Bill Text: IL HB4986 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Modifies the required statement of economic interests under the Act to include disclosure of income received from specified entities on which a person is required to report. Modifies the statement of economic interests forms to make conforming changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4986 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4986-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB4986 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 420/4A-102 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102
5 ILCS 420/4A-103 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103
5 ILCS 420/4A-104 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-104
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Modifies the required statement of economic interests under the Act to include disclosure of income received from specified entities on which a person is required to report. Modifies the statement of economic interests forms to make conforming changes.
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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 Sections 4A-102, 4A-103, and 4A-104 as follows:
(5 ILCS 420/4A-102) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102)
Sec. 4A-102. The statement of economic interests required
by this Article shall include the economic interests of the
person making the statement as provided in this Section. The
interest (if constructively controlled by the person making the
statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be considered
to be the same as the interest of the person making the
statement. Campaign receipts shall not be included in this
statement.
(a) The following interests shall be listed by all
persons required to file:
(1) The name, address, amount of income received
from, and type of practice of any professional
organization or individual professional practice in
which the person making the statement was an officer,
director, associate, partner or proprietor, or served
in any advisory capacity, from which income in excess
of $1200 was derived during the preceding calendar

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year;
(2) The nature of professional services (other
than services rendered to the unit or units of
government in relation to which the person is required
to file), the amount of income received from performing
such services, and the name nature of the entity to
which they were rendered if fees exceeding $5,000 were
received during the preceding calendar year from the
entity for professional services rendered by the
person making the statement.
(2.5) The name of each client from whom a person,
or his or her business, received payments for services
provided, if the filer's share of gross receipts was
$5,000 or more, unless disclosure would violate legal
confidentiality.
(3) The identity (including the address or legal
description of real estate), and the amount of income
received from, of any capital asset from which a
capital gain of $5,000 or more was realized in the
preceding calendar year.
(4) The name of any unit of government, and the
amount of income received for services provided to that
unit of government, which has employed the person
making the statement during the preceding calendar
year other than the unit or units of government in
relation to which the person is required to file.

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(5) The name of any entity from which a gift or
gifts, or honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in
the aggregate in excess of $500, was received during
the preceding calendar year, and the monetary value of
each gift or honorarium received from that entity.
(b) The following interests shall also be listed by
persons listed in items (a) through (f), item (l), item
(n), and item (p) of Section 4A-101:
(1) The name and instrument of ownership in any
entity doing business in the State of Illinois, in
which an ownership interest held by the person at the
date of filing is in excess of $5,000 fair market value
or from which dividends of in excess of $1,200 were
derived during the preceding calendar year. (In the
case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed
by street address, or if none, then by legal
description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed;
(2) Except for professional service entities, the
name of any entity and any position held therein from
which income of in excess of $1,200 was derived during
the preceding calendar year, and the amount of income
received from that entity, if the entity does business
in the State of Illinois. No time or demand deposit in
a financial institution, nor any debt instrument need
be listed.

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(3) The identity of any compensated lobbyist with
whom the person making the statement maintains a close
economic association, including the name of the
lobbyist and specifying the legislative matter or
matters which are the object of the lobbying activity,
and describing the general type of economic activity of
the client or principal on whose behalf that person is
lobbying.
(c) The following interests shall also be listed by
persons listed in items (g), (h), (i), and (o) of Section
4A-101:
(1) The name and instrument of ownership in any
entity doing business with a unit of local government
in relation to which the person is required to file if
the ownership interest of the person filing is greater
than $5,000 fair market value as of the date of filing
or if dividends in excess of $1,200 were received from
the entity during the preceding calendar year. (In the
case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed
by street address, or if none, then by legal
description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed.
(2) Except for professional service entities, the
name of any entity and any position held therein from
which income in excess of $1,200 was derived during the
preceding calendar year, and the amount of income

