101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3956

 

Introduced 11/12/2019, by Rep. Allen Skillicorn

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 430/5-45

    Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that any member of the General Assembly who takes office on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act shall not, within a 5-year period immediately following termination of the member's most recent term of office, register as a lobbyist and engage in lobbying with members of the General Assembly. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
5amended by changing Section 5-45 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 430/5-45)
7    Sec. 5-45. Procurement; revolving door prohibition.
8    (a) No former officer, member, or State employee, or spouse
9or immediate family member living with such person, shall,
10within a period of one year immediately after termination of
11State employment, knowingly accept employment or receive
12compensation or fees for services from a person or entity if
13the officer, member, or State employee, during the year
14immediately preceding termination of State employment,
15participated personally and substantially in the award of State
16contracts, or the issuance of State contract change orders,
17with a cumulative value of $25,000 or more to the person or
18entity, or its parent or subsidiary.
19    (a-5) No officer, member, or spouse or immediate family
20member living with such person shall, during the officer or
21member's term in office or within a period of 2 years
22immediately leaving office, hold an ownership interest, other
23than a passive interest in a publicly traded company, in any

 

 

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1gaming license under the Illinois Gambling Act, the Video
2Gaming Act, the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, or the
3Sports Wagering Act. Any member of the General Assembly or
4spouse or immediate family member living with such person who
5has an ownership interest, other than a passive interest in a
6publicly traded company, in any gaming license under the
7Illinois Gambling Act, the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975,
8the Video Gaming Act, or the Sports Wagering Act at the time of
9the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
10Assembly shall divest himself or herself of such ownership
11within one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act
12of the 101st General Assembly. No State employee who works for
13the Illinois Gaming Board or Illinois Racing Board or spouse or
14immediate family member living with such person shall, during
15State employment or within a period of 2 years immediately
16after termination of State employment, hold an ownership
17interest, other than a passive interest in a publicly traded
18company, in any gaming license under the Illinois Gambling Act,
19the Video Gaming Act, the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, or
20the Sports Wagering Act.
21    (b) No former officer of the executive branch or State
22employee of the executive branch with regulatory or licensing
23authority, or spouse or immediate family member living with
24such person, shall, within a period of one year immediately
25after termination of State employment, knowingly accept
26employment or receive compensation or fees for services from a

 

 

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1person or entity if the officer or State employee, during the
2year immediately preceding termination of State employment,
3participated personally and substantially in making a
4regulatory or licensing decision that directly applied to the
5person or entity, or its parent or subsidiary.
6    (c) Within 6 months after the effective date of this
7amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, each executive
8branch constitutional officer and legislative leader, the
9Auditor General, and the Joint Committee on Legislative Support
10Services shall adopt a policy delineating which State positions
11under his or her jurisdiction and control, by the nature of
12their duties, may have the authority to participate personally
13and substantially in the award of State contracts or in
14regulatory or licensing decisions. The Governor shall adopt
15such a policy for all State employees of the executive branch
16not under the jurisdiction and control of any other executive
17branch constitutional officer.
18    The policies required under subsection (c) of this Section
19shall be filed with the appropriate ethics commission
20established under this Act or, for the Auditor General, with
21the Office of the Auditor General.
22    (d) Each Inspector General shall have the authority to
23determine that additional State positions under his or her
24jurisdiction, not otherwise subject to the policies required by
25subsection (c) of this Section, are nonetheless subject to the
26notification requirement of subsection (f) below due to their

 

 

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1involvement in the award of State contracts or in regulatory or
2licensing decisions.
3    (e) The Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services,
4the Auditor General, and each of the executive branch
5constitutional officers and legislative leaders subject to
6subsection (c) of this Section shall provide written
7notification to all employees in positions subject to the
8policies required by subsection (c) or a determination made
9under subsection (d): (1) upon hiring, promotion, or transfer
10into the relevant position; and (2) at the time the employee's
11duties are changed in such a way as to qualify that employee.
12An employee receiving notification must certify in writing that
13the person was advised of the prohibition and the requirement
14to notify the appropriate Inspector General in subsection (f).
15    (f) Any State employee in a position subject to the
16policies required by subsection (c) or to a determination under
17subsection (d), but who does not fall within the prohibition of
18subsection (h) below, who is offered non-State employment
19during State employment or within a period of one year
20immediately after termination of State employment shall, prior
21to accepting such non-State employment, notify the appropriate
22Inspector General. Within 10 calendar days after receiving
23notification from an employee in a position subject to the
24policies required by subsection (c), such Inspector General
25shall make a determination as to whether the State employee is
26restricted from accepting such employment by subsection (a) or

