HB2428eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB2428 Engrossed LRB096 10442 JAM 20614 b

AN ACT concerning government.

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

Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is amended by adding Section 5-65 as follows:

(5 ILCS 430/5-65 new)

Sec. 5-65. Contributions from appointee; ineligibility for appointment.

(a) For the purposes of this Section:

"Amount set by federal law" means the limit on individual contributions established by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002.

"Board or commission" means a board, commission, task force, or authority created or authorized by the Illinois constitution, State law, or executive order.

"Household member" means any of the persons occupying the same single dwelling.

"Political committee" has the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the Election Code.

"Officeholder" means an executive branch constitutional officer.

(b) An appointed member of a board or commission, or any of his or her household members, may not make, or cause to be made, contributions to the officeholder who appointed that person or succeeded that officeholder, or to a political committee established to promote the candidacy of that officeholder or succeeding officeholder, during the first year of that appointment in a combined, aggregate amount of more than $2,400, or a greater amount set by federal law, when combined with any aggregate contributions made by that appointee and his or her household members during the year before his or her appointment to the officeholder that appointed the person or to a political committee established to promote the candidacy of that officeholder.

(c) A person is ineligible for appointment to a board or commission if that person, or any of his or her household members, during the preceding year, has made, or caused to be made, combined, aggregate contributions of more than $2,400 or a greater amount set by federal law, to the officeholder authorized or required to make the appointment or to a political committee established to promote the candidacy of that officeholder.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.