Sen. Julie A. Morrison

Filed: 5/3/2017

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1289

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1289 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended
5by changing Sections 1-110, 4A-102, 4A-103, and 4A-108 and by
6adding Sections 1-102.5, 1-104.3, 1-104.4, 1-104.5, 1-105.2,
71-105.3, 1-105.4, 1-105.5, 1-105.6, 1-105.7, 1-112.5, 1-113.6,
8and 1-113.7 as follows:
 
9    (5 ILCS 420/1-102.5 new)
10    Sec. 1-102.5. Asset. "Asset" means, for the purposes of
11Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, an item that is owned and has
12monetary value. For the purposes of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103,
13assets include, but are not limited to: stocks, bonds (except
14those issued by the federal, state, or local governments),
15sector mutual funds, sector exchange traded funds, commodity
16futures, investment real estate, and partnership interests.

 

 

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1For the purposes of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, assets do not
2include: personal residences; personal vehicles; savings or
3checking accounts; bonds, notes, or securities issued by any
4branch of federal, state, or local government; Medicare
5benefits; inheritances or bequests; diversified mutual funds;
6annuities; pensions (including government pensions);
7retirement accounts; college savings plans that are qualified
8tuition plans; qualified tax-advantaged savings programs that
9allow individuals to save for disability-related expenses;
10non-income producing trust holdings; or tangible personal
11property.
 
12    (5 ILCS 420/1-104.3 new)
13    Sec. 1-104.3. Creditor. "Creditor" means, for the purposes
14of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, an individual, organization, or
15other business entity to whom money or its equivalent is owed,
16no matter whether that obligation is secured or unsecured,
17except that if a filer makes a loan to members of his or her
18family, or a political committee registered with the Illinois
19State Board of Election, or a political committee, principal
20campaign committee, or authorized committee registered with
21the Federal Election Commission, then that filer does not, by
22making such a loan, become a creditor of that individual or
23entity for the purposes of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103 of this
24Act.
 

 

 

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1    (5 ILCS 420/1-104.4 new)
2    Sec. 1-104.4. Debt. "Debt" means, for the purposes of
3Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, any money or monetary obligation
4owed at any time during the preceding calendar year to an
5individual, company, or other organization, other than a loan
6that is from a financial institution, government agency, or
7business entity and that is granted on terms made available to
8the general public. For the purposes of Sections 4A-102 and
94A-103, "debt" includes, but is not limited to: personal loans
10from friends or business associates, business loans made
11outside the lender's regular course of business, and loans made
12at below market rates. For the purposes of Sections 4A-102 and
134A-103, "debt" does not include: (i) debts to or from financial
14institutions or government entities, such as mortgages,
15student loans, credit card debts, or loans secured by
16automobiles, household furniture, or appliances, as long as
17those loans were made on terms available to the general public
18and do not exceed the purchase price of the items securing
19them; or (ii) debts to or from a political committee registered
20with the Illinois State Board of Elections or political
21committees, principal campaign committees, or authorized
22committees registered with the Federal Election Commission.
 
23    (5 ILCS 420/1-104.5 new)
24    Sec. 1-104.5. Diversified funds. "Diversified funds" means
25investment products, such as mutual funds, exchange traded

 

 

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1funds, or unit investment trusts, that invest in a wide variety
2of securities.
 
3    (5 ILCS 420/1-105.2 new)
4    Sec. 1-105.2. Economic relationship. "Economic
5relationship" means, for the purposes of Sections 4A-102 and
64A-103, any joint or shared ownership interests in businesses
7and creditor-debtor relationships with third parties, other
8than commercial lending institutions, where: (a) the filer is
9entitled to receive (i) more than 7.5% of the total
10distributable income, or (ii) an amount in excess of the salary
11of the Governor; or (b) the filer together with his or her
12spouse or minor children is entitled to receive (i) more than
1315%, in the aggregate, of the total distributable income, or
14(ii) an amount in excess of 2 times the salary of the Governor.
 
15    (5 ILCS 420/1-105.3 new)
16    Sec. 1-105.3. Family. "Family" means, for the purposes of
17Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, a filer's spouse, children,
18step-children, parents, step-parents, siblings, step-siblings,
19half-siblings, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandfathers,
20grandmothers, grandsons, and granddaughters, as well as the
21father, mother, grandfather, and grandmother of the filer's
22spouse.
 
