GOVERNMENT ENTITY ETHICS

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act, each governmental entity shall establish an Office of Ethics Compliance that includes an independent ethics commission and an independent Inspector General in a substantially similar format as created for the Executive and Legislative Branches of State Government under the Act. Provides that governmental entities may enter into intergovernmental agreements in order to establish ethics commissions and Inspectors General who serve multiple governmental entities. Provides that the ethics commission and Inspector General established by each governmental entity shall have jurisdiction over violations of a governmental entity's ethics ordinance, Freedom of Information Act compliance, Open Meetings Act compliance, and any allegations of fraud, waste, malfeasance, or violations of other related laws and rules.