SB3142 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB3142

Introduced 2/19/2016, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

50 ILCS 40/2

from Ch. 24, par. 1362

Amends the Foreign Trade Zones Act. Provides that each contract entered into in violation of the Act is a separate violation subject to a separate fine. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The Foreign Trade Zones Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

(50 ILCS 40/2) (from Ch. 24, par. 1362)

Sec. 2. It is unlawful for any person holding an elective office in this State, holding a seat in the General Assembly, or appointed to or employed in any of the offices of State government, or who is an officer or employee of the Illinois Building Authority or the Illinois Toll Highway Authority, or who is the wife, husband, child, grandparent, parent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, brother, sister, first cousin, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law of any such person to have or acquire any contract, or any direct or indirect pecuniary interest in any grant or contract issued pursuant to this Act.

Any person convicted of a violation of this Section is guilty of a business offense and shall be fined not more than $2,500. Each contract entered into in violation of this Act is a separate violation subject to a separate fine.

(Source: P.A. 80-1045.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.