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30 ILCS 500/50-20

(30 ILCS 500/50-20)

Sec. 50-20. Exemptions.

The appropriate chief
procurement officer may file a request with the Executive Ethics Commission to exempt named individuals from the
prohibitions of
Section 50-13 when, in his or her judgment, the public interest in
having
the
individual in the service of the State outweighs the public policy evidenced in
that Section. The Executive Ethics Commission may grant an exemption after a public hearing at which any person may present testimony. The chief procurement officer  shall publish notice of the date, time, and location of the hearing in the online electronic Bulletin at least 14 calendar days prior to the hearing and provide notice to the individual subject to the waiver, the Procurement Policy Board, and the Commission on Equity and Inclusion. The Executive Ethics Commission shall also provide  public notice of the date, time, and location of the hearing on its website. If the Commission grants an exemption, the exemption is effective only if it is filed with the
Secretary of State and the Comptroller prior to the execution of any contract and includes a statement setting forth
the name of the individual and all the pertinent facts that would make that
Section applicable, setting forth the reason for the exemption, and declaring
the individual exempted from that Section.
Notice of each exemption shall be published in the Illinois Procurement
Bulletin. A contract for which a waiver has been issued but has not been filed in accordance with this Section is voidable by the State. The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall apply to exemptions granted on or after its effective date.

(Source: P.A. 101-657, eff. 1-1-22.)