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 1        AN ACT concerning ethics.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.   The  Illinois  Governmental  Ethics  Act  is
 5    amended  by  adding  Section  4A-100  and  changing  Sections
 6    4A-102, 4A-103, 4A-104, and 4A-106 as follows:

 7        (5 ILCS 420/4A-100) (New)

 8        420/4A-100. Definitions

 9        Sec. 4A-100. As used in this Act:

10        (a)  "Immediate  family  member"  means a spouse, parent,
11    brother, sister, or child of the reporting individual.

12        (b)  "Income"  means  income  derived  from  any  source,
13    including but not limited to the following: (i)  compensation
14    for services, including fees, commissions, and similar items;
15    (ii)  gross  income  derived from business (and net income if
16    the person elects to include it); (iii) gains  received  from
17    dealings   in   property;  (iv)  interest;  (v)  rents;  (vi)
18    royalties; (vii) dividends;  (viii)  annuities;  (ix)  income
19    from  life  insurance  and endowment contracts; (x) pensions;
20    (xi)   income   from   discharge   of   indebtedness;   (xii)
21    distributive share of partnership income; and  (xiii)  income
22    from an interest in an estate or trust.

23    (5 ILCS 420/4A-102) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102)
24        Sec.   4A-102.    The  statement  of  economic  interests
25    required by this Article shall include the economic interests
26    of the person  making  the  statement  as  provided  in  this
27    Section.   The  interest (if constructively controlled by the
28    person making  the  statement)  of  a  spouse  or  any  other
 
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 1    immediate  family member party, shall be considered to be the
 2    same as the interest of  the  person  making  the  statement.
 3    Campaign receipts shall not be included in this statement.
 4        (a)  The  following  interests  shall  be  listed  by all
 5    persons required to file:
 6             (1)  The source, type, and amount or value of income
 7        (other than income referred in subparagraph (2)) from any
 8        source other than from current employment by the State of
 9        Illinois.
10             (2)  The source and type of income which consists of
11        income  from  dividends,  rents,  interest,  trusts,  and
12        capital gains, received  during  the  preceding  calendar
13        year  which  exceeds  $200  in  amount  or  value, and an
14        indication of  which  of  the  following  categories  the
15        amount or value of such item of income is within:
16                  (i) not more than $1,000,
17                  (ii)  greater  than  $1,000  but  not more than
18        $2,500,
19                  (iii) greater than $2,500  but  not  more  than
20        $5,000,
21                  (iv)  greater  than  $5,000  but  not more than
22        $15,000,
23                  (v) greater than  $15,000  but  not  more  than
24        $50,000,
25                  (vi)  greater  than  $50,000  but not more than
26        $100,000,
27                  (vii) greater than $100,000 but not  more  than
28        $1,000,000,
29                  (viii)  greater  than  $1,000,000  but not more
30        than $5,000,000, or
31                  (ix) greater than $5,000,000.
32             (3)  The source, date, and amount of  payments  made
33        to  charitable  organizations in lieu of honoraria with a
34        corresponding list of recipients of  all  such  payments,
 
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 1        together with the dates and amounts of such payments.
 2             (4)  The  identity  and  category  of  value  of any
 3        interest in property held during the  preceding  calendar
 4        year  in  a  trade  or  business  or  for  investment  or
 5        production  of  income, if the property has a fair market
 6        value in excess of $1,000 at the close of  the  preceding
 7        calendar  year.  This  item does not include any personal
 8        liability owed (i) to the person filing the statement  by
 9        his  or  her spouse, parent, brother, sister, or child or
10        (ii) to the spouse of the person  filing  the  statement.
11        This  item  also  does  not  include deposits aggregating
12        $5,000 or less in a personal savings  account,  including
13        certificates  of deposit and any other form of deposit in
14        a bank, savings and loan association,  credit  union,  or
15        similar financial institution.
16             (5)  The identity and category of value of the total
17        liabilities  in  excess of $5,000 owed at any time during
18        the preceding calendar year to any  creditor  other  than
19        (i)  the spouse, parent, brother, sister, or child of the
20        person filing the statement or (ii) the parent,  brother,
21        sister,  or  child of the spouse of the person filing the
22        statement. This item does not include:
23                  (A)  Any mortgage secured by real property that
24             is a personal residence of  the  person  filing  the
25             statement.
26                  (B)  Any  loan  secured  by  a  personal  motor
27             vehicle,  household furniture, or appliances, if the
28             loan does not exceed the purchase price of the  item
29             or items that secure it.
30             With regard to revolving charge accounts, the person
31        filing  the  statement need report only those outstanding
32        liabilities in excess of $10,000  at  the  close  of  the
33        preceding calendar year.
34             (6)  A brief description, the date, and the category
 
