Bill Text: IL HB3857 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3857 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB3857-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB3857 Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 420/4A-102 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102
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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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 Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended
by changing Section 4A-102 as follows:
(5 ILCS 420/4A-102) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102)
Sec. 4A-102. The statement of economic interests required
by this Article shall include the economic interests of the
person making the statement as provided in this Section. The
interest (if constructively controlled by the person making the
statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be considered
to be the same as the interest of the person making the
statement. Campaign receipts shall not be included in this
statement.
(a) The following interests shall be listed by all
persons required to file:
(1) The name, address and type of practice of any
professional organization or individual professional
practice in which the person making the statement was
an officer, director, associate, partner or
proprietor, or served in any advisory capacity, from
which income in excess of $1200 was derived during the
preceding calendar year;

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(2) The nature of professional services (other
than services rendered to the unit or units of
government in relation to which the person is required
to file) and the nature of the entity to which they
were rendered if fees exceeding $5,000 were received
during the preceding calendar year from the entity for
professional services rendered by the person making
the statement.
(3) The identity (including the address or legal
description of real estate) of any capital asset from
which a capital gain of $5,000 or more was realized in
the preceding calendar year.
(4) The name of any unit of government which has
employed the person making the statement during the
preceding calendar year other than the unit or units of
government in relation to which the person is required
to file.
(5) The name of any entity from which a gift or
gifts, or honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in
the aggregate in excess of $500, was received during
the preceding calendar year.
(a-5) Any person under subsections (a), (b), (c), and
(e) of Section 4A-101 of this Section shall also list on
his or her statement 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:

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(i) a State agency or department, or (ii) any other entity
receiving State funding. As used in this subsection,
"family member" means spouse, ancestors, siblings,
children, step-children, grandchildren,
great-grandchildren, and the spouses of siblings,
children, step-children, grandchildren, and
great-grandchildren.
(b) The following interests shall also be listed by
persons listed in items (a) through (f), item (l), item
(n), and item (p) of Section 4A-101:
(1) The name and instrument of ownership in any
entity doing business in the State of Illinois, in
which an ownership interest held by the person at the
date of filing is in excess of $5,000 fair market value
or from which dividends of in excess of $1,200 were
derived during the preceding calendar year. (In the
case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed
by street address, or if none, then by legal
description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed;
(2) Except for professional service entities, the
name of any entity and any position held therein from
which income of in excess of $1,200 was derived during
the preceding calendar year, if the entity does
business in the State of Illinois. No time or demand
deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt

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instrument need be listed.
(3) The identity of any compensated lobbyist with
whom the person making the statement maintains a close
economic association, including the name of the
lobbyist and specifying the legislative matter or
matters which are the object of the lobbying activity,
and describing the general type of economic activity of
the client or principal on whose behalf that person is
lobbying.
(c) The following interests shall also be listed by
persons listed in items (g), (h), (i), and (o) of Section
4A-101:
(1) The name and instrument of ownership in any
entity doing business with a unit of local government
in relation to which the person is required to file if
the ownership interest of the person filing is greater
than $5,000 fair market value as of the date of filing
or if dividends in excess of $1,200 were received from
the entity during the preceding calendar year. (In the
case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed
by street address, or if none, then by legal
description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed.
(2) Except for professional service entities, the
name of any entity and any position held therein from
which income in excess of $1,200 was derived during the

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preceding calendar year if the entity does business
with a unit of local government in relation to which
the person is required to file. No time or demand
deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt
instrument need be listed.
(3) The name of any entity and the nature of the
governmental action requested by any entity which has
applied to a unit of local government in relation to
which the person must file for any license, franchise
or permit for annexation, zoning or rezoning of real
estate during the preceding calendar year if the
ownership interest of the person filing is in excess of
$5,000 fair market value at the time of filing or if
income or dividends in excess of $1,200 were received
by the person filing from the entity during the
preceding calendar year.
For the purposes of this Section, the unit of local
government in relation to which a person required to file under
item (o) of Section 4A-101 shall be the unit of local
government that contributes to the pension fund of which such
person is a member of the board.
(Source: P.A. 96-6, eff. 4-3-09; 97-754, eff. 7-6-12.)