Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 430/20-23 – Ethics Officers.Each officer and the head of each State agency under …
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Ethics Officers.Each officer and the head of each State agency under the jurisdiction of the Executive Ethics Commission shall designate an Ethics Officer for the office or State agency. The board of each Regional Transit Board shall designate an Ethics Officer for the Regional Transit Board, and the board of each Regional Development Authority shall designate an Ethics Officer for the Regional Development Authority. Ethics Officers shall:
(1) act as liaisons between the State agency,
(1) act as liaisons between the State agency,
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Regional Transit Board, or Regional Development Authority and the appropriate Executive Inspector General and between the State agency, Regional Transit Board, or Regional Development Authority and the Executive Ethics Commission;
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(2) review statements of economic interest and
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disclosure forms of officers, senior employees, and contract monitors before they are filed with the Secretary of State; and
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(3) provide guidance to officers and employees in the
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interpretation and implementation of this Act, which the officer or employee may in good faith rely upon. Such guidance shall be based, wherever possible, upon legal precedent in court decisions, opinions of the Attorney General, and the findings and opinions of the Executive Ethics Commission.
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 430/20-23
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
- State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14