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 1        of  value of any purchase, sale, or exchange in excess of
 2        $1,000 during the preceding calendar  year  of  (i)  real
 3        property  other  than  real  property  used  solely for a
 4        personal residence of the person filing the statement  or
 5        his  or  her  spouse  or  (ii)  stocks,  bonds, commodity
 6        futures, and other forms of securities.  This  item  does
 7        not  apply  to  transactions  solely  by  and between the
 8        person filing the statement, his or her spouse,  and  his
 9        or her dependent children.
10             (7)  The  identity  of all positions held during the
11        preceding calendar year as an officer, director, trustee,
12        partner,   proprietor,   representative,   employee,   or
13        consultant   of   any   corporation,    company,    firm,
14        partnership,   other   business   enterprise,  non-profit
15        organization, labor organization, or educational or other
16        institution of the State, a unit of government, a  school
17        district,  or the United states. This item does not apply
18        to  positions  in  religious,   social,   fraternal,   or
19        political organizations or positions of a solely honorary
20        nature.
21             (8)  The  date of, the parties to, and a description
22        of the terms of any agreement or arrangement with respect
23        to (i) future employment; (ii) a leave  of  absence  from
24        the unit of government in relation to which the person is
25        required  to  file  the statement; (iii) contributions or
26        payments by a former employer  other  than  the  unit  of
27        government  in  relation to which  the person is required
28        to file the statement; and (iv) continuing  participation
29        in  an  employee  welfare  or  benefit plan with a former
30        employer.
31             (9)  The  source,  date,  and  amount  of  honoraria
32        aggregating $200 or more during  the  preceding  calendar
33        year.
34             (10)  The  source,  date, and amount or value of any
 
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 1        gift or gifts valued singularly or in  the  aggregate  in
 2        excess  of $500 during the preceding calendar year to the
 3        person filing the statement, his or  her  spouse,  or  an
 4        immediate   family   member  of  the  person  filing  the
 5        statement if the gift:
 6                  (A)  Is from a prohibited source as defined  by
 7             the  State  Gift  Ban  Act  and is within any of the
 8             following captioned items listed in  Section  15  of
 9             that  Act,  regardless  of whether the person filing
10             the statement is otherwise subject to the State Gift
11             Ban Act: item purchased or disposed of; commercially
12             reasonable loan; defense fund contribution; pension;
13             competitive  award;   honorary   degree;   training;
14             educational material; golf; and tennis.
15             A  gift  that  is  listed  under a different item of
16        interest in this subsection need not be listed as a gift.
17        The  name,  address  and  type   of   practice   of   any
18        professional   organization  or  individual  professional
19        practice in which the person making the statement was  an
20        officer,  director,  associate, partner or proprietor, or
21        served in any advisory capacity,  from  which  income  in
22        excess of $1200 was derived during the preceding calendar
23        year;
24             (2)  The nature of professional services (other than
25        services  rendered  to the unit or units of government in
26        relation to which the person is required to file) and the
27        nature of the entity to which they were rendered if  fees
28        exceeding  $5,000  were  received  during  the  preceding
29        calendar  year  from the entity for professional services
30        rendered by the person making the statement.
31             (3)  The identity (including the  address  or  legal
32        description  of  real  estate)  of any capital asset from
33        which a capital gain of $5,000 or more  was  realized  in
34        the preceding calendar year.
 
