Illinois Compiled Statutes 65 ILCS 110/65 – Conflicts of interest; disclosure
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(a) If any member of the corporate authorities of a municipality or an employee or consultant of the municipality involved in the planning, analysis, preparation, or administration of an economic development plan or an economic development project (or a proposed economic development plan or proposed economic development project) owns or controls any direct or indirect interest in any property included in an economic development project area or proposed economic development project area, he or she shall disclose the interest in writing to the municipal clerk. The disclosure shall include the dates, terms, and conditions of any disposition of any such interest. The disclosures shall be acknowledged by the corporate authorities of the municipality and entered upon the official records and files of the corporate authorities.
(b) An individual holding an interest shall refrain from any further official involvement regarding the established or proposed economic development project area, economic development plan, or economic development project and shall also refrain from voting on any matter pertaining to that project, plan, or area and from communicating with any members of the corporate authorities or any employees or consultants of the municipality regarding any matter relating to the project, plan, or area.
(c) No member of the corporate authorities of the municipality and no employee of the municipality shall acquire any direct or indirect interest in any real or personal property or rights or interest in property within an economic development project area or a proposed economic development project area after the person obtains knowledge of the project, plan, or area or after the first public notice of the project, plan, or area is given by the municipality, whichever first occurs.
(b) An individual holding an interest shall refrain from any further official involvement regarding the established or proposed economic development project area, economic development plan, or economic development project and shall also refrain from voting on any matter pertaining to that project, plan, or area and from communicating with any members of the corporate authorities or any employees or consultants of the municipality regarding any matter relating to the project, plan, or area.
Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 65 ILCS 110/65
- individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
(c) No member of the corporate authorities of the municipality and no employee of the municipality shall acquire any direct or indirect interest in any real or personal property or rights or interest in property within an economic development project area or a proposed economic development project area after the person obtains knowledge of the project, plan, or area or after the first public notice of the project, plan, or area is given by the municipality, whichever first occurs.