Bill Text: IL SB0001 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that holdover appointees, temporary appointees, and acting appointees to offices requiring Senate confirmation may not continue in office longer than stated limited periods. Exempts from these provisions appointments to the State Board of Elections. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Vetoed) 2011-05-29 - Bill Dead - Amendatory Veto [SB0001 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB0001-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1 as follows:
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3 | on page 3, immediately below line 21, by inserting the | ||||||
4 | following: | ||||||
5 | " For the purposes of this subsection (b), a meeting of the | ||||||
6 | Senate does not include a perfunctory session day as designated | ||||||
7 | by the Senate under its rules. "; and
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8 | on page 3, line 22, by replacing " appointed " with " designated "; | ||||||
9 | and
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10 | on page 4, line 6, immediately after the period, by inserting | ||||||
11 | the following: | ||||||
12 | " No person who has been designated by the Governor to serve as | ||||||
13 | an acting appointee to any office to which appointment requires | ||||||
14 | the advice and consent of the Senate shall, except at the | ||||||
15 | Senate's request, be designated again as an acting appointee |
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1 | for that office at the same session of that Senate, subject to | ||||||
2 | the provisions of this Section. "; and
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3 | on page 4, lines 7, 19, and 22, by replacing " appointed " each | ||||||
4 | time it appears with " designated "; and
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5 | on page 4, line 17, immediately after the period, by inserting | ||||||
6 | the following: | ||||||
7 | " No person who has been designated by the Governor to serve as | ||||||
8 | an acting appointee to any office to which appointment requires | ||||||
9 | the advice and consent of the Senate shall, except at the | ||||||
10 | Senate's request, be designated again as an acting appointee | ||||||
11 | for that office at the same session of that Senate, subject to | ||||||
12 | the provisions of this Section. | ||||||
13 | During the term of a General Assembly, the Governor may not | ||||||
14 | designate a person to serve as an acting appointee to any | ||||||
15 | office to which appointment requires the advice and consent of | ||||||
16 | the Senate if that person's nomination to serve as the | ||||||
17 | appointee for the same office was rejected by the Senate of the | ||||||
18 | same General Assembly. "; and
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19 | on page 5, immediately below line 2, by inserting the | ||||||
20 | following:
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21 | "Section 10. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||||
22 | amended by changing Section 5-605 as follows:
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1 | (20 ILCS 5/5-605) (was 20 ILCS 5/12)
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2 | Sec. 5-605. Appointment of officers. Each officer whose | ||||||
3 | office
is created by the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois | ||||||
4 | or by
any
amendment to the Code shall be appointed by the | ||||||
5 | Governor, by
and with the advice
and consent of the Senate. In | ||||||
6 | case of vacancies in those offices
during the
recess of the | ||||||
7 | Senate, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment until | ||||||
8 | the
next meeting of the Senate, when the Governor shall | ||||||
9 | nominate some
person to fill the
office, and any person so | ||||||
10 | nominated who is confirmed by the Senate
shall hold office | ||||||
11 | during the remainder of the term and until his or her
successor | ||||||
12 | is
appointed and qualified. If the Senate is not in session at | ||||||
13 | the time the
Code
or any amendments to the Code take effect, | ||||||
14 | the Governor shall
make a temporary
appointment as in the case | ||||||
15 | of a vacancy.
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16 | During the absence or inability to act of the director of | ||||||
17 | any
department, or of the Secretary of Human Services or the | ||||||
18 | Secretary of
Transportation, or in case of a vacancy in any | ||||||
19 | such office until a successor
is appointed and qualified, the | ||||||
20 | Governor may designate some person as acting
director or acting | ||||||
21 | secretary to execute the powers and discharge the
duties vested | ||||||
22 | by law in that director or secretary.
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23 | During the term of a General Assembly, the Governor may not | ||||||
24 | designate a person to serve as an acting director or secretary | ||||||
25 | under this Section if that person's nomination to serve as the |
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1 | director or secretary of that same Department was rejected by | ||||||
2 | the Senate of the same General Assembly. This Section is | ||||||
3 | subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of Section 3A-40 of | ||||||
4 | the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. | ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)".
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