Public Act 093-0685
 
SB1897 Enrolled LRB093 08666 RCE 08896 b

    AN ACT in relation to governmental ethics.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
amended by changing Sections 1-5, 5-20, 25-5, 25-10, and 25-95
as follows:
 
    (5 ILCS 430/1-5)
    Sec. 1-5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
    "Appointee" means a person appointed to a position in or
with a State agency, regardless of whether the position is
compensated.
    "Campaign for elective office" means any activity in
furtherance of an effort to influence the selection,
nomination, election, or appointment of any individual to any
federal, State, or local public office or office in a political
organization, or the selection, nomination, or election of
Presidential or Vice-Presidential electors, but does not
include activities (i) relating to the support or opposition of
any executive, legislative, or administrative action (as those
terms are defined in Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration
Act), (ii) relating to collective bargaining, or (iii) that are
otherwise in furtherance of the person's official State duties.
    "Candidate" means a person who has filed nominating papers
or petitions for nomination or election to an elected State
office, or who has been appointed to fill a vacancy in
nomination, and who remains eligible for placement on the
ballot at either a general primary election or general
election.
    "Collective bargaining" has the same meaning as that term
is defined in Section 3 of the Illinois Public Labor Relations
Act.
    "Commission" means an ethics commission created by this
Act.
    "Compensated time" means any time worked by or credited to
a State employee that counts toward any minimum work time
requirement imposed as a condition of employment with a State
agency, but does not include any designated State holidays or
any period when the employee is on a leave of absence.
    "Compensatory time off" means authorized time off earned by
or awarded to a State employee to compensate in whole or in
part for time worked in excess of the minimum work time
required of that employee as a condition of employment with a
State agency.
    "Contribution" has the same meaning as that term is defined
in Section 9-1.4 of the Election Code.
    "Employee" means (i) any person employed full-time,
part-time, or pursuant to a contract and whose employment
duties are subject to the direction and control of an employer
with regard to the material details of how the work is to be
performed or (ii) any appointee.
    "Executive branch constitutional officer" means the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of
State, Comptroller, and Treasurer.
    "Gift" means any gratuity, discount, entertainment,
hospitality, loan, forbearance, or other tangible or
intangible item having monetary value including, but not
limited to, cash, food and drink, and honoraria for speaking
engagements related to or attributable to government
employment or the official position of an employee, member, or
officer.
    "Governmental entity" means a unit of local government or a
school district but not a State agency.
    "Leave of absence" means any period during which a State
employee does not receive (i) compensation for State
employment, (ii) service credit towards State pension
benefits, and (iii) health insurance benefits paid for by the
State.
    "Legislative branch constitutional officer" means a member
of the General Assembly and the Auditor General.
    "Legislative leader" means the President and Minority
Leader of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the
House of Representatives.
    "Member" means a member of the General Assembly.
    "Officer" means an executive branch constitutional officer
or a legislative branch constitutional officer.
    "Political" means any activity in support of or in
connection with any campaign for elective office or any
political organization, but does not include activities (i)
relating to the support or opposition of any executive,
legislative, or administrative action (as those terms are
defined in Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration Act), (ii)
relating to collective bargaining, or (iii) that are otherwise
in furtherance of the person's official State duties or
governmental and public service functions.
    "Political organization" means a party, committee,
association, fund, or other organization (whether or not
incorporated) that is required to file a statement of
organization with the State Board of Elections or a county
clerk under Section 9-3 of the Election Code, but only with
regard to those activities that require filing with the State
Board of Elections or a county clerk.
    "Prohibited political activity" means:
        (1) Preparing for, organizing, or participating in any
    political meeting, political rally, political
    demonstration, or other political event.
        (2) Soliciting contributions, including but not
    limited to the purchase of, selling, distributing, or
    receiving payment for tickets for any political
    fundraiser, political meeting, or other political event.
        (3) Soliciting, planning the solicitation of, or
    preparing any document or report regarding any thing of
    value intended as a campaign contribution.
