Bill Text: IL SB3162 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act, each governmental entity shall establish an Office of Ethics Compliance that includes an independent ethics commission and an independent Inspector General in a substantially similar format as created for the Executive and Legislative Branches of State Government under the Act. Provides that governmental entities may enter into intergovernmental agreements in order to establish ethics commissions and Inspectors General who serve multiple governmental entities. Provides that the ethics commission and Inspector General established by each governmental entity shall have jurisdiction over violations of a governmental entity's ethics ordinance, Freedom of Information Act compliance, Open Meetings Act compliance, and any allegations of fraud, waste, malfeasance, or violations of other related laws and rules.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB3162 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB3162-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB3162 Introduced 2/15/2018, by Sen. Michael Connelly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 430/70-5
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act, each governmental entity shall establish an Office of Ethics Compliance that includes an independent ethics commission and an independent Inspector General in a substantially similar format as created for the Executive and Legislative Branches of State Government under the Act. Provides that governmental entities may enter into intergovernmental agreements in order to establish ethics commissions and Inspectors General who serve multiple governmental entities. Provides that the ethics commission and Inspector General established by each governmental entity shall have jurisdiction over violations of a governmental entity's ethics ordinance, Freedom of Information Act compliance, Open Meetings Act compliance, and any allegations of fraud, waste, malfeasance, or violations of other related laws and rules.
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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 State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
amended by changing Section 70-5 as follows:
(5 ILCS 430/70-5)
Sec. 70-5. Adoption by governmental entities.
(a) Within 6 months after the effective date of this Act,
each governmental entity other than a community college
district, and each community college district within 6 months
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
General Assembly, shall adopt an ordinance or resolution that
regulates, in a manner no less restrictive than Section 5-15
and Article 10 of this Act, (i) the political activities of
officers and employees of the governmental entity and (ii) the
soliciting and accepting of gifts by and the offering and
making of gifts to officers and employees of the governmental
entity. No later than 60 days after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, each governmental
unit shall adopt an ordinance or resolution establishing a
policy to prohibit sexual harassment. The policy shall include,
at a minimum: (i) a prohibition on sexual harassment; (ii)
details on how an individual can report an allegation of sexual

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harassment, including options for making a confidential report
to a supervisor, ethics officer, Inspector General, or the
Department of Human Rights; (iii) a prohibition on retaliation
for reporting sexual harassment allegations, including
availability of whistleblower protections under this Act, the
Whistleblower Act, and the Illinois Human Rights Act; and (iv)
the consequences of a violation of the prohibition on sexual
harassment and the consequences for knowingly making a false
report.
(b) Within 3 months after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the Attorney
General shall develop model ordinances and resolutions for the
purpose of this Article. The Attorney General shall advise
governmental entities on their contents and adoption.
(c) As used in this Article, (i) an "officer" means an
elected or appointed official; regardless of whether the
official is compensated, and (ii) an "employee" means a
full-time, part-time, or contractual employee.
(d) Within 6 months after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, each governmental
entity shall establish an Office of Ethics Compliance that
includes an independent ethics commission and an independent
Inspector General in a substantially similar format as created
for the Executive and Legislative Branches of State Government
under Articles 20 and 25 of this Act. Governmental entities
under this subsection (d) may enter into intergovernmental

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agreements in order to establish ethics commissions and
Inspectors General who serve multiple governmental entities.
The ethics commissions and Inspectors General established
under this subsection (d) shall have jurisdiction over
violations of a governmental entity's ethics ordinance,
Freedom of Information Act compliance, Open Meetings Act
compliance, and any allegations of fraud, waste, malfeasance,
or violations of other related laws and rules.
(Source: P.A. 100-554, eff. 11-16-17.)