23    (5 ILCS 420/1-105.4 new)

 

 

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1    Sec. 1-105.4. Immediate family. "Immediate family" means,
2for the purposes of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, family of the
3filer living in the filer's residence.
 
4    (5 ILCS 420/1-105.5 new)
5    Sec. 1-105.5. Filer. "Filer" means, for the purposes of
6Section 4A-102 and 4A-103, a person required to file a
7statement of economic interests pursuant to this Act.
 
8    (5 ILCS 420/1-105.6 new)
9    Sec. 1-105.6. Income. "Income" means, for the purposes of
10Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, income from whatever source
11derived, required to be reported on the filer's federal income
12tax return, including, but not limited to: compensation
13received for services rendered or to be rendered (as reported
14on any Internal Revenue Service forms, including, but not
15limited to, W-2, 1099, or K-1); earnings or capital gains from
16the sale of assets; profit; interest or dividend income from
17all assets; revenue from leases and rentals, royalties, prizes,
18awards, or barter; forgiveness of debt; and earnings derived
19from annuities or trusts other than testamentary trusts.
20"Income" does not include compensation earned for service in
21the position that necessitates the filing of the statement of
22economic interests or income from the sale of a personal
23residence or personal vehicle.
 

 

 

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1    (5 ILCS 420/1-105.7 new)
2    Sec. 1-105.7. Investment real estate. "Investment real
3estate" means any real property, other than a filer's personal
4residences, purchased to produce a profit, whether from income
5or resale. Investment real estate may be described by the city
6and state where the real estate is located.
 
7    (5 ILCS 420/1-110)  (from Ch. 127, par. 601-110)
8    Sec. 1-110. "Lobbyist" means an individual who is required
9to be registered to engage in lobbying activities pursuant to
10any statute, regulation, or ordinance adopted by a unit of
11government in the State of Illinois any person required to be
12registered under "An Act concerning lobbying and providing a
13penalty for violation thereof", approved July 10, 1957, as
14amended.
15(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
 
16    (5 ILCS 420/1-112.5 new)
17    Sec. 1-112.5. Personal residence. "Personal residence"
18means, for the purposes of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, a
19filer's primary home residence and any residential real
20property held by the filer and used by the filer for
21residential rather than commercial or income generating
22purposes.
 
23    (5 ILCS 420/1-113.6 new)

 

 

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1    Sec. 1-113.6. Sector funds. "Sector funds" means mutual
2funds or exchange traded funds invested in a particular
3industry or business.
 
4    (5 ILCS 420/1-113.7 new)
5    Sec. 1-113.7. Spouse. "Spouse" means a party to a marriage,
6a party to a civil union, or a registered domestic partner.
 
7    (5 ILCS 420/4A-102)  (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102)
8    Sec. 4A-102. The statement of economic interests required
9by this Article shall include the economic interests of the
10person making the statement as provided in this Section. The
11following interests shall be listed by all persons required to
12file:
13        (1) each asset that has a value of more than $25,000 as
14    of the end of the preceding calendar year and is: (i) held
15    in the filer's name, (ii) held jointly by the filer with
16    his or her spouse, or (iii) held jointly by the filer with
17    his or her minor child or children;
18        (2) excluding the income from the position that
19    requires the filing of a statement of economic interests
20    under this Act, each source of income that generated in
21    excess of $10,000 in income during the preceding calendar
22    year (as reported on the filer's federal income tax return
23    covering the preceding calendar year) and, if the sale or
24    transfer of an asset produced more than $10,000 in capital

 

 

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1    gains during the preceding calendar year, the transaction
2    date on which that asset was sold or transferred;
3        (3) each creditor of a debt in excess of $25,000 that,
4    during the preceding calendar year, was: (i) owed by the
5    filer, (ii) owed jointly by the filer with his or her
6    spouse or (iii) owed jointly by the filer with his or her
7    minor child or children;
8        (4) each debtor of a debt in excess of $25,000 that,
9    during the preceding calendar year, was: (i) owed to the
10    filer, (ii) owed jointly to the filer with his or her
11    spouse, or (iii) owed jointly to the filer with his or her
12    minor child or children;
13        (5) each lobbyist known to the filer to be registered
14    with any unit of government in the State of Illinois: (i)
15    with whom the filer maintains an economic relationship, or
16    (ii) who is a member of the filer's immediate family; and
17        (6) each source and type of gift or gifts, or
18    honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate
19    in excess of $1,000 that was received during the preceding
20    calendar year.
21    For the purposes of this Section, the unit of local
22government in relation to which a person is required to file
23under item (o) of Section 4A-101 shall be the unit of local
24government that contributes to the pension fund of which such
25person is a member of the board.
26    The interest (if constructively controlled by the person

