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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
Article 1.

 
5    Section 1-1. Findings.
6    (a) The General Assembly finds that:
7        (1) Russia has launched an unprecedented military
8    assault on Ukraine that has already left many dead, and
9    the fighting in Ukraine appears to be some of the worst
10    conventional warfare Europe has seen since World War II
11    and the conflicts in the Balkans in the 1990s;
12        (2) Western leaders have been united in their swift
13    and strong condemnation of Russia's military action;
14        (3) President Biden has stated that Russian President
15    Putin had "committed an assault on the very principles
16    that uphold the global peace", and the United States has,
17    as a result, taken steps to impose harsh, new sanctions
18    that are intended to punish President Putin for his
19    actions;
20        (4) Secretary of State Blinken has indicated that
21    there are credible reports that Russia has engaged in
22    actions during its military assault on Ukraine that
23    constitute war crimes under international law;

 

 

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1        (5) Russia has used, during its military assault on
2    Ukraine, weapons that have been banned by many countries,
3    including cluster munitions;
4        (6) Russia has conducted direct attacks on major
5    nuclear power facilities in Ukraine, which could lead to
6    disaster and the spread of radioactive contamination
7    across Ukraine and Europe;
8        (7) the United Nations has estimated that more than
9    6,500,000 Ukrainians have already been displaced within
10    the country and more than 4,000,000 have left the country
11    as a result of the Russian invasion;
12        (8) the international community is making preparations
13    to meet the humanitarian needs of those refugees who are
14    displaced by this conflict;
15        (9) Central Europe is welcoming Ukrainians, but the
16    countries in that region are not currently equipped to
17    handle the volume of refugees that are anticipated to
18    arrive at their borders in the coming weeks, and European
19    and U.S. leadership must help build that capacity; and
20        (10) Illinois is a welcoming state to refugees and
21    immigrants and home to a robust community of Ukrainian
22    immigrants and Ukrainian descendants, many of whom live in
23    Chicago's Ukrainian Village neighborhood.
24    (b) For these reasons, the General Assembly urges:
25        (1) the pension funds and retirement systems
26    established under the Illinois Pension Code to divest

 

 

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1    their holdings in any companies that are domiciled in
2    Russia or Belarus and that are on the list of restricted
3    companies developed by the Illinois Investment Policy
4    Board;
5        (2) the cities of Bloomington and Normal to renounce
6    their sister-city relationship with Vladimir, Russia; the
7    City of Chicago to renounce its sister-city relationship
8    with Moscow, Russia; the City of Dixon to renounce its
9    sister-city relationship with Dikson, Russia; and all
10    other municipalities to renounce any sister-city
11    relationships they may have with cities in Russia; and
12        (3) the United States Department of State to resettle
13    Ukrainian refugees in Illinois.
 
14
Article 5.

 
15    Section 5-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the
16Money Laundering in Real Estate Task Force Act. References in
17this Article to "this Act" mean this Article.
 
18    Section 5-3. Findings. The General Assembly finds and
19declares the following:
20        (1) the United States Department of Treasury's
21    Financial Crimes Enforcement Network found, in 2017, that
22    30% of all high-end real estate purchases in major
23    metropolitan areas involved beneficial owners or

 

 

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1    purchasers who were the subject of previous suspicious
2    activity reports;
3        (2) the United States, unlike Canada and several other
4    jurisdictions, does not require real estate agents and
5    brokers to file suspicious transaction reports;
6        (3) the lack of beneficial ownership transparency is
7    an important factor in facilitating money laundering in
8    real estate; and
9        (4) money laundering in real estate has negative
10    consequences for local communities, including the
11    dislocation of residents from and within major
12    metropolitan areas.
 
