Rep. Michael J. Madigan

Filed: 5/27/2004

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1897

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1897 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
5 amended by changing Sections 1-5, 5-20, 25-5, 25-10, and 25-95
6 as follows:
 
7     (5 ILCS 430/1-5)
8     Sec. 1-5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
9     "Appointee" means a person appointed to a position in or
10 with a State agency, regardless of whether the position is
11 compensated.
12     "Campaign for elective office" means any activity in
13 furtherance of an effort to influence the selection,
14 nomination, election, or appointment of any individual to any
15 federal, State, or local public office or office in a political
16 organization, or the selection, nomination, or election of
17 Presidential or Vice-Presidential electors, but does not
18 include activities (i) relating to the support or opposition of
19 any executive, legislative, or administrative action (as those
20 terms are defined in Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration
21 Act), (ii) relating to collective bargaining, or (iii) that are
22 otherwise in furtherance of the person's official State duties.
23     "Candidate" means a person who has filed nominating papers
24 or petitions for nomination or election to an elected State

 

 

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1 office, or who has been appointed to fill a vacancy in
2 nomination, and who remains eligible for placement on the
3 ballot at either a general primary election or general
4 election.
5     "Collective bargaining" has the same meaning as that term
6 is defined in Section 3 of the Illinois Public Labor Relations
7 Act.
8     "Commission" means an ethics commission created by this
9 Act.
10     "Compensated time" means any time worked by or credited to
11 a State employee that counts toward any minimum work time
12 requirement imposed as a condition of employment with a State
13 agency, but does not include any designated State holidays or
14 any period when the employee is on a leave of absence.
15     "Compensatory time off" means authorized time off earned by
16 or awarded to a State employee to compensate in whole or in
17 part for time worked in excess of the minimum work time
18 required of that employee as a condition of employment with a
19 State agency.
20     "Contribution" has the same meaning as that term is defined
21 in Section 9-1.4 of the Election Code.
22     "Employee" means (i) any person employed full-time,
23 part-time, or pursuant to a contract and whose employment
24 duties are subject to the direction and control of an employer
25 with regard to the material details of how the work is to be
26 performed or (ii) any appointee.
27     "Executive branch constitutional officer" means the
28 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of
29 State, Comptroller, and Treasurer.
30     "Gift" means any gratuity, discount, entertainment,
31 hospitality, loan, forbearance, or other tangible or
32 intangible item having monetary value including, but not
33 limited to, cash, food and drink, and honoraria for speaking
34 engagements related to or attributable to government

 

 

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1 employment or the official position of an employee, member, or
2 officer.
3     "Governmental entity" means a unit of local government or a
4 school district but not a State agency.
5     "Leave of absence" means any period during which a State
6 employee does not receive (i) compensation for State
7 employment, (ii) service credit towards State pension
8 benefits, and (iii) health insurance benefits paid for by the
9 State.
10     "Legislative branch constitutional officer" means a member
11 of the General Assembly and the Auditor General.
12     "Legislative leader" means the President and Minority
13 Leader of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the
14 House of Representatives.
15     "Member" means a member of the General Assembly.
16     "Officer" means an executive branch constitutional officer
17 or a legislative branch constitutional officer.
18     "Political" means any activity in support of or in
19 connection with any campaign for elective office or any
20 political organization, but does not include activities (i)
21 relating to the support or opposition of any executive,
22 legislative, or administrative action (as those terms are
23 defined in Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration Act), (ii)
24 relating to collective bargaining, or (iii) that are otherwise
25 in furtherance of the person's official State duties or
26 governmental and public service functions.
27     "Political organization" means a party, committee,
28 association, fund, or other organization (whether or not
29 incorporated) that is required to file a statement of
30 organization with the State Board of Elections or a county
31 clerk under Section 9-3 of the Election Code, but only with
32 regard to those activities that require filing with the State
33 Board of Elections or a county clerk.
34     "Prohibited political activity" means:

 

 

