SB0248 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB0248

Introduced 1/31/2023, by Sen. Michael W. Halpin

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

50 ILCS 105/4.2 new

Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that no officer, employee, or agent of a unit of local government may attempt to withhold disclosure to the public of information relating to tax incentives and other financial incentives by using a nondisclosure agreement. Defines "tax incentive". Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act is amended by adding Section 4.2 as follows:

(50 ILCS 105/4.2 new)

Sec. 4.2. Nondisclosure agreements.

(a) As used in this Section, "tax incentive" includes, but is not limited to, any tax incentive authorized by law that by exemption, exclusion, deduction, allowance, credit, preferential tax rate, abatement, or other device reduces the amount of tax revenues that would otherwise accrue to the unit of local government.

(b) No officer, employee, or agent of a unit of local government may attempt to withhold disclosure to the public of information relating to tax incentives and other financial incentives by using a nondisclosure agreement.

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