 

 

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1making the statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be
2considered to be the same as the interest of the person making
3the statement. Campaign receipts shall not be included in this
4statement.
5        (a) The following interests shall be listed by all
6    persons required to file:
7            (1) The name, address and type of practice of any
8        professional organization or individual professional
9        practice in which the person making the statement was
10        an officer, director, associate, partner or
11        proprietor, or served in any advisory capacity, from
12        which income in excess of $1200 was derived during the
13        preceding calendar year;
14            (2) The nature of professional services (other
15        than services rendered to the unit or units of
16        government in relation to which the person is required
17        to file) and the nature of the entity to which they
18        were rendered if fees exceeding $5,000 were received
19        during the preceding calendar year from the entity for
20        professional services rendered by the person making
21        the statement.
22            (3) The identity (including the address or legal
23        description of real estate) of any capital asset from
24        which a capital gain of $5,000 or more was realized in
25        the preceding calendar year.
26            (4) The name of any unit of government which has

 

 

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1        employed the person making the statement during the
2        preceding calendar year other than the unit or units of
3        government in relation to which the person is required
4        to file.
5            (5) The name of any entity from which a gift or
6        gifts, or honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in
7        the aggregate in excess of $500, was received during
8        the preceding calendar year.
9        (b) The following interests shall also be listed by
10    persons listed in items (a) through (f), item (l), item
11    (n), and item (p) of Section 4A-101:
12            (1) The name and instrument of ownership in any
13        entity doing business in the State of Illinois, in
14        which an ownership interest held by the person at the
15        date of filing is in excess of $5,000 fair market value
16        or from which dividends of in excess of $1,200 were
17        derived during the preceding calendar year. (In the
18        case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed
19        by street address, or if none, then by legal
20        description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
21        institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed;
22            (2) Except for professional service entities, the
23        name of any entity and any position held therein from
24        which income of in excess of $1,200 was derived during
25        the preceding calendar year, if the entity does
26        business in the State of Illinois. No time or demand

 

 

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1        deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt
2        instrument need be listed.
3            (3) The identity of any compensated lobbyist with
4        whom the person making the statement maintains a close
5        economic association, including the name of the
6        lobbyist and specifying the legislative matter or
7        matters which are the object of the lobbying activity,
8        and describing the general type of economic activity of
9        the client or principal on whose behalf that person is
10        lobbying.
11        (c) The following interests shall also be listed by
12    persons listed in items (g), (h), (i), and (o) of Section
13    4A-101:
14            (1) The name and instrument of ownership in any
15        entity doing business with a unit of local government
16        in relation to which the person is required to file if
17        the ownership interest of the person filing is greater
18        than $5,000 fair market value as of the date of filing
19        or if dividends in excess of $1,200 were received from
20        the entity during the preceding calendar year. (In the
21        case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed
22        by street address, or if none, then by legal
23        description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
24        institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed.
25            (2) Except for professional service entities, the
26        name of any entity and any position held therein from

 

 

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1        which income in excess of $1,200 was derived during the
2        preceding calendar year if the entity does business
3        with a unit of local government in relation to which
4        the person is required to file. No time or demand
5        deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt
6        instrument need be listed.
7            (3) The name of any entity and the nature of the
8        governmental action requested by any entity which has
9        applied to a unit of local government in relation to
10        which the person must file for any license, franchise
11        or permit for annexation, zoning or rezoning of real
12        estate during the preceding calendar year if the
13        ownership interest of the person filing is in excess of
14        $5,000 fair market value at the time of filing or if
15        income or dividends in excess of $1,200 were received
16        by the person filing from the entity during the
17        preceding calendar year.
18    For the purposes of this Section, the unit of local
19government in relation to which a person required to file under
20item (o) of Section 4A-101 shall be the unit of local
21government that contributes to the pension fund of which such
22person is a member of the board.
23(Source: P.A. 96-6, eff. 4-3-09; 97-754, eff. 7-6-12.)
 