        (4) Planning, conducting, or participating in a public
    opinion poll in connection with a campaign for elective
    office or on behalf of a political organization for
    political purposes or for or against any referendum
    question.
        (5) Surveying or gathering information from potential
    or actual voters in an election to determine probable vote
    outcome in connection with a campaign for elective office
    or on behalf of a political organization for political
    purposes or for or against any referendum question.
        (6) Assisting at the polls on election day on behalf of
    any political organization or candidate for elective
    office or for or against any referendum question.
        (7) Soliciting votes on behalf of a candidate for
    elective office or a political organization or for or
    against any referendum question or helping in an effort to
    get voters to the polls.
        (8) Initiating for circulation, preparing,
    circulating, reviewing, or filing any petition on behalf of
    a candidate for elective office or for or against any
    referendum question.
        (9) Making contributions on behalf of any candidate for
    elective office in that capacity or in connection with a
    campaign for elective office.
        (10) Preparing or reviewing responses to candidate
    questionnaires in connection with a campaign for elective
    office or on behalf of a political organization for
    political purposes.
        (11) Distributing, preparing for distribution, or
    mailing campaign literature, campaign signs, or other
    campaign material on behalf of any candidate for elective
    office or for or against any referendum question.
        (12) Campaigning for any elective office or for or
    against any referendum question.
        (13) Managing or working on a campaign for elective
    office or for or against any referendum question.
        (14) Serving as a delegate, alternate, or proxy to a
    political party convention.
        (15) Participating in any recount or challenge to the
    outcome of any election, except to the extent that under
    subsection (d) of Section 6 of Article IV of the Illinois
    Constitution each house of the General Assembly shall judge
    the elections, returns, and qualifications of its members.
    "Prohibited source" means any person or entity who:
        (1) is seeking official action (i) by the member or
    officer or (ii) in the case of an employee, by the employee
    or by the member, officer, State agency, or other employee
    directing the employee;
        (2) does business or seeks to do business (i) with the
    member or officer or (ii) in the case of an employee, with
    the employee or with the member, officer, State agency, or
    other employee directing the employee;
        (3) conducts activities regulated (i) by the member or
    officer or (ii) in the case of an employee, by the employee
    or by the member, officer, State agency, or other employee
    directing the employee;
        (4) has interests that may be substantially affected by
    the performance or non-performance of the official duties
    of the member, officer, or employee; or
        (5) is registered or required to be registered with the
    Secretary of State under the Lobbyist Registration Act,
    except that an entity not otherwise a prohibited source
    does not become a prohibited source merely because a
    registered lobbyist is one of its members or serves on its
    board of directors.
    "State agency" includes all officers, boards, commissions
and agencies created by the Constitution, whether in the
executive or legislative branch; all officers, departments,
boards, commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities,
public institutions of higher learning as defined in Section 2
of the Higher Education Cooperation Act, and bodies politic and
corporate of the State; and administrative units or corporate
outgrowths of the State government which are created by or
pursuant to statute, other than units of local government and
their officers, school districts, and boards of election
commissioners; and all administrative units and corporate
outgrowths of the above and as may be created by executive
order of the Governor. "State agency" includes the General
Assembly, the Senate, the House of Representatives, the
President and Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker and
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Senate
Operations Commission, and the legislative support services
agencies. "State agency" includes the Office of the Auditor
General. "State agency" does not include the judicial branch.
    "State employee" means any employee of a State agency.
    "Ultimate jurisdictional authority" means the following:
        (1) For members, legislative partisan staff, and
    legislative secretaries, the appropriate legislative
    leader: President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the
    Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, or
    Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
        (2) For State employees who are professional staff or
    employees of the Senate and not covered under item (1), the
    Senate Operations Commission.
        (3) For State employees who are professional staff or
    employees of the House of Representatives and not covered
    under item (1), the Speaker of the House of
    Representatives.
        (4) For State employees who are employees of the
    legislative support services agencies, the Joint Committee
    on Legislative Support Services.
        (5) For State employees of the Auditor General, the
    Auditor General.
