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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2925 Introduced , by Rep. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Illinois Local Government Appointee Ethics Act. Defines "unit of local government". Provides that any appointed member of a board, commission, authority, or task force created by State law or by executive order of the Governor who is appointed by a unit of local government shall be bound by the ethics laws applicable to, and ethics policies of, that unit of local government, and shall also be subject to the jurisdiction of the unit of local government's inspector general and that inspector general's enabling legislation. Effective immediately. |
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| | HB2925 | | LRB098 09894 OMW 40052 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
| 5 | | Illinois Local Government Appointee Ethics Act.
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| 6 | | Section 10. Appointments by units of local government. |
| 7 | | (a) For the purposes of this Act, "unit of local |
| 8 | | government" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1 of |
| 9 | | Article VII of the Illinois Constitution and also includes |
| 10 | | school districts and community college districts. |
| 11 | | (b) Any appointed member of a board, commission, authority, |
| 12 | | or task force created by State law or by executive order of the |
| 13 | | Governor who is appointed by a unit of local government shall |
| 14 | | be bound by the ethics laws applicable to, and the ethics |
| 15 | | policies of, that unit of local government, and shall also be |
| 16 | | subject to the jurisdiction of the unit of local government's |
| 17 | | inspector general and that inspector general's enabling |
| 18 | | legislation.
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| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 20 | | becoming law. |