Bill Text: IL HB3957 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that no legislator may accept or participate in any way in any representation case that involves property tax appeals. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-11-12 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3957 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3957-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3957 Introduced , by Rep. Allen Skillicorn SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 420/2-104 from Ch. 127, par. 602-104
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that no legislator may accept or participate in any way in any representation case that involves property tax appeals. Effective immediately.
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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 Section 2-104 as follows:
(5 ILCS 420/2-104) (from Ch. 127, par. 602-104)
Sec. 2-104. No legislator may accept or participate in any
way in any representation case, as that term is defined in
Section 1-113, before (1) before the Court of Claims of this
State; or (2) before the Illinois Workers' Compensation
Commission, when the State of Illinois is the respondent; or
(3) that involves property tax appeals.
This Section does not prohibit participation in such a
representation case by a person with whom the legislator
maintains a close economic association, unless the fact of that
association is used to influence or attempt to influence the
State agency in the rendering of its decision.
A violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 93-721, eff. 1-1-05.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.