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1    AN ACT concerning State 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, 1-110, 2-101, 4A-102, 4A-103,
64A-107, and 4A-108 and by adding Sections 1-102.5, 1-104.3,
71-104.4, 1-104.5, 1-105.2, 1-105.3, 1-105.5, 1-105.6, 1-105.7,
81-112.5, 1-113.6, 1-113.7, and 3A-50 as follows:
 
9    (5 ILCS 420/1-102.5 new)
10    Sec. 1-102.5. "Asset" means, for the purposes of Sections
114A-102 and 4A-103, an item that is owned and has monetary
12value. For the purposes of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, assets
13include, but are not limited to: stocks, bonds, sector mutual
14funds, sector exchange traded funds, commodity futures,
15investment real estate, beneficial interests in trusts,
16business interests, and partnership interests. For the
17purposes of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, assets do not include:
18personal residences; personal vehicles; savings or checking
19accounts; bonds, notes, or securities issued by any branch of
20federal, state, or local government; Medicare benefits;
21inheritances or bequests, other than beneficial interests in
22trusts; diversified funds; annuities; pensions (including
23government pensions); retirement accounts; college savings

 

 

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1plans that are qualified tuition plans; qualified
2tax-advantaged savings programs that allow individuals to save
3for disability-related expenses; or tangible personal
4property.
 
5    (5 ILCS 420/1-104.3 new)
6    Sec. 1-104.3. "Creditor" means, for the purposes of
7Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, an individual, organization, or
8other business entity to whom money or its equivalent is owed,
9no matter whether that obligation is secured or unsecured,
10except that if a filer makes a loan to members of his or her
11family, then that filer does not, by making such a loan, become
12a creditor of that individual for the purposes of Sections
134A-102 and 4A-103 of this Act.
 
14    (5 ILCS 420/1-104.4 new)
15    Sec. 1-104.4. "Debt" means, for the purposes of Sections
164A-102 and 4A-103, any money or monetary obligation owed at
17any time during the preceding calendar year to an individual,
18company, or other organization, other than a loan that is from
19a financial institution, government agency, or business entity
20and that is granted on terms made available to the general
21public. For the purposes of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, "debt"
22includes, but is not limited to: personal loans from friends
23or business associates, business loans made outside the
24lender's regular course of business, and loans made at below

 

 

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1market rates. For the purposes of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103,
2"debt" does not include: (i) debts to or from financial
3institutions or government entities, such as mortgages,
4student loans, credit card debts, or loans secured by
5automobiles, household furniture, or appliances, as long as
6those loans were made on terms available to the general public
7and do not exceed the purchase price of the items securing
8them; (ii) debts to or from a political committee registered
9with the Illinois State Board of Elections or political
10committees, principal campaign committees, or authorized
11committees registered with the Federal Election Commission; or
12(iii) a loan from a member of the filer's family not known by
13the filer to be registered to lobby under the Lobbyist
14Registration Act.
 
15    (5 ILCS 420/1-104.5 new)
16    Sec. 1-104.5. "Diversified funds" means investment
17products, such as mutual funds, exchange traded funds, or unit
18investment trusts, that invest in a wide variety of securities
19across multiple sectors or asset classes. "Diversified funds"
20does not include sector funds.
 
21    (5 ILCS 420/1-105.2 new)
22    Sec. 1-105.2. "Economic relationship" means, for the
23purposes of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, any joint or shared
24ownership interests in businesses and creditor-debtor

 

 

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1relationships with third parties, other than commercial
2lending institutions, where: (a) the filer is entitled to
3receive (i) more than 7.5% of the total distributable income,
4or (ii) an amount in excess of the salary of the Governor; or
5(b) the filer together with his or her spouse or minor children
6is entitled to receive (i) more than 15%, in the aggregate, of
7the total distributable income, or (ii) an amount in excess of
82 times the salary of the Governor.
 
9    (5 ILCS 420/1-105.3 new)
10    Sec. 1-105.3. "Family" means, for the purposes of Sections
114A-102 and 4A-103, a filer's spouse, children, step-children,
12parents, step-parents, siblings, step-siblings,
13half-siblings, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandparents,
14and grandchildren, as well as the parents and grandparents of
15the filer's spouse, and any person living with the filer.
 
16    (5 ILCS 420/1-105.5 new)
17    Sec. 1-105.5. "Filer" means, for the purposes of Sections
184A-102 and 4A-103, a person required to file a statement of
19economic interests pursuant to this Act.
 
20    (5 ILCS 420/1-105.6 new)
21    Sec. 1-105.6. "Income" means, for the purposes of Sections
224A-102 and 4A-103, pension income and any income from whatever
23source derived, required to be reported on the filer's federal

 

 

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1income tax return, including, but not limited to: compensation
2received for services rendered or to be rendered (as required
3to be reported on any Internal Revenue Service forms,
4including, but not limited to, Forms W-2, 1099, or K-1);
5earnings or capital gains from the sale of assets; profit;
6interest or dividend income from all assets; revenue from
7leases and rentals, royalties, prizes, awards, or barter;
8forgiveness of debt; and earnings derived from annuities or
9trusts other than testamentary trusts. "Income" does not
10include compensation earned for service in the position that
11necessitates the filing of the statement of economic
12interests, or investment or interest returns on items excluded
13from the definition of "asset", or income from the sale of a
14personal residence or personal vehicle.
 
15    (5 ILCS 420/1-105.7 new)
16    Sec. 1-105.7. "Investment real estate" means any real
17property, other than a filer's personal residences, purchased
18to produce a profit, whether from income or resale. Investment
19real estate may be described by the city and state where the
20real estate is located.
 
21    (5 ILCS 420/1-109)  (from Ch. 127, par. 601-109)
22    Sec. 1-109. "Lobbying" means engaging in activities that
23require registration under the Lobbyist Registration
24Act promoting or opposing in any manner the passage by the

 

 

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1General Assembly of any legislative matter affecting the
2interests of any individual, association or corporation as
3distinct from those of the people of the State as a whole.
4(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
 
5    (5 ILCS 420/1-110)  (from Ch. 127, par. 601-110)
6    Sec. 1-110. "Lobbyist" means an individual who is required
7to be registered to engage in lobbying activities pursuant to
8the Lobbyist Registration Act any person required to be
9registered under "An Act concerning lobbying and providing a
10penalty for violation thereof", approved July 10, 1957, as
11amended.
12(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
 
13    (5 ILCS 420/1-112.5 new)
14    Sec. 1-112.5. "Personal residence" means, for the purposes
15of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, a filer's primary home
16residence and any residential real property held by the filer
17and used by the filer for residential rather than commercial
18or income generating purposes.
 
19    (5 ILCS 420/1-113.6 new)
20    Sec. 1-113.6. "Sector funds" means mutual funds or
21exchange traded funds invested in a particular industry or
22business.
 

 

 

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1    (5 ILCS 420/1-113.7 new)
2    Sec. 1-113.7. "Spouse" means a party to a marriage, a
3party to a civil union, or a registered domestic partner.
 
4    (5 ILCS 420/2-101)  (from Ch. 127, par. 602-101)
5    Sec. 2-101. Government official lobbying.
6    (a) No legislator may engage in promoting or opposing in
7any manner the passage by the General Assembly of any
8legislative matter affecting the interests of any individual,
9association, or corporation as distinct from those of the
10people of the State as a whole lobbying, as that term is
11defined in Section 1-109, if he or she accepts compensation
12specifically attributable to such lobbying, other than that
13provided by law for members of the General Assembly. Nothing
14in this Section prohibits a legislator from lobbying without
15compensation.
16    No legislator or executive branch constitutional officer
17shall engage in compensated lobbying of the governing body of
18a municipality, county, or township, or an official thereof,
19on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying entity that is
20registered to lobby the General Assembly or the executive
21branch of the State of Illinois.
22    (b) No elected or appointed county executive or
23legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of
24the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the
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1or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying
2entity that is registered to lobby the county in which the
3official is elected or appointed.
4    (c) No elected or appointed municipal executive or
5legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of
6the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the
7General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency,
8or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying
9entity that is registered to lobby the municipality in which
10the official is elected or appointed.
11    (d) No elected or appointed township executive or
12legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of
13the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the
14General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency,
15or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying
16entity that is registered to lobby the township in which the
17official is elected or appointed.
18    (e) No elected or appointed municipal executive or
19legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of
20the governing body of a county, municipality, or township, the
21General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency,
22or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying
23entity if the person is an elected or appointed municipal
24executive or legislative official from a municipality exempted
25by the preemption provision of Section 11.2 of the Lobbyist
26Registration Act.

 

 

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1    (f) A violation of this Section shall constitute a Class A
2misdemeanor.
3(Source: P.A. 77-2830.)
 
4    (5 ILCS 420/3A-50 new)
5    Sec. 3A-50. Appointee political activity.
6    (a) No person who is appointed to an affected office
7shall: (i) serve as an officer of a candidate political
8committee; or (ii) be a candidate who is designated as the
9candidate to be supported by a candidate political committee.
10    (b) A person appointed to an affected office who is either
11an officer of a candidate political committee or a candidate
12who is designated as the candidate to be supported by a
13candidate political committee shall within 30 days after
14confirmation by the Senate: (i) resign as an officer of the
15candidate political committee; (ii) have his or her name
16removed as the candidate to be supported by a candidate
17political committee; (iii) notify the State Board of Elections
18of the person's intent to convert the candidate political
19committee to a limited activity committee under Section 9-1.8
20of the Election Code and complete the transition to a limited
21activity committee within 60 days after confirmation; or (iv)
22dissolve the candidate political committee. A person appointed
23to an affected office who is in violation of this subsection
24(b) on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd
25General Assembly must come into compliance within 30 days

 

 

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1after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd
2General Assembly.
3    (c) As used in this Section:
4    "Affected office" means any office in which the appointee
5receives any form of compensation, other than the
6reimbursement of expenses, and whose appointment requires
7advice and consent of the Senate.
8    "Candidate political committee" has the meaning given to
9that term in Section 9-1.8 of the Election Code in which the
10person subject to confirmation by the Senate is designated as
11the candidate to be supported by the candidate political
12committee under Section 9-2 of the Code.
 
13    (5 ILCS 420/4A-102)  (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102)
14    Sec. 4A-102. The statement of economic interests required
15by this Article shall include the economic interests of the
16person making the statement as provided in this Section.
17    (a) The interest (if constructively controlled by the
18person making the statement) of a spouse or any other party,
19shall be considered to be the same as the interest of the
20person making the statement. Campaign receipts shall not be
21included in this statement. The following interests shall be
22listed by all persons required to file:
23        (1) each asset that has a value of more than $10,000 as
24    of the end of the preceding calendar year and is: (i) held
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1    his or her spouse, or (iii) held jointly by the filer with
2    his or her minor child or children. For a beneficial
3    interest in a trust, the value is based on the total value
4    of the assets either subject to the beneficial interest,
5    or from which income is to be derived for the benefit of
6    the beneficial interest, regardless of whether any
7    distributions have been made for the benefit of the
8    beneficial interest;
9        (2) excluding the income from the position that
10    requires the filing of a statement of economic interests
11    under this Act, each source of income in excess of $7,500
12    during the preceding calendar year (as required to be
13    reported on the filer's federal income tax return covering
14    the preceding calendar year) for the filer and his or her
15    spouse and, if the sale or transfer of an asset produced
16    more than $7,500 in capital gains during the preceding
17    calendar year, the transaction date on which that asset
18    was sold or transferred;
19        (3) each creditor of a debt in excess of $10,000 that,
20    during the preceding calendar year, was: (i) owed by the
21    filer, (ii) owed jointly by the filer with his or her
22    spouse or (iii) owed jointly by the filer with his or her
23    minor child or children;
24        (4) the name of each unit of government of which the
25    filer or his or her spouse was an employee, contractor, or
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1    than the unit or units of government in relation to which
2    the person is required to file and the title of the
3    position or nature of the contractual services;
4        (5) each person known to the filer to be registered as
5    a lobbyist with any unit of government in the State of
6    Illinois: (i) with whom the filer maintains an economic
7    relationship, or (ii) who is a member of the filer's
8    family; and
9        (6) each source and type of gift or gifts, or
10    honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate
11    in excess of $500 that was received during the preceding
12    calendar year, excluding any gift or gifts from a member
13    of the filer's family that was not known to the filer to be
14    registered as a lobbyist with any unit of government in
15    the State of Illinois.
16    For the purposes of this Section, the unit of local
17government in relation to which a person is required to file
18under item (e) of Section 4A-101.5 shall be the unit of local
19government that contributes to the pension fund of which such
20person is a member of the board.
21    (b) Beginning December 1, 2025, and for every 5 years
22thereafter, the Secretary of State shall adjust the amounts
23specified under this Section that prompt disclosure under this
24Act for purposes of inflation as determined by the Consumer
25Price Index for All Urban Consumers as issued by the United
26States Department of Labor and rounded to the nearest $100.

