103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3610

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Fred Crespo

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 430/20-95

    Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that all investigatory files and reports of the Office of an Executive Inspector General, other than specified monthly reports, are confidential and privileged, are exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, and shall not be divulged to any person or agency, except, among other exceptions, to the head of a State agency affected by or involved in the investigation. Makes conforming changes. 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 20-95 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 430/20-95)
7    Sec. 20-95. Exemptions.
8    (a) Documents generated by an ethics officer under this
9Act, except Section 5-50, are exempt from the provisions of
10the Freedom of Information Act.
11    (b) Any allegations and related documents submitted to an
12Executive Inspector General and any pleadings and related
13documents brought before the Executive Ethics Commission are
14exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act
15so long as the Executive Ethics Commission does not make a
16finding of a violation of this Act. If the Executive Ethics
17Commission finds that a violation has occurred, the entire
18record of proceedings before the Commission, the decision and
19recommendation, and the response from the agency head or
20ultimate jurisdictional authority to the Executive Ethics
21Commission are not exempt from the provisions of the Freedom
22of Information Act but information contained therein that is
23otherwise exempt from the Freedom of Information Act must be

 

 

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1redacted before disclosure as provided in the Freedom of
2Information Act. A summary report released by the Executive
3Ethics Commission under Section 20-52 is a public record, but
4information redacted by the Executive Ethics Commission shall
5not be part of the public record.
6    (c) Meetings of the Commission are exempt from the
7provisions of the Open Meetings Act.
8    (d) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, all
9investigatory files and reports of the Office of an Executive
10Inspector General, other than monthly reports required under
11Section 20-85, are confidential and privileged, are exempt
12from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, and
13shall not be divulged to any person or agency, except as
14necessary (i) to a law enforcement authority, (ii) to the
15ultimate jurisdictional authority, (iii) to the Executive
16Ethics Commission, (iv) to another Inspector General appointed
17pursuant to this Act, or (v) to an Inspector General appointed
18or employed by a Regional Transit Board in accordance with
19Section 75-10, or (vi) to the head of a State agency affected
20by or involved in the investigation.
21(Source: P.A. 102-664, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23becoming law.