13    Section 5-5. Money Laundering in Real Estate Task Force.
14    (a) The Money Laundering in Real Estate Task Force is
15created. The Task Force shall consist of the following
16members:
17        (1) 4 members appointed one each by the Speaker of the
18    House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House
19    of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the
20    Minority Leader of the Senate;
21        (2) the Secretary of Financial and Professional
22    Regulation or the Secretary's designee;
23        (3) the Director of Revenue or the Director's
24    designee;
25        (4) 2 members of the faculty of an institution of

 

 

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1    higher education in the State with subject matter
2    expertise regarding money laundering in real estate,
3    appointed by the Governor;
4        (5) one expert on real estate tax law, appointed by
5    the Governor;
6        (6) one representative of a statewide banking
7    association representing banks of all asset sizes,
8    appointed by the Governor;
9        (7) one representative of a statewide banking
10    association exclusively representing banks with assets
11    below $20,000,000,000, appointed by the Governor; and
12        (8) 2 representatives of a statewide organization
13    representing real estate brokers, appointed by the
14    Governor.
15    (b) Initial appointments to the Task Force shall be made
16as soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act.
17The Task Force shall hold its first meeting within a
18reasonable period of time after its members have been
19appointed and shall convene regularly to carry out its duties
20and submit the reports required under this Act. At its first
21meeting, the Task Force shall elect its chairperson and any
22other officers from among its members.
23    (c) The Department of Financial and Professional
24Regulation and the Department of Revenue shall provide
25administrative and other support to the Task Force.
 

 

 

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1    Section 5-10. Duties. The Task Force shall:
2        (1) identify vulnerabilities in the real estate sector
3    that facilitate money laundering;
4        (2) provide guidance to help actors in the real estate
5    sector identify suspicious transactions and report them to
6    the proper authorities;
7        (3) explore the means by which illicit money is
8    channeled into the real estate sector and integrated into
9    the legal economy, including, but not limited to, cash
10    purchases, complex loans, monetary instruments, mortgages,
11    investment institutions, fraudulent appraisals, and
12    anonymous corporate entities;
13        (4) assess the exposure of the residential,
14    industrial, and commercial real estate sectors in Illinois
15    to illicit Russian money, including, but not limited to,
16    luxury real estate in Chicago and nonresidential real
17    estate in downstate communities; and
18        (5) assess real estate due diligence and reporting
19    practices, requirements, and laws in Illinois and
20    recommend changes needed to eliminate systemic
21    vulnerabilities that facilitate foreign money laundering.
 
22    Section 5-15. Reports. The Task Force shall submit a
23report to the Governor and the General Assembly not later than
2412 months after the effective date of this Act. The report
25shall include the Task Force's findings and shall summarize

 

 

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1the actions the Task Force has taken and those it intends to
2take in response to its obligations under the Act. After it
3submits its initial report, the Task Force shall periodically
4submit reports to the Governor and the General Assembly as the
5chairperson of the Task Force deems necessary to apprise those
6officials of any additional findings made or actions taken by
7the Task Force. The obligation of the Task Force to submit
8periodic reports shall continue for the duration of the Task
9Force.
 
10    Section 5-20. Dissolution of Task Force; repeal. The Task
11Force is dissolved on January 1, 2025. This Act is repealed on
12January 1, 2026.
 
13
Article 10.

 
14    Section 10-5. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
15amended by adding Section 5-45.21 as follows:
 
16    (5 ILCS 100/5-45.21 new)
17    Sec. 5-45.21. Emergency rulemaking; Refugee Resettlement
18Program. To ensure the availability of refugee resettlement
19program services in the case of an imminent, large-scale
20refugee resettlement event, emergency rules may be adopted in
21accordance with Section 5-45 by the Department of Human
22Services. The adoption of emergency rules authorized by

 

 

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1Section 5-45 and this Section is deemed to be necessary for the
2public interest, safety, and welfare.
3    This Section is repealed one year after the effective date
4of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
 
5    Section 10-7. The Election Code is amended by adding
6Section 1-21 as follows:
 
7    (10 ILCS 5/1-21 new)
8    Sec. 1-21. The Illinois Elections and Infrastructure
9Integrity Task Force.
10    (a) The Illinois Elections and Infrastructure Integrity
11Task Force is created. The Task Force shall consist of the
12following members:
13        (1) 4 members appointed one each by the Speaker of the
14    House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House
15    of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the
16    Minority Leader of the Senate;
17        (2) one member of the faculty of an institution of
18    higher education in the State with subject matter
19    expertise regarding cybersecurity, appointed by the
20    Governor;
21        (3) one member of the faculty of an institution of
22    higher education in the State with subject matter
23    expertise regarding voting technology or election
24    integrity, appointed by the Governor;

 

 