24    (5 ILCS 420/4A-103)  (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103)
25    Sec. 4A-103. The statement of economic interests required

 

 

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1by this Article to be filed with the Secretary of State or
2county clerk shall be filled in by typewriting or hand
3printing, shall be verified, dated, and signed by the person
4making the statement and shall contain substantially the
5following:
 
6
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS

 
7INSTRUCTIONS:
8    You may find the following documents helpful to you in
9completing this form:
10        (1) federal income tax returns, including any related
11    schedules, attachments, and forms; and
12        (2) investment and brokerage statements.
13    To complete this form, you do not need to disclose specific
14amounts or values or report interests relating either to
15political committees registered with the Illinois State Board
16of Elections or to political committees, principal campaign
17committees, or authorized committees registered with the
18Federal Election Commission.
19    The information you disclose will be available to the
20public.
21    You must answer all 6 questions. Certain questions will ask
22you to report any applicable assets or debts held in your name;
23held jointly with your spouse; or held jointly by you with your
24minor child. If you have any concerns about whether an interest

 

 

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1should be reported, please consult your department's ethics
2officer, if applicable.
3    Please ensure that the information you provide is complete
4and accurate. If you need more space than the form allows,
5please attach additional pages for your response. If you are
6subject to the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, your
7ethics officer must review your statement of economic interests
8before you file it. Failure to complete the statement in good
9faith and within the prescribed deadline may subject you to
10fines, imprisonment, or both.
 
11BASIC INFORMATION:
12Name: .......................................................
13Job title:...................................................
14Office, department, or agency that requires you to file this
15form:........................................................
16Other offices, departments, or agencies that require you to
17file a Statement of Economic Interests form: ................
18Full mailing address: .......................................
19Preferred e-mail address (optional) .........................
 
20QUESTIONS:
21    1. If you have any single asset that was worth more than
22$25,000 as of the end of the preceding calendar year and is
23held in your name, held jointly by you with your spouse, or
24held jointly by you with your minor child, list such assets

 

 

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1below. In the case of investment real estate, list the city and
2state where the investment real estate is located. If you do
3not have any such assets, list "none" below.
4.............................................................
5.............................................................
6.............................................................
7.............................................................
8.............................................................
9    2. Excluding the position for which you are required to
10file this form, list the source of any income in excess of
11$10,000 in income as reported on your federal income tax return
12covering the preceding calendar year. If you sold an asset that
13produced more than $10,000 in capital gains in the preceding
14calendar year, list the name of the asset and the transaction
15date on which the sale or transfer took place. If you had no
16other sources of income exceeding $10,000, list "none" below.
 
17Source of Income / Name of Date Sold (if applicable)
18Asset
19............................... ...............................
20............................... ...............................
21............................... ...............................
22    3. Excluding debts incurred on terms available to the
23general public, such as mortgages, student loans, and credit
24card debts, if you owed any single debt in the preceding
25calendar year exceeding $25,000, list the creditor of the debt

 

 

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1below. If you had no such debts, list "none" below.
2    List the creditor for all applicable debts owed by you,
3owed jointly by you with your spouse, or owed jointly by you
4with your minor child. In addition to the types of debts listed
5above, you do not need to report any debts to or from financial
6institutions or government agencies, such as debts secured by
7automobiles, household furniture or appliances, as long as the
8debt was made on terms available to the general public, debts
9to members of your family, or debts to or from a political
10committee registered with the Illinois State Board of Elections
11or any political committee, principal campaign committee, or
12authorized committee registered with the Federal Election
13Commission.
14.............................................................
15.............................................................
16.............................................................
17.............................................................
18    4. Excluding debts owed to you by members of your family or
19by a political committee, if there is any entity or person who
20owed any debt to you in the preceding calendar year exceeding
21$25,000, list the debtor below. If no such debts were owed to
22you, list "none" below.
23    List the debtor for all applicable debts owed to you, owed
24jointly to you with your spouse, or owed jointly to you with
25your minor child. You do not need to report loans made to
26members of your family or to a political committee registered

 

 

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1with the Illinois State Board of Elections or any political
2committee, principal campaign committee, or authorized
3committee registered with the Federal Election Commission.
4.............................................................
5.............................................................
6.............................................................
7    5. If you maintain an economic relationship with a lobbyist
8or if a member of your immediate family is known to you to be a
9lobbyist registered with any unit of government in the State of
10Illinois, list the name of the lobbyist below and identify the
11nature of your relationship with the lobbyist. If you do not
12have an economic relationship with a lobbyist, list "none"
13below.
 