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 1             (11)  (4)  The  name of any unit of government which
 2        has employed the person making the statement  during  the
 3        preceding  calendar  year other than the unit or units of
 4        government in relation to which the person is required to
 5        file.
 6             (5)  The name of any entity from  which  a  gift  or
 7        gifts,  or  honorarium  or honoraria, valued singly or in
 8        the aggregate in excess of $500, was received during  the
 9        preceding calendar year.
10        (b)  The  following  interests  shall  also  be listed by
11    persons listed in items (a) through (f) of Section 4A-101:
12             (1)  The name and instrument  of  ownership  in  any
13        entity  doing business in the State of Illinois, in which
14        an ownership interest held by the person at the  date  of
15        filing  is  in excess of $5,000 fair market value or from
16        which dividends of  in  excess  of  $1,200  were  derived
17        during  the preceding calendar year. (In the case of real
18        estate,  location  thereof  shall  be  listed  by  street
19        address, or if none, then by legal description). No  time
20        or  demand  deposit  in  a financial institution, nor any
21        debt instrument need be listed;
22             (2)  Except for professional service  entities,  the
23        name  of  any  entity  and any position held therein from
24        which income of in excess of $1,200  was  derived  during
25        the  preceding calendar year, if the entity does business
26        in the State of Illinois. No time or demand deposit in  a
27        financial  institution,  nor  any debt instrument need be
28        listed.
29             (3)  The identity of any compensated  lobbyist  with
30        whom  the  person  making the statement maintains a close
31        economic or personal relationship association,  including
32        the  name  of the lobbyist and specifying the legislative
33        matter or matters which are the object  of  the  lobbying
34        activity,  and  describing  the  general type of economic
 
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 1        activity of the client or principal on whose behalf  that
 2        person is lobbying.
 3        (c)  The  following  interests  shall  also  be listed by
 4    persons listed in items (g), (h), (i),  and  (l)  of  Section
 5    4A-101:
 6             (1)  The  name  and  instrument  of ownership in any
 7        entity doing business with a unit of local government  in
 8        relation  to  which the person is required to file if the
 9        ownership interest of the person filing is  greater  than
10        $5,000  fair  market value as of the date of filing or if
11        dividends in excess of  $1,200  were  received  from  the
12        entity  during  the preceding calendar year. (In the case
13        of real estate,  location  thereof  shall  be  listed  by
14        street  address,  or if none, then by legal description).
15        No time or demand deposit in a financial institution, nor
16        any debt instrument need be listed.
17             (2)  Except for professional service  entities,  the
18        name  of  any  entity  and any position held therein from
19        which income in excess of $1,200 was derived  during  the
20        preceding  calendar year if the entity does business with
21        a unit of local  government  in  relation  to  which  the
22        person  is required to file. No time or demand deposit in
23        a financial institution, nor any debt instrument need  be
24        listed.
25             (3)  The  name  of  any entity and the nature of the
26        governmental action requested by  any  entity  which  has
27        applied  to  a  unit  of  local government in relation to
28        which the person must file for any license, franchise  or
29        permit  for annexation, zoning or rezoning of real estate
30        during the  preceding  calendar  year  if  the  ownership
31        interest of the person filing is in excess of $5,000 fair
32        market  value  at  the  time  of  filing  or if income or
33        dividends in excess of $1,200 were received by the person
34        filing from the  entity  during  the  preceding  calendar
 
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 1        year.
 2    (Source: P.A. 92-101, eff. 1-1-02.)

