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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3609 Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that an Executive Inspector General may issue public statements when an investigation, audit, or
review concerns inefficient or wasteful management, or when the Executive Inspector General concludes its
investigation and finds reasonable cause to believe that a violation has occurred and the Executive Inspector General believes that a complaint concerning the investigation should not be filed by the Attorney General with the
Executive Ethics Commission. Provides that public statements shall summarize the nature of the allegation or
complaint, the specific violations found based on reasonable cause, and the Executive Inspector General's
recommendations for discipline or other corrective measures. Provides that before issuing a public statement, the Executive
Inspector General shall share the public statement with the agency head and ultimate jurisdictional authority affected by the investigation and allow the agency head and
ultimate jurisdictional authority affected by the investigation a period of 10 business days to provide the Executive Inspector General with a response to the proposed public statement. Effective immediately.
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| | HB3609 | | LRB103 29500 DTM 55895 b |
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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 changing Section 20-95 as follows:
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6 | | (5 ILCS 430/20-95)
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7 | | Sec. 20-95. Exemptions.
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8 | | (a) Documents generated by an ethics
officer under this |
9 | | Act, except Section 5-50, are exempt from the provisions of
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10 | | the Freedom
of Information Act.
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11 | | (b) Any allegations
and related documents
submitted to an |
12 | | Executive Inspector General and any pleadings and
related |
13 | | documents brought before the Executive Ethics
Commission are |
14 | | exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act |
15 | | so long as the Executive Ethics Commission
does not make a |
16 | | finding of a violation of this Act.
If the Executive
Ethics |
17 | | Commission finds that a violation has occurred, the
entire |
18 | | record of proceedings before the Commission, the decision and
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19 | | recommendation, and the response from the agency head or
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20 | | ultimate jurisdictional authority to the Executive Ethics
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21 | | Commission are not exempt from the provisions of the Freedom |
22 | | of
Information Act but information contained therein that is |
23 | | otherwise exempt from
the
Freedom of Information Act must be |