Rep. Jim Durkin

Filed: 10/26/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 358

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 358 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
5amended by changing Section 5-45 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 430/5-45)
7    Sec. 5-45. Procurement; revolving door prohibition.
8    (a) No former officer, member, or State employee, or spouse
9or immediate family member living with such person, shall,
10within a period of one year immediately after termination of
11State employment, knowingly accept employment or receive
12compensation or fees for services from a person or entity if
13the officer, member, or State employee, during the year
14immediately preceding termination of State employment,
15participated personally and substantially in the award of State
16contracts, or the issuance of State contract change orders,

 

 

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1with a cumulative value of $25,000 or more to the person or
2entity, or its parent or subsidiary.
3    (b) No former officer of the executive branch or State
4employee of the executive branch with regulatory or licensing
5authority, or spouse or immediate family member living with
6such person, shall, within a period of one year immediately
7after termination of State employment, knowingly accept
8employment or receive compensation or fees for services from a
9person or entity if the officer or State employee, during the
10year immediately preceding termination of State employment,
11participated personally and substantially in making a
12regulatory or licensing decision that directly applied to the
13person or entity, or its parent or subsidiary.
14    (c) Within 6 months after the effective date of this
15amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, each executive
16branch constitutional officer and legislative leader, the
17Auditor General, and the Joint Committee on Legislative Support
18Services shall adopt a policy delineating which State positions
19under his or her jurisdiction and control, by the nature of
20their duties, may have the authority to participate personally
21and substantially in the award of State contracts or in
22regulatory or licensing decisions. The Governor shall adopt
23such a policy for all State employees of the executive branch
24not under the jurisdiction and control of any other executive
25branch constitutional officer.
26    The policies required under subsection (c) of this Section

 

 

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1shall be filed with the appropriate ethics commission
2established under this Act or, for the Auditor General, with
3the Office of the Auditor General.
4    (d) Each Inspector General shall have the authority to
5determine that additional State positions under his or her
6jurisdiction, not otherwise subject to the policies required by
7subsection (c) of this Section, are nonetheless subject to the
8notification requirement of subsection (f) below due to their
9involvement in the award of State contracts or in regulatory or
10licensing decisions.
11    (e) The Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services,
12the Auditor General, and each of the executive branch
13constitutional officers and legislative leaders subject to
14subsection (c) of this Section shall provide written
15notification to all employees in positions subject to the
16policies required by subsection (c) or a determination made
17under subsection (d): (1) upon hiring, promotion, or transfer
18into the relevant position; and (2) at the time the employee's
19duties are changed in such a way as to qualify that employee.
20An employee receiving notification must certify in writing that
21the person was advised of the prohibition and the requirement
22to notify the appropriate Inspector General in subsection (f).
23    (f) Any State employee in a position subject to the
24policies required by subsection (c) or to a determination under
25subsection (d), but who does not fall within the prohibition of
26subsection (h) below, who is offered non-State employment

 

 

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1during State employment or within a period of one year
2immediately after termination of State employment shall, prior
3to accepting such non-State employment, notify the appropriate
4Inspector General. Within 10 calendar days after receiving
5notification from an employee in a position subject to the
6policies required by subsection (c), such Inspector General
7shall make a determination as to whether the State employee is
8restricted from accepting such employment by subsection (a) or
9(b). In making a determination, in addition to any other
10relevant information, an Inspector General shall assess the
11effect of the prospective employment or relationship upon
12decisions referred to in subsections (a) and (b), based on the
13totality of the participation by the former officer, member, or
14State employee in those decisions. A determination by an
15Inspector General must be in writing, signed and dated by the
16Inspector General, and delivered to the subject of the
17determination within 10 calendar days or the person is deemed
18eligible for the employment opportunity. For purposes of this
19subsection, "appropriate Inspector General" means (i) for
20members and employees of the legislative branch, the
21Legislative Inspector General; (ii) for the Auditor General and
22employees of the Office of the Auditor General, the Inspector
23General provided for in Section 30-5 of this Act; and (iii) for
24executive branch officers and employees, the Inspector General
25having jurisdiction over the officer or employee. Notice of any
26determination of an Inspector General and of any such appeal

 

 

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1shall be given to the ultimate jurisdictional authority, the
2Attorney General, and the Executive Ethics Commission.
3    (g) An Inspector General's determination regarding
4restrictions under subsection (a) or (b) may be appealed to the
5appropriate Ethics Commission by the person subject to the
6decision or the Attorney General no later than the 10th
7calendar day after the date of the determination.
8    On appeal, the Ethics Commission or Auditor General shall
9seek, accept, and consider written public comments regarding a
10determination. In deciding whether to uphold an Inspector
11General's determination, the appropriate Ethics Commission or
12Auditor General shall assess, in addition to any other relevant
13information, the effect of the prospective employment or
14relationship upon the decisions referred to in subsections (a)
15and (b), based on the totality of the participation by the
16former officer, member, or State employee in those decisions.
17The Ethics Commission shall decide whether to uphold an
18Inspector General's determination within 10 calendar days or
19the person is deemed eligible for the employment opportunity.
20    (h) The following officers, members, or State employees
21shall not, within a period of one year immediately after
22termination of office or State employment, knowingly accept
23employment or receive compensation or fees for services from a
24person or entity if the person or entity or its parent or
25subsidiary, during the year immediately preceding termination
26of State employment, was a party to a State contract or

 

 

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1contracts with a cumulative value of $25,000 or more involving
2the officer, member, or State employee's State agency, or was
3the subject of a regulatory or licensing decision involving the
4officer, member, or State employee's State agency, regardless
5of whether he or she participated personally and substantially
6in the award of the State contract or contracts or the making
7of the regulatory or licensing decision in question:
8        (1) members or officers;
9        (2) members of a commission or board created by the
10    Illinois Constitution;
11        (3) persons whose appointment to office is subject to
12    the advice and consent of the Senate;
13        (4) the head of a department, commission, board,
14    division, bureau, authority, or other administrative unit
15    within the government of this State;
16        (5) chief procurement officers, State purchasing
17    officers, and their designees whose duties are directly
18    related to State procurement; and
19        (6) chiefs of staff, deputy chiefs of staff, associate
20    chiefs of staff, assistant chiefs of staff, and deputy
21    governors.
22    (i) For the purposes of this Section, with respect to
23officers or employees of a regional transit board, as defined
24in this Act, the phrase "person or entity" does not include:
25(i) the United States government, (ii) the State, (iii)
26municipalities, as defined under Article VII, Section 1 of the

 

 

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1Illinois Constitution, (iv) units of local government, as
2defined under Article VII, Section 1 of the Illinois
3Constitution, or (v) school districts.
4(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.".