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1 | AN ACT concerning government. | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly: | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 70-5 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (5 ILCS 430/70-5) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 70-5. Adoption by governmental entities. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Within 6 months after the effective date of this Act, | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | each governmental entity other than a community college | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | district, and each community college district within 6 months | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | General Assembly, shall adopt an ordinance or resolution that | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | regulates, in a manner no less restrictive than Section 5-15 | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | and Article 10 of this Act, (i) the political activities of | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | officers and employees of the governmental entity and (ii) the | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | soliciting and accepting of gifts by and the offering and | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | making of gifts to officers and employees of the governmental | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | entity. No later than 60 days after the effective date of this | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, each | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | governmental unit shall adopt an ordinance or resolution | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | establishing a policy to prohibit sexual harassment. The | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | policy shall include, at a minimum: (i) a prohibition on | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | sexual harassment; (ii) details on how an individual can |
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1 | report an allegation of sexual harassment, including options | ||||||
2 | for making a confidential report to a supervisor, ethics | ||||||
3 | officer, Inspector General, or the Department of Human Rights; | ||||||
4 | (iii) a prohibition on retaliation for reporting sexual | ||||||
5 | harassment allegations, including availability of | ||||||
6 | whistleblower protections under this Act, the Whistleblower | ||||||
7 | Act, and the Illinois Human Rights Act; and (iv) the | ||||||
8 | consequences of a violation of the prohibition on sexual | ||||||
9 | harassment and the consequences for knowingly making a false | ||||||
10 | report. Within 6 months after the effective date of this | ||||||
11 | amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, each | ||||||
12 | governmental unit that is not subject to the jurisdiction of a | ||||||
13 | State or local Inspector General shall adopt an ordinance or | ||||||
14 | resolution amending its sexual harassment policy to provide | ||||||
15 | for a mechanism for reporting and independent review of | ||||||
16 | allegations of sexual harassment made against an elected | ||||||
17 | official of the governmental unit by another elected official | ||||||
18 | of a governmental unit. | ||||||
19 | (b) Within 3 months after the effective date of this | ||||||
20 | amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the Attorney | ||||||
21 | General shall develop model ordinances and resolutions for the | ||||||
22 | purpose of this Article. The Attorney General shall advise | ||||||
23 | governmental entities on their contents and adoption. | ||||||
24 | (c) As used in this Article, (i) an "officer" means an | ||||||
25 | elected or appointed official; regardless of whether the | ||||||
26 | official is compensated, and (ii) an "employee" means a |
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1 | full-time, part-time, or contractual employee. | ||||||
2 | (d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, | ||||||
3 | a governmental entity may create an ethics commission to | ||||||
4 | satisfy the requirements of subsection (a). | ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 100-554, eff. 11-16-17; 101-221, eff. 8-9-19.) |