Bill Text: IL HB5179 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that no commissioner, secretary, Executive Director, inspector, clerk, or other employee shall solicit or accept any gift, gratuity, emolument, or employment from any person subject to the Act. Removes language requiring the secretary, Executive Director, and each inspector, clerk, or other employee to devote his or her entire time to the duties of his or her office. Removes language requiring each person appointed by the State Commission to take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office. Provides that no person shall be appointed as an employee of the State Commission who is not a citizen of the United States. Prohibits the secretary of the State Commission from having any interest in the manufacture, sale, or distribution of alcoholic liquor. Provides that all clerks, inspectors, and employees of the State Commission shall receive reasonable compensation in the manner similar to other State employees (instead of in an amount fixed by the State Commission). Repeals a provision requiring commissioners of the State Commission and the secretary of the State Commission to give a bond.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5179 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5179-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5179 Introduced , by Rep. Kam Buckner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
235 ILCS 5/3-5 from Ch. 43, par. 101
235 ILCS 5/3-6 from Ch. 43, par. 102
235 ILCS 5/3-9 from Ch. 43, par. 105
235 ILCS 5/3-8 rep.
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that no commissioner, secretary, Executive Director, inspector, clerk, or other employee shall solicit or accept any gift, gratuity, emolument, or employment from any person subject to the Act. Removes language requiring the secretary, Executive Director, and each inspector, clerk, or other employee to devote his or her entire time to the duties of his or her office. Removes language requiring each person appointed by the State Commission to take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office. Provides that no person shall be appointed as an employee of the State Commission who is not a citizen of the United States. Prohibits the secretary of the State Commission from having any interest in the manufacture, sale, or distribution of alcoholic liquor. Provides that all clerks, inspectors, and employees of the State Commission shall receive reasonable compensation in the manner similar to other State employees (instead of in an amount fixed by the State Commission). Repeals a provision requiring commissioners of the State Commission and the secretary of the State Commission to give a bond.
LRB103 39436 RPS 69627 b
A BILL FOR
HB5179 LRB103 39436 RPS 69627 b
AN ACT concerning liquor.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by
changing Sections 3-5, 3-6, and 3-9 as follows:
(235 ILCS 5/3-5) (from Ch. 43, par. 101)
Sec. 3-5. Each commissioner, the secretary, and the
Executive Director, and each person appointed by the
commission shall, before entering upon the duties of his or
her office, take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of
office. No commissioner, The secretary, the Executive
Director, and each inspector, clerk, or and other employee
shall solicit or accept any gift, gratuity, emolument, or
employment from any person subject to the provisions of this
Act devote his or her entire time to the duties of his or her
office.
(Source: P.A. 100-1050, eff. 7-1-19.)
(235 ILCS 5/3-6) (from Ch. 43, par. 102)
Sec. 3-6. No person shall be appointed a commissioner,
secretary, Executive Director, or inspector, or other employee
of the State Commission for the commission who is not a citizen
of the United States. No commissioner, secretary, Executive

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Director, inspector, or other employee shall be appointed who
has been convicted of any violation of any Federal or State law
concerning the manufacture or sale of alcoholic liquor prior
or subsequent to the passage of this Act or who has paid a fine
or penalty in settlement of any prosecution against him or her
for any violation of such laws or shall have forfeited his or
her bond to appear in court to answer charges for any such
violation, nor shall any person be appointed who has been
convicted of a felony. No commissioner, secretary, Executive
Director, inspector, or other employee, may, directly or
indirectly, individually or as a member of a partnership, or
as a shareholder of a corporation, have any interest
whatsoever in the manufacture, sale or distribution of
alcoholic liquor, nor receive any compensation or profit
therefrom, nor have any interest whatsoever in the purchases
or sales made by the persons authorized by this Act, or to
purchase or to sell alcoholic liquor. No provision of this
section shall prevent any such commissioner, secretary,
Executive Director, inspector, or other employee from
purchasing and keeping in his or her possession for the use of
himself or herself or members of his or her family or guests
any alcoholic liquor which may be purchased or kept by any
person by virtue of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 100-1050, eff. 7-1-19.)
(235 ILCS 5/3-9) (from Ch. 43, par. 105)

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Sec. 3-9. Compensation of commissioners, secretary, and
employees. The chairman of the Commission shall receive an
annual salary of $32,000 or such greater amount as may be set
by the Compensation Review Board. The other commissioners
shall receive an annual salary of $28,000 or such greater
amount as may be set by the Compensation Review Board. The
secretary of the Commission shall receive an annual salary as
set by the Compensation Review Board. All clerks, inspectors,
and employees of the Commission shall receive reasonable
compensation in the manner similar to other State employees in
an amount fixed by the Commission, subject to the approval in
writing of the Governor.
(Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)