14Name of LobbyistRelationship to Filer
15............................... ...............................
16............................... ...............................
17............................... ...............................
18    6. List the name of any person, organization, or entity
19that was the source of a gift or gifts, or honorarium or
20honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate in excess of
21$1,000 received during the preceding calendar year.
22.............................................................
23.............................................................
24.............................................................
 

 

 

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1VERIFICATION:
2    "I declare that this statement of economic interests
3(including any attachments) has been examined by me and to the
4best of my knowledge and belief is a true, correct and complete
5statement of my economic interests as required by the Illinois
6Governmental Ethics Act. I understand that the penalty for
7willfully filing a false or incomplete statement is a fine not
8to exceed $2,500 or imprisonment in a penal institution other
9than the penitentiary not to exceed one year, or both fine and
10imprisonment."
11Printed Name of Filer........................................
12Date.........................................................
13Signature....................................................
 
14If this statement of economic interests requires ethics officer
15review prior to filing, the applicable ethics officer must
16complete the following:
 
17CERTIFICATION OF ETHICS OFFICER REVIEW:
18    "In accordance with law, as Ethics Officer, I reviewed this
19statement of economic interests prior to its filing."
 
20Printed Name of Ethics Officer...............................
21Date.........................................................
22Signature....................................................
23Preferred e-mail address (optional) .........................

 

 

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1
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST
2
(TYPE OR HAND PRINT)
3.............................................................
4(name)
5.............................................................
6(each office or position of employment for which this statement
7is filed)
8.............................................................
9(full mailing address)
10GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
11    The interest (if constructively controlled by the person
12making the statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be
13considered to be the same as the interest of the person making
14the statement.
15    Campaign receipts shall not be included in this statement.
16    If additional space is needed, please attach supplemental
17listing.
18    1. List the name and instrument of ownership in any entity
19doing business in the State of Illinois, in which the ownership
20interest held by the person at the date of filing is in excess
21of $5,000 fair market value or from which dividends in excess
22of $1,200 were derived during the preceding calendar year. (In
23the case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed by
24street address, or if none, then by legal description.) No time
25or demand deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt
26instrument need be listed.

 

 

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1Business EntityInstrument of Ownership
2..............................................................
3..............................................................
4..............................................................
5..............................................................
6    2. List the name, address and type of practice of any
7professional organization in which the person making the
8statement was an officer, director, associate, partner or
9proprietor or served in any advisory capacity, from which
10income in excess of $1,200 was derived during the preceding
11calendar year.
12NameAddressType of Practice
13.............................................................
14.............................................................
15.............................................................
16    3. List the nature of professional services rendered (other
17than to the State of Illinois) to each entity from which income
18exceeding $5,000 was received for professional services
19rendered during the preceding calendar year by the person
20making the statement.
21.............................................................
22.............................................................
23    4. List the identity (including the address or legal
24description of real estate) of any capital asset from which a
25capital gain of $5,000 or more was realized during the
26preceding calendar year.

 

 

