Bill Text: IL HB5370 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides additional required economic interests to be listed by specified persons on a statement of economic interests filed under the Act. Defines "relative".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-24 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Grant [HB5370 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5370-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5370 Introduced , by Rep. Blaine Wilhour SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 420/4A-102 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102
5 ILCS 420/4A-103 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103
5 ILCS 420/4A-104 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-104
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides additional required economic interests to be listed by specified persons on a statement of economic interests filed under the Act. Defines "relative".
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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 Sections 4A-102, 4A-103, and 4A-104 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.
(6) The names of all businesses with which the
person is associated.
(7) All sources of income, including the name of
each employer with a description of each source in
excess of $1,000, without specifying amounts of

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income.
(8) The name of securities in excess of $5,000 at
fair market value owned by the person, his or her
spouse, or a relative, or held in the name of a
corporation, partnership, or trust for the benefit of
the person, his or her spouse, or a relative.
(9) The existence of any known blind trust and the
names of the trustees.
(10) All real property and its location, whether
owned by the person, his or her spouse, or a relative,
or held in the name of a corporation, partnership, or
trust for the benefit of the person, his or her spouse,
or a relative.
(11) The names and addresses of creditors to whom
the person, his or her spouse, or a relative,
individually, owed debts of more than $10,000.
(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

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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
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.
(4) Any leases or contracts with the State held or
entered into by the person making the statement or a
business with which he or she is associated.
(5) A description of any partnership, joint
ownership, or similar business affiliation between:
(i) a business that is associated with the person
making the statement, the person's spouse, or a
relative of the person; and (ii) a person who is

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registered under the Lobbyist Registration Act or a
person that the person making the statement knows or
reasonably should have known is doing business with or
seeking to do business with the State.
(c) The following interests shall also be listed by
persons listed in items (a) through (c) and item (e) of
Section 4A-101.5:
(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
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.

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(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.
(d) The statement of economic interests filed under
this Section shall be a matter of public information,
except that the list of names filed in accordance with item
(vi) of subsection (a-5) shall be sealed and confidential
and for the use of the Secretary of State or the county
clerk with whom the statement was filed, unless a claim of
misconduct merits the disclosure of such information.
For the purposes of this Section, the unit of local
government in relation to which a person required to file under
item (e) of Section 4A-101.5 shall be the unit of local
government that contributes to the pension fund of which such
person is a member of the board.
For the purposes of this Section, "relative" means a person
who is related to the person making the statement under this
Section as a spouse or as any of the following, whether by

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blood or by adoption: parent, child, brother or sister, aunt or
uncle, niece or nephew, grandparent, grandchild,
father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather or stepmother,
stepson or stepdaughter, stepbrother or stepsister, or
half-brother or half-sister.
(Source: P.A. 101-221, eff. 8-9-19.)
(5 ILCS 420/4A-103) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103)
Sec. 4A-103. The statement of economic interests required
by this Article to be filed with the Secretary of State shall
be filled in by typewriting or hand printing, shall be
verified, dated, and signed by the person making the statement
and shall contain substantially the following:
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST
(TYPE OR HAND PRINT)
.............................................................
(name)
.............................................................
(each office or position of employment for which this statement
is filed)
.............................................................
(full mailing address)
GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
The interest (if constructively controlled by the person
making the statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be

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considered to be the same as the interest of the person making
the statement.
Campaign receipts shall not be included in this statement.
If additional space is needed, please attach supplemental
listing.
1. List the name and instrument of ownership in any entity
doing business in the State of Illinois, in which the ownership
interest held by the person at the date of filing is in excess
of $5,000 fair market value or from which dividends 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.
Business Entity Instrument of Ownership
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
2. List the name, address and type of practice of any
professional organization 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 $1,200 was derived during the preceding
calendar year.
Name Address Type of Practice

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.................... .................... .....................
.................... .................... .....................
.................... .................... .....................
3. List the nature of professional services rendered (other
than to the State of Illinois) to each entity from which income
exceeding $5,000 was received for professional services
rendered during the preceding calendar year by the person
making the statement.
.............................................................
.............................................................
4. List 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 during the
preceding calendar year.
.............................................................
.............................................................
5. List 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.
Lobbyist Legislative Matter Client or Principal
.................... .................... .....................
.................... .................... .....................

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6. List the name of any entity doing business in the State
of Illinois from which income in excess of $1,200 was derived
during the preceding calendar year other than for professional
services and the title or description of any position held in
that entity. (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.
Entity Position Held
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
7. List the name of any unit of government which 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.
.............................................................
.............................................................
8. List 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.
.............................................................
.............................................................
9. List the names of all businesses with which the person
is associated.

