly traded company, in any cannabis business
6establishment which is licensed under the Cannabis Regulation
7and Tax Act at the time of the effective date of this
8amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly shall divest
9himself or herself of such ownership within one year after the
10effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
11Assembly.
12    No State employee who works for any State agency that
13regulates cannabis business establishment license holders who
14participated personally and substantially in the award of
15licenses under the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act or a spouse
16or immediate family member living with such person shall,
17during State employment or within a period of 2 years
18immediately after termination of State employment, hold an
19ownership interest, other than a passive interest in a publicly
20traded company, in any cannabis license under the Cannabis
21Regulation and Tax Act.
22    (b) No former officer of the executive branch or State
23employee of the executive branch with regulatory or licensing
24authority, or spouse or immediate family member living with
25such person, shall, within a period of one year immediately
26after termination of State employment, knowingly accept

 

 

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1employment or receive compensation or fees for services from a
2person or entity if the officer or State employee, during the
3year immediately preceding termination of State employment,
4participated personally and substantially in making a
5regulatory or licensing decision that directly applied to the
6person or entity, or its parent or subsidiary.
7    (c) Within 6 months after the effective date of this
8amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, each executive
9branch constitutional officer and legislative leader, the
10Auditor General, and the Joint Committee on Legislative Support
11Services shall adopt a policy delineating which State positions
12under his or her jurisdiction and control, by the nature of
13their duties, may have the authority to participate personally
14and substantially in the award of State contracts or in
15regulatory or licensing decisions. The Governor shall adopt
16such a policy for all State employees of the executive branch
17not under the jurisdiction and control of any other executive
18branch constitutional officer.
19    The policies required under subsection (c) of this Section
20shall be filed with the appropriate ethics commission
21established under this Act or, for the Auditor General, with
22the Office of the Auditor General.
23    (d) Each Inspector General shall have the authority to
24determine that additional State positions under his or her
25jurisdiction, not otherwise subject to the policies required by
26subsection (c) of this Section, are nonetheless subject to the

 

 

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1notification requirement of subsection (f) below due to their
2involvement in the award of State contracts or in regulatory or
3licensing decisions.
4    (e) The Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services,
5the Auditor General, and each of the executive branch
6constitutional officers and legislative leaders subject to
7subsection (c) of this Section shall provide written
8notification to all employees in positions subject to the
9policies required by subsection (c) or a determination made
10under subsection (d): (1) upon hiring, promotion, or transfer
11into the relevant position; and (2) at the time the employee's
12duties are changed in such a way as to qualify that employee.
13An employee receiving notification must certify in writing that
14the person was advised of the prohibition and the requirement
15to notify the appropriate Inspector General in subsection (f).
16    (f) Any State employee in a position subject to the
17policies required by subsection (c) or to a determination under
18subsection (d), but who does not fall within the prohibition of
19subsection (h) below, who is offered non-State employment
20during State employment or within a period of one year
21immediately after termination of State employment shall, prior
22to accepting such non-State employment, notify the appropriate
23Inspector General. Within 10 calendar days after receiving
24notification from an employee in a position subject to the
25policies required by subsection (c), such Inspector General
26shall make a determination as to whether the State employee is

 

 

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1restricted from accepting such employment by subsection (a) or
2(b). In making a determination, in addition to any other
3relevant information, an Inspector General shall assess the
4effect of the prospective employment or relationship upon
5decisions referred to in subsections (a) and (b), based on the
6totality of the participation by the former officer, member, or
7State employee in those decisions. A determination by an
8Inspector General must be in writing, signed and dated by the
9Inspector General, and delivered to the subject of the
10determination within 10 calendar days or the person is deemed
11eligible for the employment opportunity. For purposes of this
12subsection, "appropriate Inspector General" means (i) for
13members and employees of the legislative branch, the
14Legislative Inspector General; (ii) for the Auditor General and
15employees of the Office of the Auditor General, the Inspector
16General provided for in Section 30-5 of this Act; and (iii) for
17executive branch officers and employees, the Inspector General
18having jurisdiction over the officer or employee. Notice of any
19determination of an Inspector General and of any such appeal
20shall be given to the ultimate jurisdictional authority, the
21Attorney General, and the Executive Ethics Commission.
22    (g) An Inspector General's determination regarding
23restrictions under subsection (a) or (b) may be appealed to the
24appropriate Ethics Commission by the person subject to the
25decision or the Attorney General no later than the 10th
26calendar day after the date of the determination.

 

 

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1    On appeal, the Ethics Commission or Auditor General shall
2seek, accept, and consider written public comments regarding a
3determination. In deciding whether to uphold an Inspector
4General's determination, the appropriate Ethics Commission or
5Auditor General shall assess, in addition to any other relevant
6information, the effect of the prospective employment or
7relationship upon the decisions referred to in subsections (a)
8and (b), based on the totality of the participation by the
9former officer, member, or State employee in those decisions.
10The Ethics Commission shall decide whether to uphold an
11Inspector General's determination within 10 calendar days or
12the person is deemed eligible for the employment opportunity.
13    (h) The following officers, members, or State employees
14shall not, within a period of one year immediately after
15termination of office or State employment, knowingly accept
16employment or receive compensation or fees for services from a
17person or entity if the person or entity or its parent or
18subsidiary, during the year immediately preceding termination
19of State employment, was a party to a State contract or
20contracts with a cumulative value of $25,000 or more involving
21the officer, member, or State employee's State agency, or was
22the subject of a regulatory or licensing decision involving the
23officer, member, or State employee's State agency, regardless
24of whether he or she participated personally and substantially
25in the award of the State contract or contracts or the making
26of the regulatory or licensing decision in question:

 

 

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1        (1) members or officers;
2        (2) members of a commission or board created by the
3    Illinois Constitution;
4        (3) persons whose appointment to office is subject to
5    the advice and consent of the Senate;
6        (4) the head of a department, commission, board,
7    division, bureau, authority, or other administrative unit
8    within the government of this State;
9        (5) chief procurement officers, State purchasing
10    officers, and their designees whose duties are directly
11    related to State procurement;
12        (6) chiefs of staff, deputy chiefs of staff, associate
13    chiefs of staff, assistant chiefs of staff, and deputy
14    governors;
15        (7) employees of the Illinois Racing Board; and
16        (8) employees of the Illinois Gaming Board.
17    (h-5) Any (i) member of the General Assembly, (ii) person
18whose appointment to office is subject to the advice and
19consent of the Senate, or (iii) head of a department,
20commission, board, division, bureau, authority, or other
21administrative unit within the government of this State who
22takes office on or after the effective date of this amendatory
23Act of the 101st General Assembly shall not, within a 3-year
24period immediately following termination of that person's most
25recent term of office, register as a lobbyist, as provided
26under Section 3 of the Lobbyist Registration Act, and engage in

 

 

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1lobbying with members of the General Assembly.
2    (i) For the purposes of this Section, with respect to
3officers or employees of a regional transit board, as defined
4in this Act, the phrase "person or entity" does not include:
5(i) the United States government, (ii) the State, (iii)
6municipalities, as defined under Article VII, Section 1 of the
7Illinois Constitution, (iv) units of local government, as
8defined under Article VII, Section 1 of the Illinois
9Constitution, or (v) school districts.
10(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.