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1         (1) Preparing for, organizing, or participating in any
2     political meeting, political rally, political
3     demonstration, or other political event.
4         (2) Soliciting contributions, including but not
5     limited to the purchase of, selling, distributing, or
6     receiving payment for tickets for any political
7     fundraiser, political meeting, or other political event.
8         (3) Soliciting, planning the solicitation of, or
9     preparing any document or report regarding any thing of
10     value intended as a campaign contribution.
11         (4) Planning, conducting, or participating in a public
12     opinion poll in connection with a campaign for elective
13     office or on behalf of a political organization for
14     political purposes or for or against any referendum
15     question.
16         (5) Surveying or gathering information from potential
17     or actual voters in an election to determine probable vote
18     outcome in connection with a campaign for elective office
19     or on behalf of a political organization for political
20     purposes or for or against any referendum question.
21         (6) Assisting at the polls on election day on behalf of
22     any political organization or candidate for elective
23     office or for or against any referendum question.
24         (7) Soliciting votes on behalf of a candidate for
25     elective office or a political organization or for or
26     against any referendum question or helping in an effort to
27     get voters to the polls.
28         (8) Initiating for circulation, preparing,
29     circulating, reviewing, or filing any petition on behalf of
30     a candidate for elective office or for or against any
31     referendum question.
32         (9) Making contributions on behalf of any candidate for
33     elective office in that capacity or in connection with a
34     campaign for elective office.

 

 

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1         (10) Preparing or reviewing responses to candidate
2     questionnaires in connection with a campaign for elective
3     office or on behalf of a political organization for
4     political purposes.
5         (11) Distributing, preparing for distribution, or
6     mailing campaign literature, campaign signs, or other
7     campaign material on behalf of any candidate for elective
8     office or for or against any referendum question.
9         (12) Campaigning for any elective office or for or
10     against any referendum question.
11         (13) Managing or working on a campaign for elective
12     office or for or against any referendum question.
13         (14) Serving as a delegate, alternate, or proxy to a
14     political party convention.
15         (15) Participating in any recount or challenge to the
16     outcome of any election, except to the extent that under
17     subsection (d) of Section 6 of Article IV of the Illinois
18     Constitution each house of the General Assembly shall judge
19     the elections, returns, and qualifications of its members.
20     "Prohibited source" means any person or entity who:
21         (1) is seeking official action (i) by the member or
22     officer or (ii) in the case of an employee, by the employee
23     or by the member, officer, State agency, or other employee
24     directing the employee;
25         (2) does business or seeks to do business (i) with the
26     member or officer or (ii) in the case of an employee, with
27     the employee or with the member, officer, State agency, or
28     other employee directing the employee;
29         (3) conducts activities regulated (i) by the member or
30     officer or (ii) in the case of an employee, by the employee
31     or by the member, officer, State agency, or other employee
32     directing the employee;
33         (4) has interests that may be substantially affected by
34     the performance or non-performance of the official duties

 

 

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1     of the member, officer, or employee; or
2         (5) is registered or required to be registered with the
3     Secretary of State under the Lobbyist Registration Act,
4     except that an entity not otherwise a prohibited source
5     does not become a prohibited source merely because a
6     registered lobbyist is one of its members or serves on its
7     board of directors.
8     "State agency" includes all officers, boards, commissions
9 and agencies created by the Constitution, whether in the
10 executive or legislative branch; all officers, departments,
11 boards, commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities,
12 public institutions of higher learning as defined in Section 2
13 of the Higher Education Cooperation Act, and bodies politic and
14 corporate of the State; and administrative units or corporate
15 outgrowths of the State government which are created by or
16 pursuant to statute, other than units of local government and
17 their officers, school districts, and boards of election
18 commissioners; and all administrative units and corporate
19 outgrowths of the above and as may be created by executive
20 order of the Governor. "State agency" includes the General
21 Assembly, the Senate, the House of Representatives, the
22 President and Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker and
23 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Senate
24 Operations Commission, and the legislative support services
25 agencies. "State agency" includes the Office of the Auditor
26 General. "State agency" does not include the judicial branch.
27     "State employee" means any employee of a State agency.
28     "Ultimate jurisdictional authority" means the following:
29         (1) For members, legislative partisan staff, and
30     legislative secretaries, the appropriate legislative
31     leader: President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the
32     Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, or
33     Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
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1     employees of the Senate and not covered under item (1), the
2     Senate Operations Commission.
3         (3) For State employees who are professional staff or
4     employees of the House of Representatives and not covered
5     under item (1), the Speaker of the House of
6     Representatives.
7         (4) For State employees who are employees of the
8     legislative support services agencies, the Joint Committee
9     on Legislative Support Services.
10         (5) For State employees of the Auditor General, the
11     Auditor General.
12         (6) For State employees of public institutions of
13     higher learning as defined in Section 2 of the Higher
14     Education Cooperation Act, the board of trustees of the
15     appropriate public institution of higher learning.
16         (7) For State employees of an executive branch
17     constitutional officer other than those described in
18     paragraph (6), the appropriate executive branch
19     constitutional officer.
20         (8) For State employees not under the jurisdiction of
21     paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7), the
22     Governor.
23 (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)
 
