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The Governmental Ethics Ordinance requires certain City employees and officials to file a 2013 Statement of Financial Interests by May 31, 2013. On or about March 1, the Board sends notice to all City employees and officials who, City records show, are required to file them with the Board by May 31.
Some City employees and officials will not be required to file a Statement of Financial Interests by May 31, but may be hired or receive a title change or appointment later in the year that makes them required to file.
Those required to file should be aware that:
1. City law (Section 2-156-150(a) of the Municipal Code of Chicago requires that the 2013 Statement of Financial Interests be filed with the Board of Ethics before 11:59:59pm on Friday, May 31, 2013. These persons are:
*Elected officials
*Department or agency heads
*Deputy and assistant commissioners or directors
*Police Department personnel with the rank of Captain and above, and Shakman- exempt civilians
*Fire Department personnel with the rank of Battalion Chief and above, and Shakman-exempt civilians
*Chief financial and accounting directors
*Chief grant coordinators or program managers
*Employees with policy-making authority
*Employees with decision-making responsibilities for negotiating, authorizing or approving the performance of City contracts, leases or land use applications
*Employees who are responsible for inspecting or licensing any person or entity
*Employees whose primary duty is to invest public funds
*Employees who direct, supervise or manage 20 or more other City employees
*Each Mayor’s Office employee who is not solely clerical
*Each City Council employee who is not solely clerical
*Each person who qualifies as a candidate for elected City office
*Each appointed official, except a member of a board or commission that is solely advisory and has no authority to make biding decisions, to enter into contracts or to make expenditures (other than expenditures necessarily incurred for research in connection with its advisory function). For a list of boards and commissions whose members must file, please click here. For a list of boards and commissions whose members are not required to file, click here.
2. Failure to file a Statement on or before May 31, 2013 constitutes a violation of City law. Recent amendments to the Ethics Ordinance provide for serious penalties: (1) violators will be fined $250 for each day their violation continues; (2) the Board shall make their names and violations public; and (3) employees who violate this law are subject to employment sanctions, up to and including discharge, and officials who violate this law are subject to removal from office.
The Board of Ethics will not accept for filing incomplete forms.
Filers may use the Board’s EFIS system to file on-line, using a secure, password protected site, or they may file on paper, using the .pdf form which can be printed from t
FOR PAPER FILERS:
- View/Download INSTRUCTIONS for the 2013 Statement
- 2013 Form for Older Versions of Adobe
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2013 Interactive Adobe Form
- 2012 Form
Please note that anyone may print or download these blank forms, but the Board of Ethics will NOT ACCEPT for filing any form that is returned to the Board's offices electronically. Only those forms delivered to the Board in person or by mail that contain hand-written signatures can be accepted by the Board of Ethics for filing compliance with the relevant provisions of the City's Governmental Ethics Ordinance.
FOR ELECTRONIC FILERS:
Instructions for filing on-line
Department Main Office
Ethics
