Bill Text: IL SB3899 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides revised disclosure of economic interest requirements for members of the General Assembly, candidates for nomination or election to the General Assembly, persons holding an elected office in the Executive Branch, and candidates for nomination or election to the Executive Branch. Makes conforming changes. Provides an applicability clause. Effective January 1, 2021.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3899 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB3899-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB3899 Introduced 2/20/2020, by Sen. Sue Rezin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 420/4A-102 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102
5 ILCS 420/4A-102.5 new
5 ILCS 420/4A-103 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103
5 ILCS 420/4A-103.5 new
5 ILCS 420/4A-108
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides revised disclosure of economic interest requirements for members of the General Assembly, candidates for nomination or election to the General Assembly, persons holding an elected office in the Executive Branch, and candidates for nomination or election to the Executive Branch. Makes conforming changes. Provides an applicability clause. Effective January 1, 2021.
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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-108 and by adding
Sections 4A-102.5 and 4A-103.5 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) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,
the The following interests shall be listed by all persons
required to file:
(1) The name, address 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

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which income in excess of $1200 was derived during the
preceding calendar 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) and the 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.
(3) The identity (including the address or legal
description of real estate) 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 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.
(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.
For statements filed in 2022 and after, instead of the
interests listed in this subsection, members of the General
Assembly, candidates for nomination or election to the

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General Assembly, persons holding an elected office in the
Executive Branch, and candidates for nomination or
election to the Executive Branch shall list the interests
provided under Section 4A-102.5.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,
the 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, 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.
(3) The identity of any compensated lobbyist with

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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.
For statements filed in 2022 and after, instead of the
interests listed in this subsection, persons listed in
items (a) and (b) of Section 4A-101 shall list the
interests provided under Section 4A-102.5.
(c) The following interests shall also be listed by
persons listed in items (a) through (c) and item (e) of
Section 4A-101.5:
(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

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name of any entity and any position held therein from
which income in excess of $1,200 was derived during the
preceding calendar year 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 (e) of Section 4A-101.5 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. 101-221, eff. 8-9-19.)
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Sec. 4A-102.5. General Assembly and Executive Branch
statements of economic interests. The economic interests
required by this Article to be listed by persons specified in
items (a) and (b) of Section 4A-101 shall be listed 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) Each statement of economic interests filed under this
Section shall include a full and complete statement with
respect to the following:
(1) The source, type, and amount or value of income
from any source (other than from current employment by the
State of Illinois), and the source, date, and amount of
honoraria from any source, received during the preceding
calendar year, aggregating $200 or more in value and the
source, date, and amount of payments made to charitable
organizations in lieu of honoraria, and the person making
the statement shall simultaneously file with the
applicable ethics officer, on a confidential basis, a
corresponding list of recipients of all such payments,
together with the dates and amounts of such payments.
(2) The source and type of income which consists of
dividends, rents, interest, and capital gains, received
during the preceding calendar year which exceed $200 in

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amount or value, and an indication of which of the
following categories the amount or value of such item of
income is within:
(A) not more than $1,000;
(B) greater than $1,000 but not more than $2,500;
(C) greater than $2,500 but not more than $5,000;
(D) greater than $5,000 but not more than $15,000;
(E) greater than $15,000 but not more than $50,000;
(F) greater than $50,000 but not more than
$100,000;
(G) greater than $100,000 but not more than
$1,000,000;
(H) greater than $1,000,000 but not more than
$5,000,000; or
(I) greater than $5,000,000.
(3) The identity of the source, a brief description,
and the value of all gifts aggregating more than $250,
received from any source other than a relative of the
person making the statement during the preceding calendar
year, except that any food, lodging, or entertainment
received as personal hospitality of an individual need not
be disclosed, and any gift with a fair market value of $100
or less need not be aggregated for purposes of this
paragraph (3).
(4) The identity of the source and a brief description,
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provided, of reimbursements received from any source
aggregating more than $250 and received during the
preceding calendar year.
(5) The identity and category of value of any interest
in property held during the preceding calendar year in a
trade or business, or for investment or the production of
income, which has a fair market value which exceeds $1,000
as of the close of the preceding calendar year, excluding
any personal liability owed to the person making the
statement by a spouse or by a parent, brother, sister, or
child of the person making the statement or of his or her
spouse, or any deposits aggregating $5,000 or less in a
personal savings account.
For the purposes of disclosures made under this
paragraph (5), the categories of value are as follows:
(A) not more than $15,000;
(B) greater than $15,000 but not more than $50,000;
(C) greater than $50,000 but not more than
$100,000;
(D) greater than $100,000 but not more than
$250,000;
(E) greater than $250,000 but not more than
$500,000;
(F) greater than $500,000 but not more than
$1,000,000;
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$5,000,000;
(H) greater than $5,000,000 but not more than
$25,000,000;
(I) greater than $25,000,000 but not more than
$50,000,000; and
(J) greater than $50,000,000.
For purposes of this paragraph (5), a personal savings
account shall include any certificate of deposit or any
other form of deposit in a bank, savings and loan
association, credit union, or similar financial
institution.
(6) The identity and category of value of the total
liabilities owed to any creditor other than a spouse or a
parent, brother, sister, or child of the person making the
statement or of his or her spouse which exceed $10,000 at
any time during the preceding calendar year. With respect
to revolving charge accounts, only those with an
outstanding liability which exceeds $10,000 as of the close
of the preceding calendar year need be disclosed under this
paragraph (6).
For the purposes of disclosures made under this
paragraph (6), the categories of value are as follows:
(A) not more than $15,000;
(B) greater than $15,000 but not more than $50,000;
(C) greater than $50,000 but not more than
$100,000;

