97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0001

 

Introduced 1/12/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 420/3A-40 new

    Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that holdover appointees, temporary appointees, and acting appointees to offices requiring Senate confirmation may not continue in office longer than stated limited periods. Exempts from these provisions appointments to the State Board of Elections. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended
5by adding Section 3A-40 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 420/3A-40 new)
7    Sec. 3A-40. Appointees with expired terms; temporary and
8acting appointees.
9    (a) A person who is nominated by the Governor on or after
10the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
11Assembly for any office to which appointment requires the
12advice and consent of the Senate, who is appointed pursuant to
13that advice and consent, and whose term of office expires shall
14not continue in office longer than 30 days after the expiration
15of that term of office. After that 30th day, each such office
16is considered vacant and shall be filled only pursuant to the
17law applicable to making appointments to that office, subject
18to the provisions of this Section.
19    A person who has been nominated by the Governor before the
20effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
21Assembly for any salaried office to which appointment requires
22the advice and consent of the Senate, who has been appointed
23pursuant to that advice and consent, and whose term of office

 

 

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1has expired before that effective date shall not continue in
2office after that effective date. After that effective date,
3each such office is considered vacant and shall be filled only
4pursuant to the law applicable to making appointments to that
5office, subject to the provisions of this Section. For the
6purposes of this Section, "salaried office" means an office in
7which one receives any form of compensation other than per diem
8or expense reimbursement.
9    A person who has been nominated by the Governor before the
10effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
11Assembly for an office other than a salaried office to which
12appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate, who
13has been appointed pursuant to that advice and consent, and
14whose term of office has expired before that effective date
15shall not continue in office longer than 30 days after that
16effective date. After that 30th day, each such office is
17considered vacant and shall be filled only pursuant to the law
18applicable to making appointments to that office, subject to
19the provisions of this Section.
20    (b) A person who is appointed by the Governor on or after
21the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
22Assembly to serve as a temporary appointee, pursuant to Article
23V, Section 9(b) of the Illinois Constitution or any other
24applicable statute, to any office to which appointment requires
25the advice and consent of the Senate shall not continue in
26office after the next meeting of the Senate unless the Governor

 

 

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1has filed a message with the Secretary of the Senate nominating
2that person to fill that office on or before that meeting date.
3After that meeting date, each such office is considered vacant
4and shall be filled only pursuant to the law applicable to
5making appointments to that office, subject to the provisions
6of this Section.
7    A person who has been appointed by the Governor before the
8effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
9Assembly to serve as a temporary appointee, pursuant to Article
10V, Section 9(b) of the Illinois Constitution or any other
11applicable statute, to any office to which appointment requires
12the advice and consent of the Senate shall not continue in
13office after that effective date or the next meeting of the
14Senate, as applicable, unless the Governor has filed a message
15with the Secretary of the Senate nominating that person to fill
16that office on or before the next meeting of the Senate after
17that temporary appointment was made. After that effective date
18or meeting date, whichever last occurs, each such office is
19considered vacant and shall be filled only pursuant to the law
20applicable to making appointments to that office, subject to
21the provisions of this Section.
22    (c) A person who is appointed by the Governor on or after
23the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
24Assembly to serve as an acting appointee to any office to which
25appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate shall
26not continue in office more than 30 days unless the Governor

 

 

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1files a message with the Secretary of the Senate nominating
2that person to fill that office within that 30 days. After that
330 days, each such office is considered vacant and shall be
4filled only pursuant to the law applicable to making
5appointments to that office, subject to the provisions of this
6Section.
7    A person who has been appointed by the Governor before the
8effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
9Assembly to serve as an acting appointee to any office to which
10appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate shall
11not continue in office after that effective date unless the
12Governor has filed a message with the Secretary of the Senate
13nominating that person to fill that office on or before that
14effective date. After that effective date, each such office is
15considered vacant and shall be filled only pursuant to the law
16applicable to making appointments to that office, subject to
17the provisions of this Section.
18    For the purposes of this subsection (c), "acting appointee"
19means a person appointed by the Governor to serve as an acting
20director or acting secretary pursuant to Section 5-605 of the
21Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. "Acting appointee" also
22means a person appointed by the Governor pursuant to any other
23statute to serve as an acting holder of any office, to execute
24the duties and functions of any office, or both.
25    (d) The provisions of this Section apply notwithstanding
26any law to the contrary. However, the provisions of this

 

 

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1Section shall not apply to appointments made under Article 1A
2of the Election Code.
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.