Bill Text: IL HB2925 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Creates the Illinois Local Government Appointee Ethics Act. Defines "unit of local government". Provides that any appointed member of a board, commission, authority, or task force created by State law or by executive order of the Governor who is appointed by a unit of local government shall be bound by the ethics laws applicable to, and ethics policies of, that unit of local government, and shall also be subject to the jurisdiction of the unit of local government's inspector general and that inspector general's enabling legislation. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0457 [HB2925 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB2925-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 098-0457 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is | ||||
amended by adding Section 70-20 as follows:
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(5 ILCS 430/70-20 new) | ||||
Sec. 70-20. Members appointed by a county. In addition to | ||||
any other applicable requirement of law, any member of a | ||||
governmental entity appointed by the president or chairperson | ||||
of the county board, with or without the advice and consent of | ||||
the county board, shall abide by the ethics laws applicable to, | ||||
and the ethics policies of, that county and, if applicable, | ||||
shall be subject to the jurisdiction of that county's ethics | ||||
officer or inspector general.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||
becoming law.
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