 3        (5 ILCS 420/4A-103) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103)
 4        Sec. 4A-103. The statement of economic interests required
 5    by this Article to be filed with the Secretary of State shall
 6    be  filled  in  by  typewriting  or  hand  printing, shall be
 7    verified,  dated,  and  signed  by  the  person  making   the
 8    statement on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State that
 9    shall  substantially  replicate the design of the 2002 Public
10    Financial Disclosure Report  forms  employed  by  the  United
11    States  Congress for purposes of complying with the Ethics in
12    Government Act of 1978.
13                   STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST
14                        (TYPE OR HAND PRINT)
15    .............................................................
16    (name)
17    .............................................................
18    (each  office  or  position  of  employment  for  which  this
19    statement is filed)
20    .............................................................
21    (full  post  office  address  to  which  notification  of  an
22    examination of this statement should be sent)
23    GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
24        The interest (if constructively controlled by the  person
25    making  the  statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall
26    be considered to be the same as the interest  of  the  person
27    making the statement.
28        Campaign   receipts   shall   not  be  included  in  this
29    statement.
30        If additional space is needed, please attach supplemental
31    listing.
32        The  name,  address  and  type   of   practice   of   any
33    professional organization or individual professional practice
 
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 1    in  which  the  person  making  the statement was an officer,
 2    director, associate, partner or proprietor, or served in  any
 3    advisory  capacity,  from which income in excess of $1200 was
 4    derived during the preceding calendar year; List the name and
 5    instrument of ownership in any entity doing business  in  the
 6    State  of  Illinois,  in which the ownership interest held by
 7    the person at the date of filing is in excess of $5,000  fair
 8    market value or from which dividends in excess of $1,200 were
 9    derived  during the preceding calendar year.  (In the case of
10    real estate, location  thereof  shall  be  listed  by  street
11    address,  or  if none, then by legal description.) No time or
12    demand deposit in  a  financial  institution,  nor  any  debt
13    instrument need be listed.
14    Business Entity                Instrument of Ownership
15    .............................. ..............................
16    .............................. ..............................
17    .............................. ..............................
18    .............................. ..............................
19        2.  List  the  name,  address and type of practice of any
20    professional organization in  which  the  person  making  the
21    statement  was  an  officer,  director, associate, partner or
22    proprietor or served in any  advisory  capacity,  from  which
23    income  in  excess of $1,200 was derived during the preceding
24    calendar year.
25    Name                Address              Type of Practice
26    ................... ...................  ....................
27    ................... ...................  ....................
28    ................... ...................  ....................
29        3.  List the nature  of  professional  services  rendered
30    (other  than  to  the  State of Illinois) to each entity from
31    which income exceeding $5,000 was received  for  professional
32    services  rendered  during the preceding calendar year by the
33    person making the statement.
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 2        4.  List the identity (including  the  address  or  legal
 3    description of real estate) of any capital asset from which a
 4    capital  gain  of  $5,000  or  more  was  realized during the
 5    preceding calendar year.
 6    .............................................................
 7    .............................................................
 8        5.  List the identity of any  compensated  lobbyist  with
 9    whom  the  person  making  the  statement  maintains  a close
10    economic association, including the name of the lobbyist  and
11    specifying  the  legislative  matter or matters which are the
12    object of the lobbying activity, and describing  the  general
13    type of economic activity of the client or principal on whose
14    behalf that person is lobbying.
15    Lobbyist            Legislative Matter   Client or Principal
16    ................... ...................  ....................
17    ................... ...................  ....................
18        6.  List  the  name  of  any entity doing business in the
19    State of Illinois from which income in excess of  $1,200  was
20    derived  during  the  preceding  calendar year other than for
21    professional services and the title  or  description  of  any
22    position  held  in that entity.  (In the case of real estate,
23    location thereof shall be listed by  street  address,  or  if
24    none,  then by legal description).  No time or demand deposit
25    in a financial institution nor any debt  instrument  need  be
26    listed.
27    Entity                         Position Held
28    .............................. ..............................
29    .............................. ..............................
30    .............................. ..............................
31        7.  List  the  name  of  any  unit  of  government  which
32    employed the person making the statement during the preceding
33    calendar  year  other than the unit or units of government in
34    relation to which the person is required to file.
 
