Section 20 ILCS 3510/9 - Members or employees of Authority; conflicting relations or interests(a) No member of the Board, officer, agent or employee of the Authority shall, in his or her own name or in the name of a nominee, be an officer, director or hold an ownership interest of more than 7.5% in any person, association, trust, corporation, partnership or other entity which is, in its own name or in the name of a nominee, a party to a contract or agreement under this Act upon which the member, officer, agent or employee may be called upon to act or vote.(b) With respect to any direct or any indirect interest, other than an interest prohibited in subsection (a) of this Section, in a contract or agreement under this Act upon which the member, officer, agent or employee may be called upon to act or vote, a member of the Board, officer, agent or employee of the Authority shall disclose the same to the Secretary before the taking of final action by the Authority concerning such contract or agreement and shall so disclose the nature and extent of such interest and his or her acquisition thereof, which disclosures shall be publicly acknowledged by the Authority and entered upon the minutes of the Authority. If a member of the Board, officer, agent or employee of the Authority holds such an interest, then he or she shall refrain from any further official involvement in regard to such contract or agreement, from voting on any matter pertaining to such contract or agreement, and from communicating with other members of the Board and the other officers, agents and employees of the Authority concerning that contract or agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any contract or agreement entered into in conformity with this subsection (b) shall not be void or invalid by reason of the interest described in this subsection (b), nor shall any person so disclosing the interest and refraining from further official involvement as provided in this subsection (b) be guilty of an offense, be removed from office, or be subject to any other penalty on account of such interest.(c) Any contract or agreement made in violation of subsection (a) or (b) of this Section shall be null and void.