Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 19-6194

• File #: 19-6194
• Version: 1
• Name: AMENDING THE CODE OF ETHICAL CONDUCT
• Type: Ordinance Amendment
• Status: Approved
• File created: 10/15/2019
• In control: Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee
• On agenda: 10/24/2019
• Final action: 11/21/2019
• Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AMENDING THE CODE OF ETHICAL CONDUCT BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that CHAPTER 2. Administration, ARTICLE VII. Ethics, DIVISION 2. Code of Ethical Conduct, Subdivision II, Sections 2-586. of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows: ARTICLE VII. - ETHICS DIVISION 2. - CODE OF ETHICAL CONDUCT Sec. 2-586. - Newsletters, brochures, public service announcements, and promotional materials. (a) County funds and resources may not be used by any elected County official to print, pay for the printing of, or mail any newsletters or brochures during the period beginning January 1 of the year of a general primary election and ending the day after such general primary election and during a period beginning September 1 of the year of a general election and ending the day after such general election if the elected County official is a candidate in such primary or general election. A County elected official may not mail, during...
• Sponsors: JOHN P. DALEY, LARRY SUFFREDIN, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DONNA MILLER, BRIDGET DEGNEN, SCOTT R. BRITTON, BILL LOWRY, DENNIS DEER

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
11/21/2019	1	Board of Commissioners	approve	Pass
11/20/2019	1	Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee	recommend for approval	Pass
10/24/2019	1	Board of Commissioners	refer	Pass

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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT

AMENDING THE CODE OF ETHICAL CONDUCT

BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that CHAPTER 2. Administration, ARTICLE VII. Ethics, DIVISION 2. Code of Ethical Conduct, Subdivision II, Sections 2-586. of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows:

ARTICLE VII. - ETHICS

DIVISION 2. - CODE OF ETHICAL CONDUCT

Sec. 2-586. - Newsletters, brochures, public service announcements, and promotional materials.

(a) County funds and resources may not be used by any elected County official to print, pay for the printing of, or mail any newsletters or brochures during the period beginning January 1 of the year of a general primary election and ending the day after such general primary election and during a period beginning September 1 of the year of a general election and ending the day after such general election if the elected County official is a candidate in such primary or general election. A County elected official may not mail, during the period beginning January 1 of the year of a general primary election and ending the day after such general primary election and during a period beginning September 1 of the year of a general election and ending the day after such general election, any newsletters or brochures that were printed at any time using County funds or resources if the elected County official is a candidate in such primary or general election.

(b) This Section shall not apply to any informational brochures that are solely related to and accompany any mailing of a property tax bill, notice of property tax assessment, or notice of voter registration or polling place information, or to a brochure mailed to a constituent in response to that constituent's inquiry concerning the needs of that constituent or questions raised by that constituent.

(c) No public service announcement or advertisement that is on behalf of any County administered program and contains the proper name, image, or voice of any ...