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received, if the entity does business with a unit of
local government in relation to which the person is
required to file. No time or demand deposit in a
financial institution, nor any debt instrument need be
listed.
(3) The name of any entity and the nature of the
governmental action requested by any entity which has
applied to a unit of local government in relation to
which the person must file for any license, franchise
or permit for annexation, zoning or rezoning of real
estate during the preceding calendar year if the
ownership interest of the person filing is in excess of
$5,000 fair market value at the time of filing or if
income or dividends in excess of $1,200 were received
by the person filing from the entity during the
preceding calendar year.
For the purposes of this Section, the unit of local
government in relation to which a person required to file under
item (o) of Section 4A-101 shall be the unit of local
government that contributes to the pension fund of which such
person is a member of the board.
(Source: P.A. 96-6, eff. 4-3-09; 97-754, eff. 7-6-12.)
(5 ILCS 420/4A-103) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103)
Sec. 4A-103. The statement of economic interests required
by this Article to be filed with the Secretary of State shall

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be filled in by typewriting or hand printing, shall be
verified, dated, and signed by the person making the statement
and shall contain substantially the following:
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST
(TYPE OR HAND PRINT)
.............................................................
(name)
.............................................................
(each office or position of employment for which this statement
is filed)
.............................................................
(full mailing address)
GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
The interest (if constructively controlled by the person
making the statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be
considered to be the same as the interest of the person making
the statement.
Campaign receipts shall not be included in this statement.
If additional space is needed, please attach supplemental
listing.
1. List the name and instrument of ownership in any entity
doing business in the State of Illinois, in which the ownership
interest held by the person at the date of filing is in excess
of $5,000 fair market value or from which dividends in excess
of $1,200 were derived during the preceding calendar year. (In
the case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed by

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street address, or if none, then by legal description.) No time
or demand deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt
instrument need be listed.
Business Entity Instrument of Ownership
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
2. List the name, address, amount of income received from,
and type of practice of any professional organization in which
the person making the statement was an officer, director,
associate, partner or proprietor or served in any advisory
capacity, from which income in excess of $1,200 was derived
during the preceding calendar year.
Name Address Income Type of Practice
................ .............. .............. ..................
................ .............. .............. ..................
................ .............. .............. ..................
3. List the nature of professional services rendered (other
than to the State of Illinois), the amount of income received
from performing such services, and the name of to each entity
from which income exceeding $5,000 was received for
professional services rendered during the preceding calendar
year by the person making the statement.
.............................................................

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.............................................................
4. List the identity (including the address or legal
description of real estate) of, and the amount of income
received from, any capital asset from which a capital gain of
$5,000 or more was realized during the preceding calendar year.
.............................................................
.............................................................
5. List the identity of any compensated lobbyist with whom
the person making the statement maintains a close economic
association, including the name of the lobbyist and specifying
the legislative matter or matters which are the object of the
lobbying activity, and describing the general type of economic
activity of the client or principal on whose behalf that person
is lobbying.
Lobbyist Legislative Matter Client or Principal
.................... .................... .....................
.................... .................... .....................
6. List the name of any entity doing business in the State
of Illinois, and the amount of income received from that
entity, from which income in excess of $1,200 was derived
during the preceding calendar year other than for professional
services and the title or description of any position held in
that entity. (In the case of real estate, location thereof
shall be listed by street address, or if none, then by legal
description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
institution nor any debt instrument need be listed.

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Entity Income Position Held
................. .................. .....................
................. .................. .....................
................. .................. .....................
7. List the name of any unit of government, and the amount
of income received for services provided to that unit of
government, which employed the person making the statement
during the preceding calendar year other than the unit or units
of government in relation to which the person is required to
file.
.............................................................
.............................................................
8. List the name of any entity from which a gift or gifts,
or honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate
in excess of $500, was received during the preceding calendar
year, and the monetary value of each gift or honorarium
received from that entity.
.............................................................
9. List the name of each client from whom a person, or his
or her business, received payments for services provided, if
the filer's share of gross receipts was $5,000 or more, unless
disclosure would violate legal confidentiality.
.............................................................
VERIFICATION:
"I declare that this statement of economic interests
(including any accompanying schedules and statements) has been