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1        (4) one member who is an individual with current
2    experience in operational cybersecurity, preferably
3    international operational cybersecurity, appointed by the
4    Governor;
5        (5) the president of a statewide association
6    representing county clerks and recorders, appointed by the
7    Governor, or the president's designee;
8        (6) the Chair of the Board of Election Commissioners
9    for the City of Chicago or the Chair's designee;
10        (7) the Executive Director of the State Board of
11    Elections or the Executive Director's designee;
12        (8) the Secretary of State or the Secretary's
13    designee;
14        (9) the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management
15    Agency or the Director's designee;
16        (10) the Secretary of Innovation and Technology or the
17    Secretary's designee; and
18        (11) the Attorney General or the Attorney General's
19    designee.
20    (b) The Task Force shall evaluate and make recommendations
21to prepare for and prevent foreign interference in elections
22in advance of the 2024 election and all future elections in the
23State and to prepare for and prevent potential cyberattacks on
24State infrastructure. In carrying out its duties, the Task
25Force shall prioritize the security of all Illinois residents
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1protect United States national sovereignty. The Task Force
2shall submit a report containing its findings and
3recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly not
4later than 18 months after the effective date of this
5amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
6    (c) The State Board of Elections shall provide staff and
7administrative support to the Task Force.
8    (d) The Task Force is dissolved, and this Section is
9repealed, on January 1, 2025.
 
10    Section 10-10. The Deposit of State Moneys Act is amended
11by adding Section 22.7 as follows:
 
12    (15 ILCS 520/22.7 new)
13    Sec. 22.7. Russian or Belarusian investments prohibited.
14Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the
15State Treasurer shall not invest State money in Russian or
16Belarusian sovereign debt, Russian or Belarusian
17government-backed securities, any investment instrument issued
18by an entity that is domiciled or has its principal place of
19business in Russia or Belarus, or any investment instrument
20issued by a company that is subject to Russian Harmful Foreign
21Activities Sanctions, as that term is defined under Section
221-110.16 of the Illinois Pension Code, and shall not invest or
23deposit State money in any bank that is domiciled or has its
24principal place of business in Russia or Belarus or in any

 

 

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1other financial institution that is domiciled or has its
2principal place of business in Russia or Belarus or that is
3subject to Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions.
 
4    Section 10-20. The Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
5Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section
62605-35 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-35)  (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-3)
8    Sec. 2605-35. Division of Criminal Investigation.
9    (a) The Division of Criminal Investigation shall exercise
10the following functions and those in Section 2605-30:
11        (1) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by
12    law in the Illinois State Police by the Illinois Horse
13    Racing Act of 1975, including those set forth in Section
14    2605-215.
15        (2) Investigate the origins, activities, personnel,
16    and incidents of crime and enforce the criminal laws of
17    this State related thereto.
18        (3) Enforce all laws regulating the production, sale,
19    prescribing, manufacturing, administering, transporting,
20    having in possession, dispensing, delivering,
21    distributing, or use of controlled substances and
22    cannabis.
23        (4) Cooperate with the police of cities, villages, and
24    incorporated towns and with the police officers of any

 

 

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1    county in enforcing the laws of the State and in making
2    arrests and recovering property.
3        (5) Apprehend and deliver up any person charged in
4    this State or any other state with treason or a felony or
5    other crime who has fled from justice and is found in this
6    State.
7        (6) Investigate recipients and providers under the
8    Illinois Public Aid Code and any personnel involved in the
9    administration of the Code who are suspected of any
10    violation of the Code pertaining to fraud in the
11    administration, receipt, or provision of assistance and
12    pertaining to any violation of criminal law; and exercise
13    the functions required under Section 2605-220 in the
14    conduct of those investigations.
15        (7) Conduct other investigations as provided by law.
16        (8) Investigate public corruption..
17        (9) Exercise other duties that may be assigned by the
18    Director in order to fulfill the responsibilities and
19    achieve the purposes of the Illinois State Police, which
20    may include the coordination of gang, terrorist, and
21    organized crime prevention, control activities, and
22    assisting local law enforcement in their crime control
23    activities.
24        (10) Conduct investigations (and cooperate with
25    federal law enforcement agencies in the investigation) of
26    any property-related crimes, such as money laundering,

 

 

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1    involving individuals or entities listed on the sanctions
2    list maintained by the U.S. Department of Treasury's
3    Office of Foreign Asset Control.
4    (b) (Blank).
5(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; revised 12-2-21.)
 
