Full Text of HB3956 103rd General Assembly
HB3956 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB3956 Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Blaine Wilhour SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 5 ILCS 420/4A-102 | from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102 |
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Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides additional required economic interests to be listed by specified persons on a statement of economic interests filed under 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 Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Sections 4A-102, 4A-103, and 4A-104 as follows: | 6 | | (5 ILCS 420/4A-102) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102)
| 7 | | Sec. 4A-102. The statement of economic interests required | 8 | | by this Article
shall include the economic interests of the | 9 | | person making the statement as
provided in this Section. | 10 | | (a) The interest (if constructively controlled by the
| 11 | | person making the statement) of a spouse or any other party, | 12 | | shall be
considered to be the same as the interest of the | 13 | | person making the
statement. Campaign receipts shall not be | 14 | | included in this statement. The following interests shall be | 15 | | listed by all persons required to file: | 16 | | (1) each asset that has a value of more than $10,000 as | 17 | | of the end of the preceding calendar year and is: (i) held | 18 | | in the filer's name, (ii) held jointly by the filer with | 19 | | his or her spouse, or (iii) held jointly by the filer with | 20 | | his or her minor child or children. For a beneficial | 21 | | interest in a trust, the value is based on the total value | 22 | | of the assets either subject to the beneficial interest, | 23 | | or from which income is to be derived for the benefit of |
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| 1 | | the beneficial interest, regardless of whether any | 2 | | distributions have been made for the benefit of the | 3 | | beneficial interest; | 4 | | (2) all sources of income, including the name of each | 5 | | employer with a description of each source in excess of | 6 | | $1,000, without specifying amounts of income; excluding | 7 | | the income from the position that requires the filing of a | 8 | | statement of economic interests under this Act, each | 9 | | source of income in excess of $7,500 during the preceding | 10 | | calendar year (as required to be reported on the filer's | 11 | | federal income tax return covering the preceding calendar | 12 | | year) for the filer and his or her spouse and, if the sale | 13 | | or transfer of an asset produced more than $7,500 in | 14 | | capital gains during the preceding calendar year, the | 15 | | transaction date on which that asset was sold or | 16 | | transferred; | 17 | | (3) each creditor of a debt in excess of $10,000 that, | 18 | | during the preceding calendar year, was: (i) owed by the | 19 | | filer, (ii) owed jointly by the filer with his or her | 20 | | spouse or (iii) owed jointly by the filer with his or her | 21 | | minor child or children; | 22 | | (4) the name of each unit of government of which the | 23 | | filer or his or her spouse was an employee, contractor, or | 24 | | office holder during the preceding calendar year other | 25 | | than the unit or units of government in relation to which | 26 | | the person is required to file and the title of the |
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| 1 | | position or nature of the contractual services; | 2 | | (5) each person known to the filer to be registered as | 3 | | a lobbyist with any unit of government in the State of | 4 | | Illinois: (i) with whom the filer maintains an economic | 5 | | relationship, or (ii) who is a member of the filer's | 6 | | family; | 7 | | (6) each source and type of gift or gifts, or | 8 | | honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate | 9 | | in excess of $500 that was received during the preceding | 10 | | calendar year, excluding any gift or gifts from a member | 11 | | of the filer's family that was not known to the filer to be | 12 | | registered as a lobbyist with any unit of government in | 13 | | the State of Illinois; and | 14 | | (7) the name of any spouse or immediate family member | 15 | | living with such person employed by a public utility in | 16 | | this State and the name of the public utility that employs | 17 | | such person ; . | 18 | | (8) the names of all businesses with which the person | 19 | | is associated; | 20 | | (9) the name of securities in excess of $5,000 at fair | 21 | | market value owned by the person, his or her spouse, or a | 22 | | relative, or held in the name of a corporation, | 23 | | partnership, or trust for the benefit of the person, his | 24 | | or her spouse, or a relative; | 25 | | (10) the existence of any known blind trust and the | 26 | | names of the trustees; |
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| 1 | | (11) all real property and its location, whether owned | 2 | | by the person, his or her spouse, or a relative, or held in | 3 | | the name of a corporation, partnership, or trust for the | 4 | | benefit of the person, his or her spouse, or a relative; | 5 | | and | 6 | | (12) the names and addresses of creditors to whom the | 7 | | person, his or her spouse, or a relative, individually, | 8 | | owed debts of more than $10,000. | 9 | | For the purposes of this Section, the unit of local | 10 | | government in relation to which a person is required to file | 11 | | under item (e) of Section 4A-101.5 shall be the unit of local | 12 | | government that contributes to the pension fund of which such | 13 | | person is a member of the board. | 14 | | (b) Beginning December 1, 2025, and for every 5 years | 15 | | thereafter, the Secretary of State shall adjust the amounts | 16 | | specified under this Section that prompt disclosure under this | 17 | | Act for purposes of inflation as determined by the Consumer | 18 | | Price Index for All Urban Consumers as issued by the United | 19 | | States Department of Labor and rounded to the nearest $100. | 20 | | The Secretary shall publish this information on the official | 21 | | website of the Secretary of State, and make changes to the | 22 | | statement of economic interests form to be completed for the | 23 | | following year. | 24 | | (c) The Secretary of State shall develop and make publicly | 25 | | available on his or her website written guidance relating to | 26 | | the completion and filing of the statement of economic |
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| 1 | | interests upon which a filer may reasonably and in good faith | 2 | | rely.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 101-221, eff. 8-9-19; 102-662, eff. 9-15-21; | 4 | | 102-664, eff. 1-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
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