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(5 ILCS 420/3A-5) Sec. 3A-5. Definitions. As used in this Article: "Late term appointee" means a person who is appointed to an office by a Governor who does not succeed himself or herself as Governor, whose appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate, and whose appointment is confirmed by the Senate 90 or fewer days before the end of the appointing Governor's term. "Succeeding Governor" means the Governor in office immediately after a Governor who appoints a late term appointee. (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)

(5 ILCS 420/3A-10) Sec. 3A-10. Late term appointee's term of office. A late term appointee shall serve no longer than the sixtieth day of the term of office of the succeeding Governor. (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)

(5 ILCS 420/3A-15) Sec. 3A-15. Vacancy created. Upon the earlier of the resignation of a late term appointee or the conclusion of the sixtieth day of the term of the succeeding Governor, that appointed office shall be considered vacant. The succeeding Governor may then make an appointment to fill that vacancy, regardless of whether the statute that creates the appointed office provides for appointment to fill a vacancy. All other requirements of law applicable to that appointed office shall apply to the succeeding Governor's appointee, including but not limited to eligibility, qualifications, and confirmation by the Senate. (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)

(5 ILCS 420/3A-20) Sec. 3A-20. Term of appointee. The term of office of an appointee filling a vacancy created under Section 3A-15 shall be the term of any appointee filling a vacancy as provided by the statute that creates the appointed office. If the statute that creates the appointed office does not specify the term to be served by an appointee filling a vacancy, the term of the appointee shall be for the remainder of the term the late term appointee would have otherwise been entitled to fill. (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)

(5 ILCS 420/3A-25) Sec. 3A-25. Reappointment. Nothing in this Article prohibits a succeeding Governor from reappointing an otherwise qualified late term appointee to fill the vacancy created under Section 3A-15. (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)

(5 ILCS 420/3A-30) Sec. 3A-30. Disclosure. (a) Upon appointment to a board, commission, authority, or task force authorized or created by State law, a person must file with the Secretary of State a disclosure of all contracts the person or his or her spouse or immediate family members living with the person have with the State and all contracts between the State and any entity in which the person or his or her spouse or immediate family members living with the person have a majority financial interest. (b) Violation of this Section is a business offense punishable by a fine of $1,001. (c) The Secretary of State must adopt rules for the implementation and administration of this Section. Disclosures filed under this Section are public records. (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)

(5 ILCS 420/3A-35) Sec. 3A-35. Conflicts of interests. (a) In addition to the provisions of subsection (a) of Section 50-13 of the Illinois Procurement Code, it is unlawful for an appointed member of a board, commission, authority, or task force authorized or created by State law or by executive order of the Governor, the spouse of the appointee, or an immediate family member of the appointee living in the appointee's residence to have or acquire a contract or have or acquire a direct pecuniary interest in a contract with the State that relates to the board, commission, authority, or task force of which he or she is an appointee during and for one year after the conclusion of the person's term of office. (b) If (i) a person subject to subsection (a) is entitled to receive more than 7 1/2% of the total distributable income of a partnership, association, corporation, or other business entity or (ii) a person subject to subsection (a) together with his or her spouse and immediate family members living in that person's residence are entitled to receive more than 15%, in the aggregate, of the total distributable income of a partnership, association, corporation, or other business entity then it is unlawful for that partnership, association, corporation, or other business entity to have or acquire a contract or a direct pecuniary interest in a contract prohibited by subsection (a) during and for one year after the conclusion of the person's term of office. (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)

