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IL SB3316

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/19/2016

Primary Sponsor

Julie Morrison

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Origin

Senate

99th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act to require ethics officers to complete a training curriculum developed by the Executive Ethics Commission within 6 months, with annual refresher training thereafter, and makes successful completion a prerequisite to continue serving as an ethics officer.

  • Authorizes the Inspector General to require ethics officers to provide relevant information needed to determine whether a former state employee can accept employment from an entity they previously had decision-making authority over, and requires written restricted determinations to identify factual and legal basis with notice of opportunity to request investigatory files.

  • Permits disclosure of Office of Executive Inspector General investigatory files and reports to agency heads and staff responsible for imposing discipline, and to employees accused of wrongdoing, while requiring confidentiality of information exempt under the Freedom of Information Act.

  • Expands revolving door prohibitions in the Illinois Procurement Code to include procurement activities relating to any state agency most recently assigned to an officer to oversee, not just the agency most recently employing them.

  • Takes effect immediately with a severability clause.

Legislative Description

ETHICS-PROCURE & REVOLVE DOOR

Last Action

Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

5/13/2016

Committee Referrals

Assignments5/13/2016
Procurement3/17/2016
Executive3/8/2016
Assignments2/19/2016

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