6    Section 10-30. The Public Funds Investment Act is amended
7by adding Section 2.3 as follows:
 
8    (30 ILCS 235/2.3 new)
9    Sec. 2.3. Russian or Belarusian investments prohibited.
10Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a public
11agency shall not invest public funds in Russian or Belarusian
12sovereign debt, Russian or Belarusian government-backed
13securities, any investment instrument issued by an entity that
14is domiciled or has its principal place of business in Russia
15or Belarus, or any investment instrument issued by a company
16that is subject to Russian Harmful Foreign Activities
17Sanctions, as that term is defined under Section 1-110.16 of
18the Illinois Pension Code, and shall not invest or deposit
19public funds in any bank that is domiciled or has its principal
20place of business in Russia or Belarus or in any other
21financial institution that is domiciled or has its principal
22place of business in Russia or Belarus or that is subject to
23Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions.
 

 

 

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1    Section 10-35. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
2changing Section 1-110.16 as follows:
 
3    (40 ILCS 5/1-110.16)
4    Sec. 1-110.16. Transactions prohibited by retirement
5systems; companies that boycott Israel, for-profit companies
6that contract to shelter migrant children, Iran-restricted
7companies, Sudan-restricted companies, and expatriated
8entities, companies that are domiciled or have their principal
9place of business in Russia or Belarus, and companies that are
10subject to Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions.
11    (a) As used in this Section:
12        "Boycott Israel" means engaging in actions that are
13    politically motivated and are intended to penalize,
14    inflict economic harm on, or otherwise limit commercial
15    relations with the State of Israel or companies based in
16    the State of Israel or in territories controlled by the
17    State of Israel.
18        "Company" means any sole proprietorship, organization,
19    association, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
20    limited partnership, limited liability partnership,
21    limited liability company, or other entity or business
22    association, including all wholly owned subsidiaries,
23    majority-owned subsidiaries, parent companies, or
24    affiliates of those entities or business associations,
25    that exist for the purpose of making profit.

 

 

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1        "Company that is subject to Russian Harmful Foreign
2    Activities Sanctions" means a company that is subject to
3    sanctions under the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities
4    Sanctions Regulations (31 CFR Part 587), any Presidential
5    Executive Order imposing sanctions against Russia, or any
6    federal directive issued pursuant to any such Executive
7    Order.
8        "Contract to shelter migrant children" means entering
9    into a contract with the federal government to shelter
10    migrant children under the federal Unaccompanied Alien
11    Children Program or a substantially similar federal
12    program.
13        "Illinois Investment Policy Board" means the board
14    established under subsection (b) of this Section.
15        "Direct holdings" in a company means all publicly
16    traded securities of that company that are held directly
17    by the retirement system in an actively managed account or
18    fund in which the retirement system owns all shares or
19    interests.
20        "Expatriated entity" has the meaning ascribed to it in
21    Section 1-15.120 of the Illinois Procurement Code.
22        "Illinois Investment Policy Board" means the board
23    established under subsection (b) of this Section.
24        "Indirect holdings" in a company means all securities
25    of that company that are held in an account or fund, such
26    as a mutual fund, managed by one or more persons not

 

 

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1    employed by the retirement system, in which the retirement
2    system owns shares or interests together with other
3    investors not subject to the provisions of this Section or
4    that are held in an index fund.
5        "Iran-restricted company" means a company that meets
6    the qualifications under Section 1-110.15 of this Code.
7        "Private market fund" means any private equity fund,
8    private equity funds of funds, venture capital fund, hedge
9    fund, hedge fund of funds, real estate fund, or other
10    investment vehicle that is not publicly traded.
11        "Restricted companies" means companies that boycott
12    Israel, for-profit companies that contract to shelter
13    migrant children, Iran-restricted companies,
14    Sudan-restricted companies, and expatriated entities,
15    companies that are domiciled or have their principal place
16    of business in Russia or Belarus, and companies that are
17    subject to Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions.
18        "Retirement system" means a retirement system
19    established under Article 2, 14, 15, 16, or 18 of this Code
20    or the Illinois State Board of Investment.
21        "Sudan-restricted company" means a company that meets
22    the qualifications under Section 1-110.6 of this Code.
23    (b) There shall be established an Illinois Investment
24Policy Board. The Illinois Investment Policy Board shall
25consist of 7 members. Each board of a pension fund or
26investment board created under Article 15, 16, or 22A of this