24     (5 ILCS 430/5-20)
25     Sec. 5-20. Public service announcements; other promotional
26 material.
27     (a) Beginning January 1, 2004, no public service
28 announcement or advertisement that is on behalf of any State
29 administered program and contains the proper name, image, or
30 voice of any executive branch constitutional officer or member
31 of the General Assembly shall be broadcast or aired on radio or
32 television or printed in a commercial newspaper or a commercial
33 magazine at any time.

 

 

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1     (b) The proper name or image of any executive branch
2 constitutional officer or member of the General Assembly may
3 not appear on any (i) bumper stickers, (ii) commercial
4 billboards, (iii) lapel pins or buttons, (iv) magnets, (v)
5 stickers, and (vi) other similar promotional items, that are
6 not in furtherance of the person's official State duties or
7 governmental and public service functions, if designed, paid
8 for, prepared, or distributed using public dollars. This
9 subsection does not apply to stocks of items existing on the
10 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
11 Assembly.
12     (c) This Section does not apply to communications funded
13 through expenditures required to be reported under Article 9 of
14 the Election Code.
15 (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)
 
16     (5 ILCS 430/25-5)
17     Sec. 25-5. Legislative Ethics Commission.
18     (a) The Legislative Ethics Commission is created.
19     (b) The Legislative Ethics Commission shall consist of 8
20 commissioners appointed 2 each by the President and Minority
21 Leader of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the
22 House of Representatives.
23     The terms of the initial commissioners shall commence upon
24 qualification. Each appointing authority shall designate one
25 appointee who shall serve for a 2-year term running through
26 June 30, 2005. Each appointing authority shall designate one
27 appointee who shall serve for a 4-year term running through
28 June 30, 2007. The initial appointments shall be made within 60
29 days after the effective date of this Act.
30     After the initial terms, commissioners shall serve for
31 4-year terms commencing on July 1 of the year of appointment
32 and running through June 30 of the fourth following year.
33 Commissioners may be reappointed to one or more subsequent

 

 

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1 terms.
2     Vacancies occurring other than at the end of a term shall
3 be filled by the appointing authority only for the balance of
4 the term of the commissioner whose office is vacant.
5     Terms shall run regardless of whether the position is
6 filled.
7     (c) The appointing authorities shall appoint commissioners
8 who have experience holding governmental office or employment
9 and may appoint commissioners who are members of the General
10 Assembly as well as commissioners from the general public. A
11 commissioner who is a member of the General Assembly must
12 recuse himself or herself from participating in any matter
13 relating to any investigation or proceeding in which he or she
14 is the subject. A person is not eligible to serve as a
15 commissioner if that person (i) has been convicted of a felony
16 or a crime of dishonesty or moral turpitude, (ii) is, or was
17 within the preceding 12 months, engaged in activities that
18 require registration under the Lobbyist Registration Act,
19 (iii) is a relative of the appointing authority, or (iv) is a
20 State officer or employee other than a member of the General
21 Assembly.
22     (d) The Legislative Ethics Commission shall have
23 jurisdiction over members of the General Assembly and all State
24 employees whose ultimate jurisdictional authority is (i) a
25 legislative leader, (ii) the Senate Operations Commission, or
26 (iii) the Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services. The
27 jurisdiction of the Commission is limited to matters arising
28 under this Act.
29     (e) The Legislative Ethics Commission must meet, either in
30 person or by other technological means, monthly or as often as
31 necessary. At the first meeting of the Legislative Ethics
32 Commission, the commissioners shall choose from their number a
33 chairperson and other officers that they deem appropriate. The
34 terms of officers shall be for 2 years commencing July 1 and

 

 