 

 

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1The Secretary shall publish this information on the official
2website of the Secretary of State, and make changes to the
3statement of economic interests form to be completed for the
4following year.
5    (c) The Secretary of State shall develop and make publicly
6available on his or her website written guidance relating to
7the completion and filing of the statement of economic
8interests upon which a filer may reasonably and in good faith
9rely.
10The interest (if constructively controlled by the person
11making the statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be
12considered to be the same as the interest of the person making
13the statement. Campaign receipts shall not be included in this
14statement.
15        (a) The following interests shall be listed by all
16    persons required to file:
17            (1) The name, address and type of practice of any
18        professional organization or individual professional
19        practice in which the person making the statement was
20        an officer, director, associate, partner or
21        proprietor, or served in any advisory capacity, from
22        which income in excess of $1200 was derived during the
23        preceding calendar year;
24            (2) The nature of professional services (other
25        than services rendered to the unit or units of
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1        to file) and the nature of the entity to which they
2        were rendered if fees exceeding $5,000 were received
3        during the preceding calendar year from the entity for
4        professional services rendered by the person making
5        the statement.
6            (3) The identity (including the address or legal
7        description of real estate) of any capital asset from
8        which a capital gain of $5,000 or more was realized in
9        the preceding calendar year.
10            (4) The name of any unit of government which has
11        employed the person making the statement during the
12        preceding calendar year other than the unit or units
13        of government in relation to which the person is
14        required to file.
15            (5) The name of any entity from which a gift or
16        gifts, or honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in
17        the aggregate in excess of $500, was received during
18        the preceding calendar year.
19        (b) The following interests shall also be listed by
20    persons listed in items (a) through (f), item (l), item
21    (n), and item (p) of Section 4A-101:
22            (1) The name and instrument of ownership in any
23        entity doing business in the State of Illinois, in
24        which an ownership interest held by the person at the
25        date of filing is in excess of $5,000 fair market value
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1        derived during the preceding calendar year. (In the
2        case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed
3        by street address, or if none, then by legal
4        description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
5        institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed;
6            (2) Except for professional service entities, the
7        name of any entity and any position held therein from
8        which income of in excess of $1,200 was derived during
9        the preceding calendar year, if the entity does
10        business in the State of Illinois. No time or demand
11        deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt
12        instrument need be listed.
13            (3) The identity of any compensated lobbyist with
14        whom the person making the statement maintains a close
15        economic association, including the name of the
16        lobbyist and specifying the legislative matter or
17        matters which are the object of the lobbying activity,
18        and describing the general type of economic activity
19        of the client or principal on whose behalf that person
20        is lobbying.
21        (c) The following interests shall also be listed by
22    persons listed in items (a) through (c) and item (e) of
23    Section 4A-101.5:
24            (1) The name and instrument of ownership in any
25        entity doing business with a unit of local government
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1        the ownership interest of the person filing is greater
2        than $5,000 fair market value as of the date of filing
3        or if dividends in excess of $1,200 were received from
4        the entity during the preceding calendar year. (In the
5        case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed
6        by street address, or if none, then by legal
7        description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
8        institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed.
9            (2) Except for professional service entities, the
10        name of any entity and any position held therein from
11        which income in excess of $1,200 was derived during
12        the preceding calendar year if the entity does
13        business with a unit of local government in relation
14        to which the person is required to file. No time or
15        demand deposit in a financial institution, nor any
16        debt instrument need be listed.
17            (3) The name of any entity and the nature of the
18        governmental action requested by any entity which has
19        applied to a unit of local government in relation to
20        which the person must file for any license, franchise
21        or permit for annexation, zoning or rezoning of real
22        estate during the preceding calendar year if the
23        ownership interest of the person filing is in excess
24        of $5,000 fair market value at the time of filing or if
25        income or dividends in excess of $1,200 were received
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1        preceding calendar year.
2    For the purposes of this Section, the unit of local
3government in relation to which a person required to file
4under item (e) of Section 4A-101.5 shall be the unit of local
5government that contributes to the pension fund of which such
6person is a member of the board.
7(Source: P.A. 101-221, eff. 8-9-19.)
 
8    (5 ILCS 420/4A-103)  (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103)
9    Sec. 4A-103. The statement of economic interests required
10by this Article to be filed with the Secretary of State or
11county clerk shall be filled in by typewriting or hand
12printing, shall be verified, dated, and signed by the person
13making the statement and shall contain substantially the
14following:
 
15
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS

 
16INSTRUCTIONS:
17    You may find the following documents helpful to you in
18completing this form:
19        (1) federal income tax returns, including any related
20    schedules, attachments, and forms; and
21        (2) investment and brokerage statements.
22    To complete this form, you do not need to disclose
23specific amounts or values or report interests relating either

 

 

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1to political committees registered with the Illinois State
2Board of Elections or to political committees, principal
3campaign committees, or authorized committees registered with
4the Federal Election Commission.
5    The information you disclose will be available to the
6public.
7    You must answer all 6 questions. Certain questions will
8ask you to report any applicable assets or debts held in, or
9payable to, your name; held jointly by, or payable to, you with
10your spouse; or held jointly by, or payable to, you with your
11minor child. If you have any concerns about whether an
12interest should be reported, please consult your department's
13ethics officer, if applicable.
14    Please ensure that the information you provide is complete
15and accurate. If you need more space than the form allows,
16please attach additional pages for your response. If you are
17subject to the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, your
18ethics officer must review your statement of economic
19interests before you file it. Failure to complete the
20statement in good faith and within the prescribed deadline may
21subject you to fines, imprisonment, or both.
 
22BASIC INFORMATION:
23Name:........................................................
24Job title:...................................................
25Office, department, or agency that requires you to file this

 

 

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1form:........................................................
2Other offices, departments, or agencies that require you to
3file a Statement of Economic Interests form: ................
4Full mailing address:........................................
5Preferred e-mail address (optional):.........................
 
6QUESTIONS:
7    1. If you have any single asset that was worth more than
8$10,000 as of the end of the preceding calendar year and is
9held in, or payable to, your name, held jointly by, or payable
10to, you with your spouse, or held jointly by, or payable to,
11you with your minor child, list such assets below. In the case
12of investment real estate, list the city and state where the
13investment real estate is located. If you do not have any such
14assets, list "none" below.
15.............................................................
16.............................................................
17.............................................................
18.............................................................
19.............................................................
20    2. Excluding the position for which you are required to
21file this form, list the source of any income in excess of
22$7,500 required to be reported during the preceding calendar
23year. If you sold an asset that produced more than $7,500 in
24capital gains in the preceding calendar year, list the name of
25the asset and the transaction date on which the sale or

 

 

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1transfer took place. If you had no such sources of income or
2assets, list "none" below.
 
3Source of Income / Name of Date Sold (if applicable)
4Asset
5............................... ...............................
6............................... ...............................
7............................... ...............................
8    3. Excluding debts incurred on terms available to the
9general public, such as mortgages, student loans, and credit
10card debts, if you owed any single debt in the preceding
11calendar year exceeding $10,000, list the creditor of the debt
12below. If you had no such debts, list "none" below.
13    List the creditor for all applicable debts owed by you,
14owed jointly by you with your spouse, or owed jointly by you
15with your minor child. In addition to the types of debts listed
16above, you do not need to report any debts to or from financial
17institutions or government agencies, such as debts secured by
18automobiles, household furniture or appliances, as long as the
19debt was made on terms available to the general public, debts
20to members of your family, or debts to or from a political
21committee registered with the Illinois State Board of
22Elections or any political committee, principal campaign
23committee, or authorized committee registered with the Federal
24Election Commission.
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1.............................................................
2.............................................................
3.............................................................
4    4. List the name of each unit of government of which you or
5your spouse were an employee, contractor, or office holder
6during the preceding calendar year other than the unit or
7units of government in relation to which the person is
8required to file and the title of the position or nature of the
9contractual services.
 
10Name of Unit of GovernmentTitle or Nature of Services
11............................... ...............................
12............................... ...............................
13............................... ...............................
14    5. If you maintain an economic relationship with a
15lobbyist or if a member of your family is known to you to be a
16lobbyist registered with any unit of government in the State
17of Illinois, list the name of the lobbyist below and identify
18the nature of your relationship with the lobbyist. If you do
19not have an economic relationship with a lobbyist or a family
20member known to you to be a lobbyist registered with any unit
21of government in the State of Illinois, list "none" below.
 
22Name of LobbyistRelationship to Filer
23............................... ...............................
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1............................... ...............................
2    6. List the name of each person, organization, or entity
3that was the source of a gift or gifts, or honorarium or
4honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate in excess of $500
5received during the preceding calendar year and the type of
6gift or gifts, or honorarium or honoraria, excluding any gift
7or gifts from a member of your family that was not known to be
8a lobbyist registered with any unit of government in the State
9of Illinois. If you had no such gifts, list "none" below.
10.............................................................
11.............................................................
12.............................................................
 
13VERIFICATION:
14    "I declare that this statement of economic interests
15(including any attachments) has been examined by me and to the
16best of my knowledge and belief is a true, correct and complete
17statement of my economic interests as required by the Illinois
18Governmental Ethics Act. I understand that the penalty for
19willfully filing a false or incomplete statement is a fine not
20to exceed $2,500 or imprisonment in a penal institution other
21than the penitentiary not to exceed one year, or both fine and
22imprisonment."
23Printed Name of Filer:.......................................
24Date:........................................................
25Signature:...................................................
 

 

 

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1If this statement of economic interests requires ethics
2officer review prior to filing, the applicable ethics officer
3must complete the following:
 
4CERTIFICATION OF ETHICS OFFICER REVIEW:
5    "In accordance with law, as Ethics Officer, I reviewed
6this statement of economic interests prior to its filing."
 
7Printed Name of Ethics Officer:..............................
8Date:........................................................
9Signature:...................................................
10Preferred e-mail address (optional):.........................
11
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST
12
(TYPE OR HAND PRINT)
13.............................................................
14(name)
15.............................................................
16(each office or position of employment for which this
17statement is filed)
18.............................................................
19(full mailing address)
20GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
21    The interest (if constructively controlled by the person
22making the statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be
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1the statement.
2    Campaign receipts shall not be included in this statement.
3    If additional space is needed, please attach supplemental
4listing.
5    1. List the name and instrument of ownership in any entity
6doing business in the State of Illinois, in which the
7ownership interest held by the person at the date of filing is
8in excess of $5,000 fair market value or from which dividends
9in excess of $1,200 were derived during the preceding calendar
10year. (In the case of real estate, location thereof shall be
11listed by street address, or if none, then by legal
12description.) No time or demand deposit in a financial
13institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed.
14Business EntityInstrument of Ownership
15..............................................................
16..............................................................
17..............................................................
18..............................................................
19    2. List the name, address and type of practice of any
20professional organization in which the person making the
21statement was an officer, director, associate, partner or
22proprietor or served in any advisory capacity, from which
23income in excess of $1,200 was derived during the preceding
24calendar year.
25NameAddressType of Practice
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1.............................................................
2.............................................................
3    3. List the nature of professional services rendered
4(other than to the State of Illinois) to each entity from which
5income exceeding $5,000 was received for professional services
6rendered during the preceding calendar year by the person
7making the statement.
8.............................................................
9.............................................................
10    4. List the identity (including the address or legal
11description of real estate) of any capital asset from which a
12capital gain of $5,000 or more was realized during the
13preceding calendar year.
14.............................................................
15.............................................................
16    5. List the identity of any compensated lobbyist with whom
17the person making the statement maintains a close economic
18association, including the name of the lobbyist and specifying
19the legislative matter or matters which are the object of the
20lobbying activity, and describing the general type of economic
21activity of the client or principal on whose behalf that
22person is lobbying.
23LobbyistLegislative MatterClient or Principal
24.............................................................
25.............................................................
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1of Illinois from which income in excess of $1,200 was derived
2during the preceding calendar year other than for professional
3services and the title or description of any position held in
4that entity. (In the case of real estate, location thereof
5shall be listed by street address, or if none, then by legal
6description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
7institution nor any debt instrument need be listed.
8EntityPosition Held
9..............................................................
10..............................................................
11..............................................................
12    7. List the name of any unit of government which employed
13the person making the statement during the preceding calendar
14year other than the unit or units of government in relation to
15which the person is required to file.
16.............................................................
17.............................................................
18    8. List the name of any entity from which a gift or gifts,
19or honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate
20in excess of $500, was received during the preceding calendar
21year.
22.............................................................
23VERIFICATION:
24    "I declare that this statement of economic interests
25(including any accompanying schedules and statements) has been
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1true, correct and complete statement of my economic interests
2as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. I
3understand that the penalty for willfully filing a false or
4incomplete statement shall be a fine not to exceed $1,000 or
5imprisonment in a penal institution other than the
6penitentiary not to exceed one year, or both fine and
7imprisonment."
8................ ..........................................
9(date of filing) (signature of person making the statement)
10(Source: P.A. 95-173, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
11    (5 ILCS 420/4A-107)  (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-107)
12    Sec. 4A-107. Any person required to file a statement of
13economic interests under this Article who willfully files a
14false or incomplete statement shall be guilty of a Class A
15misdemeanor; provided, a filer's statement made in reasonable,
16good faith reliance on the guidance provided by the Secretary
17of State pursuant to Section 4A-102 or his or her ethics
18officer shall not constitute a willful false or incomplete
19statement.
20    Except when the fees and penalties for late filing have
21been waived under Section 4A-105, failure to file a statement
22within the time prescribed shall result in ineligibility for,
23or forfeiture of, office or position of employment, as the
24case may be; provided, however, that if the notice of failure
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14A-105 of this Act is not given by the Secretary of State or
2the county clerk, as the case may be, no forfeiture shall
3result if a statement is filed within 30 days of actual notice
4of the failure to file. The Secretary of State shall provide
5the Attorney General with the names of persons who failed to
6file a statement. The county clerk shall provide the State's
7Attorney of the county of the entity for which the filing of
8statement of economic interest is required with the name of
9persons who failed to file a statement.
10    The Attorney General, with respect to offices or positions
11described in items (a) through (f) and items (j), (l), (n), and
12(p) of Section 4A-101 of this Act, or the State's Attorney of
13the county of the entity for which the filing of statements of
14economic interests is required, with respect to offices or
15positions described in items (a) through (e) of Section
164A-101.5, shall bring an action in quo warranto against any
17person who has failed to file by either May 31 or June 30 of
18any given year and for whom the fees and penalties for late
19filing have not been waived under Section 4A-105.
20(Source: P.A. 101-221, eff. 8-9-19.)
 