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(D) greater than $100,000 but not more than
$250,000;
(E) greater than $250,000 but not more than
$500,000;
(F) greater than $500,000 but not more than
$1,000,000;
(G) greater than $1,000,000 but not more than
$5,000,000;
(H) greater than $5,000,000 but not more than
$25,000,000;
(I) greater than $25,000,000 but not more than
$50,000,000; and
(J) greater than $50,000,000.
(7) A brief description, the date, and category of
value of any purchase, sale, or exchange during the
preceding calendar year which exceeds $1,000: in real
property, other than property used solely as a personal
residence of the person making the statement or his or her
spouse; or in stocks, bonds, commodities futures, and other
forms of securities. Disclosure is not required under this
paragraph (7) of any transaction solely by and between the
person making the statement, his or her spouse, or
dependent children.
For the purposes of disclosures made under this
paragraph (7), the categories of value are as follows:
(A) not more than $15,000;

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(B) greater than $15,000 but not more than $50,000;
(C) greater than $50,000 but not more than
$100,000;
(D) greater than $100,000 but not more than
$250,000;
(E) greater than $250,000 but not more than
$500,000;
(F) greater than $500,000 but not more than
$1,000,000;
(G) greater than $1,000,000 but not more than
$5,000,000;
(H) greater than $5,000,000 but not more than
$25,000,000;
(I) greater than $25,000,000 but not more than
$50,000,000; and
(J) greater than $50,000,000.
(8) The identity of all positions held on or before the
date of filing during the current calendar year (and, for
the first statement of economic interests filed by an
individual, during the 2-year period preceding such
calendar year) as an officer, director, trustee, partner,
proprietor, representative, employee, or consultant of any
corporation, company, firm, partnership, or other business
enterprise, any nonprofit organization, any labor
organization, or any educational or other institution
other than the State of Illinois. This paragraph (8) shall

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not require the disclosure of positions held in any
religious, social, fraternal, or political entity and
positions solely of an honorary nature.
If any person, other than the State of Illinois, paid a
nonelected person making the statement compensation in
excess of $5,000 in any of the 2 calendar years prior to
the calendar year during which the individual files his or
her first statement of economic interests under this
Section, the individual shall include in the statement: (A)
the identity of each source of such compensation; and (B) a
brief description of the nature of the duties performed or
services rendered by the person making the statement for
each such source.
This paragraph (8) shall not require any individual to
include in the statement any information which is
considered confidential as a result of a privileged
relationship, established by law, between such individual
and any person nor shall it require an individual to
disclose any information with respect to any person for
whom services were provided by any firm or association of
which such individual was a member, partner, or employee
unless such individual was directly involved in the
provision of such services.
(9) A description of the date, parties to, and terms of
any agreement or arrangement with respect to: (A) future
employment; (B) a leave of absence during the period of

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employment with the State of Illinois of the person making
the statement; (C) continuation of payments by a former
employer other than the State of Illinois; and (D)
continuing participation in an employee welfare or benefit
plan maintained by a former employer.
(10) The category of the total cash value of any
interest of the person making the statement in a qualified
blind trust. For the purposes of disclosures made under
this paragraph (10), the categories of value are as
follows:
(A) not more than $15,000;
(B) greater than $15,000 but not more than $50,000;
(C) greater than $50,000 but not more than
$100,000;
(D) greater than $100,000 but not more than
$250,000;
(E) greater than $250,000 but not more than
$500,000;
(F) greater than $500,000 but not more than
$1,000,000;
(G) greater than $1,000,000 but not more than
$5,000,000;
(H) greater than $5,000,000 but not more than
$25,000,000;
(I) greater than $25,000,000 but not more than
$50,000,000; and

