Full Text of SB2266 100th General Assembly
SB2266 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 SB2266 Introduced 11/8/2017, by Sen. Cristina Castro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act, appointments to the Legislative Ethics Commission shall be gender-balanced. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 25-5 as follows: | 6 | | (5 ILCS 430/25-5)
| 7 | | Sec. 25-5. Legislative Ethics Commission.
| 8 | | (a) The Legislative Ethics Commission is created.
| 9 | | (b) The Legislative Ethics Commission shall consist of 8
| 10 | | commissioners appointed 2 each by the
President and Minority | 11 | | Leader of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader
of the | 12 | | House of Representatives.
| 13 | | The terms of the initial commissioners shall commence upon | 14 | | qualification.
Each appointing authority shall designate one | 15 | | appointee who
shall serve for a 2-year term running through
| 16 | | June 30, 2005.
Each appointing authority shall designate one | 17 | | appointee who
shall serve for a
4-year term running through | 18 | | June 30, 2007.
The initial appointments shall be made within 60 | 19 | | days
after the effective date of this Act.
| 20 | | After the initial terms, commissioners shall serve for | 21 | | 4-year terms
commencing on July 1 of the year of appointment | 22 | | and running
through June 30 of the fourth following year. | 23 | | Commissioners may be
reappointed to one or more subsequent |
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| 1 | | terms. | 2 | | Appointments made on and after the effective date of this | 3 | | amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, including | 4 | | appointments to fill vacancies, shall be made so that there is | 5 | | one female commissioner and one male commissioner appointed by | 6 | | each appointing authority.
| 7 | | Vacancies occurring other than at the end of a term shall | 8 | | be filled
by the appointing authority only for the balance of | 9 | | the
term of the commissioner whose office is vacant.
| 10 | | Terms shall run regardless of whether the position is | 11 | | filled.
| 12 | | (c) The appointing authorities shall appoint commissioners | 13 | | who
have experience holding governmental office or employment | 14 | | and may
appoint commissioners who are members of the General | 15 | | Assembly as well as
commissioners from the general public.
A | 16 | | commissioner who is a member of the General Assembly must | 17 | | recuse himself or
herself from participating in any matter | 18 | | relating to any investigation or
proceeding in which he or she | 19 | | is the subject.
A person is not eligible to
serve as a | 20 | | commissioner if that person (i) has been convicted of a
felony | 21 | | or a crime of dishonesty or moral turpitude, (ii) is, or was
| 22 | | within the preceding 12 months, engaged in activities that
| 23 | | require registration under the Lobbyist Registration Act, | 24 | | (iii) is a
relative of the appointing authority, or (iv) is a | 25 | | State officer or employee
other than a member of the General | 26 | | Assembly.
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| 1 | | (d) The Legislative Ethics Commission shall have
| 2 | | jurisdiction over members of the General Assembly and
all State
| 3 | | employees whose ultimate jurisdictional authority is
(i) a | 4 | | legislative leader, (ii) the Senate Operations Commission, or | 5 | | (iii) the
Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services.
The | 6 | | jurisdiction of the
Commission is limited to matters arising | 7 | | under this Act.
| 8 | | An officer or executive branch State employee serving on a | 9 | | legislative branch board or commission remains subject to the | 10 | | jurisdiction of the Executive Ethics Commission and is not | 11 | | subject to the jurisdiction of the Legislative Ethics | 12 | | Commission. | 13 | | (e) The Legislative Ethics Commission must meet, either
in | 14 | | person or by other technological means, monthly or as
often as | 15 | | necessary. At the first meeting of the Legislative
Ethics | 16 | | Commission, the commissioners shall choose from their
number a | 17 | | chairperson and other officers that they deem appropriate.
The | 18 | | terms of officers shall be for 2 years commencing July 1 and
| 19 | | running through June 30 of the second following year. Meetings | 20 | | shall be held at
the call
of the chairperson or any 3 | 21 | | commissioners. Official action by the
Commission shall require | 22 | | the affirmative vote of 5 commissioners, and
a quorum shall | 23 | | consist of 5 commissioners. Commissioners shall receive
no | 24 | | compensation but
may be
reimbursed for their reasonable | 25 | | expenses actually incurred in the
performance of their duties.
| 26 | | (f) No commissioner, other than a commissioner who is a |
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| 1 | | member of the
General
Assembly, or employee of the Legislative
| 2 | | Ethics Commission may during his or her term of appointment or | 3 | | employment:
| 4 | | (1) become a candidate for any elective office;
| 5 | | (2) hold any other elected or appointed public office
| 6 | | except for appointments on governmental advisory boards
or | 7 | | study commissions or as otherwise expressly authorized by | 8 | | law;
| 9 | | (3) be actively involved in the affairs of any | 10 | | political party or political
organization; or
| 11 | | (4) advocate for the appointment of another person to | 12 | | an appointed or elected office or position or actively | 13 | | participate in any campaign for any
elective office.
| 14 | | (g) An appointing authority may remove a
commissioner only | 15 | | for cause.
| 16 | | (h) The Legislative Ethics Commission shall appoint an
| 17 | | Executive Director subject to the approval of at least 3 of the | 18 | | 4 legislative leaders. The compensation of the Executive | 19 | | Director shall
be as determined by the Commission. The | 20 | | Executive Director of the Legislative
Ethics Commission may | 21 | | employ, subject to the approval of at least 3 of the 4 | 22 | | legislative leaders, and determine the
compensation of staff, | 23 | | as appropriations permit.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.)
| 25 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 26 | | becoming law.
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