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Public Act 92-0101

HB0289 Enrolled                                LRB9203789JMmb

    AN ACT concerning governmental ethics.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.   The  Illinois  Governmental  Ethics  Act is
amended by changing  Sections  4A-102,  4A-103,  4A-104,  and
4A-106 as follows:

    (5 ILCS 420/4A-102) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102)
    Sec.   4A-102.    The  statement  of  economic  interests
required by this Article shall include the economic interests
of the person  making  the  statement  as  provided  in  this
Section.   The  interest (if constructively controlled by the
person making the statement) of a spouse or any other  party,
shall  be  considered  to  be the same as the interest of the
person making the statement.  Campaign receipts shall not  be
included in this statement.
    (a)  The  following  interests  shall  be  listed  by all
persons required to file:
         (1)  The name, address and type of practice  of  any
    professional   organization  or  individual  professional
    practice in which the person making the statement was  an
    officer,  director,  associate, partner or proprietor, or
    served in any advisory capacity,  from  which  income  in
    excess of $1200 was derived during the preceding calendar
    year;
         (2)  The nature of professional services (other than
    services  rendered  to the unit or units of government in
    relation to which the person is required to file) and the
    nature of the entity to which they were rendered if  fees
    exceeding  $5,000  were  received  during  the  preceding
    calendar  year  from the entity for professional services
    rendered by the person making the statement.
         (3)  The identity (including the  address  or  legal
    description  of  real  estate)  of any capital asset from
    which a capital gain of $5,000 or more  was  realized  in
    the preceding calendar year.
         (4)  The  name  of  any unit of government which has
    employed the  person  making  the  statement  during  the
    preceding  calendar  year other than the unit or units of
    government in relation to which the person is required to
    file.
         (5)  The name of any entity from  which  a  gift  or
    gifts,  or  honorarium  or honoraria, valued singly or in
    the aggregate in excess of $500, was received during  the
    preceding calendar year.
    (b)  The  following  interests  shall  also  be listed by
persons listed in items (a) through (f) of Section 4A-101:
         (1)  The name and instrument  of  ownership  in  any
    entity  doing business in the State of Illinois, in which
    an ownership interest held by the person at the  date  of
    filing  is  in excess of $5,000 fair market value or from
    which dividends of  in  excess  of  $1,200  were  derived
    during  the preceding calendar year. (In the case of real
    estate,  location  thereof  shall  be  listed  by  street
    address, or if none, then by legal description). No  time
    or  demand  deposit  in  a financial institution, nor any
    debt instrument need be listed;
         (2)  Except for professional service  entities,  the
    name  of  any  entity  and any position held therein from
    which income of in excess of $1,200  was  derived  during
    the  preceding calendar year, if the entity does business
    in the State of Illinois. No time or demand deposit in  a
    financial  institution,  nor  any debt instrument need be
    listed.
         (3)  The identity of any compensated  lobbyist  with
    whom  the  person  making the statement maintains a close
    economic association, including the name of the  lobbyist
    and  specifying  the  legislative matter or matters which
    are the object of the lobbying activity,  and  describing
    the  general  type  of economic activity of the client or
    principal on whose behalf that person is lobbying.
    (c)  The following interests  shall  also  be  listed  by
persons  listed  in  items  (g), (h), (i), and (l) of Section
4A-101:
         (1)  The name and instrument  of  ownership  in  any
    entity doing business with a the unit of local government
    in  relation  to  which the person is required to file if
    the ownership interest of the person  filing  is  greater
    than $5,000 fair market value as of the date of filing or
    if  dividends  in excess of $1,200 were received from the
    entity during the preceding calendar year. (In  the  case
    of  real  estate,  location  thereof  shall  be listed by
    street address, or if none, then by  legal  description).
    No time or demand deposit in a financial institution, nor
    any debt instrument need be listed.
         (2)  Except  for  professional service entities, the
    name of any entity and any  position  held  therein  from
    which  income  in excess of $1,200 was derived during the
    preceding calendar year if the entity does business  with
    a  the  unit of local government in relation to which the
    person is required to file. No time or demand deposit  in
    a  financial institution, nor any debt instrument need be
    listed.
         (3)  The name of any entity and the  nature  of  the
    governmental  action  requested  by  any entity which has
    applied to a the unit of local government in relation  to
    which  the person must file for any license, franchise or
    permit for annexation, zoning or rezoning of real  estate
    during  the  preceding  calendar  year  if  the ownership
    interest of the person filing is in excess of $5,000 fair
    market value at the  time  of  filing  or  if  income  or
    dividends in excess of $1,200 were received by the person
    filing  from  the  entity  during  the preceding calendar
    year.
(Source: P.A. 88-511.)

