101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4682

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Martin J. Moylan - Jonathan Carroll - David McSweeney, John Connor and Tom Weber

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 420/1-109  from Ch. 127, par. 601-109
5 ILCS 420/1-110.3 new
5 ILCS 420/1-110.5 new
5 ILCS 420/2-101  from Ch. 127, par. 602-101

    Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that no local elected official may engage in lobbying if he or she accepts compensation specifically attributable to such lobbying, other than that provided by law or ordinance for local elected officials. Provides that nothing prohibits a local elected official from lobbying without compensation. Defines terms. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended
5by changing Sections 1-109 and 2-101 and by adding Sections
61-110.3 and 1-110.5 as follows:
 
7    (5 ILCS 420/1-109)  (from Ch. 127, par. 601-109)
8    Sec. 1-109. "Lobbying" means promoting or opposing in any
9manner the passage by the General Assembly of any legislative
10matter affecting the interests of any individual, association
11or corporation as distinct from those of the people of the
12State or the passage by a unit of local government of any local
13legislative matter affecting the interests of any individual,
14association, or corporation as distinct from those of the
15people of that unit of local government as a whole.
16(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
 
17    (5 ILCS 420/1-110.3 new)
18    Sec. 1-110.3. "Local elected official" means a member or
19member-elect of the legislative body of a unit of local
20government.
 
21    (5 ILCS 420/1-110.5 new)

 

 

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1    Sec. 1-110.5. "Local legislative matter" means any bill,
2resolution, nomination, ordinance, or other issue or proposal
3pending before the unit of local government, its legislative
4body, or any committee, subcommittee, or commission thereof.
 
5    (5 ILCS 420/2-101)  (from Ch. 127, par. 602-101)
6    Sec. 2-101. Legislator and local elected official lobbying
7prohibition; penalty. No legislator or local elected official
8may engage in lobbying, as that term is defined in Section
91-109, if he or she accepts compensation specifically
10attributable to such lobbying, other than that provided by law
11for members of the General Assembly or by law or ordinance for
12local elected officials. Nothing in this Section prohibits a
13legislator or local elected official from lobbying without
14compensation.
15    A violation of this Section shall constitute a Class A
16misdemeanor.
17(Source: P.A. 77-2830.)
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.