21    (5 ILCS 420/4A-108)
22    Sec. 4A-108. Internet-based systems of filing.
23    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any
24other law, the Secretary of State and county clerks are
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1filing of statements of economic interests in their offices.
2With respect to county clerk systems, the determination to
3institute such a system shall be in the sole discretion of the
4county clerk and shall meet the requirements set out in this
5Section. With respect to a Secretary of State system, the
6determination to institute such a system shall be in the sole
7discretion of the Secretary of State and shall meet the
8requirements set out in this Section and those Sections of the
9State Officials and Employees Ethics Act requiring ethics
10officer review prior to filing. The system shall be capable of
11allowing an ethics officer to approve a statement of economic
12interests and shall include a means to amend a statement of
13economic interests. When this Section does not modify or
14remove the requirements set forth elsewhere in this Article,
15those requirements shall apply to any system of Internet-based
16filing authorized by this Section. When this Section does
17modify or remove the requirements set forth elsewhere in this
18Article, the provisions of this Section shall apply to any
19system of Internet-based filing authorized by this Section.
20    (b) In any system of Internet-based filing of statements
21of economic interests instituted by the Secretary of State or
22a county clerk:
23        (1) Any filing of an Internet-based statement of
24    economic interests shall be the equivalent of the filing
25    of a verified, written statement of economic interests as
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1    of the filing of a verified, dated, and signed statement
2    of economic interests as required by Section 4A-103
3    4A-104.
4        (2) The Secretary of State and county clerks who
5    institute a system of Internet-based filing of statements
6    of economic interests shall establish a password-protected
7    website to receive the filings of such statements. A
8    website established under this Section shall set forth and
9    provide a means of responding to the items set forth in
10    Section 4A-103 4A-102 that are required of a person who
11    files a statement of economic interests with that officer.
12    A website established under this Section shall set forth
13    and provide a means of generating a printable receipt page
14    acknowledging filing.
15        (3) The times for the filing of statements of economic
16    interests set forth in Section 4A-105 shall be followed in
17    any system of Internet-based filing of statements of
18    economic interests; provided that a candidate for elective
19    office who is required to file a statement of economic
20    interests in relation to his or her candidacy pursuant to
21    Section 4A-105(a) shall receive a written or printed
22    receipt for his or her filing.
23        A candidate filing for Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
24    Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasurer,
25    Comptroller, State Senate, or State House of
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1    judge, circuit court judge, or judicial retention shall
2    not use the Internet to file his or her statement of
3    economic interests, but shall file his or her statement of
4    economic interests in a written or printed form and shall
5    receive a written or printed receipt for his or her
6    filing. Annually, the duly appointed ethics officer for
7    each legislative caucus shall certify to the Secretary of
8    State whether his or her caucus members will file their
9    statements of economic interests electronically or in a
10    written or printed format for that year. If the ethics
11    officer for a caucus certifies that the statements of
12    economic interests shall be written or printed, then
13    members of the General Assembly of that caucus shall not
14    use the Internet to file his or her statement of economic
15    interests, but shall file his or her statement of economic
16    interests in a written or printed form and shall receive a
17    written or printed receipt for his or her filing. If no
18    certification is made by an ethics officer for a
19    legislative caucus, or if a member of the General Assembly
20    is not affiliated with a legislative caucus, then the
21    affected member or members of the General Assembly may
22    file their statements of economic interests using the
23    Internet.
24        (4) In the first year of the implementation of a
25    system of Internet-based filing of statements of economic
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1    is to be notified in writing of his or her obligation to
2    file his or her statement of economic interests by way of
3    the Internet-based system. If access to the website web
4    site requires a code or password, this information shall
5    be included in the notice prescribed by this paragraph.
6        (5) When a person required to file a statement of
7    economic interests has supplied the Secretary of State or
8    a county clerk, as applicable, with an email address for
9    the purpose of receiving notices under this Article by
10    email, a notice sent by email to the supplied email
11    address shall be the equivalent of a notice sent by first
12    class mail, as set forth in Section 4A-106 or 4A-106.5. A
13    person who has supplied such an email address shall notify
14    the Secretary of State or county clerk, as applicable,
15    when his or her email address changes or if he or she no
16    longer wishes to receive notices by email.
17        (6) If any person who is required to file a statement
18    of economic interests and who has chosen to receive
19    notices by email fails to file his or her statement by May
20    10, then the Secretary of State or county clerk, as
21    applicable, shall send an additional email notice on that
22    date, informing the person that he or she has not filed and
23    describing the penalties for late filing and failing to
24    file. This notice shall be in addition to other notices
25    provided for in this Article.
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1    institutes a system of Internet-based filing of statements
2    of economic interests may also institute an Internet-based
3    process for the filing of the list of names and addresses
4    of persons required to file statements of economic
5    interests by the chief administrative officers that must
6    file such information with the Secretary of State or
7    county clerk, as applicable, pursuant to Section 4A-106 or
8    4A-106.5. Whenever the Secretary of State or a county
9    clerk institutes such a system under this paragraph, every
10    chief administrative officer must use the system to file
11    this information.
12        (8) The Secretary of State and any county clerk who
13    institutes a system of Internet-based filing of statements
14    of economic interests shall post the contents of such
15    statements filed with him or her available for inspection
16    and copying on a publicly accessible website. Such
17    postings shall not include the addresses or signatures of
18    the filers.
19(Source: P.A. 100-1041, eff. 1-1-19; 101-221, eff. 8-9-19;
20revised 9-12-19.)
 
21    (5 ILCS 420/4A-104 rep.)
22    Section 10. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is
23amended by repealing Section 4A-104 on January 1, 2022.
 
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1is amended by changing Sections 5-40, 5-45, 20-20, 20-95,
225-5, 25-10, 25-15, 25-20, and 25-85 as follows:
 
3    (5 ILCS 430/5-40)
4    Sec. 5-40. Fundraising during session in Sangamon County.
5Except as provided in this Section, any executive branch
6constitutional officer, any candidate for an executive branch
7constitutional office, any member of the General Assembly, any
8candidate for the General Assembly, any political caucus of
9the General Assembly, or any political committee on behalf of
10any of the foregoing may not hold a political fundraising
11function in Sangamon County on any day the legislature is in
12session or the day immediately prior to such day. This Section
13does not apply to a political fundraising function scheduled
14at least 14 days in advance of a day the legislature is in
15special session or the day immediately prior to such day (i)
16during the period beginning February 1 and ending on the later
17of the actual adjournment dates of either house of the spring
18session and (ii) during fall veto session. For purposes of
19this Section, the legislature is not considered to be in
20session on a day that is solely a perfunctory session day or on
21a day when only a committee is meeting.
22    During the period beginning June 1 and ending on the first
23day of fall veto session each year, this Section does not apply
24to (i) a member of the General Assembly whose legislative or
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1(ii) a candidate for the General Assembly from that
2legislative or representative district.
3(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.)
 
4    (5 ILCS 430/5-45)
5    Sec. 5-45. Procurement; revolving door prohibition.
6    (a) No former officer, member, or State employee, or
7spouse or immediate family member living with such person,
8shall, within a period of one year immediately after
9termination of State employment, knowingly accept employment
10or receive compensation or fees for services from a person or
11entity if the officer, member, or State employee, during the
12year immediately preceding termination of State employment,
13participated personally and substantially in the award or
14fiscal administration of State contracts, or the issuance of
15State contract change orders, with a cumulative value of
16$25,000 or more to the person or entity, or its parent or
17subsidiary.
18    (a-5) No officer, member, or spouse or immediate family
19member living with such person shall, during the officer or
20member's term in office or within a period of 2 years
21immediately leaving office, hold an ownership interest, other
22than a passive interest in a publicly traded company, in any
23gaming license under the Illinois Gambling Act, the Video
24Gaming Act, the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, or the
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1spouse or immediate family member living with such person who
2has an ownership interest, other than a passive interest in a
3publicly traded company, in any gaming license under the
4Illinois Gambling Act, the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975,
5the Video Gaming Act, or the Sports Wagering Act at the time of
6the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
7Assembly shall divest himself or herself of such ownership
8within one year after the effective date of this amendatory
9Act of the 101st General Assembly. No State employee who works
10for the Illinois Gaming Board or Illinois Racing Board or
11spouse or immediate family member living with such person
12shall, during State employment or within a period of 2 years
13immediately after termination of State employment, hold an
14ownership interest, other than a passive interest in a
15publicly traded company, in any gaming license under the
16Illinois Gambling Act, the Video Gaming Act, the Illinois
17Horse Racing Act of 1975, or the Sports Wagering Act.
18    (a-10) This subsection (a-10) applies on and after June
1925, 2021. No officer, member, or spouse or immediate family
20member living with such person, shall, during the officer or
21member's term in office or within a period of 2 years
22immediately after leaving office, hold an ownership interest,
23other than a passive interest in a publicly traded company, in
24any cannabis business establishment which is licensed under
25the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Any member of the General
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1person who has an ownership interest, other than a passive
2interest in a publicly traded company, in any cannabis
3business establishment which is licensed under the Cannabis
4Regulation and Tax Act at the time of the effective date of
5this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly shall divest
6himself or herself of such ownership within one year after the
7effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
8Assembly.
9    No State employee who works for any State agency that
10regulates cannabis business establishment license holders who
11participated personally and substantially in the award of
12licenses under the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act or a spouse
13or immediate family member living with such person shall,
14during State employment or within a period of 2 years
15immediately after termination of State employment, hold an
16ownership interest, other than a passive interest in a
17publicly traded company, in any cannabis license under the
18Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
19    (b) No former officer of the executive branch or State
20employee of the executive branch with regulatory or licensing
21authority, or spouse or immediate family member living with
22such person, shall, within a period of one year immediately
23after termination of State employment, knowingly accept
24employment or receive compensation or fees for services from a
25person or entity if the officer or State employee, during the
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1participated personally and substantially in making a
2regulatory or licensing decision that directly applied to the
3person or entity, or its parent or subsidiary.
4    (b-5) Beginning January 1, 2022, no former officer of the
5executive branch shall engage in activities at the State level
6that require registration under the Lobbyist Registration Act
7during the term of which he or she was elected or appointed
8until 6 months after leaving office.
9    (b-7) Beginning the second Wednesday in January of 2023,
10no former member shall engage in activities at the State level
11that require registration under the Lobbyist Registration Act
12in a General Assembly of which he or she was a member until 6
13months after leaving office.
14    (c) Within 6 months after the effective date of this
15amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, each executive
16branch constitutional officer and legislative leader, the
17Auditor General, and the Joint Committee on Legislative
18Support Services shall adopt a policy delineating which State
19positions under his or her jurisdiction and control, by the
20nature of their duties, may have the authority to participate
21personally and substantially in the award or fiscal
22administration of State contracts or in regulatory or
23licensing decisions. The Governor shall adopt such a policy
24for all State employees of the executive branch not under the
25jurisdiction and control of any other executive branch
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1    The policies required under subsection (c) of this Section
2shall be filed with the appropriate ethics commission
3established under this Act or, for the Auditor General, with
4the Office of the Auditor General.
5    (d) Each Inspector General shall have the authority to
6determine that additional State positions under his or her
7jurisdiction, not otherwise subject to the policies required
8by subsection (c) of this Section, are nonetheless subject to
9the notification requirement of subsection (f) below due to
10their involvement in the award or fiscal administration of
11State contracts or in regulatory or licensing decisions.
12    (e) The Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services,
13the Auditor General, and each of the executive branch
14constitutional officers and legislative leaders subject to
15subsection (c) of this Section shall provide written
16notification to all employees in positions subject to the
17policies required by subsection (c) or a determination made
18under subsection (d): (1) upon hiring, promotion, or transfer
19into the relevant position; and (2) at the time the employee's
20duties are changed in such a way as to qualify that employee.
21An employee receiving notification must certify in writing
22that the person was advised of the prohibition and the
23requirement to notify the appropriate Inspector General in
24subsection (f).
25    (f) Any State employee in a position subject to the
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1under subsection (d), but who does not fall within the
2prohibition of subsection (h) below, who is offered non-State
3employment during State employment or within a period of one
4year immediately after termination of State employment shall,
5prior to accepting such non-State employment, notify the
6appropriate Inspector General. Within 10 calendar days after
7receiving notification from an employee in a position subject
8to the policies required by subsection (c), such Inspector
9General shall make a determination as to whether the State
10employee is restricted from accepting such employment by
11subsection (a) or (b). In making a determination, in addition
12to any other relevant information, an Inspector General shall
13assess the effect of the prospective employment or
14relationship upon decisions referred to in subsections (a) and
15(b), based on the totality of the participation by the former
16officer, member, or State employee in those decisions. A
17determination by an Inspector General must be in writing,
18signed and dated by the Inspector General, and delivered to
19the subject of the determination within 10 calendar days or
20the person is deemed eligible for the employment opportunity.
21For purposes of this subsection, "appropriate Inspector
22General" means (i) for members and employees of the
23legislative branch, the Legislative Inspector General; (ii)
24for the Auditor General and employees of the Office of the
25Auditor General, the Inspector General provided for in Section
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1employees, the Inspector General having jurisdiction over the
2officer or employee. Notice of any determination of an
3Inspector General and of any such appeal shall be given to the
4ultimate jurisdictional authority, the Attorney General, and
5the Executive Ethics Commission.
6    (g) An Inspector General's determination regarding
7restrictions under subsection (a) or (b) may be appealed to
8the appropriate Ethics Commission by the person subject to the
9decision or the Attorney General no later than the 10th
10calendar day after the date of the determination.
11    On appeal, the Ethics Commission or Auditor General shall
12seek, accept, and consider written public comments regarding a
13determination. In deciding whether to uphold an Inspector
14General's determination, the appropriate Ethics Commission or
15Auditor General shall assess, in addition to any other
16relevant information, the effect of the prospective employment
17or relationship upon the decisions referred to in subsections
18(a) and (b), based on the totality of the participation by the
19former officer, member, or State employee in those decisions.
20The Ethics Commission shall decide whether to uphold an
21Inspector General's determination within 10 calendar days or
22the person is deemed eligible for the employment opportunity.
23    (h) The following officers, members, or State employees
24shall not, within a period of one year immediately after
25termination of office or State employment, knowingly accept
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1person or entity if the person or entity or its parent or
2subsidiary, during the year immediately preceding termination
3of State employment, was a party to a State contract or
4contracts with a cumulative value of $25,000 or more involving
5the officer, member, or State employee's State agency, or was
6the subject of a regulatory or licensing decision involving
7the officer, member, or State employee's State agency,
8regardless of whether he or she participated personally and
9substantially in the award or fiscal administration of the
10State contract or contracts or the making of the regulatory or
11licensing decision in question:
12        (1) members or officers;
13        (2) members of a commission or board created by the
14    Illinois Constitution;
15        (3) persons whose appointment to office is subject to
16    the advice and consent of the Senate;
17        (4) the head of a department, commission, board,
18    division, bureau, authority, or other administrative unit
19    within the government of this State;
20        (5) chief procurement officers, State purchasing
21    officers, and their designees whose duties are directly
22    related to State procurement;
23        (6) chiefs of staff, deputy chiefs of staff, associate
24    chiefs of staff, assistant chiefs of staff, and deputy
25    governors, or any other position that holds an equivalent
26    level of managerial oversight;