        (6) For State employees of public institutions of
    higher learning as defined in Section 2 of the Higher
    Education Cooperation Act, the board of trustees of the
    appropriate public institution of higher learning.
        (7) For State employees of an executive branch
    constitutional officer other than those described in
    paragraph (6), the appropriate executive branch
    constitutional officer.
        (8) For State employees not under the jurisdiction of
    paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7), the
    Governor.
(Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)
 
    (5 ILCS 430/5-20)
    Sec. 5-20. Public service announcements; other promotional
material.
    (a) Beginning January 1, 2004, no public service
announcement or advertisement that is on behalf of any State
administered program and contains the proper name, image, or
voice of any executive branch constitutional officer or member
of the General Assembly shall be broadcast or aired on radio or
television or printed in a commercial newspaper or a commercial
magazine at any time.
    (b) The proper name or image of any executive branch
constitutional officer or member of the General Assembly may
not appear on any (i) bumper stickers, (ii) commercial
billboards, (iii) lapel pins or buttons, (iv) magnets, (v)
stickers, and (vi) other similar promotional items, that are
not in furtherance of the person's official State duties or
governmental and public service functions, if designed, paid
for, prepared, or distributed using public dollars. This
subsection does not apply to stocks of items existing on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
Assembly.
    (c) This Section does not apply to communications funded
through expenditures required to be reported under Article 9 of
the Election Code.
(Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)
 
    (5 ILCS 430/25-5)
    Sec. 25-5. Legislative Ethics Commission.
    (a) The Legislative Ethics Commission is created.
    (b) The Legislative Ethics Commission shall consist of 8
commissioners appointed 2 each by the President and Minority
Leader of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the
House of Representatives.
    The terms of the initial commissioners shall commence upon
qualification. Each appointing authority shall designate one
appointee who shall serve for a 2-year term running through
June 30, 2005. Each appointing authority shall designate one
appointee who shall serve for a 4-year term running through
June 30, 2007. The initial appointments shall be made within 60
days after the effective date of this Act.
    After the initial terms, commissioners shall serve for
4-year terms commencing on July 1 of the year of appointment
and running through June 30 of the fourth following year.
Commissioners may be reappointed to one or more subsequent
terms.
    Vacancies occurring other than at the end of a term shall
be filled by the appointing authority only for the balance of
the term of the commissioner whose office is vacant.
    Terms shall run regardless of whether the position is
filled.
    (c) The appointing authorities shall appoint commissioners
who have experience holding governmental office or employment
and may appoint commissioners who are members of the General
Assembly as well as commissioners from the general public. A
commissioner who is a member of the General Assembly must
recuse himself or herself from participating in any matter
relating to any investigation or proceeding in which he or she
is the subject. A person is not eligible to serve as a
commissioner if that person (i) has been convicted of a felony
or a crime of dishonesty or moral turpitude, (ii) is, or was
within the preceding 12 months, engaged in activities that
require registration under the Lobbyist Registration Act,
(iii) is a relative of the appointing authority, or (iv) is a
State officer or employee other than a member of the General
Assembly.
    (d) The Legislative Ethics Commission shall have
jurisdiction over members of the General Assembly and all State
employees whose ultimate jurisdictional authority is (i) a
legislative leader, (ii) the Senate Operations Commission, or
(iii) the Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services. The
jurisdiction of the Commission is limited to matters arising
under this Act.
    (e) The Legislative Ethics Commission must meet, either in
person or by other technological means, monthly or as often as
necessary. At the first meeting of the Legislative Ethics
Commission, the commissioners shall choose from their number a
chairperson and other officers that they deem appropriate. The
terms of officers shall be for 2 years commencing July 1 and
running through June 30 of the second following year. Meetings
shall be held at the call of the chairperson or any 3
commissioners. Official action by the Commission shall require
the affirmative vote of 5 commissioners, and a quorum shall
consist of 5 commissioners. Commissioners shall receive no
compensation but may be reimbursed for their reasonable
expenses actually incurred in the performance of their duties.