    (5 ILCS 420/4A-103) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103)
    Sec. 4A-103. The statement of economic interests required
by this Article to be filed with the Secretary of State shall
be filled in  by  typewriting  or  hand  printing,  shall  be
verified,   dated,  and  signed  by  the  person  making  the
statement and shall contain substantially the following:
               STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST
                    (TYPE OR HAND PRINT)
.............................................................
(name)
.............................................................
(each  office  or  position  of  employment  for  which  this
statement is filed)
.............................................................
(full  post  office  address  to  which  notification  of  an
examination of this statement should be sent)
GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
    The interest (if constructively controlled by the  person
making  the  statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall
be considered to be the same as the interest  of  the  person
making the statement.
    Campaign   receipts   shall   not  be  included  in  this
statement.
    If additional space is needed, please attach supplemental
listing.
    1.  List the name and  instrument  of  ownership  in  any
entity  doing business in the State of Illinois, in which the
ownership interest held by the person at the date  of  filing
is  in  excess  of  $5,000  fair  market  value or from which
dividends  in  excess  of  $1,200  were  derived  during  the
preceding calendar  year.   (In  the  case  of  real  estate,
location  thereof  shall  be  listed by street address, or if
none, then by legal description.) No time or  demand  deposit
in  a  financial institution, nor any debt instrument need be
listed.
Business Entity                Instrument of Ownership
.............................. ..............................
.............................. ..............................
.............................. ..............................
.............................. ..............................
    2.  List the name, address and type of  practice  of  any
professional  organization  in  which  the  person making the
statement was an officer,  director,  associate,  partner  or
proprietor  or  served  in  any advisory capacity, from which
income in excess of $1,200 was derived during  the  preceding
calendar year.
Name                Address              Type of Practice
................... ...................  ....................
................... ...................  ....................
................... ...................  ....................
    3.  List  the  nature  of  professional services rendered
(other than to the State of Illinois)  to  each  entity  from
which  income  exceeding $5,000 was received for professional
services rendered during the preceding calendar year  by  the
person making the statement.
.............................................................
.............................................................
    4.  List  the  identity  (including  the address or legal
description of real estate) of any capital asset from which a
capital gain of  $5,000  or  more  was  realized  during  the
preceding calendar year.
.............................................................
.............................................................
    5.  List  the  identity  of any compensated lobbyist with
whom the  person  making  the  statement  maintains  a  close
economic  association, including the name of the lobbyist and
specifying the legislative matter or matters  which  are  the
object  of  the lobbying activity, and describing the general
type of economic activity of the client or principal on whose
behalf that person is lobbying.
Lobbyist            Legislative Matter   Client or Principal
................... ...................  ....................
................... ...................  ....................
    6.  List the name of any entity  doing  business  in  the
State  of  Illinois from which income in excess of $1,200 was
derived during the preceding calendar  year  other  than  for
professional  services  and  the  title or description of any
position held in that entity.  (In the case of  real  estate,
location  thereof  shall  be  listed by street address, or if
none, then by legal description).  No time or demand  deposit
in  a  financial  institution nor any debt instrument need be
listed.
Entity                         Position Held
.............................. ..............................
.............................. ..............................
.............................. ..............................
    7.  List  the  name  of  any  unit  of  government  which
employed the person making the statement during the preceding
calendar year other than the unit or units of  government  in
relation to which the person is required to file.
.............................................................
.............................................................
    8.  List  the  name  of  any  entity from which a gift or
gifts, or honorarium or honoraria, valued singly  or  in  the
aggregate   in  excess  of  $500,  was  received  during  the
preceding calendar year.
.............................................................
VERIFICATION:
    "I declare that  this  statement  of  economic  interests
(including  any  accompanying  schedules  and statements) has
been examined by me and to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and
belief  is  a  true,  correct  and  complete  statement of my
economic interests as required by the  Illinois  Governmental
Ethics  Act.   I  understand  that  the penalty for willfully
filing a false or incomplete statement shall be a fine not to
exceed $1,000 or imprisonment in a  penal  institution  other
than  the  penitentiary  not to exceed one year, or both fine
and imprisonment."
................   ..........................................
(date of filing)   (signature of person making the statement)
(Source: P.A. 79-508.)

