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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB1541 Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Chuck Weaver SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5 ILCS 420/3-203 | from Ch. 127, par. 603-203 |
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Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that when a legislator chooses to take official action on a matter despite the existence of a conflict, he or she must notify the members of the chamber to which he or she has been elected of the existence of the conflict by filing a written notice describing the conflict with the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, whichever is applicable. Provides that, upon receiving such a notification, the Secretary or the Clerk, whichever is applicable, shall forward a copy of the notification to the Legislative Information System for posting on the General Assembly's website with the applicable matter.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB1541 | | LRB100 09797 RJF 19967 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended |
| 5 | | by changing Section 3-203 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 420/3-203) (from Ch. 127, par. 603-203)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3-203.
When, despite the existence of a conflict |
| 8 | | situation, a
legislator chooses to take official action on a |
| 9 | | matter, he should serve the
public interest, and not the |
| 10 | | interest of any person, and he or she must notify the members |
| 11 | | of the chamber to which he or she has been elected of the |
| 12 | | existence of the conflict by filing a written notice describing |
| 13 | | the conflict with the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of |
| 14 | | the House of Representatives, whichever is applicable. Upon |
| 15 | | receiving such a notification, the Secretary or the Clerk, |
| 16 | | whichever is applicable, shall forward a copy of the |
| 17 | | notification to the Legislative Information System for posting |
| 18 | | on the General Assembly's website with the applicable matter.
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| 19 | | (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
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