    (f) No commissioner, other than a commissioner who is a
member of the General Assembly, or employee of the Legislative
Ethics Commission may during his or her term of appointment or
employment:
        (1) become a candidate for any elective office;
        (2) hold any other elected or appointed public office
    except for appointments on governmental advisory boards or
    study commissions or as otherwise expressly authorized by
    law;
        (3) be actively involved in the affairs of any
    political party or political organization; or
        (4) actively participate in any campaign for any
    elective office.
    (g) An appointing authority may remove a commissioner only
for cause.
    (h) The Legislative Ethics Commission shall appoint an
Executive Director subject to the approval of at least 3 of the
4 legislative leaders. The compensation of the Executive
Director shall be as determined by the Commission or by the
Compensation Review Board, whichever amount is higher. The
Executive Director of the Legislative Ethics Commission may
employ, subject to the approval of at least 3 of the 4
legislative leaders, and determine the compensation of staff,
as appropriations permit.
(Source: P.A. 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)
 
    (5 ILCS 430/25-10)
    Sec. 25-10. Office of Legislative Inspector General.
    (a) The independent Office of the Legislative Inspector
General is created. The Office shall be under the direction and
supervision of the Legislative Inspector General and shall be a
fully independent office with its own appropriation.
    (b) The Legislative Inspector General shall be appointed
without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis
of integrity and demonstrated ability. The Legislative Ethics
Commission shall diligently search out qualified candidates
for Legislative Inspector General and shall make
recommendations to the General Assembly.
    The Legislative Inspector General shall be appointed by a
joint resolution of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, which may specify the date on which the
appointment takes effect. A joint resolution, or other document
as may be specified by the Joint Rules of the General Assembly,
appointing the Legislative Inspector General must be certified
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
President of the Senate as having been adopted by the
affirmative vote of three-fifths of the members elected to each
house, respectively, and be filed with the Secretary of State.
The appointment of the Legislative Inspector General takes
effect on the day the appointment is completed by the General
Assembly, unless the appointment specifies a later date on
which it is to become effective.
    The Legislative Inspector General shall have the following
qualifications:
        (1) has not been convicted of any felony under the laws
    of this State, another state, or the United States;
        (2) has earned a baccalaureate degree from an
    institution of higher education; and
        (3) has 5 or more years of cumulative service (A) with
    a federal, State, or local law enforcement agency, at least
    2 years of which have been in a progressive investigatory
    capacity; (B) as a federal, State, or local prosecutor; (C)
    as a senior manager or executive of a federal, State, or
    local agency; (D) as a member, an officer, or a State or
    federal judge; or (E) representing any combination of (A)
    through (D).
    The Legislative Inspector General may not be a relative of
a commissioner.
    The term of the initial Legislative Inspector General shall
commence upon qualification and shall run through June 30,
2008.
    After the initial term, the Legislative Inspector General
shall serve for 5-year terms commencing on July 1 of the year
of appointment and running through June 30 of the fifth
following year. The Legislative Inspector General may be
reappointed to one or more subsequent terms.
    A vacancy occurring other than at the end of a term shall
be filled in the same manner as an appointment only for the
balance of the term of the Legislative Inspector General whose
office is vacant.
    Terms shall run regardless of whether the position is
filled.
    (c) The Legislative Inspector General shall have
jurisdiction over the members of the General Assembly and all
State employees whose ultimate jurisdictional authority is (i)
a legislative leader, (ii) the Senate Operations Commission, or
(iii) the Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services.
    The jurisdiction of each Legislative Inspector General is
to investigate allegations of fraud, waste, abuse,
mismanagement, misconduct, nonfeasance, misfeasance,
malfeasance, or violations of this Act or violations of other
related laws and rules.
    (d) The compensation of the Legislative Inspector General
shall be the greater of an amount (i) determined by the
Commission or (ii) by joint resolution of the General Assembly
passed by a majority of members elected in each chamber.
