Bill Text: IL HB2428 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Limits the contributions persons appointed to boards or commissions may make to the appointing executive branch constitutional officer or succeeding officer. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-06-27 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2428 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB2428-Engrossed.html
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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 State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by adding Section 5-65 as follows:
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| 6 | (5 ILCS 430/5-65 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 5-65. Contributions from appointee; ineligibility for | ||||||
| 8 | appointment. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) For the purposes of this Section: | ||||||
| 10 | "Amount set by federal law" means the limit on | ||||||
| 11 | individual contributions established by the Federal | ||||||
| 12 | Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended by the Bipartisan | ||||||
| 13 | Campaign Reform Act of 2002. | ||||||
| 14 | "Board or commission" means a board, commission, task | ||||||
| 15 | force, or authority created or authorized by the Illinois | ||||||
| 16 | constitution, State law, or executive order. | ||||||
| 17 | "Household member" means any of the persons occupying | ||||||
| 18 | the same single dwelling. | ||||||
| 19 | "Political committee" has the meaning set forth in | ||||||
| 20 | Article 9 of the Election Code. | ||||||
| 21 | "Officeholder" means an executive branch | ||||||
| 22 | constitutional officer. | ||||||
| 23 | (b) An appointed member of a board or commission, or any of | ||||||
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| 1 | his or her household members, may not make, or cause to be | ||||||
| 2 | made, contributions to the officeholder who appointed that | ||||||
| 3 | person or succeeded that officeholder, or to a political | ||||||
| 4 | committee established to promote the candidacy of that | ||||||
| 5 | officeholder or succeeding officeholder, during the first year | ||||||
| 6 | of that appointment in a combined, aggregate amount of more | ||||||
| 7 | than $2,400, or a greater amount set by federal law,
when | ||||||
| 8 | combined with any aggregate contributions made by that | ||||||
| 9 | appointee and his or her household members during the year | ||||||
| 10 | before his or her appointment to the officeholder that | ||||||
| 11 | appointed the person or to a political committee established to | ||||||
| 12 | promote the candidacy of that officeholder. | ||||||
| 13 | (c) A person is ineligible for appointment to a board or | ||||||
| 14 | commission if that person, or any of his or her household | ||||||
| 15 | members, during the preceding year, has made, or caused to be | ||||||
| 16 | made, combined, aggregate contributions of more than $2,400 or | ||||||
| 17 | a greater amount set by federal law,
to the officeholder | ||||||
| 18 | authorized or required to make the appointment or to a | ||||||
| 19 | political committee established to promote the candidacy of | ||||||
| 20 | that officeholder.
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| 21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 22 | becoming law.
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