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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
5amended by changing Section 20-5 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 430/20-5)
7    Sec. 20-5. Executive Ethics Commission.
8    (a) The Executive Ethics Commission is created.
9    (b) The Executive Ethics Commission shall consist of 9
10commissioners. The Governor shall appoint 5 commissioners, and
11the Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and
12Treasurer shall each appoint one commissioner. Appointments
13shall be made by and with the advice and consent of the Senate
14by three-fifths of the elected members concurring by record
15vote. Any nomination not acted upon by the Senate within 60
16session days of the receipt thereof shall be deemed to have
17received the advice and consent of the Senate. If, during a
18recess of the Senate, there is a vacancy in an office of
19commissioner, the appointing authority shall make a temporary
20appointment until the next meeting of the Senate when the
21appointing authority shall make a nomination to fill that
22office. No person rejected for an office of commissioner shall,
23except by the Senate's request, be nominated again for that

 

 

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1office at the same session of the Senate or be appointed to
2that office during a recess of that Senate. No more than 5
3commissioners may be of the same political party.
4    The terms of the initial commissioners shall commence upon
5qualification. Four initial appointees of the Governor, as
6designated by the Governor, shall serve terms running through
7June 30, 2007. One initial appointee of the Governor, as
8designated by the Governor, and the initial appointees of the
9Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and
10Treasurer shall serve terms running through June 30, 2008. The
11initial appointments shall be made within 60 days after the
12effective date of this Act.
13    After the initial terms, commissioners shall serve for
144-year terms commencing on July 1 of the year of appointment
15and running through June 30 of the fourth following year.
16Commissioners may be reappointed to one or more subsequent
17terms.
18    Vacancies occurring other than at the end of a term shall
19be filled by the appointing authority only for the balance of
20the term of the commissioner whose office is vacant.
21    Terms shall run regardless of whether the position is
22filled.
23    (c) The appointing authorities shall appoint commissioners
24who have experience holding governmental office or employment
25and shall appoint commissioners from the general public. A
26person is not eligible to serve as a commissioner if that

 

 

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1person (i) has been convicted of a felony or a crime of
2dishonesty or moral turpitude, (ii) is, or was within the
3preceding 12 months, engaged in activities that require
4registration under the Lobbyist Registration Act, (iii) is
5related to the appointing authority, or (iv) is a State officer
6or employee.
7    (d) The Executive Ethics Commission shall have
8jurisdiction over all officers and employees of State agencies
9other than the General Assembly, the Senate, the House of
10Representatives, the President and Minority Leader of the
11Senate, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of
12Representatives, the Senate Operations Commission, the
13legislative support services agencies, and the Office of the
14Auditor General. The Executive Ethics Commission shall have
15jurisdiction over all board members and employees of Regional
16Transit Boards. The jurisdiction of the Commission is limited
17to matters arising under this Act, except as provided in
18subsection (d-5).
19    A member or legislative branch State employee serving on an
20executive branch board or commission remains subject to the
21jurisdiction of the Legislative Ethics Commission and is not
22subject to the jurisdiction of the Executive Ethics Commission.
23    (d-5) The Executive Ethics Commission shall have
24jurisdiction over all chief procurement officers and
25procurement compliance monitors and their respective staffs.
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1any matters arising under the Illinois Procurement Code if the
2Commission is given explicit authority in that Code.
3    (d-6) (1) The Executive Ethics Commission shall have
4jurisdiction over the Illinois Power Agency and its staff. The
5Director of the Agency shall be appointed by a majority of the
6commissioners of the Executive Ethics Commission, subject to
7Senate confirmation, for a term of 2 years; provided that,
8notwithstanding any other provision of State law, the term of
9the Director holding the position on the effective date of this
10amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly shall expire on
11December 31, 2013. The Director is removable for cause by a
12majority of the Commission upon a finding of neglect,
13malfeasance, absence, or incompetence.
14        (2) In case of a vacancy in the office of Director of
15the Illinois Power Agency during a recess of the Senate, the
16Executive Ethics Commission may make a temporary appointment
17until the next meeting of the Senate, at which time the
18Executive Ethics Commission shall nominate some person to fill
19the office, and any person so nominated who is confirmed by the
20Senate shall hold office during the remainder of the term and
21until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. Nothing
22in this subsection shall prohibit the Executive Ethics
23Commission from removing a temporary appointee or from
24appointing a temporary appointee as the Director of the
25Illinois Power Agency.
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1Commission may, until the Director of the Illinois Power Agency
2is appointed and qualified or a temporary appointment is made
3pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection, designate some
4person as an acting Director to execute the powers and
5discharge the duties vested by law in that Director. An acting
6Director shall serve no later than 60 calendar days, or upon
7the making of an appointment pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2)
8of this subsection, whichever is earlier. Nothing in this
9subsection shall prohibit the Executive Ethics Commission from
10removing an acting Director or from appointing an acting
11Director as the Director of the Illinois Power Agency.
12        (4) No person rejected by the Senate for the office of
13Director of the Illinois Power Agency shall, except at the
14Senate's request, be nominated again for that office at the
15same session or be appointed to that office during a recess of
16that Senate.
17    (e) The Executive Ethics Commission must meet, either in
18person or by other technological means, at least monthly and as
19often as necessary. At the first meeting of the Executive
20Ethics Commission, the commissioners shall choose from their
21number a chairperson and other officers that they deem
22appropriate. The terms of officers shall be for 2 years
23commencing July 1 and running through June 30 of the second
24following year. Meetings shall be held at the call of the
25chairperson or any 3 commissioners. Official action by the
26Commission shall require the affirmative vote of 5

 

 

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1commissioners, and a quorum shall consist of 5 commissioners.
2Commissioners shall receive compensation in an amount equal to
3the compensation of members of the State Board of Elections and
4may be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses actually
5incurred in the performance of their duties.
6    (f) No commissioner or employee of the Executive Ethics
7Commission may during his or her term of appointment or
8employment:
9        (1) become a candidate for any elective office;
10        (2) hold any other elected or appointed public office
11    except for appointments on governmental advisory boards or
12    study commissions or as otherwise expressly authorized by
13    law;
14        (3) be actively involved in the affairs of any
15    political party or political organization; or
16        (4) advocate for the appointment of another person to
17    an appointed or elected office or position or actively
18    participate in any campaign for any elective office.
19    (g) An appointing authority may remove a commissioner only
20for cause.
21    (h) The Executive Ethics Commission shall appoint an
22Executive Director. The compensation of the Executive Director
23shall be as determined by the Commission. The Executive
24Director of the Executive Ethics Commission may employ and
25determine the compensation of staff, as appropriations permit.
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1majority of the members appointed to the Commission, chief
2procurement officers and procurement compliance monitors in
3accordance with the provisions of the Illinois Procurement
4Code. The compensation of a chief procurement officer and
5procurement compliance monitor shall be determined by the
6Commission.
7(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09; 96-1528, eff. 7-1-11;
897-618, eff. 10-26-11.)
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.