Bill Text: IL HB4078 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that a "late term appointee" also means a person who is appointed to an office by a board or other body having one or more members appointed by the Governor, when the Governor does not succeed himself or herself as Governor, and the effective date of the appointment is 90 or fewer days before the end of the appointing Governor's term. Provides that the provision added by the amendatory Act does not apply to a board or other body to which the Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, or Treasurer also appoints one or more members. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-2)

Status: (Passed) 2015-08-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0466 [HB4078 Detail]

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB4078 Introduced , by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 420/3A-5
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that a "late term appointee" also means a person who is appointed to an office by a board or other body having one or more members appointed by the Governor, when the Governor does not succeed himself or herself as Governor, and the effective date of the appointment is 90 or fewer days before the end of the appointing Governor's term. Provides that the provision added by the amendatory Act does not apply to a board or other body to which the Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, or Treasurer also appoints one or more members. Effective immediately.
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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 Section 3A-5 as follows:
(5 ILCS 420/3A-5)
Sec. 3A-5. Definitions. As used in this Article:
"Late term appointee" means a person who is appointed to an
office: (1) by a Governor who does not succeed himself or
herself as Governor, whose appointment requires the advice and
consent of the Senate, and whose appointment is confirmed by
the Senate 90 or fewer days before the end of the appointing
Governor's term; or (2) by a board or other body having one or
more members appointed by the Governor, when the Governor does
not succeed himself or herself as Governor, and the effective
date of the appointment is 90 or fewer days before the end of
the appointing Governor's term. Item (2) does not apply to a
board or other body to which the Attorney General, Secretary of
State, Comptroller, or Treasurer also appoints one or more
members.
"Succeeding Governor" means the Governor in office
immediately after a Governor who appoints a late term
appointee.

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(Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.