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(J) greater than $50,000,000.
(b) Each statement of economic interests required to be
filed under this Section shall also contain the following
information regarding the spouse or dependent child of the
person making the statement:
(1) The source of items of earned income earned by a
spouse from any person which exceed $1,000 and the source
and amount of any honoraria received by a spouse, except
that, with respect to earned income (other than honoraria),
if the spouse is self-employed in business or a profession,
only the nature of such business or profession need be
reported.
(2) All information required to be disclosed under
paragraph (2) of subsection (a) with respect to income
derived by a spouse or dependent child, and all information
concerning assets held by the spouse or dependent child and
disclosed under paragraph (5) of subsection (a).
(3) In the case of any gifts received by a spouse or
dependent child which are not received totally independent
of the relationship of the spouse or dependent child to the
person making the statement, the identity of the source and
a brief description of gifts of transportation, lodging,
food, or entertainment and a brief description and the
value of other gifts.
(4) In the case of any reimbursements received by a
spouse or dependent child which are not received totally

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independent of the relationship of the spouse or dependent
child to the person making the statement, the identity of
the source and a brief description of each such
reimbursement.
(5) In the case of items described in paragraphs (5)
through (7) of subsection (a), all information required to
be reported under those paragraphs other than items: (A)
which the person making the statement certifies represent
the spouse's or dependent child's sole financial interest
or responsibility and which the person making the statement
has no knowledge of; (B) which are not in any way, past or
present, derived from the income, assets, or activities of
the person making the statement; and (C) from which the
person making the statement neither derives, nor expects to
derive, any financial or economic benefit.
(6) For purposes of this Section, categories with
amounts or values greater than $1,000,000 set forth in
subsection (a) shall apply to the income, assets, or
liabilities of spouses and dependent children only if the
income, assets, or liabilities are held jointly with the
person making the statement. All other income, assets, or
liabilities of the spouse or dependent children required to
be reported under this Section in an amount or value
greater than $1,000,000 shall be categorized only as an
amount or value greater than $1,000,000.
(c) Each person making the statement shall disclose the

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information required under subsection (a) with respect to the
holdings of and the income from a trust or other financial
arrangement from which income is received by, or with respect
to which a beneficial interest in principal or income is held
by, such individual, his or her spouse, or any dependent child.
The person making the statement need not disclose the
holdings of or the source of income from any of the holdings
of: (1) a qualified blind trust; (2) a trust which was not
created directly by the individual, his or her spouse, or any
dependent child, and the holdings or sources of income of which
such individual, his or her spouse, and any dependent child
have no knowledge of; or (3) a widely held investment fund if
the fund is publicly traded, or if the assets of the fund are
widely diversified and the person making the statement neither
exercises control over nor has the ability to exercise control
over the financial interests held by the fund.
(5 ILCS 420/4A-103) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103)
Sec. 4A-103. Except as otherwise provided in Section
4A-103.5, the The statement of economic interests required by
this Article to be filed with the Secretary of State 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 INTEREST
(TYPE OR HAND PRINT)

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.............................................................
(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
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
............................... ...............................

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............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
2. List the name, address 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 Type of Practice
.................... .................... .....................
.................... .................... .....................
.................... .................... .....................
3. List the nature of professional services rendered (other
than to the State of Illinois) 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 any capital asset from which a
capital gain of $5,000 or more was realized during the
preceding calendar year.
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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 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.
Entity Position Held
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
7. List the name of any 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.
.............................................................
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.)
(5 ILCS 420/4A-103.5 new)
Sec. 4A-103.5. General Assembly and Executive Branch
filing. For statements filed in 2022 and after, members of the
General Assembly, candidates for nomination or election to the
General Assembly, persons holding an elected office in the

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Executive Branch, and candidates for nomination or election to
the Executive Branch shall file statements of economic
interests with the Secretary of State on forms prescribed by
the Secretary that are substantially similar to forms developed
for reporting information required to be disclosed by members
of Congress and members of the federal Executive Branch under
the federal Ethics in Government Act of 1978, as amended, and
shall disclose the information required under Section
4A-102.5.
(5 ILCS 420/4A-108)
Sec. 4A-108. Internet-based systems of filing.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any
other law, the Secretary of State and county clerks are
authorized to institute an Internet-based system for the filing
of statements of economic interests in their offices. With
respect to county clerk systems, the determination to institute
such a system shall be in the sole discretion of the county
clerk and shall meet the requirements set out in this Section.
With respect to a Secretary of State system, the determination
to institute such a system shall be in the sole discretion of
the Secretary of State and shall meet the requirements set out
in this Section and those Sections of the State Officials and
Employees Ethics Act requiring ethics officer review prior to
filing. The system shall be capable of allowing an ethics
officer to approve a statement of economic interests and shall

