99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB0755
 
Introduced 2/3/2015, by Sen. Darin M. LaHood
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



    
5 ILCS 420/4A-102 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102
5 ILCS 420/4A-103 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103
5 ILCS 420/4A-104 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-104

 Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Requires all persons who must file a statement of economic interests to disclose the name of any immediate family member who is a registered lobbyist. Defines "immediate family member" as a spouse, parent, child, stepchild, adopted child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent, or grandchild.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1 AN ACT concerning government.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended 
5by changing Sections 4A-102, 4A-103, and 4A-104 as follows:

6 (5 ILCS 420/4A-102) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102)

7 Sec. 4A-102. The statement of economic interests required 
8by this Article
shall include the economic interests of the 
9person making the statement as
provided in this Section. The 
10interest (if constructively controlled by the
person making the 
11statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be
considered 
12to be the same as the interest of the person making the

13statement. Campaign receipts shall not be included in this 
14statement.


15  (a) The following interests shall be listed by all 
16 persons required to
file:


17   (1) The name, address and type of practice of any 
18 professional
organization or individual professional 
19 practice in which the person making
the statement was 
20 an officer, director, associate, partner or 
21 proprietor,
or served in any advisory capacity, from 
22 which income in excess of $1200
was derived during the 
23 preceding calendar year;


 
 
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1   (2) The nature of professional services (other 
2 than services rendered to
the unit or units of 
3 government in relation to which the person is required

4 to file)
and the nature of the entity to which they 
5 were rendered if fees exceeding
$5,000 were received 
6 during the preceding calendar year from the entity for

7 professional services rendered by the person making 
8 the statement.


9   (3) The identity (including the address or legal 
10 description of real
estate) of any capital asset from 
11 which a capital gain of $5,000 or more
was realized in 
12 the preceding calendar year.


13   (4) The name of any unit of government which has 
14 employed the person
making the statement during the 
15 preceding calendar year other than the unit
or units of 
16 government in relation to which the person is required 
17 to file.


18   (5) The name of any entity from which a gift or 
19 gifts, or honorarium or
honoraria, valued singly or in 
20 the aggregate in excess of $500, was
received during 
21 the preceding calendar year.


22   (6) The name of any immediate family member who is 
23 a registered lobbyist. For the purposes of this 
24 paragraph (6), "immediate family member" means a 
25 spouse, parent, child, stepchild, adopted child, 
26 son-in-law, daughter-in-law, father-in-law, 
 
 
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1 mother-in-law, brother, sister, brother-in-law, 
2 sister-in-law, grandparent, or grandchild. 
3  (b) The following interests shall also be listed by 
4 persons listed in
items (a) through (f), item (l), item 
5 (n), and item (p) of Section 4A-101:


6   (1) The name and instrument of ownership in any 
7 entity doing business in
the State of Illinois, in 
8 which an ownership interest held by the person at
the 
9 date of filing is in excess of $5,000 fair market value 
10 or from which
dividends of in excess of $1,200 were 
11 derived during the preceding calendar
year. (In the 
12 case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed 
13 by
street address, or if none, then by legal 
14 description). No time or demand
deposit in a financial 
15 institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed;


16   (2) Except for professional service entities, the 
17 name of any entity and
any position held therein from 
18 which income of in excess of $1,200 was
derived during 
19 the preceding calendar year, if the entity does 
20 business in
the State of Illinois. No time or demand 
21 deposit in a financial
institution, nor any debt 
22 instrument need be listed.


23   (3) The identity of any compensated lobbyist with 
24 whom the person making
the statement maintains a close 
25 economic association, including the name of
the 
26 lobbyist and specifying the legislative matter or 
 
 
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1 matters which are the
object of the lobbying activity, 
2 and describing the general type of
economic activity of 
3 the client or principal on whose behalf that person is

4 lobbying.


5  (c) The following interests shall also be listed by 
6 persons listed in
items (g), (h), (i), and (o) of Section 
7 4A-101:


8   (1) The name and instrument of ownership in any 
9 entity doing business
with a unit of local government 
10 in relation to which the person is
required to file if 
11 the ownership interest of the person filing is greater

12 than $5,000 fair market value as of the date of filing 
13 or if dividends in
excess of $1,200 were received from 
14 the entity during the preceding
calendar year. (In the 
15 case of real estate, location thereof shall be
listed 
16 by street address, or if none, then by legal 
17 description). No time
or demand deposit in a financial 
18 institution, nor any debt instrument need
be listed.


19   (2) Except for professional service entities, the 
20 name of any entity and
any position held therein from 
21 which income in excess of $1,200 was derived
during the 
22 preceding calendar year if the entity does business 
23 with a
unit of local government in relation to which 
24 the person is required to
file. No time or demand 
25 deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt

26 instrument need be listed.


