Illinois § 65

§ 65.

Conflicts of interest; disclosure. (a) If any member of the corporate authorities of a county or an employee or consultant of the county 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 county 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 county 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 county regarding any matter relating to the project, plan, or area. (c) No member of the corporate authorities of the county and no employee of the county 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 county, whichever first occurs. (Source: P.A. 87-1.)