HB3940 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3940

Introduced 1/10/2012, by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

805 ILCS 105/108.90 new

Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Provides that an officer or director of a corporation organized under the Act that receives any State funds may not knowingly hire, or seek to influence the employment or promotion of, a relative for a compensated position within the corporation. Defines "relative" to include a father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, great uncle, great aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandfather-in-law, grandmother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, fiance, fiancee, and the mother, father, grandfather, or grandmother of a fiance or fiancee. Effective July 1, 2012.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning business.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 is amended by adding Section 108.90 as follows:

(805 ILCS 105/108.90 new)

Sec. 108.90. Nepotism.

(a) An officer or director of a corporation organized under this Act that receives any State funds may not knowingly hire, or seek to influence the employment or promotion of, a relative for a compensated position within the corporation.

(b) For the purposes of this Section, "relative" means a father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, great uncle, great aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandfather-in-law, grandmother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, fiance, fiancee, and the mother, father, grandfather, or grandmother of a fiance or fiancee.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2012.