 
 
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1   (3) The name of any entity and the nature of the 
2 governmental action
requested by any entity which has 
3 applied to a unit of local
government
in relation to 
4 which the person must file for any license, franchise 
5 or
permit for annexation, zoning or rezoning of real 
6 estate during the
preceding calendar year if the 
7 ownership interest of the person filing is
in excess of 
8 $5,000 fair market value at the time of filing or if 
9 income or
dividends in excess of $1,200 were received 
10 by the person filing from the
entity during the 
11 preceding calendar year.


12 For the purposes of this Section, the unit of local 
13government in relation to which a person required to file under 
14item (o) of Section 4A-101 shall be the unit of local 
15government that contributes to the pension fund of which such 
16person is a member of the board. 
17(Source: P.A. 96-6, eff. 4-3-09; 97-754, eff. 7-6-12.)





18 (5 ILCS 420/4A-103) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103)



19 Sec. 4A-103. 
The statement of economic interests required 
20by this Article to be filed
with the Secretary of State shall 
21be filled in by
typewriting or hand printing, shall be 
22verified, dated, and signed by the
person making the statement 
23and shall contain substantially the following:

24
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST


25
(TYPE OR HAND PRINT)


 
 
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1.............................................................

2(name)

3.............................................................

4(each office or position of employment for which this
statement 
5is filed)

6.............................................................

7(full mailing address)

8GENERAL DIRECTIONS:

9 The interest (if constructively controlled by the person 
10making the
statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be 
11considered to be the
same as the interest of the person making 
12the statement.

13 Campaign receipts shall not be included in this statement.

14 If additional space is needed, please attach supplemental 
15listing.

16 1. List the name and instrument of ownership in any entity 
17doing
business in the State of Illinois, in which the ownership 
18interest held by
the person at the date of filing is in excess 
19of $5,000 fair market value
or from which dividends in excess 
20of $1,200 were derived during the
preceding calendar year. (In 
21the case of real estate, location thereof
shall be listed by 
22street address, or if none, then by legal description.)
No time 
23or demand deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt

24instrument need be listed.
















25Business EntityInstrument of Ownership
26..............................................................



 
 
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1..............................................................
2..............................................................
3..............................................................
4 2. List the name, address and type of practice of any 
5professional
organization in which the person making the 
6statement was an officer,
director, associate, partner or 
7proprietor or served in any advisory
capacity, from which 
8income in excess of $1,200 was derived during the
preceding 
9calendar year.






























10NameAddressType of Practice
11.............................................................
12.............................................................
13.............................................................
14 3. List the nature of professional services rendered (other 
15than to the
State of Illinois) to each entity from which income 
16exceeding $5,000 was
received for professional services 
17rendered during the preceding calendar
year by the person 
18making the statement.

19.............................................................

20.............................................................

21 4. List the identity (including the address or legal 
22description of real
estate) of any capital asset from which a 
23capital gain of $5,000 or more
was realized during the 
24preceding calendar year.

25.............................................................

26.............................................................




 
 
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1 5. List the identity of any compensated lobbyist with whom 
2the person
making the statement maintains a close economic 
3association, including the
name of the lobbyist and specifying 
4the legislative matter or matters which
are the object of the 
5lobbying activity, and describing the general type of
economic 
6activity of the client or principal on whose behalf that person 
7is
lobbying.

























8LobbyistLegislative MatterClient or Principal
9.............................................................
10.............................................................
11 6. List the name of any entity doing business in the State 
12of Illinois
from which income in excess of $1,200 was derived 
13during the preceding
calendar year other than for professional 
14services and the title or
description of any position held in 
15that entity. (In the case of real
estate, location thereof 
16shall be listed by street address, or if none,
then by legal 
17description). No time or demand deposit in a financial

18institution nor any debt instrument need be listed.

























19EntityPosition Held
20..............................................................
21..............................................................
22..............................................................
23 7. List the name of any unit of government which employed 
24the person
making the statement during the preceding calendar 
25year other than the unit
or units
of government in relation to 
26which the person is required to file.

 
 
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1.............................................................

2.............................................................

3 8. List the name of any entity from which a gift or gifts, 
4or honorarium
or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate 
5in excess of $500, was
received during the preceding calendar 
6year.

7.............................................................

