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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB3478
Introduced 2/28/2007, by Rep. Fred Crespo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. With respect to (i) each officer, member, and State employee who receives a gift excepted from the gift ban as an educational mission or as travel expenses for a meeting to discuss State business and (ii) each officer and employee of a governmental entity who receives a gift excepted form the provisions of an ordinance or resolution that are equivalent to the State exceptions, provides that within 30 days after returning from the travel, the person must submit to the Secretary of State, in the form and manner required by the Secretary, certain information concerning the travel. Further provides that the Secretary shall compile the information into a database and shall establish a searchable website for the public to access the data. Subject to appropriation for that purpose, authorizes the Secretary to contract with a private entity to establish and maintain the database and website.
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LRB095 08435 JAM 28611 b |
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| AN ACT concerning ethics.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is |
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| amended by adding Section 10-17 as follows:
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| (5 ILCS 430/10-17 new) |
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| Sec. 10-17. Travel registry. This Section applies to the |
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| following persons: (i) each officer, member, and State employee |
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| who receives a gift excepted from Section 10-15 under item (1) |
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| as an educational mission or under item (2) as travel expenses |
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| for a meeting to discuss State business and (ii) each officer |
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| and employee of a governmental entity who receives a gift |
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| excepted form the provisions of an ordinance or resolution that |
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| are equivalent to the exceptions for an educational mission or |
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| travel expenses for a meeting to discuss governmental business. |
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| Within 30 days after returning from the travel, the person must |
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| submit to the Secretary of State, in the form and manner |
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| required by the Secretary, the destination of the travel, the |
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| travel dates, the length of time at the destination, the |
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| purpose of the mission or meeting, the name and address of each |
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| prohibited source who contributed to the gift, the estimated |
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| value of the gift from each prohibited source, and any other |
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| relevant information required by the Secretary. The Secretary |
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