101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB2299

 

Introduced 11/12/2019, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison

 

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 situation, he or she shall (in addition to serving the public interest) also disclose that he or she is taking official action by either: (i) filing a statement with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate stating that he or she has a conflict regarding the specified legislative matter and that he or she is voting in the public interest; or (ii) stating on the record, during debate on the legislative matter, that he or she has a conflict regarding the legislative matter in question and that he or she is voting in the public interest.


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A BILL FOR

 

SB2299LRB101 15222 RJF 64387 b

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 Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended
5by changing Section 3-203 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 420/3-203)  (from Ch. 127, par. 603-203)
7    Sec. 3-203. When, despite the existence of a conflict
8situation, a legislator chooses to take official action on a
9matter, he or she should serve the public interest, and not the
10interest of any person. The legislator shall also disclose that
11he or she is taking official action by either: (i) filing a
12statement with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the
13Secretary of the Senate, as applicable, stating that he or she
14has a conflict regarding the specified legislative matter and
15that he or she is voting in the public interest; or (ii)
16stating on the record, during debate on the legislative matter,
17that he or she has a conflict regarding the legislative matter
18in question and that he or she is voting in the public
19interest.
20(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)