Subject to Section 25-45 of this Act, the Legislative Inspector
General has full authority to organize the Office of the
Legislative Inspector General, including the employment and
determination of the compensation of staff, such as deputies,
assistants, and other employees, as appropriations permit.
Employment of staff is subject to the approval of at least 3 of
the 4 legislative leaders.
    (e) No Legislative Inspector General or employee of the
Office of the Legislative Inspector General may, during his or
her term of appointment or employment:
        (1) become a candidate for any elective office;
        (2) hold any other elected or appointed public office
    except for appointments on governmental advisory boards or
    study commissions or as otherwise expressly authorized by
    law;
        (3) be actively involved in the affairs of any
    political party or political organization; or
        (4) actively participate in any campaign for any
    elective office.
    In this subsection an appointed public office means a
position authorized by law that is filled by an appointing
authority as provided by law and does not include employment by
hiring in the ordinary course of business.
    (e-1) No Legislative Inspector General or employee of the
Office of the Legislative Inspector General may, for one year
after the termination of his or her appointment or employment:
        (1) become a candidate for any elective office;
        (2) hold any elected public office; or
        (3) hold any appointed State, county, or local judicial
    office.
    (e-2) The requirements of item (3) of subsection (e-1) may
be waived by the Legislative Ethics Commission.
    (f) The Commission may remove the Legislative Inspector
General only for cause. At the time of the removal, the
Commission must report to the General Assembly the
justification for the removal.
(Source: P.A. 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)
 
    (5 ILCS 430/25-95)
    Sec. 25-95. Exemptions.
    (a) Documents generated by an ethics officer under this
Act, except Section 5-50, are exempt from the provisions of the
Freedom of Information Act.
    (a-5) Requests from ethics officers, members, and State
employees to the Office of the Legislative Inspector General, a
Special Legislative Inspector General, the Legislative Ethics
Commission, an ethics officer, or a person designated by a
legislative leader for guidance on matters involving the
interpretation or application of this Act or rules promulgated
under this Act are exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act. Guidance provided to an ethics officer,
member, or State employee at the request of an ethics officer,
member, or State employee by the Office of the Legislative
Inspector General, a Special Legislative Inspector General,
the Legislative Ethics Commission, an ethics officer, or a
person designated by a legislative leader on matters involving
the interpretation or application of this Act or rules
promulgated under this Act is exempt from the provisions of the
Freedom of Information Act.
    (b) Any allegations and related documents submitted to the
Legislative Inspector General and any pleadings and related
documents brought before the Legislative Ethics Commission are
exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act so
long as the Legislative Ethics Commission does not make a
finding of a violation of this Act. If the Legislative Ethics
Commission finds that a violation has occurred, the entire
record of proceedings before the Commission, the decision and
recommendation, and the mandatory report from the agency head
or ultimate jurisdictional authority to the Legislative Ethics
Commission are not exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act but information contained therein that is
exempt from the Freedom of Information Act must be redacted
before disclosure as provided in Section 8 of the Freedom of
Information Act.
    (c) Meetings of the Commission under Sections 25-5 and
25-15 of this Act are exempt from the provisions of the Open
Meetings Act.
    (d) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, all
investigatory files and reports of the Office of the
Legislative Inspector General, other than quarterly reports,
are confidential, are exempt from disclosure under the Freedom
of Information Act, and shall not be divulged to any person or
agency, except as necessary (i) to the appropriate law
enforcement authority if the matter is referred pursuant to
this Act, (ii) to the ultimate jurisdictional authority, or
(iii) to the Legislative Ethics Commission.
(Source: P.A. 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)
 
    Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing
Section 9-8.10 as follows:
 
    (10 ILCS 5/9-8.10)
    Sec. 9-8.10. Use of political committee and other reporting
organization funds.
    (a) A political committee, or organization subject to
Section 9-7.5, shall not make expenditures:
        (1) In violation of any law of the United States or of
    this State.
        (2) Clearly in excess of the fair market value of the
    services, materials, facilities, or other things of value
    received in exchange.
