HB3802 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3802

Introduced 2/25/2009, by Rep. Paul D. Froehlich

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

5 ILCS 430/5-10
25 ILCS 170/4.5 new

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act and the Lobbyist Registration Act. Requires that each person required to register under the Lobbyist Registration Act, and that person's employees, annually must complete ethics training provided by the Secretary of State. Permits the Secretary to adapt ethics training required for State employees.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

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 changing Section 5-10 as follows:

(5 ILCS 430/5-10)

Sec. 5-10. Ethics training. Each officer, member, and employee must complete, at least annually beginning in 2004, an ethics training program conducted by the appropriate State agency. Each ultimate jurisdictional authority must implement an ethics training program for its officers, members, and employees. These ethics training programs shall be overseen by the appropriate Ethics Commission and Inspector General appointed pursuant to this Act in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General.

Each Inspector General shall set standards and determine the hours and frequency of training necessary for each position or category of positions. A person who fills a vacancy in an elective or appointed position that requires training and a person employed in a position that requires training must complete his or her initial ethics training within 6 months after commencement of his or her office or employment.

The ethics training provided under this Act by the Secretary of State may be expanded to satisfy the requirement of Section 4.5 of the Lobbyist Registration Act.

(Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)

Section 10. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by adding Section 4.5 as follows:

(25 ILCS 170/4.5 new)

Sec. 4.5. Ethics training. Each person required to register under this Act, and all employees of that person, annually must complete a program of ethics training provided by the Secretary of State. If the Secretary of State uses the ethics training developed in accordance with Section 5-10 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, that training must be expanded to encompass training necessitated by the requirements, responsibilities, and opportunities imposed by or arising under this Act.

The Secretary of State shall adopt rules for the implementation of this Section.