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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 State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
5amended by adding Section 70-20 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 430/70-20 new)
7    Sec. 70-20. Members appointed by a county.
8    (a) Any member of a governmental entity appointed by the
9president of the county board, with or without the advice and
10consent of the county board, shall abide by the ethics laws
11applicable to, and the ethics policies of, that county and, if
12applicable, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of that
13county's ethics officer or inspector general.
14    (b) This Section shall apply only to governmental entities
15that are located, in whole or in part, within a county with a
16population of 3,000,000 or more.
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18becoming law.