 

 

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1Code shall appoint one member, and the Governor shall appoint
24 members.
3    (c) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
4beginning January 1, 2016, Sections 1-110.15 110.15 and
51-110.6 of this Code shall be administered in accordance with
6this Section.
7    (d) By April 1, 2016, the Illinois Investment Policy Board
8shall make its best efforts to identify all Iran-restricted
9companies, Sudan-restricted companies, and companies that
10boycott Israel and assemble those identified companies into a
11list of restricted companies, to be distributed to each
12retirement system.
13    These efforts shall include the following, as appropriate
14in the Illinois Investment Policy Board's judgment:
15        (1) reviewing and relying on publicly available
16    information regarding Iran-restricted companies,
17    Sudan-restricted companies, and companies that boycott
18    Israel, including information provided by nonprofit
19    organizations, research firms, and government entities;
20        (2) contacting asset managers contracted by the
21    retirement systems that invest in Iran-restricted
22    companies, Sudan-restricted companies, and companies that
23    boycott Israel;
24        (3) contacting other institutional investors that have
25    divested from or engaged with Iran-restricted companies,
26    Sudan-restricted companies, and companies that boycott

 

 

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1    Israel; and
2        (4) retaining an independent research firm to identify
3    Iran-restricted companies, Sudan-restricted companies,
4    and companies that boycott Israel.
5    The Illinois Investment Policy Board shall review the list
6of restricted companies on a quarterly basis based on evolving
7information from, among other sources, those listed in this
8subsection (d) and distribute any updates to the list of
9restricted companies to the retirement systems and the State
10Treasurer.
11    By April 1, 2018, the Illinois Investment Policy Board
12shall make its best efforts to identify all expatriated
13entities and include those companies in the list of restricted
14companies distributed to each retirement system and the State
15Treasurer. These efforts shall include the following, as
16appropriate in the Illinois Investment Policy Board's
17judgment:
18        (1) reviewing and relying on publicly available
19    information regarding expatriated entities, including
20    information provided by nonprofit organizations, research
21    firms, and government entities;
22        (2) contacting asset managers contracted by the
23    retirement systems that invest in expatriated entities;
24        (3) contacting other institutional investors that have
25    divested from or engaged with expatriated entities; and
26        (4) retaining an independent research firm to identify

 

 

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1    expatriated entities.
2    By July 1, 2022, the Illinois Investment Policy Board
3shall make its best efforts to identify all for-profit
4companies that contract to shelter migrant children and
5include those companies in the list of restricted companies
6distributed to each retirement system. These efforts shall
7include the following, as appropriate in the Illinois
8Investment Policy Board's judgment:
9        (1) reviewing and relying on publicly available
10    information regarding for-profit companies that contract
11    to shelter migrant children, including information
12    provided by nonprofit organizations, research firms, and
13    government entities;
14        (2) contacting asset managers contracted by the
15    retirement systems that invest in for-profit companies
16    that contract to shelter migrant children;
17        (3) contacting other institutional investors that have
18    divested from or engaged with for-profit companies that
19    contract to shelter migrant children; and
20        (4) retaining an independent research firm to identify
21    for-profit companies that contract to shelter migrant
22    children.
23    No later than 6 months after the effective date of this
24amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the Illinois
25Investment Policy Board shall make its best efforts to
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1principal place of business in Russia or Belarus and companies
2that are subject to Russian Harmful Foreign Activities
3Sanctions and include those companies in the list of
4restricted companies distributed to each retirement system.
5These efforts shall include the following, as appropriate in
6the Illinois Investment Policy Board's judgment:
7        (1) reviewing and relying on publicly available
8    information regarding companies that are domiciled or have
9    their principal place of business in Russia or Belarus and
10    companies that are subject to Russian Harmful Foreign
11    Activities Sanctions, including information provided by
12    nonprofit organizations, research firms, and government
13    entities;
14        (2) contacting asset managers contracted by the
15    retirement systems that invest in companies that are
16    domiciled or have their principal place of business in
17    Russia or Belarus and companies that are subject to
18    Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions;
19        (3) contacting other institutional investors that have
20    divested from or engaged with companies that are domiciled
21    or have their principal place of business in Russia or
22    Belarus and companies that are subject to Russian Harmful
23    Foreign Activities Sanctions; and
24        (4) retaining an independent research firm to identify
25    companies that are domiciled or have their principal place
26    of business in Russia or Belarus and companies that are