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1 running through June 30 of the second following year. Meetings
2 shall be held at the call of the chairperson or any 3
3 commissioners. Official action by the Commission shall require
4 the affirmative vote of 5 commissioners, and a quorum shall
5 consist of 5 commissioners. Commissioners shall receive no
6 compensation but may be reimbursed for their reasonable
7 expenses actually incurred in the performance of their duties.
8     (f) No commissioner, other than a commissioner who is a
9 member of the General Assembly, or employee of the Legislative
10 Ethics Commission may during his or her term of appointment or
11 employment:
12         (1) become a candidate for any elective office;
13         (2) hold any other elected or appointed public office
14     except for appointments on governmental advisory boards or
15     study commissions or as otherwise expressly authorized by
16     law;
17         (3) be actively involved in the affairs of any
18     political party or political organization; or
19         (4) actively participate in any campaign for any
20     elective office.
21     (g) An appointing authority may remove a commissioner only
22 for cause.
23     (h) The Legislative Ethics Commission shall appoint an
24 Executive Director subject to the approval of at least 3 of the
25 4 legislative leaders. The compensation of the Executive
26 Director shall be as determined by the Commission or by the
27 Compensation Review Board, whichever amount is higher. The
28 Executive Director of the Legislative Ethics Commission may
29 employ, subject to the approval of at least 3 of the 4
30 legislative leaders, and determine the compensation of staff,
31 as appropriations permit.
32 (Source: P.A. 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)
 
33     (5 ILCS 430/25-10)

 

 

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1     Sec. 25-10. Office of Legislative Inspector General.
2     (a) The independent Office of the Legislative Inspector
3 General is created. The Office shall be under the direction and
4 supervision of the Legislative Inspector General and shall be a
5 fully independent office with its own appropriation.
6     (b) The Legislative Inspector General shall be appointed
7 without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis
8 of integrity and demonstrated ability. The Legislative Ethics
9 Commission shall diligently search out qualified candidates
10 for Legislative Inspector General and shall make
11 recommendations to the General Assembly.
12     The Legislative Inspector General shall be appointed by a
13 joint resolution of the Senate and the House of
14 Representatives, which may specify the date on which the
15 appointment takes effect. A joint resolution, or other document
16 as may be specified by the Joint Rules of the General Assembly,
17 appointing the Legislative Inspector General must be certified
18 by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
19 President of the Senate as having been adopted by the
20 affirmative vote of three-fifths of the members elected to each
21 house, respectively, and be filed with the Secretary of State.
22 The appointment of the Legislative Inspector General takes
23 effect on the day the appointment is completed by the General
24 Assembly, unless the appointment specifies a later date on
25 which it is to become effective.
26     The Legislative Inspector General shall have the following
27 qualifications:
28         (1) has not been convicted of any felony under the laws
29     of this State, another state, or the United States;
30         (2) has earned a baccalaureate degree from an
31     institution of higher education; and
32         (3) has 5 or more years of cumulative service (A) with
33     a federal, State, or local law enforcement agency, at least
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1     capacity; (B) as a federal, State, or local prosecutor; (C)
2     as a senior manager or executive of a federal, State, or
3     local agency; (D) as a member, an officer, or a State or
4     federal judge; or (E) representing any combination of (A)
5     through (D).
6     The Legislative Inspector General may not be a relative of
7 a commissioner.
8     The term of the initial Legislative Inspector General shall
9 commence upon qualification and shall run through June 30,
10 2008.
11     After the initial term, the Legislative Inspector General
12 shall serve for 5-year terms commencing on July 1 of the year
13 of appointment and running through June 30 of the fifth
14 following year. The Legislative Inspector General may be
15 reappointed to one or more subsequent terms.
16     A vacancy occurring other than at the end of a term shall
17 be filled in the same manner as an appointment only for the
18 balance of the term of the Legislative Inspector General whose
19 office is vacant.
20     Terms shall run regardless of whether the position is
21 filled.
22     (c) The Legislative Inspector General shall have
23 jurisdiction over the members of the General Assembly and all
24 State employees whose ultimate jurisdictional authority is (i)
25 a legislative leader, (ii) the Senate Operations Commission, or
26 (iii) the Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services.
27     The jurisdiction of each Legislative Inspector General is
28 to investigate allegations of fraud, waste, abuse,
29 mismanagement, misconduct, nonfeasance, misfeasance,
30 malfeasance, or violations of this Act or violations of other
31 related laws and rules.
32     (d) The compensation of the Legislative Inspector General
33 shall be the greater of an amount (i) determined by the
34 Commission or (ii) by joint resolution of the General Assembly

