97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1364

 

Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. Tim Bivins

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 105/3  from Ch. 102, par. 3

    Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Exempts from certain provisions concerning prohibited interests in contracts directors serving on a public hospital board under Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act is
5amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 105/3)  (from Ch. 102, par. 3)
7    Sec. 3. Prohibited interest in contracts.
8    (a) No person holding any office, either by election or
9appointment under the laws or Constitution of this State, may
10be in any manner financially interested directly in his own
11name or indirectly in the name of any other person,
12association, trust, or corporation, in any contract or the
13performance of any work in the making or letting of which such
14officer may be called upon to act or vote. No such officer may
15represent, either as agent or otherwise, any person,
16association, trust, or corporation, with respect to any
17application or bid for any contract or work in regard to which
18such officer may be called upon to vote. Nor may any such
19officer take or receive, or offer to take or receive, either
20directly or indirectly, any money or other thing of value as a
21gift or bribe or means of influencing his vote or action in his
22official character. Any contract made and procured in violation
23hereof is void. This Section shall not apply to any person

 

 

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1serving on an advisory panel or commission or to any director
2serving on a hospital district board as provided under
3subsection (a-5) of Section 13 of the Hospital District Law or
4a public hospital board as provided under Article 11 of the
5Illinois Municipal Code.
6    (b) However, any elected or appointed member of the
7governing body may provide materials, merchandise, property,
8services, or labor, subject to the following provisions under
9either paragraph (1) or (2):
10        (1) If:
11            A. the contract is with a person, firm,
12        partnership, association, corporation, or cooperative
13        association in which such interested member of the
14        governing body of the municipality has less than a 7
15        1/2% share in the ownership; and
16            B. such interested member publicly discloses the
17        nature and extent of his interest prior to or during
18        deliberations concerning the proposed award of the
19        contract; and
20            C. such interested member abstains from voting on
21        the award of the contract, though he shall be
22        considered present for the purposes of establishing a
23        quorum; and
24            D. such contract is approved by a majority vote of
25        those members presently holding office; and
26            E. the contract is awarded after sealed bids to the

 

 

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1        lowest responsible bidder if the amount of the contract
2        exceeds $1500, or awarded without bidding if the amount
3        of the contract is less than $1500; and
4            F. the award of the contract would not cause the
5        aggregate amount of all such contracts so awarded to
6        the same person, firm, association, partnership,
7        corporation, or cooperative association in the same
8        fiscal year to exceed $25,000.
9        (2) If:
10            A. the award of the contract is approved by a
11        majority vote of the governing body of the municipality
12        provided that any such interested member shall abstain
13        from voting; and
14            B. the amount of the contract does not exceed
15        $2,000; and
16            C. the award of the contract would not cause the
17        aggregate amount of all such contracts so awarded to
18        the same person, firm, association, partnership,
19        corporation, or cooperative association in the same
20        fiscal year to exceed $4,000; and
21            D. such interested member publicly discloses the
22        nature and extent of his interest prior to or during
23        deliberations concerning the proposed award of the
24        contract; and
25            E. such interested member abstains from voting on
26        the award of the contract, though he shall be

 

 

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1        considered present for the purposes of establishing a
2        quorum.
3    (b-5) In addition to the above exemptions, any elected or
4appointed member of the governing body may provide materials,
5merchandise, property, services, or labor if:
6        A. the contract is with a person, firm, partnership,
7    association, corporation, or cooperative association in
8    which the interested member of the governing body of the
9    municipality, advisory panel, or commission has less than a
10    1% share in the ownership; and
11        B. the award of the contract is approved by a majority
12    vote of the governing body of the municipality provided
13    that any such interested member shall abstain from voting;
14    and
15        C. such interested member publicly discloses the
16    nature and extent of his interest before or during
17    deliberations concerning the proposed award of the
18    contract; and
19        D. such interested member abstains from voting on the
20    award of the contract, though he shall be considered
21    present for the purposes of establishing a quorum.
22    (c) A contract for the procurement of public utility
23services by a public entity with a public utility company is
24not barred by this Section by one or more members of the
25governing body of the public entity being an officer or
26employee of the public utility company or holding an ownership

 

 

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1interest of no more than 7 1/2% in the public utility company,
2or holding an ownership interest of any size if the public
3entity is a municipality with a population of less than 7,500
4and the public utility's rates are approved by the Illinois
5Commerce Commission. An elected or appointed member of the
6governing body of the public entity having such an interest
7shall be deemed not to have a prohibited interest under this
8Section.
9    (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or
10any other law to the contrary, until January 1, 1994, a member
11of the city council of a municipality with a population under
1220,000 may purchase real estate from the municipality, at a
13price of not less than 100% of the value of the real estate as
14determined by a written MAI certified appraisal or by a written
15certified appraisal of a State certified or licensed real
16estate appraiser, if the purchase is approved by a unanimous
17vote of the city council members then holding office (except
18for the member desiring to purchase the real estate, who shall
19not vote on the question).
20    (e) For the purposes of this Section only, a municipal
21officer shall not be deemed interested if the officer is an
22employee of a company or owns or holds an interest of 1% or
23less in the municipal officer's individual name in a company,
24or both, that company is involved in the transaction of
25business with the municipality, and that company's stock is
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1the interested member: (i) publicly discloses the fact that he
2or she is an employee or holds an interest of 1% or less in a
3company before deliberation of the proposed award of the
4contract; (ii) refrains from evaluating, recommending,
5approving, deliberating, or otherwise participating in
6negotiation, approval, or both, of the contract, work, or
7business; (iii) abstains from voting on the award of the
8contract though he or she shall be considered present for
9purposes of establishing a quorum; and (iv) the contract is
10approved by a majority vote of those members currently holding
11office.
12    A municipal officer shall not be deemed interested if the
13officer owns or holds an interest of 1% or less, not in the
14officer's individual name but through a mutual fund or
15exchange-traded fund, in a company, that company is involved in
16the transaction of business with the municipality, and that
17company's stock is traded on a nationally recognized securities
18market.
19    (f) Under either of the following circumstances, a
20municipal officer may hold a position on the board of a
21not-for-profit corporation that is interested in a contract,
22work, or business of the municipality:
23        (1) If the municipal officer is appointed by the
24    governing body of the municipality to represent the
25    interests of the municipality on a not-for-profit
26    corporation's board, then the municipal officer may

 

 

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1    actively vote on matters involving either that board or the
2    municipality, at any time, so long as the membership on the
3    not-for-profit board is not a paid position, except that
4    the municipal officer may be reimbursed by the
5    non-for-profit board for expenses incurred as the result of
6    membership on the non-for-profit board.
7        (2) If the municipal officer is not appointed to the
8    governing body of a not-for-profit corporation by the
9    governing body of the municipality, then the municipal
10    officer may continue to serve; however, the municipal
11    officer shall abstain from voting on any proposition before
12    the municipal governing body directly involving the
13    not-for-profit corporation and, for those matters, shall
14    not be counted as present for the purposes of a quorum of
15    the municipal governing body.
16(Source: P.A. 96-277, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1058, eff. 7-14-10.)