Bill Text: IL SB0248 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that no officer, employee, or agent of a unit of local government may attempt to withhold disclosure to the public of information relating to tax incentives and other financial incentives by using a nondisclosure agreement. Defines "tax incentive". Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-01-31 - Referred to Assignments [SB0248 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB0248-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local 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 Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by adding Section 4.2 as follows:
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6 | (50 ILCS 105/4.2 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 4.2. Nondisclosure agreements. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) As used in this Section, "tax incentive" includes, but | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | is not limited to, any tax incentive authorized by law that by | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | exemption, exclusion, deduction, allowance, credit, | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | preferential tax rate, abatement, or other device reduces the | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | amount of tax revenues that would otherwise accrue to the unit | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | of local government. | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | (b) No officer, employee, or agent of a unit of local | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | government may attempt to withhold disclosure to the public of | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | information relating to tax incentives and other financial | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | incentives by using a nondisclosure agreement.
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18 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | becoming law.
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