 

 

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1 passed by a majority of members elected in each chamber.
2 Subject to Section 25-45 of this Act, the Legislative Inspector
3 General has full authority to organize the Office of the
4 Legislative Inspector General, including the employment and
5 determination of the compensation of staff, such as deputies,
6 assistants, and other employees, as appropriations permit.
7 Employment of staff is subject to the approval of at least 3 of
8 the 4 legislative leaders.
9     (e) No Legislative Inspector General or employee of the
10 Office of the Legislative Inspector General may, during his or
11 her term of appointment or employment:
12         (1) become a candidate for any elective office;
13         (2) hold any other elected or appointed public office
14     except for appointments on governmental advisory boards or
15     study commissions or as otherwise expressly authorized by
16     law;
17         (3) be actively involved in the affairs of any
18     political party or political organization; or
19         (4) actively participate in any campaign for any
20     elective office.
21     In this subsection an appointed public office means a
22 position authorized by law that is filled by an appointing
23 authority as provided by law and does not include employment by
24 hiring in the ordinary course of business.
25     (e-1) No Legislative Inspector General or employee of the
26 Office of the Legislative Inspector General may, for one year
27 after the termination of his or her appointment or employment:
28         (1) become a candidate for any elective office;
29         (2) hold any elected public office; or
30         (3) hold any appointed State, county, or local judicial
31     office.
32     (e-2) The requirements of item (3) of subsection (e-1) may
33 be waived by the Legislative Ethics Commission.
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1 General only for cause. At the time of the removal, the
2 Commission must report to the General Assembly the
3 justification for the removal.
4 (Source: P.A. 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)
 
5     (5 ILCS 430/25-95)
6     Sec. 25-95. Exemptions.
7     (a) Documents generated by an ethics officer under this
8 Act, except Section 5-50, are exempt from the provisions of the
9 Freedom of Information Act.
10     (a-5) Requests from ethics officers, members, and State
11 employees to the Office of the Legislative Inspector General, a
12 Special Legislative Inspector General, the Legislative Ethics
13 Commission, an ethics officer, or a person designated by a
14 legislative leader for guidance on matters involving the
15 interpretation or application of this Act or rules promulgated
16 under this Act are exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of
17 Information Act. Guidance provided to an ethics officer,
18 member, or State employee at the request of an ethics officer,
19 member, or State employee by the Office of the Legislative
20 Inspector General, a Special Legislative Inspector General,
21 the Legislative Ethics Commission, an ethics officer, or a
22 person designated by a legislative leader on matters involving
23 the interpretation or application of this Act or rules
24 promulgated under this Act is exempt from the provisions of the
25 Freedom of Information Act.
26     (b) Any allegations and related documents submitted to the
27 Legislative Inspector General and any pleadings and related
28 documents brought before the Legislative Ethics Commission are
29 exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act so
30 long as the Legislative Ethics Commission does not make a
31 finding of a violation of this Act. If the Legislative Ethics
32 Commission finds that a violation has occurred, the entire
33 record of proceedings before the Commission, the decision and

 

 

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1 recommendation, and the mandatory report from the agency head
2 or ultimate jurisdictional authority to the Legislative Ethics
3 Commission are not exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of
4 Information Act but information contained therein that is
5 exempt from the Freedom of Information Act must be redacted
6 before disclosure as provided in Section 8 of the Freedom of
7 Information Act.
8     (c) Meetings of the Commission under Sections 25-5 and
9 25-15 of this Act are exempt from the provisions of the Open
10 Meetings Act.
11     (d) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, all
12 investigatory files and reports of the Office of the
13 Legislative Inspector General, other than quarterly reports,
14 are confidential, are exempt from disclosure under the Freedom
15 of Information Act, and shall not be divulged to any person or
16 agency, except as necessary (i) to the appropriate law
17 enforcement authority if the matter is referred pursuant to
18 this Act, (ii) to the ultimate jurisdictional authority, or
19 (iii) to the Legislative Ethics Commission.
20 (Source: P.A. 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)
 
21     Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing
22 Section 9-8.10 as follows:
 
23     (10 ILCS 5/9-8.10)
24     Sec. 9-8.10. Use of political committee and other reporting
25 organization funds.
26     (a) A political committee, or organization subject to
27 Section 9-7.5, shall not make expenditures:
28         (1) In violation of any law of the United States or of
29     this State.
30         (2) Clearly in excess of the fair market value of the
31     services, materials, facilities, or other things of value
32     received in exchange.

