Bill Text: IL SB2299 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that when a legislator chooses to take official action on a matter despite the existence of a conflict situation, he or she shall (in addition to serving the public interest) also disclose that he or she is taking official action by either: (i) filing a statement with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate stating that he or she has a conflict regarding the specified legislative matter and that he or she is voting in the public interest; or (ii) stating on the record, during debate on the legislative matter, that he or she has a conflict regarding the legislative matter in question and that he or she is voting in the public interest.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2299 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB2299-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 changing Section 3-203 as follows:
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6 | (5 ILCS 420/3-203) (from Ch. 127, par. 603-203)
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7 | Sec. 3-203.
When, despite the existence of a conflict | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | situation, a
legislator chooses to take official action on a | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | matter, he or she should serve the
public interest, and not the | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | interest of any person. The legislator shall also disclose that | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | he or she is taking official action by either: (i) filing a | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | statement with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Secretary of the Senate, as applicable, stating that he or she | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | has a conflict regarding the specified legislative matter and | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | that he or she is voting in the public interest; or (ii) | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | stating on the record, during debate on the legislative matter, | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | that he or she has a conflict regarding the legislative matter | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | in question and that he or she is voting in the public | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | interest.
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20 | (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
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