Full Text of SB2683 93rd General Assembly
SB2683 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 SB2683
Introduced 2/4/2004, by Dan Cronin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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5 ILCS 420/4A-101 |
from Ch. 127, par. 604A-101 |
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Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Adds to the list of State employees who must file statements of economic interests those who negotiate, assign, authorize, or grant naming or sponsorship rights to State property or assets. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning ethics.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended | 5 |
| by changing Section 4A-101 as follows: | 6 |
| (5 ILCS 420/4A-101) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-101)
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| Sec. 4A-101. Persons required to file. The following | 8 |
| persons shall file
verified written statements of economic | 9 |
| interests, as provided in this Article:
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| (a) Members of the General Assembly and candidates for | 11 |
| nomination or
election to the General Assembly.
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| (b) Persons holding an elected office in the Executive | 13 |
| Branch of this
State, and candidates for nomination or | 14 |
| election to these offices.
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| (c) Members of a Commission or Board created by the | 16 |
| Illinois Constitution,
and candidates for nomination or | 17 |
| election to such Commission or Board.
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| (d) Persons whose appointment to office is subject to | 19 |
| confirmation by
the Senate.
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| (e) Holders of, and candidates for nomination or | 21 |
| election to, the office
of judge or associate judge of the | 22 |
| Circuit Court and the office of judge of
the Appellate or | 23 |
| Supreme Court.
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| (f) Persons who are employed by any branch, agency, | 25 |
| authority or board
of the government of this State, | 26 |
| including but not limited to, the Illinois
State Toll | 27 |
| Highway Authority, the Illinois Housing Development | 28 |
| Authority,
the Illinois Community College Board, and | 29 |
| institutions under the
jurisdiction of the Board of | 30 |
| Trustees
of the University of Illinois, Board of Trustees | 31 |
| of Southern Illinois
University, Board of Trustees of | 32 |
| Chicago State University,
Board of Trustees of Eastern |
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| Illinois University, Board of Trustees of
Governor's State | 2 |
| University, Board of Trustees of Illinois State | 3 |
| University,
Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois | 4 |
| University, Board of Trustees of
Northern Illinois | 5 |
| University, Board of Trustees of Western Illinois
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| University, or Board of Trustees of the Illinois | 7 |
| Mathematics and Science
Academy, and are compensated for | 8 |
| services as employees and not as
independent contractors | 9 |
| and who:
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| (1) are, or function as, the head of a department, | 11 |
| commission, board,
division, bureau, authority or | 12 |
| other administrative unit within the
government of | 13 |
| this State, or who exercise similar authority within | 14 |
| the
government of this State;
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| (2) have direct supervisory authority over, or | 16 |
| direct responsibility for
the formulation, | 17 |
| negotiation, issuance or execution of contracts | 18 |
| entered into
by the State in the amount of $5,000 or | 19 |
| more;
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| (3) have authority for the issuance or | 21 |
| promulgation of rules and
regulations within areas | 22 |
| under the authority of the State;
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| (4) have authority for the approval of | 24 |
| professional licenses;
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| (5) have responsibility with respect to the | 26 |
| financial inspection
of regulated nongovernmental | 27 |
| entities;
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| (6) adjudicate, arbitrate, or decide any judicial | 29 |
| or administrative
proceeding, or review the | 30 |
| adjudication, arbitration or decision of any judicial
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| or administrative proceeding within the authority of | 32 |
| the State; or
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| (7) have supervisory responsibility for 20 or more | 34 |
| employees of the
State ; or .
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| (8) negotiate, assign, authorize, or grant naming | 36 |
| rights or sponsorship rights regarding any property or |
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| asset of the State, whether real, personal, tangible, | 2 |
| or intangible.
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| (g) Persons who are elected to office in a unit of | 4 |
| local government,
and candidates for nomination or | 5 |
| election to that office, including regional
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| superintendents of school districts.
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| (h) Persons appointed to the governing board of a unit | 8 |
| of local
government, or of a special district, and persons | 9 |
| appointed to a zoning
board, or zoning board of appeals, or | 10 |
| to a regional, county, or municipal
plan commission, or to | 11 |
| a board of review of any county, and persons
appointed to | 12 |
| the Board of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
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| and any Trustee appointed under Section 22 of the | 14 |
| Metropolitan Pier and
Exposition Authority Act, and | 15 |
| persons appointed to a board or commission of
a unit of | 16 |
| local government who have authority to authorize the | 17 |
| expenditure of
public funds. This subsection does not apply | 18 |
| to members of boards or
commissions who function in an | 19 |
| advisory capacity.
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| (i) Persons who are employed by a unit of local | 21 |
| government and are
compensated for services as employees | 22 |
| and not as independent contractors and
who:
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| (1) are, or function as, the head of a department, | 24 |
| division, bureau,
authority or other administrative | 25 |
| unit within the unit of local
government, or who | 26 |
| exercise similar authority within the unit of local
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| government;
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| (2) have direct supervisory authority over, or | 29 |
| direct responsibility for
the formulation, | 30 |
| negotiation, issuance or execution of contracts | 31 |
| entered into
by the unit of local government in the | 32 |
| amount of $1,000 or greater;
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| (3) have authority to approve licenses
and permits | 34 |
| by the unit of local government; this item does not | 35 |
| include
employees who function in a ministerial | 36 |
| capacity;
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| (4) adjudicate, arbitrate, or decide any judicial | 2 |
| or administrative
proceeding, or review the | 3 |
| adjudication, arbitration or decision of any judicial
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| or administrative proceeding within the authority of | 5 |
| the unit of local
government;
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| (5) have authority to issue or promulgate rules and | 7 |
| regulations within
areas under the authority of the | 8 |
| unit of local government; or
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| (6) have supervisory responsibility for 20 or more | 10 |
| employees of the
unit of local government.
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| (j) Persons on the Board of Trustees of the Illinois | 12 |
| Mathematics and
Science Academy.
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| (k) Persons employed by a school district in positions | 14 |
| that
require that
person to hold an administrative or a | 15 |
| chief school business official
endorsement.
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| (l) Special government agents. A "special government | 17 |
| agent" is a
person who is directed, retained, designated, | 18 |
| appointed, or
employed, with or without compensation, by or | 19 |
| on behalf of a
statewide executive branch constitutional | 20 |
| officer to make an ex
parte communication under Section | 21 |
| 5-50 of the State Officials and
Employees Ethics Act or | 22 |
| Section 5-165 of the Illinois
Administrative Procedure | 23 |
| Act.
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| This Section shall not be construed to prevent any unit of | 25 |
| local government
from enacting financial disclosure | 26 |
| requirements that mandate
more information
than required by | 27 |
| this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 30 |
| becoming law.
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