Sen. Heather A. Steans
Filed: 5/18/2017
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 643 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 643 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 20-95 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 430/20-95)

7    Sec. 20-95. Exemptions.

8    (a) Documents generated by an ethics
officer under this 
9Act, except Section 5-50, are exempt from the provisions of
the 
10Freedom
of Information Act.


11    (b) Any allegations
and related documents
submitted to an 
12Executive Inspector General and any pleadings and
related 
13documents brought before the Executive Ethics
Commission are 
14exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act so 
15long as the Executive Ethics Commission
does not make a finding 
16of a violation of this Act.
If the Executive
Ethics Commission 
 
 
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1finds that a violation has occurred, the
entire record of 
2proceedings before the Commission, the decision and

3recommendation, and the response from the agency head or

4ultimate jurisdictional authority to the Executive Ethics

5Commission are not exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of

6Information Act but information contained therein that is 
7otherwise exempt from
the
Freedom of Information Act must be 
8redacted before disclosure as provided in
 the Freedom of 
9Information Act. A summary report released by the Executive 
10Ethics Commission under Section 20-52 is a public record, but 
11information redacted by the Executive Ethics Commission shall 
12not be part of the public record.

13    (c) Meetings of the Commission are exempt from the 
14provisions of the Open
Meetings Act.

15    (d) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, all 
16investigatory files and
reports of the Office of an Executive 
17Inspector General, other than monthly
reports required under 
18Section 20-85, are confidential, are exempt from disclosure

19under the Freedom of Information Act, and shall not be divulged 
20to
any person or agency, except as necessary (i) to a law

21enforcement
authority, (ii) to the ultimate
jurisdictional 
22authority, (iii) to the
Executive Ethics Commission, (iv) to 
23another Inspector General appointed
pursuant to this Act, or 
24(v) to an Inspector General appointed or employed by a Regional 
25Transit Board in accordance with Section 75-10, or (vi) to the 
26head of a State agency affected by or involved in the 
 
 
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1investigation.

2(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09; 96-1528, eff. 7-1-11.)
 

3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
4becoming law.".