        (3) For satisfaction or repayment of any debts other
    than loans made to the committee or to the public official
    or candidate on behalf of the committee or repayment of
    goods and services purchased by the committee under a
    credit agreement. Nothing in this Section authorizes the
    use of campaign funds to repay personal loans. The
    repayments shall be made by check written to the person who
    made the loan or credit agreement. The terms and conditions
    of any loan or credit agreement to a committee shall be set
    forth in a written agreement, including but not limited to
    the method and amount of repayment, that shall be executed
    by the chairman or treasurer of the committee at the time
    of the loan or credit agreement. The loan or agreement
    shall also set forth the rate of interest for the loan, if
    any, which may not substantially exceed the prevailing
    market interest rate at the time the agreement is executed.
        (4) For the satisfaction or repayment of any debts or
    for the payment of any expenses relating to a personal
    residence. Campaign funds may not be used as collateral for
    home mortgages.
        (5) For clothing or personal laundry expenses, except
    clothing items rented by the public official or candidate
    for his or her own use exclusively for a specific
    campaign-related event, provided that committees may
    purchase costumes, novelty items, or other accessories
    worn primarily to advertise the candidacy.
        (6) For the travel expenses of any person unless the
    travel is necessary for fulfillment of political,
    governmental, or public policy duties, activities, or
    purposes.
        (7) For membership or club dues charged by
    organizations, clubs, or facilities that are primarily
    engaged in providing health, exercise, or recreational
    services; provided, however, that funds received under
    this Article may be used to rent the clubs or facilities
    for a specific campaign-related event.
        (8) In payment for anything of value or for
    reimbursement of any expenditure for which any person has
    been reimbursed by the State or any person. For purposes of
    this item (8), a per diem allowance is not a reimbursement.
        (9) For the purchase of or installment payment for a
    motor vehicle unless the political committee can
    demonstrate that purchase of a motor vehicle is more
    cost-effective than leasing a motor vehicle as permitted
    under this item (9). A political committee may lease or
    purchase and insure, maintain, and repair a motor vehicle
    if the vehicle will be used primarily for campaign purposes
    or for the performance of governmental duties. A committee
    shall not make expenditures for use of the vehicle for
    non-campaign or non-governmental purposes. Persons using
    vehicles not purchased or leased by a political committee
    may be reimbursed for actual mileage for the use of the
    vehicle for campaign purposes or for the performance of
    governmental duties. The mileage reimbursements shall be
    made at a rate not to exceed the standard mileage rate
    method for computation of business expenses under the
    Internal Revenue Code.
        (10) Directly for an individual's tuition or other
    educational expenses, except for governmental or political
    purposes directly related to a candidate's or public
    official's duties and responsibilities.
        (11) For payments to a public official or candidate or
    his or her family member unless for compensation for
    services actually rendered by that person. The provisions
    of this item (11) do not apply to expenditures by a
    political committee in an aggregate amount not exceeding
    the amount of funds reported to and certified by the State
    Board or county clerk as available as of June 30, 1998, in
    the semi-annual report of contributions and expenditures
    filed by the political committee for the period concluding
    June 30, 1998.
    (b) The Board shall have the authority to investigate, upon
receipt of a verified complaint, violations of the provisions
of this Section. The Board may levy a fine on any person who
knowingly makes expenditures in violation of this Section and
on any person who knowingly makes a malicious and false
accusation of a violation of this Section. The Board may act
under this subsection only upon the affirmative vote of at
least 5 of its members. The fine shall not exceed $500 for each
expenditure of $500 or less and shall not exceed the amount of
the expenditure plus $500 for each expenditure greater than
$500. The Board shall also have the authority to render rulings
and issue opinions relating to compliance with this Section.
    (c) Nothing in this Section prohibits the expenditure of
funds of (i) a political committee controlled by an
officeholder or by a candidate or (ii) an organization subject
to Section 9-7.5 to defray the customary and reasonable
ordinary and necessary expenses of an officeholder in
connection with the performance of governmental and public
service functions duties. For the purposes of this subsection,
"ordinary and necessary expenses" include, but are not limited
to, expenses in relation to the operation of the district
office of a member of the General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)
 
    Section 15. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by adding
Section 1-122 and changing Sections 14-103.05 and 18-127 as
follows:
 
    (40 ILCS 5/1-122 new)
    Sec. 1-122. Service with the Legislative Ethics Commission
or Office of the Legislative Inspector General.