    (5 ILCS 420/4A-104) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-104)
    Sec. 4A-104. The statement of economic interests required
by this Article to be filed with the county  clerk  shall  be
filled in by typewriting or hand printing, shall be verified,
dated,  and  signed  by  the  person making the statement and
shall contain substantially the following:
               STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS
                    (TYPE OR HAND PRINT)
.............................................................
(Name)
.............................................................
(each  office  or  position  of  employment  for  which  this
statement is filed) .........................................
(full  post  office  address  to  which  notification  of  an
examination of this statement should be sent)
GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
    The interest (if constructively controlled by the  person
making  the  statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall
be considered to be the same as the interest  of  the  person
making the statement.
    Campaign   receipts   shall   not  be  included  in  this
statement.
    If additional space is needed, please attach supplemental
listing.
    1.  List the name and  instrument  of  ownership  in  any
entity  doing business with a the unit of local government in
relation to which the person is required to  file,  in  which
the  ownership  interest  held  by  the person at the date of
filing is in excess of $5,000 fair market value or from which
dividends in  excess  of  $1,200  were  received  during  the
preceding  calendar  year.   (In  the  case  of  real estate,
location thereof shall be listed by  street  address,  or  if
none,  then  by legal description.) No time or demand deposit
in a financial institution, nor any debt instrument shall  be
listed.
Business            Instrument of        Position of
Entity              Ownership            Management
................... ...................  ....................
................... ...................  ....................
................... ...................  ....................
    2.  List  the  name,  address and type of practice of any
professional organization in  which  the  person  making  the
statement  was  an  officer,  director, associate, partner or
proprietor, or served in any advisory  capacity,  from  which
income  in  excess of $1,200 was derived during the preceding
calendar year.
Name                Address              Type of Practice
................... ...................  ....................
................... ...................  ....................
................... ...................  ....................
    3.  List the nature  of  professional  services  rendered
(other  than  to  the  unit  or  units of local government in
relation to which the person is required  to  file)  to  each
entity  from  which  income exceeding $5,000 was received for
professional services rendered during the preceding  calendar
year by the person making the statement.
.............................................................
.............................................................
    4.  List  the  identity  (including  the address or legal
description of real estate) of any capital asset from which a
capital gain of  $5,000  or  more  was  realized  during  the
preceding calendar year.
.............................................................
.............................................................
.............................................................
    5.  List  the  name  of  any entity and the nature of the
governmental action requested by any entity which has applied
to a the unit of local government in relation  to  which  the
person  must  file  for  any license, franchise or permit for
annexation, zoning or rezoning  of  real  estate  during  the
preceding  calendar  year  if  the  ownership interest of the
person filing is in excess of $5,000 fair market value at the
time of filing or if income or dividends in excess  of  $1200
were received by the person filing from the entity during the
preceding calendar year.
.............................................................
.............................................................
.............................................................
    6.  List the name of any entity doing business with a the
unit  of  local government in relation to which the person is
required to file from which income in excess  of  $1,200  was
derived  during  the  preceding  calendar year other than for
professional services and the title  or  description  of  any
position held in that entity.  No time or demand deposit in a
financial institution nor any debt instrument need be listed.
.............................................................
.............................................................
    7.  List  the  name  of  any  unit  of  government  which
employed the person making the statement during the preceding
calendar  year  other than the unit or units of government in
relation to which the person is required to file.
.............................................................
.............................................................
    8.  List the name of any entity  from  which  a  gift  or
gifts,  or  honorarium  or honoraria, valued singly or in the
aggregate  in  excess  of  $500,  was  received  during   the
preceding calendar year.
.............................................................
VERIFICATION:
    "I  declare  that  this  statement  of economic interests
(including any accompanying  schedules  and  statements)  has
been  examined  by  me  and  to  the best of my knowledge and
belief is a  true,  correct  and  complete  statement  of  my
economic  interests  as required by the Illinois Governmental
Ethics Act.  I understand  that  the  penalty  for  willfully
filing a false or incomplete statement shall be a fine not to
exceed  $1,000  or  imprisonment in a penal institution other
than the penitentiary not to exceed one year,  or  both  fine
and imprisonment."
................   ..........................................
(date of filing)   (signature of person making the statement)
(Source: P.A. 79-508.)

