SB2506 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB2506

Introduced 1/28/2020, 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 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. Provides that the statement filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate shall be made a part of the official record of the legislation and posted on the Illinois General Assembly website with other documents related to the legislative matter at issue. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended by changing Section 3-203 as follows:

(5 ILCS 420/3-203) (from Ch. 127, par. 603-203)

Sec. 3-203. When, despite the existence of a conflict situation, a legislator chooses to take official action on a matter, he or she should serve the public interest, and not the interest of any person. The legislator shall also disclose that he or she is taking official action by filing a statement with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate, as applicable, stating that he or she has a conflict regarding the specified legislative matter and that he or she is voting in the public interest. Any statement filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate under this Section shall be made a part of the official record of the legislation and posted on the Illinois General Assembly website with other documents related to the legislative matter at issue.

(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.