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.............................................................
.............................................................
10. List all sources of income, including the name of each
employer with a description of each source in excess of $1,000,
without specifying amounts of income.
.............................................................
.............................................................
11. List the name of securities in excess of $5,000 at fair
market value owned by the person, his or her spouse, or a
relative, or held in the name of a corporation, partnership, or
trust for the benefit of the person, his or her spouse, or a
relative.
.............................................................
.............................................................
12. List the existence of any known blind trust and the
names of the trustees.
.............................................................
.............................................................
13. List all real property and its location, whether owned
by the person, his or her spouse, or a relative, or held in the
name of a corporation, partnership, or trust for the benefit of
the person, his or her spouse, or a relative.
.............................................................
.............................................................
14. List the names and addresses of creditors to whom the
person, his or her spouse, or a relative, individually, owed

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debts of more than $10,000.
.............................................................
.............................................................
15. List any leases or contracts with the State held or
entered into by the person making the statement or a business
with which he or she is associated.
.............................................................
.............................................................
16. List a description of any partnership, joint ownership,
or similar business affiliation between (i) a business that is
associated with the person making the statement, the person's
spouse, or a dependent child of the person and (ii) a person
who is registered under the Lobbyist registration Act or a
person that the person making the statement knows or reasonably
should have known is doing business with or seeking to do
business with the State.
.............................................................
.............................................................
VERIFICATION:
"I declare that this statement of economic interests
(including any accompanying schedules and statements) has been
examined by me and to the best of my knowledge and belief is a
true, correct and complete statement of my economic interests
as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. I
understand that the penalty for willfully filing a false or
incomplete statement shall be a fine not to exceed $1,000 or

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imprisonment in a penal institution other than the penitentiary
not to exceed one year, or both fine and imprisonment."
................ ..........................................
(date of filing) (signature of person making the statement)
(Source: P.A. 95-173, eff. 1-1-08.)
(5 ILCS 420/4A-104) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-104)
Sec. 4A-104. The statement of economic interests required
by this Article to be filed with the county clerk shall be
filled in by typewriting or hand printing, shall be verified,
dated, and signed by the person making the statement and shall
contain substantially the following:
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS
(TYPE OR HAND PRINT)
.............................................................
(Name)
.............................................................
(each office or position of employment for which this statement
is filed) ...................................................
(full mailing address)
GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
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.

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If additional space is needed, please attach supplemental
listing.
1. List 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, in which the ownership
interest held by the person at the date of filing is in excess
of $5,000 fair market value or from which dividends in excess
of $1,200 were received 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 shall be listed.
Business Instrument of Position of
Entity Ownership Management
.................... .................... .....................
.................... .................... .....................
.................... .................... .....................
2. List the name, address and type of practice of any
professional organization 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 $1,200 was derived during the preceding
calendar year.
Name Address Type of Practice
.................... .................... .....................
.................... .................... .....................

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.................... .................... .....................
3. List the nature of professional services rendered (other
than to the unit or units of local government in relation to
which the person is required to file) to each entity from which
income exceeding $5,000 was received for professional services
rendered during the preceding calendar year by the person
making the statement.
.............................................................
.............................................................
4. List 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 during the
preceding calendar year.
.............................................................
.............................................................
.............................................................
5. List 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 $1200 were received by the
person filing from the entity during the preceding calendar
year.

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.............................................................
.............................................................
.............................................................
6. List the name of any entity doing business with a unit
of local government in relation to which the person is required
to file from which income in excess of $1,200 was derived
during the preceding calendar year other than for professional
services and the title or description of any position held in
that entity. No time or demand deposit in a financial
institution nor any debt instrument need be listed.
.............................................................
.............................................................
7. List the name of any unit of government which 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.
.............................................................
.............................................................
8. List 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.
.............................................................
.............................................................
9. List the names of all businesses with which the person
is associated.

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.............................................................
.............................................................
10. List all sources of income, including the name of each
employer with a description of each source in excess of $1,000,
without specifying amounts of income.
.............................................................
.............................................................
11. List the name of securities in excess of $5,000 at fair
market value owned by the person, his or her spouse, or a
relative, or held in the name of a corporation, partnership, or
trust for the benefit of the person, his or her spouse, or a
relative.
.............................................................
.............................................................
12. List the existence of any known blind trust and the
names of the trustees.
.............................................................
.............................................................
13. List all real property and its location, whether owned
by the person, his or her spouse, or a relative, or held in the
name of a corporation, partnership, or trust for the benefit of
the person, his or her spouse, or a relative.
.............................................................
.............................................................
14. List the names and addresses of creditors to whom the
person, his or her spouse, or a relative, individually, owed

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debts of more than $10,000.
.............................................................
.............................................................
VERIFICATION:
"I declare that this statement of economic interests
(including any accompanying schedules and statements) has been
examined by me and to the best of my knowledge and belief is a
true, correct and complete statement of my economic interests
as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. I
understand that the penalty for willfully filing a false or
incomplete statement shall be a fine not to exceed $1,000 or
imprisonment in a penal institution other than the penitentiary
not to exceed one year, or both fine and imprisonment."
................ ..........................................
(date of filing) (signature of person making the statement)
(Source: P.A. 95-173, eff. 1-1-08.)