HB0360ham002 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Jack D. Franks

Filed: 4/13/2011

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 360

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 360 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is amended by changing Section 75-5 as follows:

(5 ILCS 430/75-5)

(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)

Sec. 75-5. Application of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act to the Regional Transit Boards.

(a) Beginning July 1, 2011, the provisions of Articles 1, 5, 10, 20, and 50 of this Act, as well as this Article, shall apply to the Regional Transit Boards. As used in Articles 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 75, (i) "appointee" and "officer" include a person appointed to serve on the board of a Regional Transit Board, and (ii) "employee" and "State employee" include a full-time, part-time, or contractual employee of a Regional Transit Board, and (iii) "State agency" includes the Regional Transit Boards.

(b) The Executive Ethics Commission shall have jurisdiction over all board members and employees of the Regional Transit Boards. The Executive Inspector General appointed by the Governor shall have jurisdiction over all board members, employees, vendors, and others doing business with the Regional Transit Boards to investigate allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, misconduct, nonfeasance, misfeasance, malfeasance, or violations of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 96-1528, eff. 7-1-11.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2011.".