 

 

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1         (3) For satisfaction or repayment of any debts other
2     than loans made to the committee or to the public official
3     or candidate on behalf of the committee or repayment of
4     goods and services purchased by the committee under a
5     credit agreement. Nothing in this Section authorizes the
6     use of campaign funds to repay personal loans. The
7     repayments shall be made by check written to the person who
8     made the loan or credit agreement. The terms and conditions
9     of any loan or credit agreement to a committee shall be set
10     forth in a written agreement, including but not limited to
11     the method and amount of repayment, that shall be executed
12     by the chairman or treasurer of the committee at the time
13     of the loan or credit agreement. The loan or agreement
14     shall also set forth the rate of interest for the loan, if
15     any, which may not substantially exceed the prevailing
16     market interest rate at the time the agreement is executed.
17         (4) For the satisfaction or repayment of any debts or
18     for the payment of any expenses relating to a personal
19     residence. Campaign funds may not be used as collateral for
20     home mortgages.
21         (5) For clothing or personal laundry expenses, except
22     clothing items rented by the public official or candidate
23     for his or her own use exclusively for a specific
24     campaign-related event, provided that committees may
25     purchase costumes, novelty items, or other accessories
26     worn primarily to advertise the candidacy.
27         (6) For the travel expenses of any person unless the
28     travel is necessary for fulfillment of political,
29     governmental, or public policy duties, activities, or
30     purposes.
31         (7) For membership or club dues charged by
32     organizations, clubs, or facilities that are primarily
33     engaged in providing health, exercise, or recreational
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1     this Article may be used to rent the clubs or facilities
2     for a specific campaign-related event.
3         (8) In payment for anything of value or for
4     reimbursement of any expenditure for which any person has
5     been reimbursed by the State or any person. For purposes of
6     this item (8), a per diem allowance is not a reimbursement.
7         (9) For the purchase of or installment payment for a
8     motor vehicle unless the political committee can
9     demonstrate that purchase of a motor vehicle is more
10     cost-effective than leasing a motor vehicle as permitted
11     under this item (9). A political committee may lease or
12     purchase and insure, maintain, and repair a motor vehicle
13     if the vehicle will be used primarily for campaign purposes
14     or for the performance of governmental duties. A committee
15     shall not make expenditures for use of the vehicle for
16     non-campaign or non-governmental purposes. Persons using
17     vehicles not purchased or leased by a political committee
18     may be reimbursed for actual mileage for the use of the
19     vehicle for campaign purposes or for the performance of
20     governmental duties. The mileage reimbursements shall be
21     made at a rate not to exceed the standard mileage rate
22     method for computation of business expenses under the
23     Internal Revenue Code.
24         (10) Directly for an individual's tuition or other
25     educational expenses, except for governmental or political
26     purposes directly related to a candidate's or public
27     official's duties and responsibilities.
28         (11) For payments to a public official or candidate or
29     his or her family member unless for compensation for
30     services actually rendered by that person. The provisions
31     of this item (11) do not apply to expenditures by a
32     political committee in an aggregate amount not exceeding
33     the amount of funds reported to and certified by the State
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1     the semi-annual report of contributions and expenditures
2     filed by the political committee for the period concluding
3     June 30, 1998.
4     (b) The Board shall have the authority to investigate, upon
5 receipt of a verified complaint, violations of the provisions
6 of this Section. The Board may levy a fine on any person who
7 knowingly makes expenditures in violation of this Section and
8 on any person who knowingly makes a malicious and false
9 accusation of a violation of this Section. The Board may act
10 under this subsection only upon the affirmative vote of at
11 least 5 of its members. The fine shall not exceed $500 for each
12 expenditure of $500 or less and shall not exceed the amount of
13 the expenditure plus $500 for each expenditure greater than
14 $500. The Board shall also have the authority to render rulings
15 and issue opinions relating to compliance with this Section.
16     (c) Nothing in this Section prohibits the expenditure of
17 funds of (i) a political committee controlled by an
18 officeholder or by a candidate or (ii) an organization subject
19 to Section 9-7.5 to defray the customary and reasonable
20 ordinary and necessary expenses of an officeholder in
21 connection with the performance of governmental and public
22 service functions duties. For the purposes of this subsection,
23 "ordinary and necessary expenses" include, but are not limited
24 to, expenses in relation to the operation of the district
25 office of a member of the General Assembly.
26 (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)
 
