Bill Text: IL HB3872 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that no spouse of a member of the General Assembly shall be appointed to a board, commission, authority, task force, or other similar body authorized or created by State law if such appointment offers compensation for service as a member of that body. Specifies that this requirement shall only apply to persons appointed to a board, commission, authority, task force, or other similar body on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Effective January 1, 2021.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3872 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3872-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 adding Section 3A-35 as follows:
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6 | (5 ILCS 420/3A-35)
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7 | Sec. 3A-35. Conflicts of interests.
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8 | (a) In addition to the provisions of subsection (a) of | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Section 50-13 of the
Illinois Procurement Code, it is unlawful | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | for an
appointed member of a board, commission, authority, or | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | task force authorized
or created by State law or by executive | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | order of the Governor, the spouse of
the appointee, or an | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | immediate family
member of the appointee living in the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | appointee's residence to have or acquire
a contract or have or | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | acquire a direct pecuniary interest in a contract with
the | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | State that relates to the board, commission, authority, or task | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | force of
which he or she is an appointee during and for one | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | year after the conclusion
of the person's term of office.
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19 | (b) If (i) a person subject to subsection (a) is entitled | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | to receive more
than 7
1/2% of the total distributable income | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | of a partnership, association,
corporation, or other business | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | entity or (ii) a person subject to subsection
(a) together with | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | his or her
spouse and immediate family members living in that |
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1 | person's residence are
entitled to receive more than 15%, in | ||||||
2 | the aggregate, of the total distributable
income of a | ||||||
3 | partnership, association, corporation, or other business | ||||||
4 | entity
then it is unlawful for
that partnership, association, | ||||||
5 | corporation, or other business entity to have or
acquire a | ||||||
6 | contract or a
direct pecuniary interest in a contract | ||||||
7 | prohibited by subsection (a) during
and for one year after the | ||||||
8 | conclusion of the person's term of office.
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9 | (c) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, | ||||||
10 | no spouse of a member of the General Assembly shall be | ||||||
11 | appointed to a board, commission, authority, task force, or | ||||||
12 | other similar body authorized or created by State law if such | ||||||
13 | appointment offers compensation for service as a member of that | ||||||
14 | body. The provisions of this subsection (c) shall only apply to | ||||||
15 | persons appointed to a board, commission, authority, task | ||||||
16 | force, or other similar body on and after the effective date of | ||||||
17 | this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. | ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03 .)
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19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
20 | 1, 2021.
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