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Full Text of HB3830  97th General Assembly

HB3830 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3830

 

Introduced 10/19/2011, by Rep. Fred Crespo and Michael J. Zalewski

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 430/50-5

    Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that an ethics commission may levy an administrative fine of not less than $250 against any officer, member, or employee who fails to complete required ethics training.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
5amended by changing Section 50-5 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 430/50-5)
7    Sec. 50-5. Penalties.
8    (a) A person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if that
9person intentionally violates any provision of Section 5-15,
105-30, 5-40, or 5-45 or Article 15.
11    (a-1) An ethics commission may levy an administrative fine
12for a violation of Section 5-45 of this Act of up to 3 times the
13total annual compensation that would have been obtained in
14violation of Section 5-45.
15    (b) A person who intentionally violates any provision of
16Section 5-20, 5-35, 5-50, or 5-55 is guilty of a business
17offense subject to a fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000.
18    (c) A person who intentionally violates any provision of
19Article 10 is guilty of a business offense and subject to a
20fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000.
21    (d) Any person who intentionally makes a false report
22alleging a violation of any provision of this Act to an ethics
23commission, an inspector general, the State Police, a State's

 

 

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1Attorney, the Attorney General, or any other law enforcement
2official is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
3    (e) An ethics commission may levy an administrative fine of
4up to $5,000 against any person who violates this Act, who
5intentionally obstructs or interferes with an investigation
6conducted under this Act by an inspector general, or who
7intentionally makes a false, frivolous, or bad faith
8allegation.
9    (f) In addition to any other penalty that may apply,
10whether criminal or civil, a State employee who intentionally
11violates any provision of Section 5-5, 5-15, 5-20, 5-30, 5-35,
125-45, or 5-50, Article 10, Article 15, or Section 20-90 or
1325-90 is subject to discipline or discharge by the appropriate
14ultimate jurisdictional authority.
15    (g) An ethics commission may levy an administrative fine of
16not less than $250 against any officer, member, or employee who
17fails to complete the ethics training required under Section
185-10.
19(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.)