What Must Municipal Officials Do To Comply With The New State Ethics Acts?
The Illinois General Assembly recently passed two new ethics laws which affect local governmental entities and school districts. Public Act 93-617 enacts a new AState Officials and Employees Ethics Act.@ This bill repeals the former Gift Ban Act, but re-enacts it in a slightly different form, with stricter gift ban rules. As in the earlier version of the Gift Ban Act, this State law principally deals with arcane issues relating to the executive and legislative branches of State government. The second law, Public Act 93-615, restricts the use of governmental funds and facilities for political purposes. These laws both were intended to provide a comprehensive package of ethics legislation, intended to correct problems that arose mostly at the state level. However, portions of each of these laws, both of which pre-empt home rule powers, affect units of local government and school districts. The purpose of this memo is to apprise you of the actions your governmental entity or school distri
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