Notwithstanding any provision in this Code to the contrary, if
a person serves as a part-time employee in any of the following
positions: Legislative Inspector General, Special Legislative
Inspector General, employee of the Office of the Legislative
Inspector General, Executive Director of the Legislative
Ethics Commission, or staff of the Legislative Ethics
Commission, then (A) no retirement annuity or other benefit of
that person under this Code is subject to forfeiture,
diminishment, suspension, or other impairment solely by virtue
of that service and (B) that person does not participate in any
pension fund or retirement system under this Code with respect
to that service, unless that person (i) is qualified to so
participate and (ii) affirmatively elects to so participate.
This Section applies without regard to whether the person is in
active service under the applicable Article of this Code on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
General Assembly. In this Section, a "part-time employee" is a
person who is not required to work at least 35 hours per week.
 
    (40 ILCS 5/14-103.05)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.05)
    Sec. 14-103.05. Employee.
    (a) Any person employed by a Department who receives salary
for personal services rendered to the Department on a warrant
issued pursuant to a payroll voucher certified by a Department
and drawn by the State Comptroller upon the State Treasurer,
including an elected official described in subparagraph (d) of
Section 14-104, shall become an employee for purpose of
membership in the Retirement System on the first day of such
employment.
    A person entering service on or after January 1, 1972 and
prior to January 1, 1984 shall become a member as a condition
of employment and shall begin making contributions as of the
first day of employment.
    A person entering service on or after January 1, 1984
shall, upon completion of 6 months of continuous service which
is not interrupted by a break of more than 2 months, become a
member as a condition of employment. Contributions shall begin
the first of the month after completion of the qualifying
period.
    The qualifying period of 6 months of service is not
applicable to: (1) a person who has been granted credit for
service in a position covered by the State Universities
Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System of the State
of Illinois, the General Assembly Retirement System, or the
Judges Retirement System of Illinois unless that service has
been forfeited under the laws of those systems; (2) a person
entering service on or after July 1, 1991 in a noncovered
position; or (3) a person to whom Section 14-108.2a or
14-108.2b applies.
    (b) The term "employee" does not include the following:
        (1) members of the State Legislature, and persons
    electing to become members of the General Assembly
    Retirement System pursuant to Section 2-105;
        (2) incumbents of offices normally filled by vote of
    the people;
        (3) except as otherwise provided in this Section, any
    person appointed by the Governor with the advice and
    consent of the Senate unless that person elects to
    participate in this System;
        (3.1) any person serving as a commissioner of an ethics
    commission created under the State Officials and Employees
    Ethics Act unless that person elects to participate in this
    system with respect to that service as a commissioner;
        (3.2) any person serving as a part-time employee in any
    of the following positions: Legislative Inspector General,
    Special Legislative Inspector General, employee of the
    Office of the Legislative Inspector General, Executive
    Director of the Legislative Ethics Commission, or staff of
    the Legislative Ethics Commission, regardless of whether
    he or she is in active service on or after the effective
    date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly,
    unless that person elects to participate in this System
    with respect to that service; in this item (3.2), a
    "part-time employee" is a person who is not required to
    work at least 35 hours per week;
        (4) except as provided in Section 14-108.2 or
    14-108.2c, any person who is covered or eligible to be
    covered by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of
    Illinois, the State Universities Retirement System, or the
    Judges Retirement System of Illinois;
        (5) an employee of a municipality or any other
    political subdivision of the State;
        (6) any person who becomes an employee after June 30,
    1979 as a public service employment program participant
    under the Federal Comprehensive Employment and Training
    Act and whose wages or fringe benefits are paid in whole or
    in part by funds provided under such Act;
        (7) enrollees of the Illinois Young Adult Conservation
    Corps program, administered by the Department of Natural
    Resources, authorized grantee pursuant to Title VIII of the
