Full Text of HB6704 95th General Assembly
HB6704 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB6704
Introduced , by Rep. John A. Fritchey - David E. Miller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Prohibits members of the General Assembly from being employed by the State, a municipality, or a unit of local government, with specified exceptions.
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended | 5 |
| by adding Section 2-106 as follows: | 6 |
| (5 ILCS 420/2-106 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 2-106. Dual employment. No member of the General | 8 |
| Assembly, during the term for which he has been elected or | 9 |
| appointed, may be employed by the State, a municipality, or | 10 |
| unit of local government. This prohibition does not extend to | 11 |
| employment as an elected official, firefighter, police | 12 |
| officer, school counselor, teacher, or university instructor. | 13 |
| As used in this Section: | 14 |
| "Elected official" means any individual who was | 15 |
| elected to an office in an election certified by the State | 16 |
| Board of Elections. | 17 |
| "Firefighter" means an individual employed by a fire | 18 |
| service. | 19 |
| "Police officer" means an individual employed in a | 20 |
| regularly constituted police department appointed and | 21 |
| sworn or designated by law as a peace officer. | 22 |
| "School counselor" has the meaning ascribed to it in | 23 |
| Section 10-22.24a of the School Code. |
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| "Teacher" means any or all school district employees | 2 |
| regularly required to be certified under laws relating to | 3 |
| the certification of teachers. | 4 |
| "University instructor" means any member of the | 5 |
| educational staff of the University of Illinois, Southern | 6 |
| Illinois University, Chicago State University, Eastern | 7 |
| Illinois University, Governors State University, Illinois | 8 |
| State University, Northeastern Illinois University, | 9 |
| Northern Illinois University, Western Illinois University, | 10 |
| or the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy whose | 11 |
| employment is permanent and continuous or who is employed | 12 |
| in a position in which services are expected to be rendered | 13 |
| on a continuous basis for at least 4 months or one academic | 14 |
| term, whichever is less.
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