27     Section 15. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by adding
28 Section 1-122 and changing Sections 14-103.05 and 18-127 as
29 follows:
 
30     (40 ILCS 5/1-122 new)
31     Sec. 1-122. Service with the Legislative Ethics Commission
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1 Notwithstanding any provision in this Code to the contrary, if
2 a person serves as a part-time employee in any of the following
3 positions: Legislative Inspector General, Special Legislative
4 Inspector General, employee of the Office of the Legislative
5 Inspector General, Executive Director of the Legislative
6 Ethics Commission, or staff of the Legislative Ethics
7 Commission, then (A) no retirement annuity or other benefit of
8 that person under this Code is subject to forfeiture,
9 diminishment, suspension, or other impairment solely by virtue
10 of that service and (B) that person does not participate in any
11 pension fund or retirement system under this Code with respect
12 to that service, unless that person (i) is qualified to so
13 participate and (ii) affirmatively elects to so participate.
14 This Section applies without regard to whether the person is in
15 active service under the applicable Article of this Code on or
16 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
17 General Assembly. In this Section, a "part-time employee" is a
18 person who is not required to work at least 35 hours per week.
 
19     (40 ILCS 5/14-103.05)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.05)
20     Sec. 14-103.05. Employee.
21     (a) Any person employed by a Department who receives salary
22 for personal services rendered to the Department on a warrant
23 issued pursuant to a payroll voucher certified by a Department
24 and drawn by the State Comptroller upon the State Treasurer,
25 including an elected official described in subparagraph (d) of
26 Section 14-104, shall become an employee for purpose of
27 membership in the Retirement System on the first day of such
28 employment.
29     A person entering service on or after January 1, 1972 and
30 prior to January 1, 1984 shall become a member as a condition
31 of employment and shall begin making contributions as of the
32 first day of employment.
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1 shall, upon completion of 6 months of continuous service which
2 is not interrupted by a break of more than 2 months, become a
3 member as a condition of employment. Contributions shall begin
4 the first of the month after completion of the qualifying
5 period.
6     The qualifying period of 6 months of service is not
7 applicable to: (1) a person who has been granted credit for
8 service in a position covered by the State Universities
9 Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System of the State
10 of Illinois, the General Assembly Retirement System, or the
11 Judges Retirement System of Illinois unless that service has
12 been forfeited under the laws of those systems; (2) a person
13 entering service on or after July 1, 1991 in a noncovered
14 position; or (3) a person to whom Section 14-108.2a or
15 14-108.2b applies.
16     (b) The term "employee" does not include the following:
17         (1) members of the State Legislature, and persons
18     electing to become members of the General Assembly
19     Retirement System pursuant to Section 2-105;
20         (2) incumbents of offices normally filled by vote of
21     the people;
22         (3) except as otherwise provided in this Section, any
23     person appointed by the Governor with the advice and
24     consent of the Senate unless that person elects to
25     participate in this System;
26         (3.1) any person serving as a commissioner of an ethics
27     commission created under the State Officials and Employees
28     Ethics Act unless that person elects to participate in this
29     system with respect to that service as a commissioner;
30         (3.2) any person serving as a part-time employee in any
31     of the following positions: Legislative Inspector General,
32     Special Legislative Inspector General, employee of the
33     Office of the Legislative Inspector General, Executive
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1     the Legislative Ethics Commission, regardless of whether
2     he or she is in active service on or after the effective
3     date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly,
4     unless that person elects to participate in this System
5     with respect to that service; in this item (3.2), a
6     "part-time employee" is a person who is not required to
7     work at least 35 hours per week;
8         (4) except as provided in Section 14-108.2 or
9     14-108.2c, any person who is covered or eligible to be
10     covered by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of
11     Illinois, the State Universities Retirement System, or the
12     Judges Retirement System of Illinois;
13         (5) an employee of a municipality or any other
14     political subdivision of the State;
15         (6) any person who becomes an employee after June 30,
16     1979 as a public service employment program participant
17     under the Federal Comprehensive Employment and Training
18     Act and whose wages or fringe benefits are paid in whole or
19     in part by funds provided under such Act;
20         (7) enrollees of the Illinois Young Adult Conservation
21     Corps program, administered by the Department of Natural
22     Resources, authorized grantee pursuant to Title VIII of the
23     "Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973", 29 USC
24     993, as now or hereafter amended;
25         (8) enrollees and temporary staff of programs
26     administered by the Department of Natural Resources under
27     the Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970;
28         (9) any person who is a member of any professional
29     licensing or disciplinary board created under an Act
30     administered by the Department of Professional Regulation
31     or a successor agency or created or re-created after the
32     effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, and who
33     receives per diem compensation rather than a salary,
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1     warrant issued pursuant to a payroll voucher; such persons
2     have never been included in the membership of this System,
3     and this amendatory Act of 1987 (P.A. 84-1472) is not
4     intended to effect any change in the status of such
5     persons;
6         (10) any person who is a member of the Illinois Health
7     Care Cost Containment Council, and receives per diem
8     compensation rather than a salary, notwithstanding that
9     such per diem compensation is paid by warrant issued
10     pursuant to a payroll voucher; such persons have never been
11     included in the membership of this System, and this
12     amendatory Act of 1987 is not intended to effect any change
13     in the status of such persons; or
14         (11) any person who is a member of the Oil and Gas
15     Board created by Section 1.2 of the Illinois Oil and Gas
16     Act, and receives per diem compensation rather than a
17     salary, notwithstanding that such per diem compensation is
18     paid by warrant issued pursuant to a payroll voucher.
19 (Source: P.A. 92-14, eff. 6-28-01.)
 
