SB1541 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB1541

Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Chuck Weaver

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

5 ILCS 420/3-203

from Ch. 127, par. 603-203

Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that when a legislator chooses to take official action on a matter despite the existence of a conflict, he or she must notify the members of the chamber to which he or she has been elected of the existence of the conflict by filing a written notice describing the conflict with the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, whichever is applicable. Provides that, upon receiving such a notification, the Secretary or the Clerk, whichever is applicable, shall forward a copy of the notification to the Legislative Information System for posting on the General Assembly's website with the applicable matter.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning government.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended by changing Section 3-203 as follows:

(5 ILCS 420/3-203) (from Ch. 127, par. 603-203)

Sec. 3-203. When, despite the existence of a conflict situation, a legislator chooses to take official action on a matter, he should serve the public interest, and not the interest of any person, and he or she must notify the members of the chamber to which he or she has been elected of the existence of the conflict by filing a written notice describing the conflict with the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, whichever is applicable. Upon receiving such a notification, the Secretary or the Clerk, whichever is applicable, shall forward a copy of the notification to the Legislative Information System for posting on the General Assembly's website with the applicable matter.

(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)