Bill Text: IL HB4065 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that an ethics commission may levy an additional administrative fine of not less than $250 against any officer, member, or employee who fails to complete required ethics training.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4065 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB4065-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State 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 50-5 as follows:
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| 6 | (5 ILCS 430/50-5)
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| 7 | Sec. 50-5. Penalties.
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| 8 | (a) A person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if that | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | person intentionally
violates any provision of Section 5-15, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 5-30, 5-40, or 5-45 or Article 15.
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| 11 | (a-1) An ethics commission may levy an administrative fine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | for a violation of Section 5-45 of this Act of up to 3 times the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | total annual compensation that would have been obtained in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | violation of Section 5-45. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | (b) A person who intentionally violates any provision
of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Section 5-20, 5-35, 5-50, or 5-55 is guilty of a business | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | offense
subject to a fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000.
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| 18 | (c) A person who intentionally violates any provision of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Article 10 is
guilty of a business
offense and subject to a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000.
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| 21 | (d) Any person who intentionally makes a
false report | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | alleging a violation of any provision of this Act to an ethics
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| 23 | commission,
an inspector general,
the State Police, a State's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Attorney, the Attorney General, or any other law
enforcement | ||||||
| 2 | official is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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| 3 | (e) An ethics commission may levy an administrative fine of | ||||||
| 4 | up to $5,000
against any person
who violates this Act, who | ||||||
| 5 | intentionally obstructs or interferes with an
investigation
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| 6 | conducted under this Act by an inspector general, or who
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| 7 | intentionally makes a false, frivolous, or bad faith | ||||||
| 8 | allegation; in addition to the administrative fine imposed | ||||||
| 9 | under this subsection, an ethics commission may levy an | ||||||
| 10 | additional administrative fine of not less than $250 against | ||||||
| 11 | any officer, member, or employee who fails to complete the | ||||||
| 12 | ethics training required under Section 5-10.
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| 13 | (f) In addition to any other penalty that may apply, | ||||||
| 14 | whether criminal or
civil, a State employee who intentionally | ||||||
| 15 | violates
any provision of Section 5-5, 5-15, 5-20, 5-30, 5-35, | ||||||
| 16 | 5-45, or 5-50, Article 10,
Article 15, or Section 20-90 or | ||||||
| 17 | 25-90 is subject to discipline or discharge by
the
appropriate | ||||||
| 18 | ultimate
jurisdictional authority.
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| 19 | (Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.)
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