 

 

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1    subject to Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions.
2    (e) The Illinois Investment Policy Board shall adhere to
3the following procedures for companies on the list of
4restricted companies:
5        (1) For each company newly identified in subsection
6    (d), the Illinois Investment Policy Board, unless it
7    determines by an affirmative vote that it is unfeasible,
8    shall send a written notice informing the company of its
9    status and that it may become subject to divestment or
10    shareholder activism by the retirement systems.
11        (2) If, following the Illinois Investment Policy
12    Board's engagement pursuant to this subsection (e) with a
13    restricted company, that company ceases activity that
14    designates the company to be an Iran-restricted company, a
15    Sudan-restricted company, a company that boycotts Israel,
16    an expatriated entity, or a for-profit company that
17    contracts to shelter migrant children, the company shall
18    be removed from the list of restricted companies and the
19    provisions of this Section shall cease to apply to it
20    unless it resumes such activities.
21        (3) For a company that is domiciled or has its
22    principal place of business in Russia or Belarus, if,
23    following the Illinois Investment Policy Board's
24    engagement pursuant to this subsection (e), that company
25    is no longer domiciled or has its principal place of
26    business in Russia or Belarus, the company shall be

 

 

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1    removed from the list of restricted companies and the
2    provisions of this Section shall cease to apply to it
3    unless it becomes domiciled or has its principal place of
4    business in Russia or Belarus.
5        (4) For a company that is subject to Russian Harmful
6    Foreign Activities Sanctions, if, following the Illinois
7    Investment Policy Board's engagement pursuant to this
8    subsection (e), that company is no longer subject to
9    Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions, the company
10    shall be removed from the list of restricted companies and
11    the provisions of this Section shall cease to apply to it
12    unless it becomes subject to Russian Harmful Foreign
13    Activities Sanctions.
14    (f) Except as provided in subsection (f-1) of this Section
15the retirement system shall adhere to the following procedures
16for companies on the list of restricted companies:
17        (1) The retirement system shall identify those
18    companies on the list of restricted companies in which the
19    retirement system owns direct holdings and indirect
20    holdings.
21        (2) The retirement system shall instruct its
22    investment advisors to sell, redeem, divest, or withdraw
23    all direct holdings of restricted companies from the
24    retirement system's assets under management in an orderly
25    and fiduciarily responsible manner within 12 months after
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1    restricted companies.
2        (3) The retirement system may not acquire securities
3    of restricted companies.
4        (4) The provisions of this subsection (f) do not apply
5    to the retirement system's indirect holdings or private
6    market funds. The Illinois Investment Policy Board shall
7    submit letters to the managers of those investment funds
8    containing restricted companies requesting that they
9    consider removing the companies from the fund or create a
10    similar actively managed fund having indirect holdings
11    devoid of the companies. If the manager creates a similar
12    fund, the retirement system shall replace all applicable
13    investments with investments in the similar fund in an
14    expedited timeframe consistent with prudent investing
15    standards.
16    (f-1) The retirement system shall adhere to the following
17procedures for restricted companies that are expatriated
18entities or for-profit companies that contract to shelter
19migrant children:
20        (1) To the extent that the retirement system believes
21    that shareholder activism would be more impactful than
22    divestment, the retirement system shall have the authority
23    to engage with a restricted company prior to divesting.
24        (2) Subject to any applicable State or Federal laws,
25    methods of shareholder activism utilized by the retirement
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1    shareholder resolutions and proxy voting on shareholder
2    resolutions.
3        (3) The retirement system shall report on its
4    shareholder activism and the outcome of such efforts to
5    the Illinois Investment Policy Board by April 1 of each
6    year.
7        (4) If the engagement efforts of the retirement system
8    are unsuccessful, then it shall adhere to the procedures
9    under subsection (f) of this Section.
10    (f-5) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory
11Act of the 102nd General Assembly, no retirement system shall
12invest moneys in Russian or Belarusian sovereign debt, Russian
13or Belarusian government-backed securities, any investment
14instrument issued by an entity that is domiciled or has its
15principal place of business in Russia or Belarus, or any
16investment instrument issued by a company that is subject to
17Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions, and no
18retirement system shall invest or deposit State moneys in any
19bank that is domiciled or has its principal place of business
20in Russia or Belarus. As soon as practicable after the
21effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General
22Assembly, each retirement system shall instruct its investment
