Illinois Administrative Code › Title 44 - GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, GRANTMAKING, PROCUREMENT AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT › Part 500 - PURCHASES AND CONTRACTS › Subpart M - ETHICS › Section 500.1220 - Conflicts of Interest

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
				Prohibition
It is unlawful for any person holding an elective
				  office in this State, holding a seat in the General Assembly, or appointed to
				  or employed in any of the offices or agencies of State government and who
				  receives compensation for such employment in excess of 60% of the salary of the
				  Governor of the State of Illinois, or who is an officer or employee of the
				  Capital Development Board or the Illinois Toll Highway Authority, or who is the
				  spouse or minor child of any such person to have or acquire any contract, or
				  any direct pecuniary interest in any contract therein, whether for stationery,
				  printing, paper, or any services, materials, or supplies, that will be wholly
				  or partially satisfied by the payment of funds appropriated by the General
				  Assembly of the State of Illinois or in any contract of the Capital Development
				  Board or the Illinois Toll Highway Authority.
[30 ILCS
				  500/50-13(a) ]
b) Interests
It is unlawful for any firm, partnership,
				  association, or corporation, in which any person listed in subsection (a) is
				  entitled to receive more than 7 1/2% of the total distributable income or an
				  amount in excess of the salary of the Governor, to have or acquire any such
				  contract or direct pecuniary interest therein.
[30 ILCS
				  500/50-13(b) ]
c) Combined Interests
It is unlawful for any firm, partnership,
				  association, or corporation, in which any person listed in subsection (a)
				  together with his or her spouse or minor children is entitled to receive more
				  than 15%, in the aggregate, of the total distributable income or an amount in
				  excess of 2 times the salary of the Governor, to have or acquire any such
				  contract or direct pecuniary interest therein.
[30 ILCS
				  500/50-13(c) ]
d) Securities
Nothing in this Section invalidates the provisions of
				  any bond or other security previously offered or to be offered for sale or sold
				  by or for the State of Illinois.
[30
				  ILCS 500/50-13(d) ]
e) Prior Interests
This Section does not affect the validity of any
				  contract made between the State and an officer or employee of the State or
				  member of the General Assembly, his or her spouse, minor child, or other
				  immediate family member living in his or her residence or any combination of
				  those persons if that contract was in existence before his or her election or
				  employment as an officer, member, or employee. The contract is voidable,
				  however, if it cannot be completed within 365 calendar days after the officer,
				  member, or employee takes office or is employed.
[30 ILCS
				  500/50-13(e) ]
f) Exceptions
1)
Public aid payments. This Section
				does not apply to payments made for a public aid recipient.
2)
Teaching. This Section does not
				apply to a contract for personal services as a teacher or school administrator
				between a member of the General Assembly or his or her spouse, or a State
				officer or employee or his or her spouse, and any school district, public
				community college district, the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois
				University, Illinois State University, Eastern Illinois University, Northern
				Illinois University, Western Illinois University, Chicago State University,
				Governor State University, or Northeastern Illinois
				University.
3)
Ministerial duties. This Section does not apply to a contract for
				personal services of a wholly ministerial character, including but not limited
				to services as a laborer, clerk, typist, stenographer, page, bookkeeper,
				receptionist, or telephone switchboard operator, made by a spouse or minor
				child of an elective or appointive State officer or employee or of a member of
				the General Assembly.
4)
Child and family services. This Section does not apply to payments made
				to a member of the General Assembly, a State officer or employee, his or her
				spouse or minor child acting as a foster parent, homemaker, advocate, or
				volunteer for or in behalf of a child or family served by the Department of
				Children and Family Services.
5)
Licensed professionals. Contracts
				with licensed professionals, provided they are competitively bid or part of a
				reimbursement program for specific, customary goods and services through the
				Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Human Services,
				the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of Public
				Health, or the Department on Aging.
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				ILCS 500/50-13(f) ]