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 2    .............................................................
 3        8.  List the name of any entity  from  which  a  gift  or
 4    gifts,  or  honorarium  or honoraria, valued singly or in the
 5    aggregate  in  excess  of  $500,  was  received  during   the
 6    preceding calendar year.
 7    .............................................................
 8    VERIFICATION:
 9        "I  declare  that  this  statement  of economic interests
10    (including any accompanying  schedules  and  statements)  has
11    been  examined  by  me  and  to  the best of my knowledge and
12    belief is a  true,  correct  and  complete  statement  of  my
13    economic  interests  as required by the Illinois Governmental
14    Ethics Act.  I understand  that  the  penalty  for  willfully
15    filing a false or incomplete statement shall be a fine not to
16    exceed  $1,000  or  imprisonment in a penal institution other
17    than the penitentiary not to exceed one year,  or  both  fine
18    and imprisonment."
19    ................   ..........................................
20    (date of filing)   (signature of person making the statement)
21    (Source: P.A. 92-101, eff. 1-1-02.)

22        (5 ILCS 420/4A-104) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-104)
23        Sec. 4A-104. The statement of economic interests required
24    by  this  Article  to be filed with the county clerk shall be
25    filled in by typewriting or hand printing, shall be verified,
26    dated, and signed by the person making  the  statement  on  a
27    form  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of State that shall and
28    shall contain substantially replicate the design of the  2002
29    Public  Financial  Disclosure  Report  forms  employed by the
30    United States Congress for purposes  of  complying  with  the
31    Ethics in Government Act of 1978.the following:
32                   STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS
33                        (TYPE OR HAND PRINT)
 
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 1    .............................................................
 2    (Name)
 3    .............................................................
 4    (each  office  or  position  of  employment  for  which  this
 5    statement is filed) .........................................
 6    (full  post  office  address  to  which  notification  of  an
 7    examination of this statement should be sent)
 8    GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
 9        The  interest (if constructively controlled by the person
10    making the statement) of a spouse or any other  party,  shall
11    be  considered  to  be the same as the interest of the person
12    making the statement.
13        Campaign  receipts  shall  not  be   included   in   this
14    statement.
15        If additional space is needed, please attach supplemental
16    listing.
17        1.  List  the  name  and  instrument  of ownership in any
18    entity doing business with a  unit  of  local  government  in
19    relation  to  which  the person is required to file, in which
20    the ownership interest held by the  person  at  the  date  of
21    filing is in excess of $5,000 fair market value or from which
22    dividends  in  excess  of  $1,200  were  received  during the
23    preceding calendar  year.   (In  the  case  of  real  estate,
24    location  thereof  shall  be  listed by street address, or if
25    none, then by legal description.) No time or  demand  deposit
26    in  a financial institution, nor any debt instrument shall be
27    listed.
28    Business            Instrument of        Position of
29    Entity              Ownership            Management
30    ................... ...................  ....................
31    ................... ...................  ....................
32    ................... ...................  ....................
33    List  the  name,  address  and  type  of  practice   of   any
34    professional  organization  in  which  the  person making the
 
