SB0551 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB0551

Introduced 2/23/2021, by Sen. Jil Tracy

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

5 ILCS 430/25-85

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that the quarterly report submitted by the Legislative Inspector General shall include, among other required information, the total number of founded reports (currently, complaints) forwarded to the Attorney General since the date of the last report.

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 State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is amended by changing Section 25-85 as follows:

(5 ILCS 430/25-85)

Sec. 25-85. Quarterly reports by the Legislative Inspector General. The Legislative Inspector General shall submit quarterly reports of claims within his or her jurisdiction filed with the Office of the Legislative Inspector General to the General Assembly and the Legislative Ethics Commission, on dates determined by the Legislative Ethics Commission, indicating:

(1) the total number of allegations received since the date of the last report and the total number of allegations received since the date of the last report by category of claim;

(2) the total number of investigations initiated since the date of the last report and the total number of investigations initiated since the date of the last report by category of claim;

(3) the total number of investigations concluded since the date of the last report and the total number of investigations concluded since the date of the last report by category of claim;

(4) the total number of investigations pending as of the reporting date and the total number of investigations pending as of the reporting date by category of claim;

(5) the total number of founded reports complaints forwarded to the Attorney General pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 25-50 since the date of the last report;

(6) the total number of actions filed with the Legislative Ethics Commission since the date of the last report, the total number of actions pending before the Legislative Ethics Commission as of the reporting date, the total number of actions filed with the Legislative Ethics Commission since the date of the last report by category of claim, and the total number of actions pending before the Legislative Ethics Commission as of the reporting date by category of claim;

(7) the number of allegations referred to any law enforcement agency since the date of the last report;

(8) the total number of allegations referred to another investigatory body since the date of the last report; and

(9) the cumulative number of each of the foregoing for the current calendar year.

For the purposes of this Section, "category of claim" shall include discrimination claims, harassment claims, sexual harassment claims, retaliation claims, gift ban claims, prohibited political activity claims, revolving door prohibition claims, and other, miscellaneous, or uncharacterized claims.

The quarterly report shall be available on the website of the Legislative Inspector General.

(Source: P.A. 100-588, eff. 6-8-18.)