 

 

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1        (7) employees of the Illinois Racing Board; and
2        (8) employees of the Illinois Gaming Board.
3    (i) For the purposes of this Section, with respect to
4officers or employees of a regional transit board, as defined
5in this Act, the phrase "person or entity" does not include:
6(i) the United States government, (ii) the State, (iii)
7municipalities, as defined under Article VII, Section 1 of the
8Illinois Constitution, (iv) units of local government, as
9defined under Article VII, Section 1 of the Illinois
10Constitution, or (v) school districts.
11(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19.)
 
12    (5 ILCS 430/20-20)
13    Sec. 20-20. Duties of the Executive Inspectors General. In
14addition to duties otherwise assigned by law, each Executive
15Inspector General shall have the following duties:
16        (1) To receive and investigate, without advance
17    approval of the Executive Ethics Commission, allegations
18    of violations of this Act and other wrongful acts within
19    his or her jurisdiction based on a complaint. An
20    investigation may not be initiated more than one year
21    after the alleged wrongful act or the most recent act of a
22    series of alleged wrongful acts based on the same wrongful
23    conduct except if there is reasonable cause to believe
24    that fraudulent concealment has occurred allegations of
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1    initiated more than one year after the most recent act of
2    the alleged violation or of a series of alleged violations
3    except where there is reasonable cause to believe that
4    fraudulent concealment has occurred. To constitute
5    fraudulent concealment sufficient to toll this limitations
6    period, there must be an affirmative act or representation
7    calculated to prevent discovery of the fact that a
8    violation or other wrongful act has occurred. The
9    Executive Inspector General shall have the discretion to
10    determine the appropriate means of investigation as
11    permitted by law.
12        (2) To request information relating to an
13    investigation from any person when the Executive Inspector
14    General deems that information necessary in conducting an
15    investigation.
16        (3) To issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of
17    witnesses for the purposes of testimony and production of
18    documents and other items for inspection and copying and
19    to make service of those subpoenas and subpoenas issued
20    under item (7) of Section 20-15.
21        (4) To submit reports as required by this Act.
22        (5) To file pleadings in the name of the Executive
23    Inspector General with the Executive Ethics Commission,
24    through the Attorney General, as provided in this Article
25    if the Attorney General finds that reasonable cause exists
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1        (6) To assist and coordinate the ethics officers for
2    State agencies under the jurisdiction of the Executive
3    Inspector General and to work with those ethics officers.
4        (7) To participate in or conduct, when appropriate,
5    multi-jurisdictional investigations.
6        (8) To request, as the Executive Inspector General
7    deems appropriate, from ethics officers of State agencies
8    under his or her jurisdiction, reports or information on
9    (i) the content of a State agency's ethics training
10    program and (ii) the percentage of new officers and
11    employees who have completed ethics training.
12        (9) To review hiring and employment files of each
13    State agency within the Executive Inspector General's
14    jurisdiction to ensure compliance with Rutan v. Republican
15    Party of Illinois, 497 U.S. 62 (1990), and with all
16    applicable employment laws.
17        (10) To establish a policy that ensures the
18    appropriate handling and correct recording of all
19    investigations conducted by the Office, and to ensure that
20    the policy is accessible via the Internet in order that
21    those seeking to report those allegations are familiar
22    with the process and that the subjects of those
23    allegations are treated fairly.
24        (11) To post information to the Executive Inspector
25    General's website explaining to complainants and subjects
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1    Inspector General's ability to provide information to them
2    and a general overview of the investigation process.
3(Source: P.A. 100-588, eff. 6-8-18.)
 
4    (5 ILCS 430/20-95)
5    Sec. 20-95. Exemptions.
6    (a) Documents generated by an ethics officer under this
7Act, except Section 5-50, are exempt from the provisions of
8the Freedom of Information Act.
9    (b) Any allegations and related documents submitted to an
10Executive Inspector General and any pleadings and related
11documents brought before the Executive Ethics Commission are
12exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act
13so long as the Executive Ethics Commission does not make a
14finding of a violation of this Act. If the Executive Ethics
15Commission finds that a violation has occurred, the entire
16record of proceedings before the Commission, the decision and
17recommendation, and the response from the agency head or
18ultimate jurisdictional authority to the Executive Ethics
19Commission are not exempt from the provisions of the Freedom
20of Information Act but information contained therein that is
21otherwise exempt from the Freedom of Information Act must be
22redacted before disclosure as provided in the Freedom of
23Information Act. A summary report released by the Executive
24Ethics Commission under Section 20-52 is a public record, but
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1not be part of the public record.
2    (c) Meetings of the Commission are exempt from the
3provisions of the Open Meetings Act.
4    (d) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, all
5investigatory files and reports of the Office of an Executive
6Inspector General, other than monthly reports required under
7Section 20-85, are confidential and privileged, are exempt
8from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, and
9shall not be divulged to any person or agency, except as
10necessary (i) to a law enforcement authority, (ii) to the
11ultimate jurisdictional authority, (iii) to the Executive
12Ethics Commission, (iv) to another Inspector General appointed
13pursuant to this Act, or (v) to an Inspector General appointed
14or employed by a Regional Transit Board in accordance with
15Section 75-10.
16(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09; 96-1528, eff. 7-1-11.)
 
17    (5 ILCS 430/25-5)
18    Sec. 25-5. Legislative Ethics Commission.
19    (a) The Legislative Ethics Commission is created.
20    (b) The Legislative Ethics Commission shall consist of 8
21commissioners appointed 2 each by the President and Minority
22Leader of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the
23House of Representatives.
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1appointee who shall serve for a 2-year term running through
2June 30, 2005. Each appointing authority shall designate one
3appointee who shall serve for a 4-year term running through
4June 30, 2007. The initial appointments shall be made within
560 days after the effective date of this Act.
6    After the initial terms, commissioners shall serve for
74-year terms commencing on July 1 of the year of appointment
8and running through June 30 of the fourth following year.
9Commissioners may be reappointed to one or more subsequent
10terms.
11    A vacancy shall occur upon a commissioner's death,
12resignation, removal, disqualification, termination of
13legislative service in the house or caucus of the appointing
14authority, or other inability to act. Vacancies occurring
15other than at the end of a term shall be filled by the
16appointing authority only for the balance of the term of the
17commissioner whose office is vacant.
18    Terms shall run regardless of whether the position is
19filled.
20    (c) The appointing authorities shall appoint commissioners
21who have experience holding governmental office or employment
22and may appoint commissioners who are members of the General
23Assembly as well as commissioners from the general public. A
24commissioner who is a member of the General Assembly must
25recuse himself or herself from participating in any matter
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1is the subject or is a complainant. A person is not eligible to
2serve as a commissioner if that person (i) has been convicted
3of a felony or a crime of dishonesty or moral turpitude, (ii)
4is, or was within the preceding 12 months, engaged in
5activities that require registration under the Lobbyist
6Registration Act, (iii) is a relative of the appointing
7authority, (iv) is a State officer or employee other than a
8member of the General Assembly, or (v) is a candidate for
9statewide office, federal office, or judicial office.
10    (c-5) If a commissioner is required to recuse himself or
11herself from participating in a matter as provided in
12subsection (c), the recusal shall create a temporary vacancy
13for the limited purpose of consideration of the matter for
14which the commissioner recused himself or herself, and the
15appointing authority for the recusing commissioner shall make
16a temporary appointment to fill the vacancy for consideration
17of the matter for which the commissioner recused himself or
18herself.
19    (d) The Legislative Ethics Commission shall have
20jurisdiction over current and former members of the General
21Assembly regarding events occurring during a member's term of
22office and current and former State employees regarding events
23occurring during any period of employment where the State
24employee's ultimate jurisdictional authority is (i) a
25legislative leader, (ii) the Senate Operations Commission, or
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1Legislative Ethics Commission shall have jurisdiction over
2complainants and respondents in violation of subsection (d) of
3Section 25-90. The jurisdiction of the Commission is limited
4to matters arising under this Act.
5    An officer or executive branch State employee serving on a
6legislative branch board or commission remains subject to the
7jurisdiction of the Executive Ethics Commission and is not
8subject to the jurisdiction of the Legislative Ethics
9Commission.
10    (e) The Legislative Ethics Commission must meet, either in
11person or by other technological means, monthly or as often as
12necessary. At the first meeting of the Legislative Ethics
13Commission, the commissioners shall choose from their number a
14chairperson and other officers that they deem appropriate. The
15terms of officers shall be for 2 years commencing July 1 and
16running through June 30 of the second following year. Meetings
17shall be held at the call of the chairperson or any 3
18commissioners. Official action by the Commission shall require
19the affirmative vote of 5 commissioners, and a quorum shall
20consist of 5 commissioners. Commissioners shall receive no
21compensation but may be reimbursed for their reasonable
22expenses actually incurred in the performance of their duties.
23    (f) No commissioner, other than a commissioner who is a
24member of the General Assembly, or employee of the Legislative
25Ethics Commission may during his or her term of appointment or
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1        (1) become a candidate for any elective office;
2        (2) hold any other elected or appointed public office
3    except for appointments on governmental advisory boards or
4    study commissions or as otherwise expressly authorized by
5    law;
6        (3) be actively involved in the affairs of any
7    political party or political organization; or
8        (4) advocate for the appointment of another person to
9    an appointed or elected office or position or actively
10    participate in any campaign for any elective office.
11    (f-5) No commissioner who is a member of the General
12Assembly may be a candidate for statewide office, federal
13office, or judicial office. If a commissioner who is a member
14of the General Assembly files petitions to be a candidate for a
15statewide office, federal office, or judicial office, he or
16she shall be deemed to have resigned from his or her position
17as a commissioner on the date his or her name is certified for
18the ballot by the State Board of Elections or local election
19authority and his or her position as a commissioner shall be
20deemed vacant. Such person may not be reappointed to the
21Commission during any time he or she is a candidate for
22statewide office, federal office, or judicial office.
23    (g) An appointing authority may remove a commissioner only
24for cause.
25    (h) The Legislative Ethics Commission shall appoint an
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14 legislative leaders. The compensation of the Executive
2Director shall be as determined by the Commission. The
3Executive Director of the Legislative Ethics Commission may
4employ, subject to the approval of at least 3 of the 4
5legislative leaders, and determine the compensation of staff,
6as appropriations permit.
7    (i) In consultation with the Legislative Inspector
8General, the Legislative Ethics Commission may develop
9comprehensive training for members and employees under its
10jurisdiction that includes, but is not limited to, sexual
11harassment, employment discrimination, and workplace civility.
12The training may be recommended to the ultimate jurisdictional
13authorities and may be approved by the Commission to satisfy
14the sexual harassment training required under Section 5-10.5
15or be provided in addition to the annual sexual harassment
16training required under Section 5-10.5. The Commission may
17seek input from governmental agencies or private entities for
18guidance in developing such training.
19(Source: P.A. 100-588, eff. 6-8-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19;
20101-221, eff. 8-9-19; 101-617, eff. 12-20-19.)
 
