SB0036 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB102 13444 RJF 18791 b

102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB0036

Introduced 1/29/2021, by Sen. Don Harmon

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

5 ILCS 420/3A-35

Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the conflicts of interest.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended by changing Section 3A-35 as follows:

(5 ILCS 420/3A-35)

Sec. 3A-35. Conflicts of interests.

(a) In addition to the the provisions of subsection (a) of Section 50-13 of the Illinois Procurement Code, it is unlawful for an appointed member of a board, commission, authority, or task force authorized or created by State law or by executive order of the Governor, the spouse of the appointee, or an immediate family member of the appointee living in the appointee's residence to have or acquire a contract or have or acquire a direct pecuniary interest in a contract with the State that relates to the board, commission, authority, or task force of which he or she is an appointee during and for one year after the conclusion of the person's term of office.

(b) If (i) a person subject to subsection (a) is entitled to receive more than 7 1/2% of the total distributable income of a partnership, association, corporation, or other business entity or (ii) a person subject to subsection (a) together with his or her spouse and immediate family members living in that person's residence are entitled to receive more than 15%, in the aggregate, of the total distributable income of a partnership, association, corporation, or other business entity then it is unlawful for that partnership, association, corporation, or other business entity to have or acquire a contract or a direct pecuniary interest in a contract prohibited by subsection (a) during and for one year after the conclusion of the person's term of office.

(Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)