Bill Text: IL HB3872 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that no spouse of a member of the General Assembly shall be appointed to a board, commission, authority, task force, or other similar body authorized or created by State law if such appointment offers compensation for service as a member of that body. Specifies that this requirement shall only apply to persons appointed to a board, commission, authority, task force, or other similar body on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Effective January 1, 2021.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3872 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3872-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3872 Introduced , by Rep. Frances Ann Hurley SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 420/3A-35
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that no spouse of a member of the General Assembly shall be appointed to a board, commission, authority, task force, or other similar body authorized or created by State law if such appointment offers compensation for service as a member of that body. Specifies that this requirement shall only apply to persons appointed to a board, commission, authority, task force, or other similar body on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Effective January 1, 2021.
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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 adding Section 3A-35 as follows:
(5 ILCS 420/3A-35)
Sec. 3A-35. Conflicts of interests.
(a) In addition to the provisions of subsection (a) of
Section 50-13 of the Illinois Procurement Code, it is unlawful
for an appointed member of a board, commission, authority, or
task force authorized or created by State law or by executive
order of the Governor, the spouse of the appointee, or an
immediate family member of the appointee living in the
appointee's residence to have or acquire a contract or have or
acquire a direct pecuniary interest in a contract with the
State that relates to the board, commission, authority, or task
force of which he or she is an appointee during and for one
year after the conclusion of the person's term of office.
(b) If (i) a person subject to subsection (a) is entitled
to receive more than 7 1/2% of the total distributable income
of a partnership, association, corporation, or other business
entity or (ii) a person subject to subsection (a) together with
his or her spouse and immediate family members living in that

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person's residence are entitled to receive more than 15%, in
the aggregate, of the total distributable income of a
partnership, association, corporation, or other business
entity then it is unlawful for that partnership, association,
corporation, or other business entity to have or acquire a
contract or a direct pecuniary interest in a contract
prohibited by subsection (a) during and for one year after the
conclusion of the person's term of office.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
no spouse of a member of the General Assembly shall be
appointed to a board, commission, authority, task force, or
other similar body authorized or created by State law if such
appointment offers compensation for service as a member of that
body. The provisions of this subsection (c) shall only apply to
persons appointed to a board, commission, authority, task
force, or other similar body on and after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2021.