21    (5 ILCS 430/25-10)
22    Sec. 25-10. Office of Legislative Inspector General.
23    (a) The independent Office of the Legislative Inspector
24General is created. The Office shall be under the direction
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1be a fully independent office with its own appropriation.
2    (b) The Legislative Inspector General shall be appointed
3without regard to political affiliation and solely on the
4basis of integrity and demonstrated ability. The Legislative
5Ethics Commission shall diligently search out qualified
6candidates for Legislative Inspector General and shall make
7recommendations to the General Assembly. The Legislative
8Inspector General may serve in a full-time, part-time, or
9contractual capacity.
10    The Legislative Inspector General shall be appointed by a
11joint resolution of the Senate and the House of
12Representatives, which may specify the date on which the
13appointment takes effect. A joint resolution, or other
14document as may be specified by the Joint Rules of the General
15Assembly, appointing the Legislative Inspector General must be
16certified by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and
17the President of the Senate as having been adopted by the
18affirmative vote of three-fifths of the members elected to
19each house, respectively, and be filed with the Secretary of
20State. The appointment of the Legislative Inspector General
21takes effect on the day the appointment is completed by the
22General Assembly, unless the appointment specifies a later
23date on which it is to become effective.
24    The Legislative Inspector General shall have the following
25qualifications:
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1    laws of this State, another state, or the United States;
2        (2) has earned a baccalaureate degree from an
3    institution of higher education; and
4        (3) has 5 or more years of cumulative service (A) with
5    a federal, State, or local law enforcement agency, at
6    least 2 years of which have been in a progressive
7    investigatory capacity; (B) as a federal, State, or local
8    prosecutor; (C) as a senior manager or executive of a
9    federal, State, or local agency; (D) as a member, an
10    officer, or a State or federal judge; or (E) representing
11    any combination of items (A) through (D).
12    The Legislative Inspector General may not be a relative of
13a commissioner.
14    The term of the initial Legislative Inspector General
15shall commence upon qualification and shall run through June
1630, 2008.
17    After the initial term, the Legislative Inspector General
18shall serve for 5-year terms commencing on July 1 of the year
19of appointment and running through June 30 of the fifth
20following year. The Legislative Inspector General may be
21reappointed to one or more subsequent terms. Terms shall run
22regardless of whether the position is filled.
23    (b-5) A vacancy occurring other than at the end of a term
24shall be filled in the same manner as an appointment only for
25the balance of the term of the Legislative Inspector General
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1vacant or receipt of a Legislative Inspector General's
2prospective resignation, the vacancy shall be publicly posted
3on the Commission's website, along with a description of the
4requirements for the position and where applicants may apply.
5    Within 45 days of the vacancy, the Commission shall
6designate an Acting Legislative Inspector General who shall
7serve until the vacancy is filled. The Commission shall file
8the designation in writing with the Secretary of State.
9    Within 60 days prior to the end of the term of the
10Legislative Inspector General or within 30 days of the
11occurrence of a vacancy in the Office of the Legislative
12Inspector General, the Legislative Ethics Commission shall
13establish a four-member search committee within the Commission
14for the purpose of conducting a search for qualified
15candidates to serve as Legislative Inspector General. The
16Speaker of the House of Representatives, Minority Leader of
17the House, Senate President, and Minority Leader of the Senate
18shall each appoint one member to the search committee. A
19member of the search committee shall be either a retired judge
20or former prosecutor and may not be a member or employee of the
21General Assembly or a registered lobbyist. If the Legislative
22Ethics Commission wishes to recommend that the Legislative
23Inspector General be re-appointed, a search committee does not
24need to be appointed.
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1search committee shall recommend up to 3 candidates for
2Legislative Inspector General to the Legislative Ethics
3Commission. The search committee shall be disbanded upon an
4appointment of the Legislative Inspector General. Members of
5the search committee are not entitled to compensation but
6shall be entitled to reimbursement of reasonable expenses
7incurred in connection with the performance of their duties.
8    Within 30 days after June 8, 2018 (the effective date of
9Public Act 100-588) this amendatory Act of the 100th General
10Assembly, the Legislative Ethics Commission shall create a
11search committee in the manner provided for in this subsection
12to recommend up to 3 candidates for Legislative Inspector
13General to the Legislative Ethics Commission by October 31,
142018.
15    If a vacancy exists and the Commission has not appointed
16an Acting Legislative Inspector General, either the staff of
17the Office of the Legislative Inspector General, or if there
18is no staff, the Executive Director, shall advise the
19Commission of all open investigations and any new allegations
20or complaints received in the Office of the Inspector General.
21These reports shall not include the name of any person
22identified in the allegation or complaint, including, but not
23limited to, the subject of and the person filing the
24allegation or complaint. Notification shall be made to the
25Commission on a weekly basis unless the Commission approves of
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1    If the Office of the Inspector General is vacant for 6
2months or more beginning on or after January 1, 2019, and the
3Legislative Ethics Commission has not appointed an Acting
4Legislative Inspector General, all complaints made to the
5Legislative Inspector General or the Legislative Ethics
6Commission shall be directed to the Inspector General for the
7Auditor General, and he or she shall have the authority to act
8as provided in subsection (c) of this Section and Section
925-20 of this Act, and shall be subject to all laws and rules
10governing a Legislative Inspector General or Acting
11Legislative Inspector General. The authority for the Inspector
12General of the Auditor General under this paragraph shall
13terminate upon appointment of a Legislative Inspector General
14or an Acting Legislative Inspector General.
15    (c) The Legislative Inspector General shall have
16jurisdiction over the current and former members of the
17General Assembly regarding events occurring during a member's
18term of office and current and former State employees
19regarding events occurring during any period of employment
20where the State employee's ultimate jurisdictional authority
21is (i) a legislative leader, (ii) the Senate Operations
22Commission, or (iii) the Joint Committee on Legislative
23Support Services.
24    The jurisdiction of each Legislative Inspector General is
25to investigate allegations of violations of this Act,
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1related to the member's or employee's public duties or use of
2State office, employment, or resources, or fraud, waste,
3abuse, mismanagement, misconduct, nonfeasance, misfeasance, or
4malfeasance related to the member's or employee's public
5duties or use of State office, employment, or resources. The
6jurisdiction shall not include violations of the Rules of the
7House of Representatives or the Senate , or violations of this
8Act or violations of other related laws and rules.
9    The Legislative Inspector General shall have jurisdiction
10over complainants in violation of subsection (e) of Section
1125-63 of this Act.
12    (d) The compensation of the Legislative Inspector General
13shall be the greater of an amount (i) determined by the
14Commission or (ii) by joint resolution of the General Assembly
15passed by a majority of members elected in each chamber.
16Subject to Section 25-45 of this Act, the Legislative
17Inspector General has full authority to organize the Office of
18the Legislative Inspector General, including the employment
19and determination of the compensation of staff, such as
20deputies, assistants, and other employees, as appropriations
21permit. Employment of staff is subject to the approval of at
22least 3 of the 4 legislative leaders.
23    (e) No Legislative Inspector General or employee of the
24Office of the Legislative Inspector General may, during his or
25her term of appointment or employment:
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1        (2) hold any other elected or appointed public office
2    except for appointments on governmental advisory boards or
3    study commissions or as otherwise expressly authorized by
4    law;
5        (3) be actively involved in the affairs of any
6    political party or political organization; or
7        (4) actively participate in any campaign for any
8    elective office.
9    A full-time Legislative Inspector General shall not engage
10in the practice of law or any other business, employment, or
11vocation.
12    In this subsection an appointed public office means a
13position authorized by law that is filled by an appointing
14authority as provided by law and does not include employment
15by hiring in the ordinary course of business.
16    (e-1) No Legislative Inspector General or employee of the
17Office of the Legislative Inspector General may, for one year
18after the termination of his or her appointment or employment:
19        (1) become a candidate for any elective office;
20        (2) hold any elected public office; or
21        (3) hold any appointed State, county, or local
22    judicial office.
23    (e-2) The requirements of item (3) of subsection (e-1) may
24be waived by the Legislative Ethics Commission.
25    (f) The Commission may remove the Legislative Inspector
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1Commission must report to the General Assembly the
2justification for the removal.
3(Source: P.A. 100-588, eff. 6-8-18; 101-221, eff. 8-9-19;
4revised 9-12-19.)
 
5    (5 ILCS 430/25-15)
6    Sec. 25-15. Duties of the Legislative Ethics Commission.
7In addition to duties otherwise assigned by law, the
8Legislative Ethics Commission shall have the following duties:
9        (1) To promulgate rules governing the performance of
10    its duties and the exercise of its powers and governing
11    the investigations of the Legislative Inspector General;
12    except that, the Legislative Ethics Commission shall adopt
13    no rule requiring the Legislative Inspector General to
14    seek the Commission's advance approval before commencing
15    any investigation authorized under this Article. Any
16    existing rule, as of the effective date of this amendatory
17    Act of the 102nd General Assembly, requiring the
18    Legislative Inspector General to seek the Commission's
19    advance approval before commencing any investigation is
20    void. The rules shall be available on the Commission's
21    website and any proposed changes to the rules must be made
22    available to the public on the Commission's website no
23    less than 7 days before the adoption of the changes. Any
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1    opposition to proposed rules.
2        (2) To conduct administrative hearings and rule on
3    matters brought before the Commission only upon the
4    receipt of pleadings filed by the Legislative Inspector
5    General and not upon its own prerogative, but may appoint
6    special Legislative Inspectors General as provided in
7    Section 25-21. Any other allegations of misconduct
8    received by the Commission from a person other than the
9    Legislative Inspector General shall be referred to the
10    Office of the Legislative Inspector General.
11        (3) To prepare and publish manuals and guides and,
12    working with the Office of the Attorney General, oversee
13    training of employees under its jurisdiction that explains
14    their duties.
15        (4) To prepare public information materials to
16    facilitate compliance, implementation, and enforcement of
17    this Act.
18        (5) To submit reports as required by this Act.
19        (6) To the extent authorized by this Act, to make
20    rulings, issue recommendations, and impose administrative
21    fines, if appropriate, in connection with the
22    implementation and interpretation of this Act. The powers
23    and duties of the Commission are limited to matters
24    clearly within the purview of this Act.
25        (7) To issue subpoenas with respect to matters pending
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1    Article and in the discretion of the Commission, to compel
2    the attendance of witnesses for purposes of testimony and
3    the production of documents and other items for inspection
4    and copying.
5        (8) To appoint special Legislative Inspectors General
6    as provided in Section 25-21.
7        (9) To conspicuously display on the Commission's
8    website the procedures for reporting a violation of this
9    Act, including how to report violations via email or
10    online.
11        (10) To conspicuously display on the Commission's
12    website any vacancies within the Office of the Legislative
13    Inspector General.
14        (11) To appoint an Acting Legislative Inspector
15    General in the event of a vacancy in the Office of the
16    Legislative Inspector General.
17(Source: P.A. 100-554, eff. 11-16-17; 100-588, eff. 6-8-18.)
 
18    (5 ILCS 430/25-20)
19    Sec. 25-20. Duties of the Legislative Inspector General.
20In addition to duties otherwise assigned by law, the
21Legislative Inspector General shall have the following duties:
22        (1) To receive and investigate, without advance
23    approval of the Legislative Ethics Commission, allegations
24    of violations of this Act and other wrongful acts within
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1    otherwise provided in paragraph (1.5), an investigation
2    may not be initiated more than one year after the alleged
3    wrongful act or the most recent act of a series of alleged
4    wrongful acts based on the same wrongful conduct except if
5    there is reasonable cause to believe that fraudulent
6    concealment has occurred allegations of violations of this
7    Act. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (1.5), an
8    investigation may not be initiated more than one year
9    after the most recent act of the alleged violation or of a
10    series of alleged violations except where there is
11    reasonable cause to believe that fraudulent concealment
12    has occurred. To constitute fraudulent concealment
13    sufficient to toll this limitations period, there must be
14    an affirmative act or representation calculated to prevent
15    discovery of the fact that a violation or other wrongful
16    act has occurred. The Legislative Inspector General shall
17    have the discretion to determine the appropriate means of
18    investigation as permitted by law.
19        (1.5) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
20    contrary, the Legislative Inspector General, whether
21    appointed by the Legislative Ethics Commission or the
22    General Assembly, may initiate an investigation based on
23    information provided to the Office of the Legislative
24    Inspector General or the Legislative Ethics Commission
25    during the period from December 1, 2014 through November
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1    (1.5) must be initiated within one year after the
2    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
3    Assembly.
4        Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
5    the Legislative Inspector General, through the Attorney
6    General, shall have the authority to file a complaint
7    related to any founded violations that occurred during the
8    period December 1, 2014 through November 3, 2017 to the
9    Legislative Ethics Commission, and the Commission shall
10    have jurisdiction to conduct administrative hearings
11    related to any pleadings filed by the Legislative
12    Inspector General, provided the complaint is filed with
13    the Commission no later than 6 months after the summary
14    report is provided to the Attorney General in accordance
15    with subsection (c) of Section 25-50.
16        (2) To request information relating to an
17    investigation from any person when the Legislative
18    Inspector General deems that information necessary in
19    conducting an investigation.
20        (3) To issue subpoenas, with the advance approval of
21    the Commission, to compel the attendance of witnesses for
22    the purposes of testimony and production of documents and
23    other items for inspection and copying and to make service
24    of those subpoenas and subpoenas issued under item (7) of
25    Section 25-15.
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1        (5) To file pleadings in the name of the Legislative
2    Inspector General with the Legislative Ethics Commission,
3    through the Attorney General, as provided in this Article
4    if the Attorney General finds that reasonable cause exists
5    to believe that a violation has occurred.
6        (6) To assist and coordinate the ethics officers for
7    State agencies under the jurisdiction of the Legislative
8    Inspector General and to work with those ethics officers.
9        (7) To participate in or conduct, when appropriate,
10    multi-jurisdictional investigations.
11        (8) To request, as the Legislative Inspector General
12    deems appropriate, from ethics officers of State agencies
13    under his or her jurisdiction, reports or information on
14    (i) the content of a State agency's ethics training
15    program and (ii) the percentage of new officers and
16    employees who have completed ethics training.
17        (9) To establish a policy that ensures the appropriate
18    handling and correct recording of all investigations of
19    allegations and to ensure that the policy is accessible
20    via the Internet in order that those seeking to report
21    those allegations are familiar with the process and that
22    the subjects of those allegations are treated fairly.
23        (10) To post information to the Legislative Inspector
24    General's website explaining to complainants and subjects
25    of an investigation the legal limitations on the
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1    information to them and a general overview of the
2    investigation process.
3(Source: P.A. 100-553, eff. 11-16-17; 100-588, eff. 6-8-18.)
 