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1.............................................................
2.............................................................
3    5. List the identity of any compensated lobbyist with whom
4the person making the statement maintains a close economic
5association, including the name of the lobbyist and specifying
6the legislative matter or matters which are the object of the
7lobbying activity, and describing the general type of economic
8activity of the client or principal on whose behalf that person
9is lobbying.
10LobbyistLegislative MatterClient or Principal
11.............................................................
12.............................................................
13    6. List the name of any entity doing business in the State
14of Illinois from which income in excess of $1,200 was derived
15during the preceding calendar year other than for professional
16services and the title or description of any position held in
17that entity. (In the case of real estate, location thereof
18shall be listed by street address, or if none, then by legal
19description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
20institution nor any debt instrument need be listed.
21EntityPosition Held
22..............................................................
23..............................................................
24..............................................................
25    7. List the name of any unit of government which employed
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1year other than the unit or units of government in relation to
2which the person is required to file.
3.............................................................
4.............................................................
5    8. List the name of any entity from which a gift or gifts,
6or honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate
7in excess of $500, was received during the preceding calendar
8year.
9.............................................................
10VERIFICATION:
11    "I declare that this statement of economic interests
12(including any accompanying schedules and statements) has been
13examined by me and to the best of my knowledge and belief is a
14true, correct and complete statement of my economic interests
15as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. I
16understand that the penalty for willfully filing a false or
17incomplete statement shall be a fine not to exceed $1,000 or
18imprisonment in a penal institution other than the penitentiary
19not to exceed one year, or both fine and imprisonment."
20................ ..........................................
21(date of filing) (signature of person making the statement)
22(Source: P.A. 95-173, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
23    (5 ILCS 420/4A-108)
24    Sec. 4A-108. Internet-based systems of filing.
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1other law, the Secretary of State and county clerks are
2authorized to institute an Internet-based system for the filing
3of statements of economic interests in their offices. With
4respect to county clerk systems, the determination to institute
5such a system shall be in the sole discretion of the county
6clerk and shall meet the requirements set out in this Section.
7With respect to a Secretary of State system, the determination
8to institute such a system shall be in the sole discretion of
9the Secretary of State and shall meet the requirements set out
10in this Section and those Sections of the State Officials and
11Employees Ethics Act requiring ethics officer review prior to
12filing. The system shall be capable of allowing an ethics
13officer to approve a statement of economic interests and shall
14include a means to amend a statement of economic interests.
15When this Section does not modify or remove the requirements
16set forth elsewhere in this Article, those requirements shall
17apply to any system of Internet-based filing authorized by this
18Section. When this Section does modify or remove the
19requirements set forth elsewhere in this Article, the
20provisions of this Section shall apply to any system of
21Internet-based filing authorized by this Section.
22    (b) In any system of Internet-based filing of statements of
23economic interests instituted by the Secretary of State or a
24county clerk:
25        (1) Any filing of an Internet-based statement of
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1    a verified, written statement of economic interests as
2    required by Section 4A-101 and the equivalent of the filing
3    of a verified, dated, and signed statement of economic
4    interests as required by Section 4A-103 4A-104.
5        (2) The Secretary of State and county clerks who
6    institute a system of Internet-based filing of statements
7    of economic interests shall establish a password-protected
8    website to receive the filings of such statements. A
9    website established under this Section shall set forth and
10    provide a means of responding to the items set forth in
11    Section 4A-103 4A-102 that are required of a person who
12    files a statement of economic interests with that officer.
