Bill Text: IL HB3956 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-16 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Miller [HB3956 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3956-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3956 Introduced , by Rep. Blaine Wilhour SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 420/4A-102 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102
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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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning government.
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, and 4A-104 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.
(a) 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. The following interests shall be
listed by all persons required to file:
(1) each asset that has a value of more than $10,000 as
of the end of the preceding calendar year and is: (i) held
in the filer's name, (ii) held jointly by the filer with
his or her spouse, or (iii) held jointly by the filer with
his or her minor child or children. For a beneficial
interest in a trust, the value is based on the total value
of the assets either subject to the beneficial interest,
or from which income is to be derived for the benefit of

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the beneficial interest, regardless of whether any
distributions have been made for the benefit of the
beneficial interest;
(2) all sources of income, including the name of each
employer with a description of each source in excess of
$1,000, without specifying amounts of income; excluding
the income from the position that requires the filing of a
statement of economic interests under this Act, each
source of income in excess of $7,500 during the preceding
calendar year (as required to be reported on the filer's
federal income tax return covering the preceding calendar
year) for the filer and his or her spouse and, if the sale
or transfer of an asset produced more than $7,500 in
capital gains during the preceding calendar year, the
transaction date on which that asset was sold or
transferred;
(3) each creditor of a debt in excess of $10,000 that,
during the preceding calendar year, was: (i) owed by the
filer, (ii) owed jointly by the filer with his or her
spouse or (iii) owed jointly by the filer with his or her
minor child or children;
(4) the name of each unit of government of which the
filer or his or her spouse was an employee, contractor, or
office holder during the preceding calendar year other
than the unit or units of government in relation to which
the person is required to file and the title of the

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position or nature of the contractual services;
(5) each person known to the filer to be registered as
a lobbyist with any unit of government in the State of
Illinois: (i) with whom the filer maintains an economic
relationship, or (ii) who is a member of the filer's
family;
(6) each source and type of gift or gifts, or
honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate
in excess of $500 that was received during the preceding
calendar year, excluding any gift or gifts from a member
of the filer's family that was not known to the filer to be
registered as a lobbyist with any unit of government in
the State of Illinois; and
(7) the name of any spouse or immediate family member
living with such person employed by a public utility in
this State and the name of the public utility that employs
such person; .
(8) the names of all businesses with which the person
is associated;
(9) the name of securities in excess of $5,000 at fair
market value owned by the person, his or her spouse, or a
relative, or held in the name of a corporation,
partnership, or trust for the benefit of the person, his
or her spouse, or a relative;
(10) the existence of any known blind trust and the
names of the trustees;

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(11) all real property and its location, whether owned
by the person, his or her spouse, or a relative, or held in
the name of a corporation, partnership, or trust for the
benefit of the person, his or her spouse, or a relative;
and
(12) the names and addresses of creditors to whom the
person, his or her spouse, or a relative, individually,
owed debts of more than $10,000.
For the purposes of this Section, the unit of local
government in relation to which a person is required to file
under item (e) of Section 4A-101.5 shall be the unit of local
government that contributes to the pension fund of which such
person is a member of the board.
(b) Beginning December 1, 2025, and for every 5 years
thereafter, the Secretary of State shall adjust the amounts
specified under this Section that prompt disclosure under this
Act for purposes of inflation as determined by the Consumer
Price Index for All Urban Consumers as issued by the United
States Department of Labor and rounded to the nearest $100.
The Secretary shall publish this information on the official
website of the Secretary of State, and make changes to the
statement of economic interests form to be completed for the
following year.
(c) The Secretary of State shall develop and make publicly
available on his or her website written guidance relating to
the completion and filing of the statement of economic

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interests upon which a filer may reasonably and in good faith
rely.
(Source: P.A. 101-221, eff. 8-9-19; 102-662, eff. 9-15-21;
102-664, eff. 1-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)