Amends the House Rules. Adds Rule 18.5.
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Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that any communication regarding a State agency contract received by an agency, agency head, or other agency employee from a member of the General Assembly shall promptly be reported to that agency's ethics officer by the recipient of the communication and by any other employee of that agency who responds to the communication. Provides that the ethics officer shall require that the communication be promptly made a part of the record of the General Assembly, and the communication shall be made publicly available on the Illinois General Assembly website. Specifies further information to be provided by the ethics officer. Amends the Legislative Information System Act. Requires the Legislative Information System to establish a page for electronic public access on the General Assembly's website that provides information on any communication regarding a State agency contract received by an agency, agency head, or other agency employee from a member of the General Assembly. Effective immediately.
Congratulates Rep. Michael McAuliffe on the completion of his 23 years in the Illinois General Assembly.
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides fines for legislators who engage in specified restricted activities and for violations of legislator rules of conduct. Provides that any person who willfully files a false or incomplete statement of economic interests under the Act may be subject to a fine not to exceed, for each offense, $150,000. Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides fines for intentional failure to complete ethics training and sexual harassment training. Modifies a Section concerning penalties under the Act to provide fines for specified violations. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that any person who, in the course of business, fraudulently obtains public moneys reserved for, or allocated or available to, minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, or veteran-owned small businesses may be subject to a fine not to exceed, for each offense, $115,000. Provides that a fine of up to $1,000,000 may be imposed for bribery. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Congratulates Duane Ifft on his retirement as Water Department Superintendent for the City of Fairbury.
Congratulates the McLean County Disaster Council on its 50th anniversary.
Recognizes the 25th anniversary of the Evergreen Cemetery Walk, created to bring attention to the importance of preserving and respecting cemeteries.
Congratulates the Illinois Wesleyan University's men's golf team on winning the 2019 NCAA Division III National Championship.
Congratulates the Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District on the 100th anniversary of its founding.
Declares October 24, 2019 as "American Legion Auxiliary Centennial Day".