Bill Text: IL HB2844 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Modifies the definition of "representation case" to include matters before units of local government. Provides that no legislator or employee of a governmental entity may accept or participate in any way in any representation case if the State or unit of local government is an adverse party or if the result is an adverse effect on State or local revenue, State or local finances, or the health, safety, welfare, or relative tax burden of any State resident. Prohibits (rather than allows) participation in a representation case by a person with whom the legislator maintains a close economic association. Provides that no legislator or employee of a governmental entity may derive any income, compensation, or other tangible benefit from providing opinion evidence as an expert against the interests of the State or a unit of local government in any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding before any administrative agency or court. Provides that a legislator shall officially recuse himself or herself, including a written explanation of the recusal, from any legislative matter in which the legislator or his or her spouse or immediate family member has a financial interest. Makes conforming and other changes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2844 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB2844-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | by changing Sections 1-113, 2-104, and 3A-35 and by adding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Sections 3-108 and 3-109 as follows:
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7 | (5 ILCS 420/1-113) (from Ch. 127, par. 601-113)
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8 | Sec. 1-113.
"Representation case" means the professional | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | representation of
any person, client or principal, with or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | without compensation, in any
matter before any State agency or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | unit of local government where the action or non-action of the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | State
agency or unit of local government involves the exercise | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | of substantial discretion. However, the term
shall not include | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | inquiries for information or other services rendered in a
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15 | legislative capacity on behalf of a constituent or other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | member of the
public.
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17 | (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
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18 | (5 ILCS 420/2-104) (from Ch. 127, par. 602-104)
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19 | Sec. 2-104. No legislator may accept or participate in any | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | way in any representation
case, as that term is defined in | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Section 1-113, if the State or unit of local government is an | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | adverse party or if the result is an adverse effect on State or |
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1 | local revenue, State or local finances, or the health, safety, | ||||||
2 | welfare, or relative tax burden of any State resident before | ||||||
3 | (1) the Court of
Claims of this State or (2) before the | ||||||
4 | Illinois Workers' Compensation
Commission,
when the State of | ||||||
5 | Illinois is the respondent .
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6 | This Section prohibits does not prohibit participation in | ||||||
7 | such a representation
case by a person with whom the | ||||||
8 | legislator maintains a close economic
association , unless the | ||||||
9 | fact of that association is used to influence or
attempt to | ||||||
10 | influence the State agency in the rendering of its decision .
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11 | A violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 93-721, eff. 1-1-05 .)
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13 | (5 ILCS 420/3-108 new) | ||||||
14 | Sec. 3-108. Testimony against government interests. No | ||||||
15 | legislator may derive any income, compensation, or other | ||||||
16 | tangible benefit from providing opinion evidence as an expert | ||||||
17 | against the interests of the State or a unit of local | ||||||
18 | government in any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding before | ||||||
19 | any administrative agency or court.
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20 | (5 ILCS 420/3-109 new) | ||||||
21 | Sec. 3-109. Legislator recusal. Notwithstanding any | ||||||
22 | provision of law to the contrary, a legislator shall | ||||||
23 | officially recuse himself or herself, including a written | ||||||
24 | explanation of the recusal, from any legislative matter in |
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1 | which the legislator or his or her spouse or immediate family | ||||||
2 | member has a financial interest.
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3 | (5 ILCS 420/3A-35)
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4 | Sec. 3A-35. Conflicts of interests.
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5 | (a) In addition to the provisions of subsection (a) of | ||||||
6 | Section 50-13 of the
Illinois Procurement Code, it is unlawful | ||||||
7 | for an
appointed member of a board, commission, authority, or | ||||||
8 | task force authorized
or created by State law or by executive | ||||||
9 | order of the Governor, the spouse of
the appointee, or an | ||||||
10 | immediate family
member of the appointee living in the | ||||||
11 | appointee's residence to have or acquire
a contract or have or | ||||||
12 | acquire a direct pecuniary interest in a contract with
the | ||||||
13 | State that relates to the board, commission, authority, or | ||||||
14 | task force of
which he or she is an appointee during and for | ||||||
15 | one year after the conclusion
of the person's term of office.
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16 | (b) If (i) a person subject to subsection (a) is entitled | ||||||
17 | to receive more
than 7
1/2% of the total distributable income | ||||||
18 | of a partnership, association,
corporation, or other business | ||||||
19 | entity or (ii) a person subject to subsection
(a) together | ||||||
20 | with his or her
spouse and immediate family members living in | ||||||
21 | that person's residence are
entitled to receive more than 15%, | ||||||
22 | in the aggregate, of the total distributable
income of a | ||||||
23 | partnership, association, corporation, or other business | ||||||
24 | entity
then it is unlawful for
that partnership, association, | ||||||
25 | corporation, or other business entity to have or
acquire a |
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1 | contract or a
direct pecuniary interest in a contract | ||||||
2 | prohibited by subsection (a) during
and for one year after the | ||||||
3 | conclusion of the person's term of office.
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4 | (c) No employee of a governmental entity subject to the | ||||||
5 | provisions of this Act may represent, or derive any income, | ||||||
6 | compensation, or other tangible benefit from the | ||||||
7 | representation of, any person in any judicial, quasi-judicial, | ||||||
8 | or other proceeding before any administrative agency or court | ||||||
9 | in which the State or unit of local government is an adverse | ||||||
10 | party, or in any such proceeding that may result in an adverse | ||||||
11 | effect on State or local revenue, State or local finances, or | ||||||
12 | the health, safety, welfare, or relative tax burden of any | ||||||
13 | State resident. | ||||||
14 | (d) No employee of a governmental entity subject to the | ||||||
15 | provisions of this Act may derive any income, compensation, or | ||||||
16 | other tangible benefit from providing opinion evidence as an | ||||||
17 | expert against the interests of the State or a unit of local | ||||||
18 | government in any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding before | ||||||
19 | any administrative agency or court. | ||||||
20 | (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03 .)
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21 | (5 ILCS 420/3-202 rep.) | ||||||
22 | (5 ILCS 420/3-203 rep.) | ||||||
23 | Section 10. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is | ||||||
24 | amended by repealing Sections 3-202 and 3-203.
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