23advisors to sell, redeem, divest, or withdraw all direct
24holdings of Russian or Belarusian sovereign debt and direct
25holdings of Russian or Belarusian government-backed securities
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1orderly and fiduciarily responsible manner.
2    Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the
3contrary, a retirement system may cease divestment pursuant to
4this subsection (f-5) if clear and convincing evidence shows
5that the value of investments in such Russian or Belarusian
6sovereign debt and Russian or Belarusian government-backed
7securities becomes equal to or less than 0.05% of the market
8value of all assets under management by the retirement system.
9For any cessation of divestment authorized by this subsection
10(f-5), the retirement system shall provide a written notice to
11the Illinois Investment Policy Board in advance of the
12cessation of divestment, setting forth the reasons and
13justification, supported by clear and convincing evidence, for
14its decision to cease divestment under this subsection (f-5).
15    The provisions of this subsection (f-5) do not apply to
16the retirement system's indirect holdings or private market
17funds.
18    (g) Upon request, and by April 1 of each year, each
19retirement system shall provide the Illinois Investment Policy
20Board with information regarding investments sold, redeemed,
21divested, or withdrawn in compliance with this Section.
22    (h) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the
23contrary, a retirement system may cease divesting from
24companies pursuant to subsection (f) if clear and convincing
25evidence shows that the value of investments in such companies
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1assets under management by the retirement system. For any
2cessation of divestment authorized by this subsection (h), the
3retirement system shall provide a written notice to the
4Illinois Investment Policy Board in advance of the cessation
5of divestment, setting forth the reasons and justification,
6supported by clear and convincing evidence, for its decision
7to cease divestment under subsection (f).
8    (i) The cost associated with the activities of the
9Illinois Investment Policy Board shall be borne by the boards
10of each pension fund or investment board created under Article
1115, 16, or 22A of this Code.
12    (j) With respect to actions taken in compliance with this
13Section, including all good-faith determinations regarding
14companies as required by this Section, the retirement system
15and Illinois Investment Policy Board are exempt from any
16conflicting statutory or common law obligations, including any
17fiduciary duties under this Article and any obligations with
18respect to choice of asset managers, investment funds, or
19investments for the retirement system's securities portfolios.
20    (k) It is not the intent of the General Assembly in
21enacting this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly to
22cause divestiture from any company based in the United States
23of America. The Illinois Investment Policy Board shall
24consider this intent when developing or reviewing the list of
25restricted companies.
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1General Assembly or its application to any person or
2circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity of that provision
3or application does not affect other provisions or
4applications of this amendatory Act of the 99th General
5Assembly that can be given effect without the invalid
6provision or application.
7    If any provision of Public Act 100-551 or its application
8to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity
9of that provision or application does not affect other
10provisions or applications of Public Act 100-551 that can be
11given effect without the invalid provision or application.
12    If any provision of Public Act 102-118 this amendatory Act
13of the 102nd General Assembly or its application to any person
14or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity of that
15provision or application does not affect other provisions or
16applications of Public Act 102-118 this amendatory Act of the
17102nd General Assembly that can be given effect without the
18invalid provision or application.
19    If any provision of this amendatory Act of the 102nd
20General Assembly or its application to any person or
21circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity of that provision
22or application does not affect other provisions or
23applications of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General
24Assembly that can be given effect without the invalid
25provision or application.
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1    Section 10-40. The Board of Higher Education Act is
2amended by adding Section 9.41 as follows:
 
3    (110 ILCS 205/9.41 new)
4    Sec. 9.41. Disclosure of donations from certain Russian,
5Belarusian, or sanctioned sources. The Board shall require
6each public institution of higher education to disclose to the
7Board any endowment or other donation given to the institution
8from a source associated with any individual or entity listed
9on the sanctions list maintained by the U.S. Department of
10Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control or any company that
11is domiciled or has its principal place of business in Russia
12or Belarus and is on the list of restricted companies
13developed by the Illinois Investment Policy Board under
14Section 1-110.16 of the Illinois Pension Code.
 
15
Article 99.

 
16    Section 99-97. Severability. The provisions of this Act
17are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 
18    Section 99-99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.