Full Text of HB2681 96th General Assembly
HB2681 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB2681
Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Bill Mitchell SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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5 ILCS 430/5-17 new |
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5 ILCS 430/50-5 |
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Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Makes it a Class A misdemeanor for a State executive branch constitutional officer, General Assembly member, or State employee (including an appointee) to knowingly employ or seek to influence the employment or promotion of a relative of a General Assembly member in a position as a State employee.
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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 State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Section 50-5 and by adding Section 5-17 as | 6 |
| follows: | 7 |
| (5 ILCS 430/5-17 new) | 8 |
| Sec. 5-17. Nepotism. | 9 |
| (a) An officer, member, or State employee shall not | 10 |
| knowingly employ, or seek to influence the employment or | 11 |
| promotion of, a relative of a member in a position as a State | 12 |
| employee. | 13 |
| (b) For the purpose of this Section, a "relative" is a | 14 |
| father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, | 15 |
| great uncle, great aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, | 16 |
| wife, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, | 17 |
| father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, | 18 |
| grandfather-in-law, grandmother-in-law, brother-in-law, | 19 |
| sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, | 20 |
| stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, fiance, | 21 |
| fiancee, and the mother, father, grandfather, or grandmother of | 22 |
| a fiance or fiancee. |
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| (5 ILCS 430/50-5)
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| Sec. 50-5. Penalties.
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| (a) A person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if that | 4 |
| person intentionally
violates any provision of Section 5-15, | 5 |
| 5-17, 5-30, 5-40, or 5-45 or Article 15.
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| (b) A person who intentionally violates any provision
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| Section 5-20, 5-35, 5-50, or 5-55 is guilty of a business | 8 |
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subject to a fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000.
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| (c) A person who intentionally violates any provision of | 10 |
| Article 10 is
guilty of a business
offense and subject to a | 11 |
| fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000.
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| (d) Any person who intentionally makes a
false report | 13 |
| alleging a violation of any provision of this Act to an ethics
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| commission,
an inspector general,
the State Police, a State's | 15 |
| Attorney, the Attorney General, or any other law
enforcement | 16 |
| official is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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| (e) An ethics commission may levy an administrative fine of | 18 |
| up to $5,000
against any person
who violates this Act, who | 19 |
| intentionally obstructs or interferes with an
investigation
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| conducted under this Act by an inspector general, or who
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| intentionally makes a false, frivolous, or bad faith | 22 |
| allegation.
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| (f) In addition to any other penalty that may apply, | 24 |
| whether criminal or
civil, a State employee who intentionally | 25 |
| violates
any provision of Section 5-15, 5-20, 5-30, 5-35, 5-40, | 26 |
| or 5-50, Article 10,
Article 15, or Section 20-90 or 25-90 is |
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| subject to discipline or discharge by
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appropriate ultimate
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| jurisdictional authority.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)
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