Full Text of SB3183 96th General Assembly
SB3183 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB3183
Introduced 2/9/2010, by Sen. William R. Haine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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5 ILCS 420/4A-106 |
from Ch. 127, par. 604A-106 |
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Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. With respect to required notification of certain persons who must file statements of economic interests with a county clerk, permits the county clerk to send the notices electronically (now, may send notices only by U.S. mail).
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning government.
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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-106 as follows: | 6 |
| (5 ILCS 420/4A-106) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-106)
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| Sec. 4A-106. The statements of economic interests required | 8 |
| of persons
listed in items (a) through (f), item (j), item (l), | 9 |
| and item (n) of
Section 4A-101 shall be
filed with the | 10 |
| Secretary of State. The statements of economic interests
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| required of persons listed in items (g), (h), (i), (k), and (o) | 12 |
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Section
4A-101 shall be filed with the county clerk of the | 13 |
| county in which the
principal office of the unit of local | 14 |
| government with which the person is
associated is located. If | 15 |
| it is not apparent which county the principal office
of a unit | 16 |
| of local government is located, the chief administrative | 17 |
| officer, or
his or her designee, has the authority, for | 18 |
| purposes of this Act, to determine
the county in which the | 19 |
| principal office is located. On or before February 1
annually, | 20 |
| (1) the chief administrative officer of any State agency in the
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| executive, legislative, or judicial branch employing persons | 22 |
| required to file
under item (f) or item (l) of Section
4A-101 | 23 |
| and the chief administrative officer of a board described in |
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| item (n) of Section 4A-101 shall certify to the Secretary of | 2 |
| State the names and mailing addresses
of those persons, and (2) | 3 |
| the chief administrative officer, or his or her
designee, of | 4 |
| each unit of local government with persons described in items | 5 |
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(i) and (k) and a board described in item (o) of Section | 6 |
| 4A-101 shall certify to the appropriate county clerk a
list of | 7 |
| names and addresses of persons described in items (h), (i),
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| (k), and (o) of
Section 4A-101 that are required to file. In | 9 |
| preparing the lists, each chief
administrative officer, or his | 10 |
| or her designee, shall set out the names in
alphabetical order.
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| On or before April 1 annually, the Secretary of State shall | 12 |
| notify (1)
all persons whose names have been certified to him | 13 |
| under items (f),
(l), and (n) of
Section 4A-101, and (2) all | 14 |
| persons described in items (a) through (e) and
item (j) of | 15 |
| Section 4A-101, other than candidates for office who have filed
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| their statements with their nominating petitions, of the | 17 |
| requirements for
filing statements of economic interests.
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| person required to file with the Secretary of State by virtue | 19 |
| of more than
one item among items (a) through (f) and items | 20 |
| (j), (l), and (n)
shall be notified of and is
required
to file | 21 |
| only one statement of economic interests relating to all items | 22 |
| under
which the person is required to file with the Secretary | 23 |
| of State.
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| On or before April 1 annually, the county clerk of each | 25 |
| county shall
notify all persons whose names have been certified | 26 |
| to him under items (g),
(h), (i), (k), and (o) of Section |
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| 4A-101, other than candidates
for office who have filed their | 2 |
| statements with their nominating petitions, of
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| requirements for filing statements of economic interests.
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| person required to file with a county clerk by virtue of more | 5 |
| than one item
among items (g), (h), (i), (k), and (o) shall be | 6 |
| notified of and is
required to
file only one statement of | 7 |
| economic interests relating to all items under which
the person | 8 |
| is required to file with that county clerk.
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| Except as provided in Section 4A-106.1, the notices | 10 |
| provided for in this
Section shall be in writing and deposited | 11 |
| in
the U.S. Mail, properly addressed, first class postage | 12 |
| prepaid, on or before
the day required by this Section for the | 13 |
| sending of the notice. Alternatively, a county clerk may send | 14 |
| the notices electronically to all persons whose names have been | 15 |
| thus certified to him under item (h), (i), or (k) of Section | 16 |
| 4A-101. A certificate
executed by the Secretary of State or | 17 |
| county clerk attesting that he or she has sent mailed
the | 18 |
| notice by the means permitted by this Section constitutes prima | 19 |
| facie evidence thereof.
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| From the lists certified to him under this Section of | 21 |
| persons described in
items (g), (h), (i), (k), and (o) of | 22 |
| Section 4A-101, the clerk
of each county shall
compile an | 23 |
| alphabetical listing of persons required to file statements of
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| economic interests in his office under any of those items. As | 25 |
| the
statements are filed in his office, the county clerk shall | 26 |
| cause the fact
of that filing to be indicated on the |
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| alphabetical listing of persons who
are required to file | 2 |
| statements. Within 30 days after the due dates, the county
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| clerk shall mail to the State Board of Elections a true copy of | 4 |
| that listing
showing those who have filed statements.
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| The county clerk of each county shall note upon the | 6 |
| alphabetical listing
the names of all persons required to file | 7 |
| a statement of economic interests
who failed to file a | 8 |
| statement on or before May 1. It shall be the duty of
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| several county clerks to give notice as provided in Section | 10 |
| 4A-105 to
any person who has failed to file his or her | 11 |
| statement with the clerk on or
before May 1.
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| Any person who files or has filed a statement of economic | 13 |
| interest
under this Act is entitled to receive from the | 14 |
| Secretary of State or county
clerk, as the case may be, a | 15 |
| receipt indicating that the person has filed
such a statement, | 16 |
| the date of such filing, and the identity of the
governmental | 17 |
| unit or units in relation to which the filing is required.
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| The Secretary of State may employ such employees and | 19 |
| consultants
as he considers necessary to carry out his duties | 20 |
| hereunder, and may
prescribe their duties, fix their | 21 |
| compensation, and provide for
reimbursement of their expenses.
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| All statements of economic interests filed under this | 23 |
| Section shall be
available for examination and copying by the | 24 |
| public at all reasonable times.
Not later than 12 months after | 25 |
| the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 93rd General | 26 |
| Assembly, beginning with statements filed in calendar year
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| 2004, the Secretary of State shall make statements of economic | 2 |
| interests filed
with the Secretary available for inspection and | 3 |
| copying via the Secretary's
website.
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| (Source: P.A. 96-6, eff. 4-3-09.)
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