093_SB2001sam001











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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2001

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 2001 by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 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)  "Creditor" means a person or entity engaged  in  the
11    business  of  lending money or extending credit, or any other
12    person or entity that has loaned money or extended credit.

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

15        (c)  "Gift"  means any gratuity, discount, entertainment,
16    hospitality,  loan,  forbearance,  or   other   tangible   or
17    intangible  item  having  monetary  value  including, but not
18    limited to, cash, food and drink, and honoraria for  speaking
 
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 1    engagements  related  to  or   attributable   to   government
 2    employment  or  the official position of an employee, member,
 3    officer, or judge.

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

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

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

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

24        (5 ILCS 420/4A-106) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-106)
25        Sec.  4A-106.   The  statements  of  economic   interests
26    required  of persons listed in items (a) through (f) and item
27    (j) of Section 4A-101 shall be filed with  the  Secretary  of
28    State.   The  statements  of  economic  interests required of
29    persons listed in items  (g),  (h),  (i),  (k),  and  (l)  of
30    Section  4A-101  shall  be filed with the county clerk of the
31    county in which the principal office of  the  unit  of  local
32    government  with  which  the person is associated is located.
33    If it is not apparent which county the principal office of  a
 
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 1    unit of local government is located, the chief administrative
 2    officer,  or  his  or  her  designee,  has the authority, for
 3    purposes of this Act, to determine the county  in  which  the
 4    principal  office  is  located.   On  or  before  February  1
 5    annually,  (1)  the chief administrative officer of any State
 6    agency in the  executive,  legislative,  or  judicial  branch
 7    employing  persons required to file under item (f) of Section
 8    4A-101 shall certify to the Secretary of State the names  and
 9    mailing  addresses  of  those  persons,  and  (2)  the  chief
10    administrative  officer, or his or her designee, of each unit
11    of local government with persons described in items (h),  (i)
12    and  (k)  of  Section 4A-101 shall certify to the appropriate
13    county clerk  a  list  of  names  and  addresses  of  persons
14    described  in  items  (h), (i) and (k) of Section 4A-101 that
15    are required to file.  In preparing  the  lists,  each  chief
16    administrative officer, or his or her designee, shall set out
17    the names in alphabetical order.
18        On  or  before  February 1 annually, the secretary to the
19    board of education  for  local  school  councils  established
20    pursuant  to  Section 34-2.1 of the School Code shall certify
21    to the county clerk the names and mailing addresses of  those
22    persons described in item (l) of Section 4A-101.
23        On  or  before  April  1 annually, the Secretary of State
24    shall notify (1) all persons whose names have been  certified
25    to  him under item (f) of Section 4A-101, and (2) all persons
26    described in items (a) through (e) and item  (j)  of  Section
27    4A-101, other than candidates for office who have filed their
28    statements   with   their   nominating   petitions,   of  the
29    requirements for filing statements of economic  interests.  A
30    person required to file with the Secretary of State by virtue
31    of  more  than  one item among items (a) through (f) and item
32    (j) shall be notified of and is required  to  file  only  one
33    statement  of  economic interests relating to all items under
34    which the person is required to file with  the  Secretary  of
 
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 1    State.
 2        On  or  before April 1 annually, the county clerk of each
 3    county  shall  notify  all  persons  whose  names  have  been
 4    certified to him under items (g), (h), (i), (k), and  (l)  of
 5    Section  4A-101,  other  than  candidates for office who have
 6    filed their statements with their  nominating  petitions,  of
 7    the requirements for filing statements of economic interests.
 8    A  person  required  to file with a county clerk by virtue of
 9    more than one item among items (g), (h), (i),  (k),  and  (l)
10    shall  be  notified  of  and  is  required  to  file only one
11    statement of economic interests relating to all  items  under
12    which the person is required to file with that county clerk.
13        Except  as  provided  in  Section  4A-106.1,  the notices
14    provided  for  in  this  Section  shall  be  in  writing  and
15    deposited in the U.S. Mail, properly addressed,  first  class
16    postage  prepaid,  on  or  before  the  day  required by this
17    Section for the sending of the notice. A certificate executed
18    by the Secretary of State or county clerk attesting  that  he
19    has  mailed  the  notice  constitutes  prima  facie  evidence
20    thereof.
21        From  the  lists  certified  to him under this Section of
22    persons described in items (g), (h), (i),  (k),  and  (l)  of
23    Section  4A-101,  the  clerk  of each county shall compile an
24    alphabetical listing of persons required to  file  statements
25    of economic interests in his office under any of those items.
26    As  the  statements are filed in his office, the county clerk
27    shall cause the fact of that filing to be  indicated  on  the
28    alphabetical  listing  of  persons  who  are required to file
29    statements. Within 30 days after the due  dates,  the  county
30    clerk  shall mail to the State Board of Elections a true copy
31    of that listing showing those who have filed statements.
32        The county clerk of  each  county  shall  note  upon  the
33    alphabetical  listing  the  names  of all persons required to
34    file a statement of economic interests who failed to  file  a
 
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 1    statement  on  or  before May 1.  It shall be the duty of the
 2    several county clerks to give notice as provided  in  Section
 3    4A-105  to  any  person  who  has  failed  to file his or her
 4    statement with the clerk on or before May 1.
 5        Any person who files or has filed a statement of economic
 6    interest under this Act  is  entitled  to  receive  from  the
 7    Secretary  of  State  or  county clerk, as the case may be, a
 8    receipt  indicating  that  the  person  has  filed   such   a
 9    statement,  the  date of such filing, and the identity of the
10    governmental unit or units in relation to which the filing is
11    required.
12        The Secretary of State  may  employ  such  employees  and
13    consultants as he considers necessary to carry out his duties
14    hereunder,   and   may  prescribe  their  duties,  fix  their
15    compensation,  and  provide  for   reimbursement   of   their
16    expenses.
17        All  statements  of  economic  interests filed under this
18    Section shall be converted into an  electronic  form  by  the
19    Secretary  of  State  and shall be posted on the Secretary of
20    State's website available for examination and copying by  the
21    public  at  all  reasonable  times.  Each  person examining a
22    statement  must  first  fill  out  a  form  prepared  by  the
23    Secretary  of  State  identifying  the  examiner   by   name,
24    occupation,  address  and  telephone  number, and listing the
25    date of examination and reason  for  such  examination.   The
26    Secretary  of  State  shall  supply  such forms to the county
27    clerks annually and replenish such forms upon request.
28        The Secretary of State or county clerk, as the  case  may
29    be,  shall  promptly  notify  each  person required to file a
30    statement  under  this  Article  of  each  instance   of   an
31    examination  of  his  statement  by  sending  him a duplicate
32    original of the identification form filled out by the  person
33    examining his statement.
34    (Source: P.A. 92-101, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
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 1        Section  99.   Effective  date.   This  Act  takes effect
 2    January 1, 2004.".