    (5 ILCS 420/4A-106) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-106)
    Sec.   4A-106.   The  statements  of  economic  interests
required of persons listed in items (a) through (f) and  item
(j)  of  Section  4A-101 shall be filed with the Secretary of
State.  The statements  of  economic  interests  required  of
persons  listed  in  items  (g),  (h),  (i),  (k), and (l) of
Section 4A-101 shall be filed with the county  clerk  of  the
county  in  which  the  principal office of the unit of local
government with which the person is  associated  is  located.
If  it is not apparent which county the principal office of a
unit of local government is located, the chief administrative
officer, or his or  her  designee,  has  the  authority,  for
purposes  of  this  Act, to determine the county in which the
principal  office  is  located.   On  or  before  February  1
annually, (1) the chief administrative officer of  any  State
agency  in  the  executive,  legislative,  or judicial branch
employing persons required to file under item (f) of  Section
4A-101  shall certify to the Secretary of State the names and
mailing  addresses  of  those  persons,  and  (2)  the  chief
administrative officer, or his or her designee, of each  unit
of  local government with persons described in items (h), (i)
and (k) of Section 4A-101 shall certify  to  the  appropriate
county  clerk  a  list  of  names  and  addresses  of persons
described in items (h), (i) and (k) of  Section  4A-101  that
are  required  to  file.   In preparing the lists, each chief
administrative officer, or his or her designee, shall set out
the names in alphabetical order.
    On or before February 1 annually, the  secretary  to  the
board  of  education  for  local  school councils established
pursuant to Section 34-2.1 of the School Code  shall  certify
to  the county clerk the names and mailing addresses of those
persons described in item (l) of Section 4A-101.
    On or before April 1 annually,  the  Secretary  of  State
shall  notify (1) all persons whose names have been certified
to him under item (f) of Section 4A-101, and (2) all  persons
described  in  items  (a) through (e) and item (j) of Section
4A-101, other than candidates for office who have filed their
statements  with   their   nominating   petitions,   of   the
requirements  for  filing statements of economic interests. A
person required to file with the Secretary of State by virtue
of more than one item among items (a) through  (f)  and  item
(j)  shall  be  notified  of and is required to file only one
statement of economic interests relating to all  items  under
which  the  person  is required to file with the Secretary of
State.
    On or before April 1 annually, the county clerk  of  each
county  shall  notify  all  persons  whose  names  have  been
certified  to  him under items (g), (h), (i), (k), and (l) of
Section 4A-101, other than candidates  for  office  who  have
filed  their  statements  with their nominating petitions, of
the requirements for filing statements of economic interests.
A person required to file with a county clerk  by  virtue  of
more  than  one  item among items (g), (h), (i), (k), and (l)
shall be notified  of  and  is  required  to  file  only  one
statement  of  economic interests relating to all items under
which the person is required to file with that county clerk.
    Except as  provided  in  Section  4A-106.1,  the  notices
provided  for  in  this  Section  shall  be  in  writing  and
deposited  in  the U.S. Mail, properly addressed, first class
postage prepaid, on  or  before  the  day  required  by  this
Section for the sending of the notice. A certificate executed
by  the  Secretary of State or county clerk attesting that he
has  mailed  the  notice  constitutes  prima  facie  evidence
thereof.
    From the lists certified to him  under  this  Section  of
persons  described  in  items  (g), (h), (i), (k), and (l) of
Section 4A-101, the clerk of each  county  shall  compile  an
alphabetical  listing  of persons required to file statements
of economic interests in his office under any of those items.
As the statements are filed in his office, the  county  clerk
shall  cause  the  fact of that filing to be indicated on the
alphabetical listing of persons  who  are  required  to  file
statements.  Within  30  days after the due dates, the county
clerk shall mail to the State Board of Elections a true  copy
of that listing showing those who have filed statements.
    The  county  clerk  of  each  county  shall note upon the
alphabetical listing the names of  all  persons  required  to
file  a  statement of economic interests who failed to file a
statement on or before May 1.  It shall be the  duty  of  the
several  county  clerks to give notice as provided in Section
4A-105 to any person who  has  failed  to  file  his  or  her
statement with the clerk on or before May 1.
    Any person who files or has filed a statement of economic
interest  under  this  Act  is  entitled  to receive from the
Secretary of State or county clerk, as the  case  may  be,  a
receipt   indicating   that  the  person  has  filed  such  a
statement, the date of such filing, and the identity  of  the
governmental unit or units in relation to which the filing is
required.
    The  Secretary  of  State  may  employ such employees and
consultants as he considers necessary to carry out his duties
hereunder,  and  may  prescribe  their  duties,   fix   their
compensation,   and   provide   for  reimbursement  of  their
expenses.
    All statements of economic  interests  filed  under  this
Section shall be available for examination and copying by the
public  at  all  reasonable  times.  Each  person examining a
statement  must  first  fill  out  a  form  prepared  by  the
Secretary  of  State  identifying  the  examiner   by   name,
occupation,  address  and  telephone  number, and listing the
date of examination and reason  for  such  examination.   The
Secretary  of  State  shall  supply  such forms to the county
clerks annually and replenish such forms upon request.
    The Secretary of State or county clerk, as the  case  may
be,  shall  promptly  notify  each  person required to file a
statement  under  this  Article  of  each  instance   of   an
examination  of  his  statement  by  sending  him a duplicate
original of the identification form filled out by the  person
examining his statement.
(Source:  P.A.  88-187;  88-511; 88-605, eff. 9-1-94; 89-433,
eff. 12-15-95.)
    Passed in the General Assembly May 02, 2001.
    Approved July 20, 2001.

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