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examined by me and to the best of my knowledge and belief is a
true, correct and complete statement of my economic interests
as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. I
understand that the penalty for willfully filing a false or
incomplete statement shall be a fine not to exceed $1,000 or
imprisonment in a penal institution other than the penitentiary
not to exceed one year, or both fine and imprisonment."
................ ..........................................
(date of filing) (signature of person making the statement)
(Source: P.A. 95-173, eff. 1-1-08.)
(5 ILCS 420/4A-104) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-104)
Sec. 4A-104. The statement of economic interests required
by this Article to be filed with the county clerk shall be
filled in by typewriting or hand printing, shall be verified,
dated, and signed by the person making the statement and shall
contain substantially the following:
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS
(TYPE OR HAND PRINT)
.............................................................
(Name)
.............................................................
(each office or position of employment for which this statement
is filed) ...................................................
(full mailing address)
GENERAL DIRECTIONS:

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The interest (if constructively controlled by the person
making the statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be
considered to be the same as the interest of the person making
the statement.
Campaign receipts shall not be included in this statement.
If additional space is needed, please attach supplemental
listing.
1. List the name and instrument of ownership in any entity
doing business with a unit of local government in relation to
which the person is required to file, in which the ownership
interest held by the person at the date of filing is in excess
of $5,000 fair market value or from which dividends in excess
of $1,200 were received during the preceding calendar year. (In
the case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed by
street address, or if none, then by legal description.) No time
or demand deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt
instrument shall be listed.
Business Instrument of Position of
Entity Ownership Management
.................... .................... .....................
.................... .................... .....................
.................... .................... .....................
2. List the name, address, amount of income received from,
and type of practice of any professional organization in which
the person making the statement was an officer, director,
associate, partner or proprietor, or served in any advisory

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capacity, from which income in excess of $1,200 was derived
during the preceding calendar year.
Name Address Income Type of Practice
............. .............. .............. .................
............. .............. .............. .................
............. .............. .............. .................
3. List the nature of professional services rendered (other
than to the unit or units of local government in relation to
which the person is required to file), the amount of income
received from performing such services, and the name of to each
entity from which income exceeding $5,000 was received for
professional services rendered during the preceding calendar
year by the person making the statement.
.............................................................
.............................................................
4. List the identity (including the address or legal
description of real estate) of, and the amount of income
received from, any capital asset from which a capital gain of
$5,000 or more was realized during the preceding calendar year.
.............................................................
.............................................................
.............................................................
5. List the name of any entity and the nature of the
governmental action requested by any entity which has applied
to a unit of local government in relation to which the person
must file for any license, franchise or permit for annexation,

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zoning or rezoning of real estate during the preceding calendar
year if the ownership interest of the person filing is in
excess of $5,000 fair market value at the time of filing or if
income or dividends in excess of $1200 were received by the
person filing from the entity during the preceding calendar
year.
.............................................................
.............................................................
.............................................................
6. List the name of any entity doing business with a unit
of local government, and the amount of income received from
that entity, in relation to which the person is required to
file from which income in excess of $1,200 was derived during
the preceding calendar year other than for professional
services and the title or description of any position held in
that entity. No time or demand deposit in a financial
institution nor any debt instrument need be listed.
.............................................................
.............................................................
7. List the name of any unit of government, and the amount
of income received for services provided to that unit of
government, which employed the person making the statement
during the preceding calendar year other than the unit or units
of government in relation to which the person is required to
file.
.............................................................

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.............................................................
8. List the name of any entity from which a gift or gifts,
or honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate
in excess of $500, was received during the preceding calendar
year, and the monetary value of each gift or honorarium
received from that entity.
.............................................................
9. List the name of each client from whom a person, or his
or her business, received payments for services provided, if
the filer's share of gross receipts was $5,000 or more, unless
disclosure would violate legal confidentiality.
.............................................................
VERIFICATION:
"I declare that this statement of economic interests
(including any accompanying schedules and statements) has been
examined by me and to the best of my knowledge and belief is a
true, correct and complete statement of my economic interests
as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. I
understand that the penalty for willfully filing a false or
incomplete statement shall be a fine not to exceed $1,000 or
imprisonment in a penal institution other than the penitentiary
not to exceed one year, or both fine and imprisonment."
................ ..........................................
(date of filing) (signature of person making the statement)
(Source: P.A. 95-173, eff. 1-1-08.)