13    A website established under this Section shall set forth
14    and provide a means of generating a printable receipt page
15    acknowledging filing.
16        (3) The times for the filing of statements of economic
17    interests set forth in Section 4A-105 shall be followed in
18    any system of Internet-based filing of statements of
19    economic interests; provided that a candidate for elective
20    office who is required to file a statement of economic
21    interests in relation to his or her candidacy pursuant to
22    Section 4A-105(a) shall not use the Internet to file his or
23    her statement of economic interests but shall file his or
24    her statement of economic interests in a written or printed
25    form and shall receive a written or printed receipt for his
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1        A candidate filing for Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
2    Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasurer,
3    Comptroller, State Senate, State House of Representatives,
4    Supreme Court Judge, appellate court judge, or circuit
5    court judge shall not use the Internet to file his or her
6    statement of economic interests, but shall file his or her
7    statement of economic interests in a written or printed
8    form and shall receive a written or printed receipt for his
9    or her filing. Annually, the duly appointed ethics officer
10    for each legislative caucus shall certify to the Secretary
11    of State whether his or her caucus members will file their
12    statements of economic interests electronically or in a
13    written or printed format for that year. If the ethics
14    officer for a caucus certifies that the statements of
15    economic interests shall be written or printed, then
16    members of the General Assembly of that caucus shall not
17    use the Internet to file his or her statement of economic
18    interests, but shall file his or her statement of economic
19    interests in a written or printed form and shall receive a
20    written or printed receipt for his or her filing. If no
21    certification is made by an ethics officer for a
22    legislative caucus, or if a member of the General Assembly
23    is not affiliated with a legislative caucus, then the
24    affected member or members of the General Assembly may file
25    their statements of economic interests using the Internet.
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1    of Internet-based filing of statements of economic
2    interests, each person required to file such a statement is
3    to be notified in writing of his or her obligation to file
4    his or her statement of economic interests by way of the
5    Internet-based system. If access to the web site requires a
6    code or password, this information shall be included in the
7    notice prescribed by this paragraph.
8        (5) When a person required to file a statement of
9    economic interests has supplied the Secretary of State or a
10    county clerk, as applicable, with an email address for the
11    purpose of receiving notices under this Article by email, a
12    notice sent by email to the supplied email address shall be
13    the equivalent of a notice sent by first class mail, as set
14    forth in Section 4A-106. A person who has supplied such an
15    email address shall notify the Secretary of State or county
16    clerk, as applicable, when his or her email address changes
17    or if he or she no longer wishes to receive notices by
18    email.
19        (6) If any person who is required to file a statement
20    of economic interests and who has chosen to receive notices
21    by email fails to file his or her statement by May 10, then
22    the Secretary of State or county clerk, as applicable,
23    shall send an additional email notice on that date,
24    informing the person that he or she has not filed and
25    describing the penalties for late filing and failing to
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1    provided for in this Article.
2        (7) The Secretary of State and each county clerk who
3    institutes a system of Internet-based filing of statements
4    of economic interests may also institute an Internet-based
5    process for the filing of the list of names and addresses
6    of persons required to file statements of economic
7    interests by the chief administrative officers that must
8    file such information with the Secretary of State or county
9    clerk, as applicable, pursuant to Section 4A-106. Whenever
10    the Secretary of State or a county clerk institutes such a
11    system under this paragraph, every chief administrative
12    officer must use the system to file this information.
13        (8) The Secretary of State and any county clerk who
14    institutes a system of Internet-based filing of statements
15    of economic interests shall post the contents of such
16    statements filed with him or her available for inspection
17    and copying on a publicly accessible website. Such postings
18    shall not include the addresses or signatures of the
19    filers.
20(Source: P.A. 99-108, eff. 7-22-15.)
 
