Full Text of SB3969 96th General Assembly
SB3969eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 4A-108 as follows: | 6 | | (5 ILCS 420/4A-108) | 7 | | Sec. 4A-108. Internet-based systems of filing. | 8 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any | 9 | | other law, a county clerk is authorized to institute an | 10 | | Internet-based system for the filing of statements of economic | 11 | | interests in his or her office. The determination to institute | 12 | | such a system shall be in the sole discretion of the county | 13 | | clerk and shall meet the requirements set out in this Section. | 14 | | When this Section does not modify or remove the requirements | 15 | | set forth elsewhere in this Article, those requirements shall | 16 | | apply to any system of Internet-based filing authorized by this | 17 | | Section. When this Section does modify or remove the | 18 | | requirements set forth elsewhere in this Article, the | 19 | | provisions of this Section shall apply to any system of | 20 | | Internet-based filing authorized by this Section. | 21 | | (b) In any system of Internet-based filing of statements of | 22 | | economic interests instituted by a county clerk: | 23 | | (1) Any filing of an Internet-based statement of |
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| 1 | | economic interests shall be the equivalent of the filing of | 2 | | a verified, written statement of economic interests as | 3 | | required by Section 4A-101 and the equivalent of the filing | 4 | | of a verified, dated, and signed statement of economic | 5 | | interests as required by Section 4A-104 4A-103 . | 6 | | (2) A county clerk who institutes a system of | 7 | | Internet-based filing of statements of economic interests | 8 | | shall establish a password-protected web site to receive | 9 | | the filings of such statements. A website established under | 10 | | this Section shall set forth and provide a means of | 11 | | responding to the items set forth in Section 4A-102 that | 12 | | are required of a person who files a statement of economic | 13 | | interests with that officer. | 14 | | (3) The times for the filing of statements of economic | 15 | | interests set forth in Section 4A-105 shall be followed in | 16 | | any system of Internet-based filing of statements of | 17 | | economic interests; provided that a candidate for elective | 18 | | office who is required to file a statement of economic | 19 | | interests in relation to his or her candidacy pursuant to | 20 | | Section 4A-105(a) shall not use the Internet to file his or | 21 | | her statement of economic interests but shall file his or | 22 | | her statement of economic interests in a written or printed | 23 | | form and shall receive a written or printed receipt for his | 24 | | or her filing. | 25 | | (4) Following the institution of a system of | 26 | | Internet-based filing of statements of economic interests |
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| 1 | | by a county clerk, all persons required to file a statement | 2 | | of economic interests with that officer must do so through | 3 | | the system of Internet-based filing of statements of | 4 | | economic interests. As part of his or her system of | 5 | | Internet-based filing of statements of economic interests, | 6 | | a county clerk instituting such a system shall make | 7 | | provision for those persons who are required to file a | 8 | | statement of economic interests and who do not have access | 9 | | to the Internet. In the first year of the implementation of | 10 | | a system of Internet-based filing of statements of economic | 11 | | interests, each person required to file such a statement is | 12 | | to be notified in writing, by a notice deposited in the | 13 | | U.S. mail, properly addressed, first class postage | 14 | | prepaid, of his or her obligation to file his or her | 15 | | statement of economic interests by way of the | 16 | | Internet-based system instituted for that purpose. If | 17 | | access to the web site requires a code or password, this | 18 | | information shall be included in the notice prescribed by | 19 | | this paragraph. | 20 | | (5) When a person required to file a statement of | 21 | | economic interests has supplied a county clerk with an | 22 | | email address for the purpose of receiving notices under | 23 | | this Article by email, a notice sent by email to the | 24 | | supplied email address shall be the equivalent of a notice | 25 | | sent by first class mail, as set forth in Section 4A-106. A | 26 | | person who has supplied such an email address shall notify |
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| 1 | | the county clerk when his or her email address changes or | 2 | | if he or she no longer wishes to receive notices by email. | 3 | | (6) If any person who is required to file a statement | 4 | | of economic interests and who has chosen to receive notices | 5 | | by email fails to file his or her statement by May 10, then | 6 | | the county clerk shall send an additional email notice on | 7 | | that date, informing the person that he or she has not | 8 | | filed and describing the penalties for late filing and | 9 | | failing to file. This notice shall be in addition to other | 10 | | notices provided for in this Article. | 11 | | (7) Each county clerk who institutes a system of | 12 | | Internet-based filing of statements of economic interests | 13 | | may also institute an Internet-based process for the filing | 14 | | of the list of names and addresses of persons required to | 15 | | file statements of economic interests by the chief | 16 | | administrative officers of units of local government that | 17 | | must file such information with that county clerk pursuant | 18 | | to Section 4A-106. Whenever a county clerk institutes such | 19 | | a system under this paragraph, every unit of local | 20 | | government must use the system to file this information. | 21 | | (8) Any county clerk who institutes a system of | 22 | | Internet-based filing of statements of economic interests | 23 | | shall post the contents of such statements filed with him | 24 | | or her available for inspection and copying on a publicly | 25 | | accessible website. Such postings shall not include the | 26 | | addresses of the filers.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1336, eff. 1-1-11.) | 2 | | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | 3 | | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | 4 | | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | 5 | | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | 6 | | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | 7 | | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | 8 | | Public Act.
| 9 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 10 | | 1, 2011.
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