20     (40 ILCS 5/18-127)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 18-127)
21     Sec. 18-127. Retirement annuity - suspension on
22 reemployment.
23     (a) A participant receiving a retirement annuity who is
24 regularly employed for compensation by an employer other than a
25 county, in any capacity, shall have his or her retirement
26 annuity payments suspended during such employment. Upon
27 termination of such employment, retirement annuity payments at
28 the previous rate shall be resumed.
29     If such a participant resumes service as a judge, he or she
30 shall receive credit for any additional service. Upon
31 subsequent retirement, his or her retirement annuity shall be
32 the amount previously granted, plus the amount earned by the
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1 during the period of such additional service. However, if the
2 participant was receiving the maximum rate of annuity at the
3 time of re-employment, he or she may elect, in a written
4 direction filed with the board, not to receive any additional
5 service credit during the period of re-employment. In such
6 case, contributions shall not be required during the period of
7 re-employment. Any such election shall be irrevocable.
8     (b) Beginning January 1, 1991, any participant receiving a
9 retirement annuity who accepts temporary employment from an
10 employer other than a county for a period not exceeding 75
11 working days in any calendar year shall not be deemed to be
12 regularly employed for compensation or to have resumed service
13 as a judge for the purposes of this Article. A day shall be
14 considered a working day if the annuitant performs on it any of
15 his duties under the temporary employment agreement.
16     (c) Except as provided in subsection (a), beginning January
17 1, 1993, retirement annuities shall not be subject to
18 suspension upon resumption of employment for an employer, and
19 any retirement annuity that is then so suspended shall be
20 reinstated on that date.
21     (d) The changes made in this Section by this amendatory Act
22 of 1993 shall apply to judges no longer in service on its
23 effective date, as well as to judges serving on or after that
24 date.
25     (e) A participant receiving a retirement annuity under this
26 Article who serves as a part-time employee in any of the
27 following positions: Legislative Inspector General, Special
28 Legislative Inspector General, employee of the Office of the
29 Legislative Inspector General, Executive Director of the
30 Legislative Ethics Commission, or staff of the Legislative
31 Ethics Commission, but has not elected to participate in the
32 Article 14 System with respect to that service, shall not be
33 deemed to be regularly employed for compensation by an employer
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1 the basis of that service, and the retirement annuity payments
2 and other benefits of that person under this Code shall not be
3 suspended, diminished, or otherwise impaired solely as a
4 consequence of that service. This subsection (e) applies
5 without regard to whether the person is in service as a judge
6 under this Article on or after the effective date of this
7 amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. In this
8 subsection, a "part-time employee" is a person who is not
9 required to work at least 35 hours per week.
10 (Source: P.A. 86-1488; 87-1265.)
 
11     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.".