Bill Text: IL HB3985 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that no legislator shall receive any income derived from his or her ownership of any gaming-related interest, or otherwise receive compensation for services provided to or on behalf of any gaming-related interest. Requires any legislator holding ownership in a gaming-related interest from which he or she may derive income to divest himself or herself of that interest.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3985 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3985-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3985 Introduced , by Rep. Allen Skillicorn SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 420/2-105 new
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that no legislator shall receive any income derived from his or her ownership of any gaming-related interest, or otherwise receive compensation for services provided to or on behalf of any gaming-related interest. Requires any legislator holding ownership in a gaming-related interest from which he or she may derive income to divest himself or herself of that interest.
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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 adding Section 2-105 as follows:
(5 ILCS 420/2-105 new)
Sec. 2-105. Gaming-related income prohibited.
(a) No legislator shall receive any income derived from his
or her ownership of any gaming-related interest, or otherwise
receive compensation for services provided to or on behalf of
any gaming-related interest.
(b) Any legislator holding ownership in a gaming-related
interest from which he or she may derive income as of the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
Assembly shall divest himself or herself of that interest as
soon as practicable after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 101st General Assembly.