Sec. 1-96b. Filing of registrants' financial reports in electronic form.
Sec. 1-96b. Filing of registrants' financial reports in electronic form. Each registrant required to file any financial reports under section 1-96 shall do so in electronic
form using the software created by the Office of State Ethics for that purpose or another
software program which meets specifications prescribed by the Office of State Ethics.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5, S. 5, 19; P.A. 02-89, S. 3; P.A. 05-183, S. 23.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 02-89 deleted as obsolete former Subsec. (a) requiring
the State Ethics Commission by July 1, 1998, to create a software program for the preparation of financial reports required
by Sec. 1-96, and provide training in its use, and to prescribe specifications for other software programs created by vendors
for such purpose, and made technical changes in the remaining provision; P.A. 05-183 replaced "commission" with "Office
of State Ethics" throughout the section, effective July 1, 2005.