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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3857 Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 5 ILCS 420/4A-102 | from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102 |
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Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Requires elected state officials to indicate on their statements of economic interests the name and employment information of any family member of that person who had been employed during the previous calendar year by: (i) a State agency or department, or (ii) any other entity that receives State funding. Defines "family member" to mean the spouse, ancestors, siblings, children, step-children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and the spouses of siblings, children, step-children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
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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 4A-102 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 420/4A-102) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102)
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| 7 | | Sec. 4A-102. The statement of economic interests required |
| 8 | | by this Article
shall include the economic interests of the |
| 9 | | person making the statement as
provided in this Section. The |
| 10 | | interest (if constructively controlled by the
person making the |
| 11 | | statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be
considered |
| 12 | | to be the same as the interest of the person making the
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| 13 | | statement. Campaign receipts shall not be included in this |
| 14 | | statement.
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| 15 | | (a) The following interests shall be listed by all |
| 16 | | persons required to
file:
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| 17 | | (1) The name, address and type of practice of any |
| 18 | | professional
organization or individual professional |
| 19 | | practice in which the person making
the statement was |
| 20 | | an officer, director, associate, partner or |
| 21 | | proprietor,
or served in any advisory capacity, from |
| 22 | | which income in excess of $1200
was derived during the |
| 23 | | preceding calendar year;
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| 1 | | (2) The nature of professional services (other |
| 2 | | than services rendered to
the unit or units of |
| 3 | | government in relation to which the person is required
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| 4 | | to file)
and the nature of the entity to which they |
| 5 | | were rendered if fees exceeding
$5,000 were received |
| 6 | | during the preceding calendar year from the entity for
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| 7 | | professional services rendered by the person making |
| 8 | | the statement.
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| 9 | | (3) The identity (including the address or legal |
| 10 | | description of real
estate) of any capital asset from |
| 11 | | which a capital gain of $5,000 or more
was realized in |
| 12 | | the preceding calendar year.
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| 13 | | (4) The name of any unit of government which has |
| 14 | | employed the person
making the statement during the |
| 15 | | preceding calendar year other than the unit
or units of |
| 16 | | government in relation to which the person is required |
| 17 | | to file.
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| 18 | | (5) The name of any entity from which a gift or |
| 19 | | gifts, or honorarium or
honoraria, valued singly or in |
| 20 | | the aggregate in excess of $500, was
received during |
| 21 | | the preceding calendar year.
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| 22 | | (a-5) Any person under subsections (a), (b), (c), and |
| 23 | | (e) of Section 4A-101 of this Section shall also list on |
| 24 | | his or her statement of economic interests the name and |
| 25 | | employment information of any family member of that person |
| 26 | | who had been employed during the previous calendar year by: |
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| 1 | | (i) a State agency or department, or (ii) any other entity |
| 2 | | receiving State funding. As used in this subsection, |
| 3 | | "family member" means spouse, ancestors, siblings, |
| 4 | | children, step-children, grandchildren, |
| 5 | | great-grandchildren, and the spouses of siblings, |
| 6 | | children, step-children, grandchildren, and |
| 7 | | great-grandchildren. |
| 8 | | (b) The following interests shall also be listed by |
| 9 | | persons listed in
items (a) through (f), item (l), item |
| 10 | | (n), and item (p) of Section 4A-101:
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| 11 | | (1) The name and instrument of ownership in any |
| 12 | | entity doing business in
the State of Illinois, in |
| 13 | | which an ownership interest held by the person at
the |
| 14 | | date of filing is in excess of $5,000 fair market value |
| 15 | | or from which
dividends of in excess of $1,200 were |
| 16 | | derived during the preceding calendar
year. (In the |
| 17 | | case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed |
| 18 | | by
street address, or if none, then by legal |
| 19 | | description). No time or demand
deposit in a financial |
| 20 | | institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed;
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| 21 | | (2) Except for professional service entities, the |
| 22 | | name of any entity and
any position held therein from |
| 23 | | which income of in excess of $1,200 was
derived during |
| 24 | | the preceding calendar year, if the entity does |
| 25 | | business in
the State of Illinois. No time or demand |
| 26 | | deposit in a financial
institution, nor any debt |
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| 1 | | instrument need be listed.
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| 2 | | (3) The identity of any compensated lobbyist with |
| 3 | | whom the person making
the statement maintains a close |
| 4 | | economic association, including the name of
the |
| 5 | | lobbyist and specifying the legislative matter or |
| 6 | | matters which are the
object of the lobbying activity, |
| 7 | | and describing the general type of
economic activity of |
| 8 | | the client or principal on whose behalf that person is
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| 9 | | lobbying.
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| 10 | | (c) The following interests shall also be listed by |
| 11 | | persons listed in
items (g), (h), (i), and (o) of Section |
| 12 | | 4A-101:
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| 13 | | (1) The name and instrument of ownership in any |
| 14 | | entity doing business
with a unit of local government |
| 15 | | in relation to which the person is
required to file if |
| 16 | | the ownership interest of the person filing is greater
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| 17 | | than $5,000 fair market value as of the date of filing |
| 18 | | or if dividends in
excess of $1,200 were received from |
| 19 | | the entity during the preceding
calendar year. (In the |
| 20 | | case of real estate, location thereof shall be
listed |
| 21 | | by street address, or if none, then by legal |
| 22 | | description). No time
or demand deposit in a financial |
| 23 | | institution, nor any debt instrument need
be listed.
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| 24 | | (2) Except for professional service entities, the |
| 25 | | name of any entity and
any position held therein from |
| 26 | | which income in excess of $1,200 was derived
during the |
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| 1 | | preceding calendar year if the entity does business |
| 2 | | with a
unit of local government in relation to which |
| 3 | | the person is required to
file. No time or demand |
| 4 | | deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt
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| 5 | | instrument need be listed.
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| 6 | | (3) The name of any entity and the nature of the |
| 7 | | governmental action
requested by any entity which has |
| 8 | | applied to a unit of local
government
in relation to |
| 9 | | which the person must file for any license, franchise |
| 10 | | or
permit for annexation, zoning or rezoning of real |
| 11 | | estate during the
preceding calendar year if the |
| 12 | | ownership interest of the person filing is
in excess of |
| 13 | | $5,000 fair market value at the time of filing or if |
| 14 | | income or
dividends in excess of $1,200 were received |
| 15 | | by the person filing from the
entity during the |
| 16 | | preceding calendar year.
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| 17 | | For the purposes of this Section, the unit of local |
| 18 | | government in relation to which a person required to file under |
| 19 | | item (o) of Section 4A-101 shall be the unit of local |
| 20 | | government that contributes to the pension fund of which such |
| 21 | | person is a member of the board. |
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 96-6, eff. 4-3-09; 97-754, eff. 7-6-12.)
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