5 ILCS 420/ Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.

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5 ILCS 420/1-121

(5 ILCS 420/1-121)
Sec. 1-121. Public utility. "Public utility" has the meaning provided in Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act.

(Source: P.A. 102-662, eff. 9-15-21.)

5 ILCS 420/Art. 2

(5 ILCS 420/Art. 2 heading) ARTICLE 2.

RESTRICTED ACTIVITIES

5 ILCS 420/2-101

(5 ILCS 420/2-101) (from Ch. 127, par. 602-101)

Sec. 2-101. Government official lobbying.

(a) No legislator may engage in promoting or opposing in any manner the passage by the General Assembly of any legislative matter affecting the interests of any individual, association, or corporation as distinct from those of the people of the State as a whole, if he or she accepts compensation specifically attributable
to such lobbying, other than that provided by law for members of the
General Assembly. Nothing in this Section prohibits a legislator from
lobbying without compensation.

No legislator or executive branch constitutional officer shall engage in compensated lobbying of the governing body of a municipality, county, or township, or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying entity that is registered to lobby the General Assembly or the executive branch of the State of Illinois.

(b) No elected or appointed county executive or legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying entity that is registered to lobby the county in which the official is elected or appointed.

(c) No elected or appointed municipal executive or legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying entity that is registered to lobby the municipality in which the official is elected or appointed.

(d) No elected or appointed township executive or legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying entity that is registered to lobby the township in which the official is elected or appointed.

(e) No elected or appointed municipal executive or legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of the governing body of a county, municipality, or township, the General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying entity if the person is an elected or appointed municipal executive or legislative official from a municipality exempted by the preemption provision of Section 11.2 of the Lobbyist Registration Act.

(f) A violation of this Section shall constitute a Class A misdemeanor.

(Source: P.A. 102-664, eff. 1-1-22.)

5 ILCS 420/2-103

(5 ILCS 420/2-103) (from Ch. 127, par. 602-103)

Sec. 2-103.

No legislator may accept compensation, other than that provided by law
for members of the General Assembly, for performance of his official
legislative duties. No person, other than State officials or employees
performing their duties in making payments to members of the General
Assembly as provided by law, may pay or offer to pay any legislator any
compensation for performance of his official legislative duties.

A violation of this Section is a petty offense.

(Source: P.A. 78-255.)

5 ILCS 420/2-104

(5 ILCS 420/2-104) (from Ch. 127, par. 602-104)

Sec. 2-104.

No legislator may accept or participate in any way in any representation
case, as that term is defined in Section 1-113, before (1) the Court of
Claims of this State or (2) the Illinois Workers' Compensation

Commission,
when the State of Illinois is the respondent.

This Section does not prohibit participation in such a representation
case by a person with whom the legislator maintains a close economic
association, unless the fact of that association is used to influence or
attempt to influence the State agency in the rendering of its decision.

A violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.

(Source: P.A. 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)

5 ILCS 420/2-110

(5 ILCS 420/2-110)

Sec. 2-110.

Honoraria.

(a) No member of the General Assembly shall accept any honorarium.

(b) As used in this Section:

"Honorarium" means a payment of money
to a member of the General Assembly for an appearance or speech,
excluding
any actual and necessary travel expenses incurred by the member of the General
Assembly (and one
relative) to the extent that those expenses are paid by any other person.
"Honorarium" does not include (i) cash payments made on behalf of a member of
the General Assembly to an organization described under Section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, (ii) an agent's fee or commission, or (iii)
funds reported under Article 9 of the Election Code.

"Travel expense" means the reasonable cost of transportation and the
reasonable
cost of lodging and meals incurred while a person is away from his or her
residence or principal place of employment.

(c) Any honorarium or honoraria accepted in violation of this Section shall
be surrendered to the State Treasurer and deposited into the General Revenue
Fund.

(Source: P.A. 89-405, eff. 11-8-95.)