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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1459

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1459 by  replacing
 3    eveything after the enacting clause with the following:
 4        "Section  5.  The  Illinois  Governmental  Ethics  Act is
 5    amended by changing Section 2-110 as follows:

 6        (5 ILCS 420/2-110)
 7        Sec. 2-110. Honoraria.
 8        (a)  No member Members of the General Assembly shall  may
 9    accept   any  honorarium  except  from  a  person  or  entity
10    registered  under  the  Lobbyist  Registration  Act,   or   a
11    prohibited source as defined under the Gift Ban Act.
12        (b)  As used in this Section:
13        "Honorarium"  means a payment of money to a member of the
14    General Assembly for an appearance or speech,  excluding  any
15    actual  and  necessary travel expenses incurred by the member
16    of the General Assembly (and one relative) to the extent that
17    those expenses are paid by  any  other  person.  "Honorarium"
18    does not include (i) cash payments made on behalf of a member
19    of  the  General  Assembly to an organization described under
20    Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,  (ii)
21    an  agent's  fee or commission, or (iii) funds reported under
22    Article 9 of the Election Code.
23        "Travel   expense"   means   the   reasonable   cost   of
 
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 1    transportation and the reasonable cost of lodging  and  meals
 2    incurred  while a person is away from his or her residence or
 3    principal place of employment.
 4        (c)  Any honorarium or honoraria accepted in violation of
 5    this Section shall be surrendered to the State Treasurer  and
 6    deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 7    (Source: P.A. 89-405, eff. 11-8-95.)

 8        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 9    becoming law.".