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 1    statement was an officer,  director,  associate,  partner  or
 2    proprietor,  or  served  in any advisory capacity, from which
 3    income in excess of $1,200 was derived during  the  preceding
 4    calendar year.
 5    Name                Address              Type of Practice
 6    ................... ...................  ....................
 7    ................... ...................  ....................
 8    ................... ...................  ....................
 9        3.  List  the  nature  of  professional services rendered
10    (other than to the unit  or  units  of  local  government  in
11    relation  to  which  the  person is required to file) to each
12    entity from which income exceeding $5,000  was  received  for
13    professional  services rendered during the preceding calendar
14    year by the person making the statement.
15    .............................................................
16    .............................................................
17        4.  List the identity (including  the  address  or  legal
18    description of real estate) of any capital asset from which a
19    capital  gain  of  $5,000  or  more  was  realized during the
20    preceding calendar year.
21    .............................................................
22    .............................................................
23    .............................................................
24        5.  List the name of any entity and  the  nature  of  the
25    governmental action requested by any entity which has applied
26    to a unit of local government in relation to which the person
27    must   file   for   any  license,  franchise  or  permit  for
28    annexation, zoning or rezoning  of  real  estate  during  the
29    preceding  calendar  year  if  the  ownership interest of the
30    person filing is in excess of $5,000 fair market value at the
31    time of filing or if income or dividends in excess  of  $1200
32    were received by the person filing from the entity during the
33    preceding calendar year.
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 2    .............................................................
 3        6.  List  the  name  of  any entity doing business with a
 4    unit of local government in relation to which the  person  is
 5    required  to  file  from which income in excess of $1,200 was
 6    derived during the preceding calendar  year  other  than  for
 7    professional  services  and  the  title or description of any
 8    position held in that entity.  No time or demand deposit in a
 9    financial institution nor any debt instrument need be listed.
10    .............................................................
11    .............................................................
12        7.  List  the  name  of  any  unit  of  government  which
13    employed the person making the statement during the preceding
14    calendar year other than the unit or units of  government  in
15    relation to which the person is required to file.
16    .............................................................
17    .............................................................
18        8.  List  the  name  of  any  entity from which a gift or
19    gifts, or honorarium or honoraria, valued singly  or  in  the
20    aggregate   in  excess  of  $500,  was  received  during  the
21    preceding calendar year.
22    .............................................................
23    VERIFICATION:
24        "I declare that  this  statement  of  economic  interests
25    (including  any  accompanying  schedules  and statements) has
26    been examined by me and to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and
27    belief  is  a  true,  correct  and  complete  statement of my
28    economic interests as required by the  Illinois  Governmental
29    Ethics  Act.   I  understand  that  the penalty for willfully
30    filing a false or incomplete statement shall be a fine not to
31    exceed $1,000 or imprisonment in a  penal  institution  other
32    than  the  penitentiary  not to exceed one year, or both fine
33    and imprisonment."
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 1    (date of filing)   (signature of person making the statement)
 2    (Source: P.A. 92-101, eff. 1-1-02.)

 3        (5 ILCS 420/4A-106) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-106)
 4        Sec.  4A-106.   The  statements  of  economic   interests
 5    required  of persons listed in items (a) through (f) and item
 6    (j) of Section 4A-101 shall be filed with  the  Secretary  of
 7    State.   The  statements  of  economic  interests required of
 8    persons listed in items  (g),  (h),  (i),  (k),  and  (l)  of
 9    Section  4A-101  shall  be filed with the county clerk of the
10    county in which the principal office of  the  unit  of  local
11    government  with  which  the person is associated is located.
12    If it is not apparent which county the principal office of  a
13    unit of local government is located, the chief administrative
14    officer,  or  his  or  her  designee,  has the authority, for
15    purposes of this Act, to determine the county  in  which  the
16    principal  office  is  located.   On  or  before  February  1
17    annually,  (1)  the chief administrative officer of any State
18    agency in the  executive,  legislative,  or  judicial  branch
19    employing  persons required to file under item (f) of Section
20    4A-101 shall certify to the Secretary of State the names  and
21    mailing  addresses  of  those  persons,  and  (2)  the  chief
22    administrative  officer, or his or her designee, of each unit
23    of local government with persons described in items (h),  (i)
24    and  (k)  of  Section 4A-101 shall certify to the appropriate
25    county clerk  a  list  of  names  and  addresses  of  persons
26    described  in  items  (h), (i) and (k) of Section 4A-101 that
27    are required to file.  In preparing  the  lists,  each  chief
28    administrative officer, or his or her designee, shall set out
29    the names in alphabetical order.
30        On  or  before  February 1 annually, the secretary to the
31    board of education  for  local  school  councils  established
32    pursuant  to  Section 34-2.1 of the School Code shall certify
33    to the county clerk the names and mailing addresses of  those
 