8 9. List the name of any immediate family member who is a 
9registered lobbyist. 
10............................................................. 
11VERIFICATION:

12 "I declare that this statement of economic interests 
13(including any
accompanying schedules and statements) has been 
14examined by me and to the
best of my knowledge and belief is a 
15true, correct and complete statement
of my economic interests 
16as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics
Act. I 
17understand that the penalty for willfully filing a false or

18incomplete statement shall be a fine not to exceed $1,000 or 
19imprisonment
in a penal institution other than the penitentiary 
20not to exceed one year,
or both fine and imprisonment."

21................ ..........................................

22(date of filing) (signature of person making the statement)

23(Source: P.A. 95-173, eff. 1-1-08.)





24 (5 ILCS 420/4A-104) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-104)



25 Sec. 4A-104. 
The statement of economic interests required 
 
 
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1by this Article to be filed
with the county clerk shall be 
2filled in by typewriting
or hand printing, shall be verified, 
3dated, and signed by the person
making the statement and shall 
4contain substantially the following:

5
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS


6
(TYPE OR HAND PRINT)


7.............................................................

8(Name)

9.............................................................

10(each office or position of employment for which this
statement 
11is filed)
...................................................

12(full mailing address)

13GENERAL DIRECTIONS:

14 The interest (if constructively controlled by the person 
15making the
statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be 
16considered to be the
same as the interest of the person making 
17the statement.

18 Campaign receipts shall not be included in this statement.

19 If additional space is needed, please attach supplemental 
20listing.

21 1. List the name and instrument of ownership in any entity 
22doing
business with a unit of local government in relation to 
23which the
person
is required to file, in which the ownership 
24interest held by the person at
the date of filing is in excess 
25of $5,000 fair market value or from which
dividends in excess 
26of $1,200 were received during the preceding calendar
year. (In 



 
 
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1the case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed by

2street address, or if none, then by legal description.) No time 
3or demand
deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt 
4instrument shall be
listed.



































5BusinessInstrument ofPosition of
6EntityOwnershipManagement
7.............................................................
8.............................................................
9.............................................................
10 2. List the name, address and type of practice of any 
11professional
organization in which the person making the 
12statement was an officer,
director, associate, partner or 
13proprietor, or served in any advisory
capacity, from which 
14income in excess of $1,200 was derived during the
preceding 
15calendar year.






























16NameAddressType of Practice
17.............................................................
18.............................................................
19.............................................................
20 3. List the nature of professional services rendered (other 
21than to the
unit or units of local government in relation to 
22which the person is
required to
file) to each entity from which 
23income exceeding $5,000 was received for
professional services 
24rendered during the preceding calendar year by the
person 
25making the statement.

26.............................................................

 
 
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1.............................................................

2 4. List the identity (including the address or legal 
3description of real
estate) of any capital asset from which a 
4capital gain of $5,000 or more
was realized during the 
5preceding calendar year.

6.............................................................

7.............................................................

8.............................................................

9 5. List the name of any entity and the nature of the 
10governmental action
requested by any entity which has applied 
11to a unit of local
government
in relation to which the person 
12must file for any license, franchise or
permit for annexation, 
13zoning or rezoning of real estate during the
preceding calendar 
14year if the ownership interest of the person filing is
in 
15excess of $5,000 fair market value at the time of filing or if 
16income or
dividends in excess of $1200 were received by the 
17person filing from the
entity during the preceding calendar 
18year.

19.............................................................

20.............................................................

21.............................................................

22 6. List the name of any entity doing business with a unit 
23of
local
government in relation to which the person is required 
24to file from which
income in excess of $1,200 was derived 
25during the preceding calendar year
other than for professional 
26services and the title or description of any
position held in 
 
 
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1that entity. No time or demand deposit in a financial

2institution nor any debt instrument need be listed.

3.............................................................

4.............................................................

5 7. List the name of any unit of government which employed 
6the person
making the statement during the preceding calendar 
7year other than the unit
or units of government in relation to 
8which the person is required to file.

9.............................................................

10.............................................................

11 8. List the name of any entity from which a gift or gifts, 
12or honorarium
or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate 
13in excess of $500, was
received during the preceding calendar 
14year.

15.............................................................

16 9. List the name of any immediate family member who is a 
17registered lobbyist. 
18............................................................. 
19VERIFICATION:

20 "I declare that this statement of economic interests 
21(including any
accompanying schedules and statements) has been 
22examined by me and to the
best of my knowledge and belief is a 
23true, correct and complete statement
of my economic interests 
24as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics
Act. I 
25understand that the penalty for willfully filing a false or

26incomplete statement shall be a fine not to exceed $1,000 or 
 
 
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1imprisonment
in a penal institution other than the penitentiary 
2not to exceed one year,
or both fine and imprisonment."

3................ ..........................................

4(date of filing) (signature of person making the statement)

5(Source: P.A. 95-173, eff. 1-1-08.)