Illinois Administrative Code
Title 2 - GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
Part 1620 - ORGANIZATION, INFORMATION, RULEMAKING AND HEARINGS
Subpart J - INVESTIGATION REPORTS AND SUMMARY REVIEWS
Section 1620.1000 - Investigation Reports Finding a Violation
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
If an Executive Inspector General or the Attorney General, pursuant to Section 20-50 or 20-51 of the Act, respectively, upon the conclusion of an investigation, determines that reasonable cause exists to believe that a violation has occurred, then the Executive Inspector General or Attorney General, shall issue a summary report of the investigation. The report shall be delivered to the appropriate Ultimate Jurisdictional Authority and to the head of each State agency affected by or involved in the investigation, if appropriate. [5 ILCS 430/20-50 ]
a) The summary report of the investigation shall include the following:
b) The appropriate UJA or agency head shall respond to the summary report within 20 days, in writing, to the Executive Inspector General or Attorney General, as appropriate. The response shall include a description of any corrective or disciplinary action to be imposed. [5 ILCS 430/20-50 ] If the appropriate UJA or agency fails to respond in writing within 20 days, the Executive Inspector General or Attorney General shall inform the Commission of this failure within 5 business days.
c) Within 30 days after receiving a response from the appropriate UJA or agency head, the Executive Inspector General or Attorney General, as appropriate, shall:
d) A summary report submitted to the Commission shall be accompanied by a copy of any impact statement submitted by a 20-63 Complainant with respect to the report.
e) If, after reviewing the documents, the Commission believes that further investigation is warranted, the Commission may:
f) If, after review, the Attorney General determines that reasonable cause exists to believe that a violation has occurred, then the Attorney General may file a complaint with the Commission. If the Attorney General concludes that there is insufficient evidence that a violation has occurred, the Attorney General shall notify the Commission and the appropriate Executive Inspector General. [5 ILCS 430/20-50 (c-10)]
g) If a given investigation results in a determination by the EIG that reasonable cause exists to believe that violations of both the Ethics Act (including rules or policies adopted to implement the Ethics Act) and laws other than the Ethics Act have occurred, and if the Attorney General files a complaint with the Commission related to the Ethics Act violations, then the EIG must file its summary report as to the non-Ethics Act violations no later than 30 days after the final administrative decision is made with respect to the complaint filed by the Attorney General.