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include a means to amend a statement of economic interests.
When this Section does not modify or remove the requirements
set forth elsewhere in this Article, those requirements shall
apply to any system of Internet-based filing authorized by this
Section. When this Section does modify or remove the
requirements set forth elsewhere in this Article, the
provisions of this Section shall apply to any system of
Internet-based filing authorized by this Section.
(b) In any system of Internet-based filing of statements of
economic interests instituted by the Secretary of State or a
county clerk:
(1) Any filing of an Internet-based statement of
economic interests shall be the equivalent of the filing of
a verified, written statement of economic interests as
required by Section 4A-101 or 4A-101.5 and the equivalent
of the filing of a verified, dated, and signed statement of
economic interests as required by Section 4A-104.
(2) The Secretary of State and county clerks who
institute a system of Internet-based filing of statements
of economic interests shall establish a password-protected
website to receive the filings of such statements. A
website established under this Section shall set forth and
provide a means of responding to the items set forth in
Sections 4A-102 and 4A-102.5 Section 4A-102 that are
required of a person who files a statement of economic
interests with that officer. A website established under

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this Section shall set forth and provide a means of
generating a printable receipt page acknowledging filing.
(3) The times for the filing of statements of economic
interests set forth in Section 4A-105 shall be followed in
any system of Internet-based filing of statements of
economic interests; provided that a candidate for elective
office who is required to file a statement of economic
interests in relation to his or her candidacy pursuant to
Section 4A-105(a) shall receive a written or printed
receipt for his or her filing.
A candidate filing for Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasurer,
Comptroller, State Senate, or State House of
Representatives shall not use the Internet to file his or
her statement of economic interests, but shall file his or
her statement of economic interests in a written or printed
form and shall receive a written or printed receipt for his
or her filing. Annually, the duly appointed ethics officer
for each legislative caucus shall certify to the Secretary
of State whether his or her caucus members will file their
statements of economic interests electronically or in a
written or printed format for that year. If the ethics
officer for a caucus certifies that the statements of
economic interests shall be written or printed, then
members of the General Assembly of that caucus shall not
use the Internet to file his or her statement of economic

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interests, but shall file his or her statement of economic
interests in a written or printed form and shall receive a
written or printed receipt for his or her filing. If no
certification is made by an ethics officer for a
legislative caucus, or if a member of the General Assembly
is not affiliated with a legislative caucus, then the
affected member or members of the General Assembly may file
their statements of economic interests using the Internet.
(4) In the first year of the implementation of a system
of Internet-based filing of statements of economic
interests, each person required to file such a statement is
to be notified in writing of his or her obligation to file
his or her statement of economic interests by way of the
Internet-based system. If access to the website web site
requires a code or password, this information shall be
included in the notice prescribed by this paragraph.
(5) When a person required to file a statement of
economic interests has supplied the Secretary of State or a
county clerk, as applicable, with an email address for the
purpose of receiving notices under this Article by email, a
notice sent by email to the supplied email address shall be
the equivalent of a notice sent by first class mail, as set
forth in Section 4A-106 or 4A-106.5. A person who has
supplied such an email address shall notify the Secretary
of State or county clerk, as applicable, when his or her
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receive notices by email.
(6) If any person who is required to file a statement
of economic interests and who has chosen to receive notices
by email fails to file his or her statement by May 10, then
the Secretary of State or county clerk, as applicable,
shall send an additional email notice on that date,
informing the person that he or she has not filed and
describing the penalties for late filing and failing to
file. This notice shall be in addition to other notices
provided for in this Article.
(7) The Secretary of State and each county clerk who
institutes a system of Internet-based filing of statements
of economic interests may also institute an Internet-based
process for the filing of the list of names and addresses
of persons required to file statements of economic
interests by the chief administrative officers that must
file such information with the Secretary of State or county
clerk, as applicable, pursuant to Section 4A-106 or
4A-106.5. Whenever the Secretary of State or a county clerk
institutes such a system under this paragraph, every chief
administrative officer must use the system to file this
information.
(8) The Secretary of State and any county clerk who
institutes a system of Internet-based filing of statements
of economic interests shall post the contents of such
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and copying on a publicly accessible website. Such postings
shall not include the addresses or signatures of the
filers.
(Source: P.A. 100-1041, eff. 1-1-19; 101-221, eff. 8-9-19;
revised 9-12-19.)
Section 98. Applicability. The provisions of this
amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly concerning
statements of economic interests shall apply to statements of
economic interests filed in 2022 and for each year thereafter.
Any statement of economic interest filed prior to 2022 shall
apply the law in effect before the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2021.