 

 

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1(b). In making a determination, in addition to any other
2relevant information, an Inspector General shall assess the
3effect of the prospective employment or relationship upon
4decisions referred to in subsections (a) and (b), based on the
5totality of the participation by the former officer, member, or
6State employee in those decisions. A determination by an
7Inspector General must be in writing, signed and dated by the
8Inspector General, and delivered to the subject of the
9determination within 10 calendar days or the person is deemed
10eligible for the employment opportunity. For purposes of this
11subsection, "appropriate Inspector General" means (i) for
12members and employees of the legislative branch, the
13Legislative Inspector General; (ii) for the Auditor General and
14employees of the Office of the Auditor General, the Inspector
15General provided for in Section 30-5 of this Act; and (iii) for
16executive branch officers and employees, the Inspector General
17having jurisdiction over the officer or employee. Notice of any
18determination of an Inspector General and of any such appeal
19shall be given to the ultimate jurisdictional authority, the
20Attorney General, and the Executive Ethics Commission.
21    (g) An Inspector General's determination regarding
22restrictions under subsection (a) or (b) may be appealed to the
23appropriate Ethics Commission by the person subject to the
24decision or the Attorney General no later than the 10th
25calendar day after the date of the determination.
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1seek, accept, and consider written public comments regarding a
2determination. In deciding whether to uphold an Inspector
3General's determination, the appropriate Ethics Commission or
4Auditor General shall assess, in addition to any other relevant
5information, the effect of the prospective employment or
6relationship upon the decisions referred to in subsections (a)
7and (b), based on the totality of the participation by the
8former officer, member, or State employee in those decisions.
9The Ethics Commission shall decide whether to uphold an
10Inspector General's determination within 10 calendar days or
11the person is deemed eligible for the employment opportunity.
12    (h) The following officers, members, or State employees
13shall not, within a period of one year immediately after
14termination of office or State employment, knowingly accept
15employment or receive compensation or fees for services from a
16person or entity if the person or entity or its parent or
17subsidiary, during the year immediately preceding termination
18of State employment, was a party to a State contract or
19contracts with a cumulative value of $25,000 or more involving
20the officer, member, or State employee's State agency, or was
21the subject of a regulatory or licensing decision involving the
22officer, member, or State employee's State agency, regardless
23of whether he or she participated personally and substantially
24in the award of the State contract or contracts or the making
25of the regulatory or licensing decision in question:
26        (1) members or officers;

 

 

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1        (2) members of a commission or board created by the
2    Illinois Constitution;
3        (3) persons whose appointment to office is subject to
4    the advice and consent of the Senate;
5        (4) the head of a department, commission, board,
6    division, bureau, authority, or other administrative unit
7    within the government of this State;
8        (5) chief procurement officers, State purchasing
9    officers, and their designees whose duties are directly
10    related to State procurement;
11        (6) chiefs of staff, deputy chiefs of staff, associate
12    chiefs of staff, assistant chiefs of staff, and deputy
13    governors;
14        (7) employees of the Illinois Racing Board; and
15        (8) employees of the Illinois Gaming Board.
16    (h-5) Any member who takes office on or after the effective
17date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly shall
18not, within a 5-year period immediately following termination
19of the member's most recent term of office, register as a
20lobbyist, as provided under Section 3 of the Lobbyist
21Registration Act, and engage in lobbying with members of the
22General Assembly.
23    (i) For the purposes of this Section, with respect to
24officers or employees of a regional transit board, as defined
25in this Act, the phrase "person or entity" does not include:
26(i) the United States government, (ii) the State, (iii)

 

 

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1municipalities, as defined under Article VII, Section 1 of the
2Illinois Constitution, (iv) units of local government, as
3defined under Article VII, Section 1 of the Illinois
4Constitution, or (v) school districts.
5(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19.)
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.