Topic:
Nepotism and not-for-profits
House Bill 3940 (Jakobsson, D-Champaign) amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 to prohibit an officer or director of a corporation organized under this Act from knowingly hiring or seeking to influence the employment or promotion of a relative for a compensated position within the corporation if the corporation receives any state funds. “Relative” is defined broadly to include anybody that an officer or director is related to. Scheduled for hearing next Feb. 22 in House Judiciary Committee I.