21    (5 ILCS 420/4A-104 rep.)
22    Section 10. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended
23by repealing Section 4A-104.
 
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1changing Section 6 as follows:
 
2    (25 ILCS 170/6)  (from Ch. 63, par. 176)
3    Sec. 6. Reports.
4    (a) Lobbyist reports. Except as otherwise provided in this
5Section, every lobbyist registered under this Act who is solely
6employed by a lobbying entity shall file an affirmation,
7verified under oath pursuant to Section 1-109 of the Code of
8Civil Procedure, with the Secretary of State attesting to the
9accuracy of any reports filed pursuant to subsection (b) as
10those reports pertain to work performed by the lobbyist. Any
11lobbyist registered under this Act who is not solely employed
12by a lobbying entity shall personally file reports required of
13lobbying entities pursuant to subsection (b). A lobbyist may,
14if authorized so to do by a lobbying entity by whom he or she is
15employed or retained, file lobbying entity reports pursuant to
16subsection (b) provided that the lobbying entity may delegate
17the filing of the lobbying entity report to only one lobbyist
18in any reporting period.
19    (b) Lobbying entity reports. Every lobbying entity
20registered under this Act shall report expenditures related to
21lobbying. The report shall itemize each individual expenditure
22or transaction and shall include the name of the official on
23whose behalf the expenditure was made, the name of the client
24if the expenditure was made on behalf of a client, the total
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1the vendor or purveyor to whom the expenditure was made
2(including the address or location of the expenditure), the
3date on which the expenditure occurred and the subject matter
4of the lobbying activity, if any. For those expenditures made
5on behalf of a client, if the client is a client registrant,
6the report shall also include the name and address of the
7client or clients of the client registrant or the official or
8officials on whose behalf the expenditure ultimately was made.
9Each expenditure required to be reported shall include all
10expenses made for or on behalf of an official or his or her
11immediate family member living with the official.
12    (b-1) The report shall include any change or addition to
13the client list information, required in Section 5 for
14registration, since the last report, including the names and
15addresses of all clients who retained the lobbying entity
16together with an itemized description for each client of the
17following: (1) lobbying regarding executive action, including
18the name of any executive agency lobbied and the subject
19matter; (2) lobbying regarding legislative action, including
20the General Assembly and any other agencies lobbied and the
21subject matter; and (3) lobbying regarding administrative
22action, including the agency lobbied and the subject matter.
23Registrants who made no reportable expenditures during a
24reporting period shall file a report stating that no
25expenditures were incurred.
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1shall be listed and reported according to the following
2categories:
3        (1) Travel and lodging on behalf of others, including,
4    but not limited to, all travel and living accommodations
5    made for or on behalf of State officials during sessions of
6    the General Assembly.
7        (2) Meals, beverages and other entertainment.
8        (3) Gifts (indicating which, if any, are on the basis
9    of personal friendship).
10        (4) Honoraria.
11        (5) Any other thing or service of value not listed
12    under categories (1) through (4), setting forth a
13    description of the expenditure. The category travel and
14    lodging includes, but is not limited to, all travel and
15    living accommodations made for or on behalf of State
16    officials in the State capital during sessions of the
17    General Assembly.
18    (b-3) If expenditures are Expenditures incurred for
19hosting receptions, benefits, and other large gatherings held
20for purposes of goodwill or otherwise to influence executive,
21legislative, or administrative action and if the total number
22of State officials invited to such an event is equal to or
23greater than the number of State legislators in the smaller
24minority caucus of either the House of Representatives or the
25Senate, as defined in the rules of those chambers, then to
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1reported listing only the total amount of the expenditure, the
2date of the event, and the estimated number of officials in
3attendance shall be reported.
4    (b-7) Matters excluded from reports. The following items
5need not be included in the report:
6        (1) Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the
7    registrant who is a member of a legislative or State study
8    commission or committee while attending and participating
9    in meetings and hearings of such commission or committee.
10        (2) Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the
11    registrant for personal sustenance, lodging, travel,
12    office expenses and clerical or support staff.
13        (3) Salaries, fees, and other compensation paid to the
14    registrant for the purposes of lobbying.
15        (4) Any contributions required to be reported under
16    Article 9 of the Election Code.
17        (5) Expenditures made by a registrant on behalf of an
18    official that are returned or reimbursed prior to the
19    deadline for submission of the report.
20    (c) A registrant who terminates employment or duties which
21required him or her to register under this Act shall give the
22Secretary of State, within 30 days after the date of such
23termination, written notice of such termination and shall
24include therewith a report of the expenditures described
25herein, covering the period of time since the filing of his or
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1notice and report shall be final and relieve such registrant of
2further reporting under this Act, unless and until he or she
3later takes employment or assumes duties requiring him or her
4to again register under this Act.
5    (d) Failure to file any such report within the time
6designated or the reporting of incomplete information shall
7constitute a violation of this Act.
8    A registrant shall preserve for a period of 2 years all
9receipts and records used in preparing reports under this Act.
10    (e) Within 30 days after a filing deadline or as provided
11by rule, the lobbyist shall notify each official on whose
12behalf an expenditure has been reported. Notification shall
13include the name of the registrant, the total amount of the
14expenditure, a description of the expenditure, the date on
15which the expenditure occurred, and the subject matter of the
16lobbying activity.
17    (f) A report for the period beginning January 1, 2010 and
18ending on June 30, 2010 shall be filed no later than July 15,
192010, and a report for the period beginning July 1, 2010 and
20ending on December 31, 2010 shall be filed no later than
21January 15, 2011. Beginning January 1, 2011, reports shall be
22filed semi-monthly as follows: (i) for the period beginning the
23first day of the month through the 15th day of the month, the
24report shall be filed no later than the 20th day of the month
25and (ii) for the period beginning on the 16th day of the month
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1later than the 5th day of the following month. A report filed
2under this Act is due in the Office of the Secretary of State
3no later than the close of business on the date on which it is
4required to be filed.
5    (g) All reports filed under this Act shall be filed in a
6format or on forms prescribed by the Secretary of State.
7(Source: P.A. 98-459, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
8    Section 98. Applicability. The provisions of this
9amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly concerning
10statements of economic interests shall apply to statements of
11economic interests filed in 2019 and for each year thereafter.
12Any statement of economic interest filed prior to 2019 shall
13apply the law in effect before the effective date of this
14amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
161, 2018, except that Section 15 and this Section take effect
17upon becoming law.".