Bill Text: IL SB1684 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act. Provides that a person is ineligible for appointment or reappointment to any board or commission for a term of office beginning on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, if the person is a spouse, child, or spouse of a child of a State official or is a party to a civil union with a State official. Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that a person is ineligible for appointment or reappointment as the head officer of a department of State government for a term of office beginning on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, if the person is a spouse, child, or spouse of a child of a State official or is a party to a civil union with a State official. Defines "State official" and "party to a civil union".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1684 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB1684-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 SB1684 Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Dan Duffy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
15 ILCS 50/17 new
20 ILCS 5/5-20 was 20 ILCS 5/4
Amends the Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act. Provides that a person is ineligible for appointment or reappointment to any board or commission for a term of office beginning on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, if the person is a spouse, child, or spouse of a child of a State official or is a party to a civil union with a State official. Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that a person is ineligible for appointment or reappointment as the head officer of a department of State government for a term of office beginning on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, if the person is a spouse, child, or spouse of a child of a State official or is a party to a civil union with a State official. Defines "State official" and "party to a civil union".
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act is
amended by adding Section 17 as follows:
(15 ILCS 50/17 new)
Sec. 17. Eligibility for appointment or reappointment to a
board or commission. A person is ineligible for appointment or
reappointment to any board or commission for a term of office
beginning on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 98th General Assembly, if the person is a spouse, child,
or spouse of a child of a State official or is a party to a
civil union with a State official. For the purposes of this
Section, "State official" has the meaning established in
subsection (c) of Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration Act,
and "party to a civil union" has the meaning established in
Section 10 of the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and
Civil Union Act.
Section 10. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by changing Section 5-20 as follows:
(20 ILCS 5/5-20) (was 20 ILCS 5/4)

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Sec. 5-20. Heads of departments.
(a) Each department shall have an officer as its head who
shall be known as director or secretary and who shall, subject
to the provisions of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois,
execute the powers and discharge the duties vested by law in
his or her respective department.
The following officers are hereby created:
Director of Aging, for the Department on Aging.
Director of Agriculture, for the Department of
Agriculture.
Director of Central Management Services, for the
Department of Central Management Services.
Director of Children and Family Services, for the
Department of Children and Family Services.
Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, for the
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
Director of Corrections, for the Department of
Corrections.
Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, for
the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
Director of Employment Security, for the Department of
Employment Security.
Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation, for
the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
Director of Healthcare and Family Services, for the
Department of Healthcare and Family Services.

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Director of Human Rights, for the Department of Human
Rights.
Secretary of Human Services, for the Department of Human
Services.
Director of Juvenile Justice, for the Department of
Juvenile Justice.
Director of Labor, for the Department of Labor.
Director of Natural Resources, for the Department of
Natural Resources.
Director of Public Health, for the Department of Public
Health.
Director of Revenue, for the Department of Revenue.
Director of State Police, for the Department of State
Police.
Secretary of Transportation, for the Department of
Transportation.
Director of Veterans' Affairs, for the Department of
Veterans' Affairs.
(b) A person is ineligible for appointment or reappointment
as the head officer of a department for a term of office
beginning on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 98th General Assembly, if the person is a spouse, child,
or spouse of a child of a State official or is a party to a
civil union with a State official. For the purposes of this
Section, "State official" has the meaning established in
subsection (c) of Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration Act,

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and "party to a civil union" has the meaning established in
Section 10 of the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and
Civil Union Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 97-464, eff. 10-15-11;
97-618, eff. 10-26-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)