To view Economic Interest Statements filed with St. Clair County, please use the
Public Search page.
Statement of Economic Interests
Persons required to file a Statement of Economic Interests include all elected
and appointed officials and local government employees who have authority to
authorize the expenditure of public funds, execute contracts and issue licenses
and permits. For additional information on who has to file, please see Excerpt from Article 4A-101 of the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act.
The Illinois Attorney General has ruled that lists of required filers must be
certified by the local unit of government to the
County
Clerk
for the county where the local unit of government's principal office is located.
This list must be certified to the
County
Clerk
on or before Feb. 1st annually.
Required filers may submit Statement of Economic Interests forms online using
the
County Clerk
’s secured web site. After the first year
of filing online, when the filer has supplied an email address, all future
notices of filing requirements will be sent via email and are deemed notice sent
by first class mail.
(5
ILCS 420/4A-108)
A filer who has supplied an email address is responsible to notify the
County
Clerk
of a new email address or if he or she no longer wishes to receive notices by
email.
All candidates seeking public office must file a current Statement of Economic
Interests in the same year as they file candidate's petitions. Candidates may
not use the Internet filing pursuant to 5ILCS 420/4A-108(b) (3). The Statement
of Economic Interests must be in written or printed form filed with the
County Clerk
and a printed receipt must be attached to such filings. Candidates seeking a
duplicate receipt for a previous filed Statement of Economic Interests filing
for the same calendar year and same unit of government may print the online
receipt as a duplicate.