Rep. Fred Crespo
Filed: 3/27/2012
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4191
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4191 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 20-52 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (5 ILCS 430/20-52) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 20-52. Release of summary reports. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) Within 60 days after receipt of a summary report and | ||||||
| 9 | response from the ultimate jurisdictional authority or agency | ||||||
| 10 | head, if the conduct at issue in the report that resulted in a | ||||||
| 11 | suspension of at least 3 days or termination of employment, or | ||||||
| 12 | if an Executive Inspector General determines, and the | ||||||
| 13 | Commission agrees, that the conduct at issue in the report | ||||||
| 14 | resulted in the loss of public funds in an amount of $5,000 or | ||||||
| 15 | greater, the Executive Ethics Commission shall make available | ||||||
| 16 | to the public the report and response or a redacted version of | ||||||
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| 1 | the report and response. The Executive Ethics Commission may | ||||||
| 2 | make available to the public any other summary report and | ||||||
| 3 | response of the ultimate jurisdictional authority or agency | ||||||
| 4 | head or a redacted version of the report and response. | ||||||
| 5 | (b) The Commission shall redact information in the summary | ||||||
| 6 | report that may reveal the identity of witnesses, complainants, | ||||||
| 7 | or informants or if the Commission determines that the identity | ||||||
| 8 | of any person named in the report is unnecessary, or that it is | ||||||
| 9 | appropriate to protect the identity of a person before the | ||||||
| 10 | report is made public. The Commission may also redact any | ||||||
| 11 | information it believes should not be made public. Prior to | ||||||
| 12 | publication, the Commission shall permit the respondents, the | ||||||
| 13 | Executive Inspector General, and Attorney General to review | ||||||
| 14 | documents to be made public and offer suggestions for redaction | ||||||
| 15 | or provide a response that shall be made public with the | ||||||
| 16 | summary report. | ||||||
| 17 | (c) The Commission may withhold publication of the report | ||||||
| 18 | or response if the Executive Inspector General or Attorney | ||||||
| 19 | General certifies that releasing the report to the public will | ||||||
| 20 | interfere with an ongoing investigation.
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| 21 | (Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.)".
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