(5 ILCS 420/3A-40) Sec. 3A-40. Appointees with expired terms; temporary and acting appointees.(a) A person who is nominated by the Governor on or after August 26, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act 97-582) for any affected office to which appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate, who is appointed pursuant to that advice and consent, and whose term of office expires on or after August 26, 2011 shall not continue in office longer than 60 calendar days after the expiration of that term of office. After that 60th day, each such office is considered vacant and shall be filled only pursuant to the law applicable to making appointments to that office, subject to the provisions of this Section. A person who has been nominated by the Governor before August 26, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act 97-582) for any affected office to which appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate, who has been appointed pursuant to that advice and consent, and whose term of office has expired shall not continue in office longer than 60 calendar days after the date upon which his or her term of office has expired. After that 60 days, each such office is considered vacant and shall be filled only pursuant to the law applicable to making appointments to that office, subject to the provisions of this Section. If the term of office of a person who is subject to this paragraph expires more than 60 calendar days prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, then that office is considered vacant on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, and that vacancy shall be filled only pursuant to the law applicable to making appointments to that office. For the purposes of this subsection (a), "affected office" means (i) an office in which one receives any form of compensation, including salary or per diem, but not including expense reimbursement, or (ii) membership on the board of trustees of a public university.(b) A person who is appointed by the Governor on or after August 26, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act 97-582) to serve as a temporary appointee during a recess of the Senate, pursuant to Article V, Section 9(b) of the Illinois Constitution or any other applicable statute, to any office to which appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate shall not continue in office after the next meeting of the Senate unless the Governor has filed a message with the Secretary of the Senate nominating that person to fill that office on or before that meeting date. After that meeting date, each such office is considered vacant and shall be filled only pursuant to the law applicable to making appointments to that office, subject to the provisions of this Section. Any temporary appointment made pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 9 of Article V of the Illinois Constitution or any applicable statute shall be filed with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Senate. The form of the temporary appointment message shall be established by the Senate under its rules. For the purposes of this subsection (b), a meeting of the Senate does not include a perfunctory session day as designated by the Senate under its rules. For the purposes of this subsection (b), the Senate is in recess on a day in which it is not in session and does not include a perfunctory session day as designated by the Senate under its rules. (c) A person who is designated by the Governor on or after August 26, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act 97-582) to serve as an acting appointee to any office to which appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate shall not continue in office more than 60 calendar days unless the Governor files a message with the Secretary of the Senate nominating that person to fill that office within that 60 days. After that 60 days, each such office is considered vacant and shall be filled only pursuant to the law applicable to making appointments to that office, subject to the provisions of this Section. The Governor shall file with the Secretary of the Senate the name of any person who the Governor designates as an acting appointee under this Section. The form of the message designating an appointee as acting shall be established by the Senate under its rules. No person who has been designated by the Governor to serve as an acting appointee to any office to which appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate shall, except at the Senate's request, be designated again as an acting appointee for that office at the same session of that Senate, subject to the provisions of this Section. During the term of a General Assembly, the Governor may not designate a person to serve as an acting appointee to any office to which appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate if that person's nomination to serve as the appointee for the same office was rejected by the Senate of the same General Assembly. For the purposes of this subsection (c), "acting appointee" means a person designated by the Governor to serve as an acting director or acting secretary pursuant to Section 5-605 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. "Acting appointee" also means a person designated by the Governor pursuant to any other statute to serve as an acting holder of any office, to execute the duties and functions of any office, or both. (d) The provisions of this Section apply notwithstanding any law to the contrary. However, the provisions of this Section do not apply to appointments made under Article 1A of the Election Code or to the appointment of any person to serve as Director of the Illinois Power Agency. (Source: P.A. 97-582, eff. 8-26-11; 97-719, eff. 6-29-12; 98-692, eff. 7-1-14.)

(5 ILCS 420/3A-45) Sec. 3A-45. Late term executive appointees.(a) As used in this Section, "late term executive appointee" means a person who is appointed, contracted with, or employed as a director, executive director, or other similar executive management position by any public body 90 or fewer days before the end of the then-serving Governor's term, when the then-serving Governor does not succeed himself or herself as Governor. For purposes of this Section only, "public body" means a board, commission, authority, task force, or other similar group authorized or created by State law where the Governor appoints one or more members of the board, commission, authority, task force, or other similar body. (b) A late term executive appointee shall serve no longer than the 60th day of the term of office of the succeeding Governor. A late term executive appointee may be retained by appointment, contract, or employment after the 60th day only if the public body takes official action at an open meeting of that public body which occurs after the succeeding Governor has taken office. (Source: P.A. 99-466, eff. 8-26-15.)