Full Text of HB0406 99th General Assembly
HB0406 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB0406 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that a person is guilty of a Class 4 felony (currently, a Class A misdemeanor) for violating certain provisions of the Act.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 50-5 as follows: | 6 | | (5 ILCS 430/50-5)
| 7 | | Sec. 50-5. Penalties.
| 8 | | (a) A person is guilty of a Class 4 felony A misdemeanor if | 9 | | that person intentionally
violates any provision of Section | 10 | | 5-15, 5-30, 5-40, or 5-45 or Article 15.
| 11 | | (a-1) An ethics commission may levy an administrative fine | 12 | | for a violation of Section 5-45 of this Act of up to 3 times the | 13 | | total annual compensation that would have been obtained in | 14 | | violation of Section 5-45. | 15 | | (b) A person who intentionally violates any provision
of | 16 | | Section 5-20, 5-35, 5-50, or 5-55 is guilty of a business | 17 | | offense
subject to a fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000.
| 18 | | (c) A person who intentionally violates any provision of | 19 | | Article 10 is
guilty of a business
offense and subject to a | 20 | | fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000.
| 21 | | (d) Any person who intentionally makes a
false report | 22 | | alleging a violation of any provision of this Act to an ethics
| 23 | | commission,
an inspector general,
the State Police, a State's |
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| 1 | | Attorney, the Attorney General, or any other law
enforcement | 2 | | official is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
| 3 | | (e) An ethics commission may levy an administrative fine of | 4 | | up to $5,000
against any person
who violates this Act, who | 5 | | intentionally obstructs or interferes with an
investigation
| 6 | | conducted under this Act by an inspector general, or who
| 7 | | intentionally makes a false, frivolous, or bad faith | 8 | | allegation.
| 9 | | (f) In addition to any other penalty that may apply, | 10 | | whether criminal or
civil, a State employee who intentionally | 11 | | violates
any provision of Section 5-5, 5-15, 5-20, 5-30, 5-35, | 12 | | 5-45, or 5-50, Article 10,
Article 15, or Section 20-90 or | 13 | | 25-90 is subject to discipline or discharge by
the
appropriate | 14 | | ultimate
jurisdictional authority.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.)
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