    "Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973", 29 USC
    993, as now or hereafter amended;
        (8) enrollees and temporary staff of programs
    administered by the Department of Natural Resources under
    the Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970;
        (9) any person who is a member of any professional
    licensing or disciplinary board created under an Act
    administered by the Department of Professional Regulation
    or a successor agency or created or re-created after the
    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, and who
    receives per diem compensation rather than a salary,
    notwithstanding that such per diem compensation is paid by
    warrant issued pursuant to a payroll voucher; such persons
    have never been included in the membership of this System,
    and this amendatory Act of 1987 (P.A. 84-1472) is not
    intended to effect any change in the status of such
    persons;
        (10) any person who is a member of the Illinois Health
    Care Cost Containment Council, and receives per diem
    compensation rather than a salary, notwithstanding that
    such per diem compensation is paid by warrant issued
    pursuant to a payroll voucher; such persons have never been
    included in the membership of this System, and this
    amendatory Act of 1987 is not intended to effect any change
    in the status of such persons; or
        (11) any person who is a member of the Oil and Gas
    Board created by Section 1.2 of the Illinois Oil and Gas
    Act, and receives per diem compensation rather than a
    salary, notwithstanding that such per diem compensation is
    paid by warrant issued pursuant to a payroll voucher.
(Source: P.A. 92-14, eff. 6-28-01.)
 
    (40 ILCS 5/18-127)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 18-127)
    Sec. 18-127. Retirement annuity - suspension on
reemployment.
    (a) A participant receiving a retirement annuity who is
regularly employed for compensation by an employer other than a
county, in any capacity, shall have his or her retirement
annuity payments suspended during such employment. Upon
termination of such employment, retirement annuity payments at
the previous rate shall be resumed.
    If such a participant resumes service as a judge, he or she
shall receive credit for any additional service. Upon
subsequent retirement, his or her retirement annuity shall be
the amount previously granted, plus the amount earned by the
additional judicial service under the provisions in effect
during the period of such additional service. However, if the
participant was receiving the maximum rate of annuity at the
time of re-employment, he or she may elect, in a written
direction filed with the board, not to receive any additional
service credit during the period of re-employment. In such
case, contributions shall not be required during the period of
re-employment. Any such election shall be irrevocable.
    (b) Beginning January 1, 1991, any participant receiving a
retirement annuity who accepts temporary employment from an
employer other than a county for a period not exceeding 75
working days in any calendar year shall not be deemed to be
regularly employed for compensation or to have resumed service
as a judge for the purposes of this Article. A day shall be
considered a working day if the annuitant performs on it any of
his duties under the temporary employment agreement.
    (c) Except as provided in subsection (a), beginning January
1, 1993, retirement annuities shall not be subject to
suspension upon resumption of employment for an employer, and
any retirement annuity that is then so suspended shall be
reinstated on that date.
    (d) The changes made in this Section by this amendatory Act
of 1993 shall apply to judges no longer in service on its
effective date, as well as to judges serving on or after that
date.
    (e) A participant receiving a retirement annuity under this
Article who serves as a part-time employee in any of the
following positions: Legislative Inspector General, Special
Legislative Inspector General, employee of the Office of the
Legislative Inspector General, Executive Director of the
Legislative Ethics Commission, or staff of the Legislative
Ethics Commission, but has not elected to participate in the
Article 14 System with respect to that service, shall not be
deemed to be regularly employed for compensation by an employer
other than a county, nor to have resumed service as a judge, on
the basis of that service, and the retirement annuity payments
and other benefits of that person under this Code shall not be
suspended, diminished, or otherwise impaired solely as a
consequence of that service. This subsection (e) applies
without regard to whether the person is in service as a judge
under this Article on or after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. In this
subsection, a "part-time employee" is a person who is not
required to work at least 35 hours per week.
(Source: P.A. 86-1488; 87-1265.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 7/8/2004