SB0280 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0280

Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John O. Jones

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

5 ILCS 420/3A-40 new

Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Invalidates gubernatorial appointments made within 30 days before impeachment of a Governor. Prohibits a Governor from making appointments from impeachment until the earliest of (i) the Senate's dismissal of all articles of impeachment, (ii) conviction by the Senate, (iii) acquittal by the Senate, or (iv) 60 days after impeachment.

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 adding Section 3A-40 as follows:

(5 ILCS 420/3A-40 new)

Sec. 3A-40. Gubernatorial appointments during impeachment.

(a) "Appointment" means an appointment to an elective office or to an appointed position on a board, commission, authority, task force, or other entity created or authorized by the Illinois Constitution, State law, or executive order, whether or not the appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate.

(b) Upon impeachment of the Governor by the House of Representatives on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, an appointment made by that Governor during the 30 days before the date of impeachment is invalid and the office or position so appointed is vacant.

(c) The Governor may not make an appointment from the time that Governor is impeached by the House of Representatives until the earliest of (i) dismissal by the Senate of all charges of impeachment, (ii) conviction of the Governor by the Senate, (iii) acquittal of the Governor by the Senate, or (iv) 60 days after the date of the Governor's impeachment.