4    (5 ILCS 430/25-85)
5    Sec. 25-85. Quarterly reports by the Legislative Inspector
6General. The Legislative Inspector General shall submit
7quarterly reports of claims within his or her jurisdiction
8filed with the Office of the Legislative Inspector General to
9the General Assembly and the Legislative Ethics Commission, on
10dates determined by the Legislative Ethics Commission,
11indicating:
12        (1) the total number of allegations received since the
13    date of the last report and the total number of
14    allegations received since the date of the last report by
15    category of claim;
16        (2) the total number of investigations initiated since
17    the date of the last report and the total number of
18    investigations initiated since the date of the last report
19    by category of claim;
20        (3) the total number of investigations concluded since
21    the date of the last report and the total number of
22    investigations concluded since the date of the last report
23    by category of claim;
24        (4) the total number of investigations pending as of
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1    pending as of the reporting date by category of claim;
2        (5) the total number of summary reports complaints
3    forwarded to the Attorney General pursuant to subsection
4    (c) of Section 25-50 since the date of the last report;
5        (6) the total number of actions filed with the
6    Legislative Ethics Commission since the date of the last
7    report, the total number of actions pending before the
8    Legislative Ethics Commission as of the reporting date,
9    the total number of actions filed with the Legislative
10    Ethics Commission since the date of the last report by
11    category of claim, and the total number of actions pending
12    before the Legislative Ethics Commission as of the
13    reporting date by category of claim;
14        (7) the number of allegations referred to any law
15    enforcement agency since the date of the last report;
16        (8) the total number of allegations referred to
17    another investigatory body since the date of the last
18    report; and
19        (9) the cumulative number of each of the foregoing for
20    the current calendar year.
21    For the purposes of this Section, "category of claim"
22shall include discrimination claims, harassment claims, sexual
23harassment claims, retaliation claims, gift ban claims,
24prohibited political activity claims, revolving door
25prohibition claims, and other, miscellaneous, or
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1    The quarterly report shall be available on the website of
2the Legislative Inspector General.
3(Source: P.A. 100-588, eff. 6-8-18.)
 
4    Section 20. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Sections 1A-14, 9-1.8, and 9-8.5 and by adding Section 9-3.5
6as follows:
 
7    (10 ILCS 5/1A-14)  (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-14)
8    Sec. 1A-14. Political activity by members of the State
9Board of Elections.
10    (a) No member of the State Board of Elections may become a
11candidate for nomination for, or election to, or accept
12appointment to or hold any other remunerative public office or
13public employment or any office in a political party. No
14member of the State Board of Elections shall: (i) contribute,
15either financially or in services or goods or any other way, to
16any political committee; (ii) serve as an officer of any
17political committee; or (iii) be a candidate who is designated
18as the candidate to be supported by a candidate political
19committee.
20    (b) A member of the State Board of Elections who is either
21an officer of a political committee or a candidate who is
22designated as the candidate to be supported by a candidate
23political committee shall within 30 days after confirmation by
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1committee; (ii) have his or her name removed as the candidate
2to be supported by a political committee; (iii) notify the
3Board of the member's intent to convert the political
4committee to a limited activity committee under Section 9-1.8,
5and complete the transition to a limited activity committee
6within 60 days after confirmation; or (iv) dissolve the
7committee. A member of the State Board of Elections who is in
8violation of this subsection (b) on the effective date of this
9amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly must come into
10compliance within 30 days after the effective date of this
11amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
12    (c) Violation of any prohibition in this Section shall
13disqualify a member of the Board and a vacancy is thereby
14created. A vacancy also exists upon the occurrence of any of
15the events enumerated in Section 25-2 of this Act as in the
16case of an elective office.
17    (d) As used in this Section, "political committee"
18includes both the meaning provided in Section 9-1.8 of this
19Code and the meaning provided in 52 U.S.C. 30101.
20(Source: P.A. 80-1178.)
 
21    (10 ILCS 5/9-1.8)   (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8)
22    Sec. 9-1.8. Political committees.
23    (a) "Political committee" includes a candidate political
24committee, a political party committee, a political action
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1expenditure committee.
2    (b) "Candidate political committee" means the candidate
3himself or herself or any natural person, trust, partnership,
4corporation, or other organization or group of persons
5designated by the candidate that accepts contributions or
6makes expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate
7amount exceeding $5,000 on behalf of the candidate.
8    (c) "Political party committee" means the State central
9committee of a political party, a county central committee of
10a political party, a legislative caucus committee, or a
11committee formed by a ward or township committeeperson of a
12political party. For purposes of this Article, a "legislative
13caucus committee" means a committee established for the
14purpose of electing candidates to the General Assembly by the
15person elected President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the
16Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Minority
17Leader of the House of Representatives, or a committee
18established by 5 or more members of the same caucus of the
19Senate or 10 or more members of the same caucus of the House of
20Representatives.
21    (d) "Political action committee" means any natural person,
22trust, partnership, committee, association, corporation, or
23other organization or group of persons, other than a
24candidate, political party, candidate political committee, or
25political party committee, that accepts contributions or makes
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1exceeding $5,000 on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate
2or candidates for public office. "Political action committee"
3includes any natural person, trust, partnership, committee,
4association, corporation, or other organization or group of
5persons, other than a candidate, political party, candidate
6political committee, or political party committee, that makes
7electioneering communications during any 12-month period in an
8aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 related to any candidate or
9candidates for public office.
10    (e) "Ballot initiative committee" means any natural
11person, trust, partnership, committee, association,
12corporation, or other organization or group of persons that
13accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any
1412-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 in
15support of or in opposition to any question of public policy to
16be submitted to the electors. "Ballot initiative committee"
17includes any natural person, trust, partnership, committee,
18association, corporation, or other organization or group of
19persons that makes electioneering communications during any
2012-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000
21related to any question of public policy to be submitted to the
22voters. The $5,000 threshold applies to any contributions or
23expenditures received or made with the purpose of securing a
24place on the ballot for, advocating the defeat or passage of,
25or engaging in electioneering communication regarding the
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1initiation of the question of public policy and regardless of
2whether petitions have been circulated or filed with the
3appropriate office or whether the question has been adopted
4and certified by the governing body.
5    (f) "Independent expenditure committee" means any trust,
6partnership, committee, association, corporation, or other
7organization or group of persons formed for the exclusive
8purpose of making independent expenditures during any 12-month
9period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 in support of
10or in opposition to (i) the nomination for election, election,
11retention, or defeat of any public official or candidate or
12(ii) any question of public policy to be submitted to the
13electors. "Independent expenditure committee" also includes
14any trust, partnership, committee, association, corporation,
15or other organization or group of persons that makes
16electioneering communications that are not made in connection,
17consultation, or concert with or at the request or suggestion
18of a public official or candidate, a public official's or
19candidate's designated political committee or campaign, or an
20agent or agents of the public official, candidate, or
21political committee or campaign during any 12-month period in
22an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 related to (i) the
23nomination for election, election, retention, or defeat of any
24public official or candidate or (ii) any question of public
25policy to be submitted to the voters.
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1committee for which a person who is nominated to a position
2that is subject to confirmation by the Senate, including a
3member of the State Board of Elections, is either an officer or
4a candidate the committee has designated to support.
5(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/9-3.5 new)
7    Sec. 9-3.5. Candidate political committee restrictions.
8    (a) A person who is nominated to an affected office shall
9not: (i) serve as an officer of a candidate political
10committee that is designated to support or oppose that person
11as a candidate; or (ii) be a candidate who is designated as the
12candidate to be supported by a candidate political committee.
13    (b) Within 30 days after appointment, the person shall:
14(i) dissolve the candidate political committee; (ii) resign as
15an officer of the candidate political committee; (iii) have
16his or her name removed as the candidate to be supported by the
17candidate political committee; or (iv) notify the Board of the
18person's intent to convert the candidate political committee
19to a limited activity candidate political committee.
20    (c) As used in this Section, "affected office" has the
21meaning provided in subsection (c) of Section 3A-50 of the
22Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
 
