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GENERAL PROVISIONS
(5 ILCS 420/) Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.

5 ILCS 420/3A-50

    (5 ILCS 420/3A-50)
    Sec. 3A-50. Appointee political activity.
    (a) No person who is appointed to an affected office shall: (i) serve as an officer of a candidate political committee; or (ii) be a candidate who is designated as the candidate to be supported by a candidate political committee.
    (b) A person appointed to an affected office who is either an officer of a candidate political committee or a candidate who is designated as the candidate to be supported by a candidate political committee shall within 30 days after confirmation by the Senate: (i) resign as an officer of the candidate political committee; (ii) have his or her name removed as the candidate to be supported by a candidate political committee; (iii) notify the State Board of Elections of the person's intent to convert the candidate political committee to a limited activity committee under Section 9-1.8 of the Election Code and complete the transition to a limited activity committee within 60 days after confirmation; or (iv) dissolve the candidate political committee. A person appointed to an affected office who is in violation of this subsection (b) on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly must come into compliance within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
    (c) As used in this Section:
    "Affected office" means any office in which the appointee receives any form of compensation, other than the reimbursement of expenses, and whose appointment requires advice and consent of the Senate.
    "Candidate political committee" has the meaning given to that term in Section 9-1.8 of the Election Code in which the person subject to confirmation by the Senate is designated as the candidate to be supported by the candidate political committee under Section 9-2 of the Code.
(Source: P.A. 102-664, eff. 1-1-22.)

5 ILCS 420/Art. 3B

 
    (5 ILCS 420/Art. 3B heading)
ARTICLE 3B. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
(Source: P.A. 99-318, eff. 1-1-16.)

5 ILCS 420/3B-5

    (5 ILCS 420/3B-5)
    Sec. 3B-5. Definition. As used in this Article:
    "Board" includes a board, commission, authority, task force, or other similar body to which one or more members are appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, but does not include any subcommittee thereof, and where the member receives any form of compensation on a per meeting basis; this does not include reimbursement for actual travel or other expenses necessarily incurred in discharging the duties of the office.
(Source: P.A. 99-318, eff. 1-1-16.)

5 ILCS 420/3B-10

    (5 ILCS 420/3B-10)
    Sec. 3B-10. Per meeting compensation and meetings. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a board member shall not receive per meeting compensation for more than one meeting held during any 7 consecutive day period unless: (i) each meeting is more than 4 hours long, or (ii) in the case of a bona fide emergency.
(Source: P.A. 99-318, eff. 1-1-16.)