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 1    persons described in item (l) of Section 4A-101.
 2        On  or  before  April  1 annually, the Secretary of State
 3    shall notify (1) all persons whose names have been  certified
 4    to  him under item (f) of Section 4A-101, and (2) all persons
 5    described in items (a) through (e) and item  (j)  of  Section
 6    4A-101, other than candidates for office who have filed their
 7    statements   with   their   nominating   petitions,   of  the
 8    requirements for filing statements of economic  interests.  A
 9    person required to file with the Secretary of State by virtue
10    of  more  than  one item among items (a) through (f) and item
11    (j) shall be notified of and is required  to  file  only  one
12    statement  of  economic interests relating to all items under
13    which the person is required to file with  the  Secretary  of
14    State.
15        On  or  before April 1 annually, the county clerk of each
16    county  shall  notify  all  persons  whose  names  have  been
17    certified to him under items (g), (h), (i), (k), and  (l)  of
18    Section  4A-101,  other  than  candidates for office who have
19    filed their statements with their  nominating  petitions,  of
20    the requirements for filing statements of economic interests.
21    A  person  required  to file with a county clerk by virtue of
22    more than one item among items (g), (h), (i),  (k),  and  (l)
23    shall  be  notified  of  and  is  required  to  file only one
24    statement of economic interests relating to all  items  under
25    which the person is required to file with that county clerk.
26        Except  as  provided  in  Section  4A-106.1,  the notices
27    provided  for  in  this  Section  shall  be  in  writing  and
28    deposited in the U.S. Mail, properly addressed,  first  class
29    postage  prepaid,  on  or  before  the  day  required by this
30    Section for the sending of the notice. A certificate executed
31    by the Secretary of State or county clerk attesting  that  he
32    has  mailed  the  notice  constitutes  prima  facie  evidence
33    thereof.
34        From  the  lists  certified  to him under this Section of
 
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 1    persons described in items (g), (h), (i),  (k),  and  (l)  of
 2    Section  4A-101,  the  clerk  of each county shall compile an
 3    alphabetical listing of persons required to  file  statements
 4    of economic interests in his office under any of those items.
 5    As  the  statements are filed in his office, the county clerk
 6    shall cause the fact of that filing to be  indicated  on  the
 7    alphabetical  listing  of  persons  who  are required to file
 8    statements. Within 30 days after the due  dates,  the  county
 9    clerk  shall mail to the State Board of Elections a true copy
10    of that listing showing those who have filed statements.
11        The county clerk of  each  county  shall  note  upon  the
12    alphabetical  listing  the  names  of all persons required to
13    file a statement of economic interests who failed to  file  a
14    statement  on  or  before May 1.  It shall be the duty of the
15    several county clerks to give notice as provided  in  Section
16    4A-105  to  any  person  who  has  failed  to file his or her
17    statement with the clerk on or before May 1.
18        Any person who files or has filed a statement of economic
19    interest under this Act  is  entitled  to  receive  from  the
20    Secretary  of  State  or  county clerk, as the case may be, a
21    receipt  indicating  that  the  person  has  filed   such   a
22    statement,  the  date of such filing, and the identity of the
23    governmental unit or units in relation to which the filing is
24    required.
25        The Secretary of State  may  employ  such  employees  and
26    consultants as he considers necessary to carry out his duties
27    hereunder,   and   may  prescribe  their  duties,  fix  their
28    compensation,  and  provide  for   reimbursement   of   their
29    expenses.
30        All  statements  of  economic  interests filed under this
31    Section shall be converted into an  electronic  form  by  the
32    Secretary  of  State  and shall be posted on the Secretary of
33    State's website available for examination and copying by  the
34    public  at  all  reasonable  times.  Each  person examining a
 
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 1    statement  must  first  fill  out  a  form  prepared  by  the
 2    Secretary  of  State  identifying  the  examiner   by   name,
 3    occupation,  address  and  telephone  number, and listing the
 4    date of examination and reason  for  such  examination.   The
 5    Secretary  of  State  shall  supply  such forms to the county
 6    clerks annually and replenish such forms upon request.
 7        The Secretary of State or county clerk, as the  case  may
 8    be,  shall  promptly  notify  each  person required to file a
 9    statement  under  this  Article  of  each  instance   of   an
10    examination  of  his  statement  by  sending  him a duplicate
11    original of the identification form filled out by the  person
12    examining his statement.
13    (Source: P.A. 92-101, eff. 1-1-02.)

14        Section  99.   Effective  date.   This  Act  takes effect
15    January 1, 2004.