23    (10 ILCS 5/9-8.5)
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1    (a) It is unlawful for a political committee to accept
2contributions except as provided in this Section.
3    (b) During an election cycle, a candidate political
4committee may not accept contributions with an aggregate value
5over the following: (i) $5,000 from any individual, (ii)
6$10,000 from any corporation, labor organization, or
7association, or (iii) $50,000 from a candidate political
8committee or political action committee. A candidate political
9committee may accept contributions in any amount from a
10political party committee except during an election cycle in
11which the candidate seeks nomination at a primary election.
12During an election cycle in which the candidate seeks
13nomination at a primary election, a candidate political
14committee may not accept contributions from political party
15committees with an aggregate value over the following: (i)
16$200,000 for a candidate political committee established to
17support a candidate seeking nomination to statewide office,
18(ii) $125,000 for a candidate political committee established
19to support a candidate seeking nomination to the Senate, the
20Supreme Court or Appellate Court in the First Judicial
21District, or an office elected by all voters in a county with
221,000,000 or more residents, (iii) $75,000 for a candidate
23political committee established to support a candidate seeking
24nomination to the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court
25or Appellate Court for a Judicial District other than the
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1county of fewer than 1,000,000 residents, and municipal and
2county offices in Cook County other than those elected by all
3voters of Cook County, and (iv) $50,000 for a candidate
4political committee established to support the nomination of a
5candidate to any other office. A candidate political committee
6established to elect a candidate to the General Assembly may
7accept contributions from only one legislative caucus
8committee. A candidate political committee may not accept
9contributions from a ballot initiative committee or from an
10independent expenditure committee.
11    (c) During an election cycle, a political party committee
12may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the
13following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from
14any corporation, labor organization, or association, or (iii)
15$50,000 from a political action committee. A political party
16committee may accept contributions in any amount from another
17political party committee or a candidate political committee,
18except as provided in subsection (c-5). Nothing in this
19Section shall limit the amounts that may be transferred
20between a political party committee established under
21subsection (a) of Section 7-8 of this Code and an affiliated
22federal political committee established under the Federal
23Election Code by the same political party. A political party
24committee may not accept contributions from a ballot
25initiative committee or from an independent expenditure
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1legislative caucus may not accept contributions from another
2political party committee established by a legislative caucus.
3    (c-5) During the period beginning on the date candidates
4may begin circulating petitions for a primary election and
5ending on the day of the primary election, a political party
6committee may not accept contributions with an aggregate value
7over $50,000 from a candidate political committee or political
8party committee. A political party committee may accept
9contributions in any amount from a candidate political
10committee or political party committee if the political party
11committee receiving the contribution filed a statement of
12nonparticipation in the primary as provided in subsection
13(c-10). The Task Force on Campaign Finance Reform shall study
14and make recommendations on the provisions of this subsection
15to the Governor and General Assembly by September 30, 2012.
16This subsection becomes inoperative on July 1, 2013 and
17thereafter no longer applies.
18    (c-10) A political party committee that does not intend to
19make contributions to candidates to be nominated at a general
20primary election or consolidated primary election may file a
21Statement of Nonparticipation in a Primary Election with the
22Board. The Statement of Nonparticipation shall include a
23verification signed by the chairperson and treasurer of the
24committee that (i) the committee will not make contributions
25or coordinated expenditures in support of or opposition to a
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1election or consolidated primary election (select one) to be
2held on (insert date), (ii) the political party committee may
3accept unlimited contributions from candidate political
4committees and political party committees, provided that the
5political party committee does not make contributions to a
6candidate or candidates to be nominated at the primary
7election, and (iii) failure to abide by these requirements
8shall deem the political party committee in violation of this
9Article and subject the committee to a fine of no more than
10150% of the total contributions or coordinated expenditures
11made by the committee in violation of this Article. This
12subsection becomes inoperative on July 1, 2013 and thereafter
13no longer applies.
14    (d) During an election cycle, a political action committee
15may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the
16following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from
17any corporation, labor organization, political party
18committee, or association, or (iii) $50,000 from a political
19action committee or candidate political committee. A political
20action committee may not accept contributions from a ballot
21initiative committee or from an independent expenditure
22committee.
23    (e) A ballot initiative committee may accept contributions
24in any amount from any source, provided that the committee
25files the document required by Section 9-3 of this Article and
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1this Article.
2    (e-5) An independent expenditure committee may accept
3contributions in any amount from any source, provided that the
4committee files the document required by Section 9-3 of this
5Article and files the disclosure reports required by the
6provisions of this Article.
7    (e-10) A limited activity committee shall not accept
8contributions, except that the officer or a candidate the
9committee has designated to support may contribute personal
10funds in order to pay for maintenance expenses. A limited
11activity committee may only make expenditures that are: (i)
12necessary for maintenance of the committee; (ii) for rent or
13lease payments until the end of the lease in effect at the time
14the officer or candidate is confirmed by the Senate; (iii)
15contributions to 501(c)(3) charities; or (iv) returning
16contributions to original contributors.
17    (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a political
18committee from dividing the proceeds of joint fundraising
19efforts; provided that no political committee may receive more
20than the limit from any one contributor, and provided that an
21independent expenditure committee may not conduct joint
22fundraising efforts with a candidate political committee or a
23political party committee.
24    (g) On January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the State
25Board of Elections shall adjust the amounts of the
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1inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index for All
2Urban Consumers as issued by the United States Department of
3Labor and rounded to the nearest $100. The State Board shall
4publish this information on its official website.
5    (h) Self-funding candidates. If a public official, a
6candidate, or the public official's or candidate's immediate
7family contributes or loans to the public official's or
8candidate's political committee or to other political
9committees that transfer funds to the public official's or
10candidate's political committee or makes independent
11expenditures for the benefit of the public official's or
12candidate's campaign during the 12 months prior to an election
13in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for statewide
14office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective offices, then
15the public official or candidate shall file with the State
16Board of Elections, within one day, a Notification of
17Self-funding that shall detail each contribution or loan made
18by the public official, the candidate, or the public
19official's or candidate's immediate family. Within 2 business
20days after the filing of a Notification of Self-funding, the
21notification shall be posted on the Board's website and the
22Board shall give official notice of the filing to each
23candidate for the same office as the public official or
24candidate making the filing, including the public official or
25candidate filing the Notification of Self-funding. Notice
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1treasurer of the candidate's committee. Notice shall also be
2sent by e-mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the
3candidate's committee if the candidate and the treasurer, as
4applicable, have provided the Board with an e-mail address.
5Upon posting of the notice on the Board's website, all
6candidates for that office, including the public official or
7candidate who filed a Notification of Self-funding, shall be
8permitted to accept contributions in excess of any
9contribution limits imposed by subsection (b). If a public
10official or candidate filed a Notification of Self-funding
11during an election cycle that includes a general primary
12election or consolidated primary election and that public
13official or candidate is nominated, all candidates for that
14office, including the nominee who filed the notification of
15self-funding, shall be permitted to accept contributions in
16excess of any contribution limit imposed by subsection (b) for
17the subsequent election cycle. For the purposes of this
18subsection, "immediate family" means the spouse, parent, or
19child of a public official or candidate.
20    (h-5) If a natural person or independent expenditure
21committee makes independent expenditures in support of or in
22opposition to the campaign of a particular public official or
23candidate in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for
24statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective
25offices in an election cycle, as reported in a written
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1subsection (e-5) of Section 9-10, then the State Board of
2Elections shall, within 2 business days after the filing of
3the disclosure, post the disclosure on the Board's website and
4give official notice of the disclosure to each candidate for
5the same office as the public official or candidate for whose
6benefit or detriment the natural person or independent
7expenditure committee made independent expenditures. Upon
8posting of the notice on the Board's website, all candidates
9for that office in that election, including the public
10official or candidate for whose benefit or detriment the
11natural person or independent expenditure committee made
12independent expenditures, shall be permitted to accept
13contributions in excess of any contribution limits imposed by
14subsection (b).
15    (h-10) If the State Board of Elections receives
16notification or determines that a natural person or persons,
17an independent expenditure committee or committees, or
18combination thereof has made independent expenditures in
19support of or in opposition to the campaign of a particular
20public official or candidate in an aggregate amount of more
21than (i) $250,000 for statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for
22all other elective offices in an election cycle, then the
23Board shall, within 2 business days after discovering the
24independent expenditures that, in the aggregate, exceed the
25threshold set forth in (i) and (ii) of this subsection, post
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1notice to each candidate for the same office as the public
2official or candidate for whose benefit or detriment the
3independent expenditures were made. Notice shall be sent via
4first class mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the
5candidate's committee. Notice shall also be sent by e-mail to
6the candidate and the treasurer of the candidate's committee
7if the candidate and the treasurer, as applicable, have
8provided the Board with an e-mail address. Upon posting of the
9notice on the Board's website, all candidates of that office
10in that election, including the public official or candidate
11for whose benefit or detriment the independent expenditures
12were made, may accept contributions in excess of any
13contribution limits imposed by subsection (b).
14    (i) For the purposes of this Section, a corporation, labor
15organization, association, or a political action committee
16established by a corporation, labor organization, or
17association may act as a conduit in facilitating the delivery
18to a political action committee of contributions made through
19dues, levies, or similar assessments and the political action
20committee may report the contributions in the aggregate,
21provided that: (i) contributions made through dues, levies, or
22similar assessments paid by any natural person, corporation,
23labor organization, or association in a calendar year may not
24exceed the limits set forth in this Section; (ii) the
25corporation, labor organization, association, or a political
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1organization, or association facilitating the delivery of
2contributions maintains a list of natural persons,
3corporations, labor organizations, and associations that paid
4the dues, levies, or similar assessments from which the
5contributions comprising the aggregate amount derive; and
6(iii) contributions made through dues, levies, or similar
7assessments paid by any natural person, corporation, labor
8organization, or association that exceed $500 in a quarterly
9reporting period shall be itemized on the committee's
10quarterly report and may not be reported in the aggregate. A
11political action committee facilitating the delivery of
12contributions or receiving contributions shall disclose the
13amount of contributions made through dues delivered or
14received and the name of the corporation, labor organization,
15association, or political action committee delivering the
16contributions, if applicable. On January 1 of each
17odd-numbered year, the State Board of Elections shall adjust
18the amounts of the contribution limitations established in
19this subsection for inflation as determined by the Consumer
20Price Index for All Urban Consumers as issued by the United
21States Department of Labor and rounded to the nearest $100.
22The State Board shall publish this information on its official
23website.
24    (j) A political committee that receives a contribution or
25transfer in violation of this Section shall dispose of the
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1transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or transfer,
2to the contributor or transferor or donating the contribution
3or transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or
4transfer, to a charity. A contribution or transfer received in
5violation of this Section that is not disposed of as provided
6in this subsection within 30 days after the Board sends
7notification to the political committee of the excess
8contribution by certified mail shall escheat to the General
9Revenue Fund and the political committee shall be deemed in
10violation of this Section and subject to a civil penalty not to
11exceed 150% of the total amount of the contribution.
12    (k) For the purposes of this Section, "statewide office"
13means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General,
14Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer.
15    (l) This Section is repealed if and when the United States
16Supreme Court invalidates contribution limits on committees
17formed to assist candidates, political parties, corporations,
18associations, or labor organizations established by or
19pursuant to federal law.
20(Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
 
21    Section 25. The General Assembly Compensation Act is
22amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
23    (25 ILCS 115/1)  (from Ch. 63, par. 14)
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1an annual salary of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation
2Review Board, whichever is greater. The following named
3officers, committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen
4shall receive additional amounts per year for their services
5as such officers, committee chairmen and committee minority
6spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation Review
7Board or, as follows, whichever is greater: Beginning the
8second Wednesday in January 1989, the Speaker and the minority
9leader of the House of Representatives and the President and
10the minority leader of the Senate, $16,000 each; the majority
11leader in the House of Representatives $13,500; 5 assistant
12majority leaders and 5 assistant minority leaders in the
13Senate, $12,000 each; 6 assistant majority leaders and 6
14assistant minority leaders in the House of Representatives,
15$10,500 each; 2 Deputy Majority leaders in the House of
16Representatives $11,500 each; and 2 Deputy Minority leaders in
17the House of Representatives, $11,500 each; the majority
18caucus chairman and minority caucus chairman in the Senate,
19$12,000 each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January,
201989, the majority conference chairman and the minority
21conference chairman in the House of Representatives, $10,500
22each; beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the
23chairman and minority spokesman of each standing committee of
24the Senate, except the Rules Committee, the Committee on
25Committees, and the Committee on Assignment of Bills, $6,000
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1chairman and minority spokesman of each standing and select
2committee of the House of Representatives, $6,000 each; and
3beginning fiscal year 2020, the majority leader in the Senate,
4an amount equal to the majority leader in the House. A member
5who serves in more than one position as an officer, committee
6chairman, or committee minority spokesman shall receive only
7one additional amount based on the position paying the highest
8additional amount. Prior to the 103rd General Assembly, the
9The compensation provided for in this Section to be paid per
10year to members of the General Assembly, including the
11additional sums payable per year to officers of the General
12Assembly shall be paid in 12 equal monthly installments. The
13first such installment is payable on January 31, 1977. All
14subsequent equal monthly installments are payable on the last
15working day of the month. Prior to the 103rd General Assembly,
16a A member who has held office any part of a month is entitled
17to compensation for an entire month.
18    Beginning with the 103rd General Assembly, the
19compensation provided for in this Section to be paid per year
20to members of the General Assembly, including additional sums
21payable per year to officers of the General Assembly, shall be
22paid bi-monthly. Members who resign before completing the
23entire term in office shall be compensated on a prorated
24basis. Members completing the term of a vacancy shall be
25compensated on a prorated basis.
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1before January 9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in
2effect under regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
35707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number of actual
4highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the
5most feasible route to be present upon convening of the
6sessions of the General Assembly by such member in each and
7every trip during each session in going to and returning from
8the seat of government, to be computed by the Comptroller. A
9member traveling by public transportation for such purposes,
10however, shall be paid his actual cost of that transportation
11instead of on the mileage rate if his cost of public
12transportation exceeds the amount to which he would be
13entitled on a mileage basis. No member may be paid, whether on
14a mileage basis or for actual costs of public transportation,
15for more than one such trip for each week the General Assembly
16is actually in session. Each member shall also receive an
17allowance of $36 per day for lodging and meals while in
18attendance at sessions of the General Assembly before January
199, 1985; beginning January 9, 1985, such food and lodging
20allowance shall be equal to the amount per day permitted to be
21deducted for such expenses under the Internal Revenue Code;
22however, beginning May 31, 1995, no allowance for food and
23lodging while in attendance at sessions is authorized for
24periods of time after the last day in May of each calendar
25year, except (i) if the General Assembly is convened in
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1officers of both houses, as provided by subsection (b) of
2Section 5 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution or (ii) if
3the General Assembly is convened to consider bills vetoed,
4item vetoed, reduced, or returned with specific
5recommendations for change by the Governor as provided in
6Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution. For
7fiscal year 2011 and for session days in fiscal years 2012,
82013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 only (i) the
9allowance for lodging and meals is $111 per day and (ii)
10mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a rate of
11$0.39 per mile.
12    Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
13contrary, beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement
14for General Assembly members on non-session days shall be
15calculated using the guidelines set forth by the Legislative
16Travel Control Board, except that fiscal year 2012, 2013,
172014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 mileage reimbursement
18is set at a rate of $0.39 per mile.
19    If a member dies having received only a portion of the
20amount payable as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be
21paid to the surviving spouse of such member, or, if there be
22none, to the estate of such member.
23(Source: P.A. 100-25, eff. 7-26-17; 100-587, eff. 6-4-18;
24101-10, eff. 6-5-19; revised 7-17-19.)
 
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1changing Sections 2, 3, 4.5, 4.7, 5, 6, 8, and 11.2 as follows:
 
2    (25 ILCS 170/2)  (from Ch. 63, par. 172)
3    Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
4context otherwise requires:
5    (a) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership,
6committee, association, corporation, or any other organization
7or group of persons.
8    (b) "Expenditure" means a payment, distribution, loan,
9advance, deposit, or gift of money or anything of value, and
10includes a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not
11legally enforceable, to make an expenditure, for the ultimate
12purpose of influencing executive, legislative, or
13administrative action, other than compensation as defined in
14subsection (d).
15    (c) "Official" means:
16        (1) the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of
17    State, Attorney General, State Treasurer, and State
18    Comptroller;
19        (2) Chiefs of Staff for officials described in item
20    (1), the Deputy Governor, the Deputy Secretary of State,
21    the Deputy Attorney General, the Deputy Treasurer, and the
22    Deputy Comptroller;
23        (3) Cabinet members of any elected constitutional
24    officer, including Directors, Assistant Directors and
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1        (4) Members of the General Assembly; and
2        (5) Members of any board, commission, authority, or
3    task force of the State authorized or created by State law
4    or by executive order of the Governor; .
5        (6) Mayors, presidents, aldermen, commissioners, and
6    trustees of a city, village, or town;
7        (7) County board members and countywide elected
8    officials;
9        (8) Township board members and township elected
10    officials; and
11        (9) Members of any board, commission, authority, or
12    task force created by a local ordinance or order of a mayor
13    or village or town president.
14    (d) "Compensation" means any money, thing of value or
15financial benefits received or to be received in return for
16services rendered or to be rendered, for lobbying or as a
17consultant as defined in subsection (e).
18    Monies paid to members of the General Assembly by the
19State as remuneration for performance of their Constitutional
20and statutory duties as members of the General Assembly shall
21not constitute compensation as defined by this Act.
22    (e) "Lobby" and "lobbying" means to communicate, including
23the soliciting of others to communicate, any communication
24with an official of the executive or legislative branch of
25State government as defined in subsection (c) for the ultimate
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1administrative action at the State, municipal, county, or
2township government level. Soliciting of others to communicate
3shall not include (i) the making of a grant by an organization
4recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the
5Internal Revenue Code made in accordance with Section 4945 and
6the regulations thereunder or (ii) a communication by an
7organization recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3)
8or 501(c)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code to the public or a
9segment thereof or to its members to communicate with
10legislators, executives, or administrators with respect to a
11proposed action by the legislature, executive, or
12administrator.
13    (f) "Influencing" means any communication, action,
14reportable expenditure as prescribed in Section 6 or other
15means used to promote, support, affect, modify, oppose or
16delay any executive, legislative or administrative action or
17to promote goodwill with officials as defined in subsection
18(c).
19    (g) "Executive action" means the proposal, drafting,
20development, consideration, amendment, adoption, approval,
21promulgation, issuance, modification, rejection or
22postponement by a State, municipal, county, or township
23government entity of a rule, regulation, order, decision,
24determination, contractual arrangement, purchasing agreement
25or other quasi-legislative or quasi-judicial action or
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1    (h) "Legislative action" means the development, drafting,
2introduction, consideration, modification, adoption,
3rejection, review, enactment, or passage or defeat of any
4bill, amendment, resolution, ordinance, report, nomination,
5administrative rule or other matter by either house of the
6General Assembly or a committee thereof, or by a legislator,
7by the legislative body of a municipality, county, or
8township, or by an alderman, trustee, or township board
9member. Legislative action also means the action of the
10Governor, mayor, or village or township board president, or
11county executive in approving or vetoing any bill, ordinance,
12or resolution or portion thereof, and the action of such
13officials the Governor or any agency under their jurisdiction
14in the development of a legislative proposal for introduction
15in the legislature.
16    (i) "Administrative action" means the execution or
17rejection of any rule, regulation, legislative rule, standard,
18fee, rate, contractual arrangement, purchasing agreement or
19other delegated legislative or quasi-legislative action to be
20taken or withheld by any executive agency, department, board
21or commission of the State, municipal, county, or township.
22    (j) "Lobbyist" means any natural person who undertakes to
23lobby State, municipal, county, or township government as
24provided in subsection (e).
25    (k) "Lobbying entity" means any entity that hires,
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1State, municipal, county, or township government as provided
2in subsection (e).
3    (l) "Authorized agent" means the person designated by an
4entity or lobbyist registered under this Act as the person
5responsible for submission and retention of reports required
6under this Act.
7    (m) "Client" means any person or entity that provides
8compensation to a lobbyist to lobby State, municipal, county,
9or township government as provided in subsection (e) of this
10Section.
11    (n) "Client registrant" means a client who is required to
12register under this Act.
13    (o) "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to
14it in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution and
15also includes school districts and community college
16districts.
17    (p) "Consultant" means any natural person or entity who,
18for compensation, provides advisory services, including but
19not limited to, rendering opinions on or developing strategies
20for lobbying or influencing, to a lobbyist or lobbying entity
21for the ultimate purpose of influencing any executive,
22legislative, or administrative action. "Consultant" does not
23include (i) an employee of the lobbyist or lobbying entity or
24(ii) an attorney or law firm providing legal services,
25including drafting legislation or advising and rendering
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1proposed or pending legislation or any executive, legislative,
2or administrative action.
3(Source: P.A. 101-595, eff. 12-5-19.)
 
4    (25 ILCS 170/3)  (from Ch. 63, par. 173)
5    Sec. 3. Persons required to register.
6    (a) Except as provided in Section 9, any natural person
7who, for compensation or otherwise, undertakes to lobby, or
8any person or entity who employs or compensates another person
9for the purposes of lobbying, shall register with the
10Secretary of State as provided in this Act, unless that person
11or entity qualifies for one or more of the following
12exemptions.
13        (1) Persons or entities who, for the purpose of
14    influencing any executive, legislative, or administrative
15    action and who do not make expenditures that are
16    reportable pursuant to Section 6, appear without
17    compensation or promise thereof only as witnesses before a
18    legislative committee committees of the House and Senate
19    for the purpose of explaining or arguing for or against
20    the passage of or action upon any legislation, ordinance,
21    or regulation then pending before the committee those
22    committees, or who seek without compensation or promise
23    thereof the approval or veto of any legislation or
24    ordinance by the Governor.
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1    agencies, departments, commissions, boards, or task forces
2    thereof or a school district.
3        (1.5) An elected or appointed official or an employee
4    of a unit of local government or school district who, in
5    the scope of his or her public office or employment, seeks
6    to influence executive, legislative, or administrative
7    action exclusively on behalf of that unit of local
8    government or school district.
9        (2) Persons or entities who own, publish, or are
10    employed by a newspaper or other regularly published
11    periodical, or who own or are employed by a radio station,
12    television station, or other bona fide news medium that in
13    the ordinary course of business disseminates news,
14    editorial or other comment, or paid advertisements that
15    directly urge the passage or defeat of legislation. This
16    exemption is not applicable to such an individual insofar
17    as he or she receives additional compensation or expenses
18    from some source other than the bona fide news medium for
19    the purpose of influencing executive, legislative, or
20    administrative action. This exemption does not apply to
21    newspapers and periodicals owned by or published by trade
22    associations and not-for-profit corporations engaged
23    primarily in endeavors other than dissemination of news.
24        (3) Persons or entities performing professional
25    services in drafting bills or in advising and rendering
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1    proposed or pending legislation when those professional
2    services are not otherwise, directly or indirectly,
3    connected with executive, legislative, or administrative
4    action.
5        (4) Persons or entities who are employees of
6    departments, divisions, or agencies of State or local
7    government and who appear before committees of the House
8    and Senate for the purpose of explaining how the
9    executive, legislative, or administrative action passage
10    of or action upon any legislation then pending before
11    those committees will affect those departments, divisions,
12    or agencies of State or local government.
13        (5) Employees of the General Assembly, legislators,
14    legislative agencies, and legislative commissions who, in
15    the course of their official duties only, engage in
16    activities that otherwise qualify as lobbying. Legislators
17    whose activities are limited to occasional communications
18    with an official of a unit of local government on behalf of
19    their employer in the ordinary course of their non-public
20    employment where (1) the primary duties of the employment
21    are not to influence executive, legislative, or
22    administrative action and (2) the legislator does not make
23    any expenditures that are reportable pursuant to Section
24    6.
25        (6) Persons or entities in possession of technical
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1    executive, legislative, or administrative actions, whose
2    skills and knowledge would be helpful to officials when
3    considering those actions, whose activities are limited to
4    making occasional appearances for or communicating on
5    behalf of a registrant, and who do not make expenditures
6    that are reportable pursuant to Section 6 even though
7    receiving expense reimbursement for those occasional
8    appearances.
9        (7) Any full-time employee of a bona fide church or
10    religious organization who represents that organization
11    solely for the purpose of protecting the right of the
12    members thereof to practice the religious doctrines of
13    that church or religious organization, or any such bona
14    fide church or religious organization.
15        (8) Persons or entities that receive no compensation
16    other than reimbursement for expenses of up to $500 per
17    year while engaged in lobbying State government, unless
18    those persons make expenditures that are reportable under
19    Section 6.
20        (9) Any attorney or group or firm of attorneys (1) in
21    connection with the practice of law or (2) in the course of
22    representing a client in relation to any administrative,
23    or judicial, quasi-judicial proceeding, or any witness
24    providing testimony in any administrative, or judicial, or
25    quasi-judicial proceeding, in which ex parte
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1    expenditures that are reportable pursuant to Section 6.
2        (9.5) Any attorney or group or firm of attorneys in
3    the course of representing a client in an administrative
4    or executive action involving a contractual or purchasing
5    arrangement and who does not make expenditures that are
6    reportable pursuant to Section 6.
7        (10) Persons or entities who, in the scope of their
8    employment as a vendor, offer or solicit an official for
9    the purchase of any goods or services when (1) the
10    solicitation is limited to either an oral inquiry or
11    written advertisements and informative literature; or (2)
12    the goods and services are subject to competitive bidding
13    requirements of the Illinois Procurement Code; or (3) the
14    goods and services are for sale at a cost not to exceed
15    $5,000; and (4) the persons or entities do not make
16    expenditures that are reportable under Section 6.
17    (a-5) If, in the course of providing services as a
18consultant, the consultant communicates with an official on
19behalf of the lobbyist or lobbying entity for the ultimate
20purpose of influencing any executive, legislative, or
21administrative action, or makes an expenditure on behalf of or
22benefiting an official, the consultant shall register as a
23lobbyist within 2 business days of engaging in the
24communication with the official or making the expenditure
25benefiting the official.
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1to employ any person for the purpose of lobbying who is not
2registered with the Office of the Secretary of State, except
3upon condition that the person register and the person does in
4fact register within 2 business days after being employed or
5retained for lobbying services.
6    (c) The Secretary shall promulgate a rule establishing a
7list of the entities required to register under this Act,
8including the name of each board, commission, authority, or
9task force. The Secretary may require a person or entity
10claiming an exemption under this Section to certify the person
11or entity is not required to register under this Act. Nothing
12prohibits the Secretary from rejecting a certification and
13requiring a person or entity to register.
14(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1358, eff. 7-28-10.)
 
15    (25 ILCS 170/4.5)
16    Sec. 4.5. Ethics training. Each natural person required to
17register as a lobbyist under this Act must complete a program
18of ethics training provided by the Secretary of State. A
19natural person registered under this Act must complete the
20training program before no later than 30 days after
21registration or renewal is deemed complete under this Act. If
22the Secretary of State uses the ethics training developed in
23accordance with Section 5-10 of the State Officials and
24Employees Ethics Act, that training must be expanded to
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1responsibilities, and opportunities imposed by or arising
2under this Act, including reporting requirements.
3    The Secretary of State shall adopt rules for the
4implementation of this Section.
5(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1358, eff. 7-28-10.)
 
6    (25 ILCS 170/4.7)
7    Sec. 4.7. Prohibition on sexual harassment.
8    (a) All persons have the right to work in an environment
9free from sexual harassment. All persons subject to this Act
10shall refrain from sexual harassment of any person.
11    (b) (Blank). Until January 1, 2020, each natural person
12required to register as a lobbyist under this Act must
13complete, at least annually, a sexual harassment training
14program provided by the Secretary of State. A natural person
15registered under this Act must complete the training program
16no later than 30 days after registration or renewal under this
17Act. This requirement does not apply to a lobbying entity or a
18client that hires a lobbyist that (i) does not have employees
19of the lobbying entity or client registered as lobbyists, or
20(ii) does not have an actual presence in Illinois.
21    (b-5) Each Beginning January 1, 2020, each natural person
22required to register as a lobbyist under this Act must
23complete, at least annually, a harassment and discrimination
24prevention training program provided by the Secretary of
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1complete the training program before no later than 30 days
2after registration or renewal is deemed complete under this
3Act. This requirement does not apply to a lobbying entity or a
4client that hires a lobbyist that (i) does not have employees
5of the lobbying entity or client registered as lobbyists, or
6(ii) does not have an actual presence in Illinois. For the
7purposes of this subsection, "unlawful discrimination" and
8"harassment" mean unlawful discrimination and harassment
9prohibited under Section 2-102 of the Illinois Human Rights
10Act.
11    (c) Before registration or renewal is deemed complete
12under this Act No later than January 1, 2018, each natural
13person and any entity required to register under this Act
14shall have a written sexual harassment policy that shall
15include, at a minimum: (i) a prohibition on sexual harassment;
16(ii) details on how an individual can report an allegation of
17sexual harassment, including options for making a confidential
18report to a supervisor, ethics officer, Inspector General, or
19the Department of Human Rights; (iii) a prohibition on
20retaliation for reporting sexual harassment allegations,
21including availability of whistleblower protections under the
22State Officials and Employee Ethics Act, the Whistleblower
23Act, and the Illinois Human Rights Act; and (iv) the
24consequences of a violation of the prohibition on sexual
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1    (d) For purposes of this Act, "sexual harassment" means
2any unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual favors or
3any conduct of a sexual nature when: (i) submission to such
4conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or
5condition of an individual's employment; (ii) submission to or
6rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis
7for employment decisions affecting such individual; or (iii)
8such conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially
9interfering with an individual's work performance or creating
10an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
11For the purposes of this definition, the phrase "working
12environment" is not limited to a physical location an employee
13is assigned to perform his or her duties and does not require
14an employment relationship.
15    (e) The Secretary of State shall adopt rules for the
16implementation of this Section. In order to provide for the
17expeditious and timely implementation of this Section, the
18Secretary of State shall adopt emergency rules under
19subsection (z) of Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative
20Procedure Act for the implementation of this Section no later
21than 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
22the 100th General Assembly.
23(Source: P.A. 100-554, eff. 11-16-17; 101-221, eff. 8-9-19.)
 
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1natural person and every entity required to register under
2this Act shall before any service is performed which requires
3the natural person or entity to register, but in any event not
4later than 2 business days after being employed or retained,
5file in the Office of the Secretary of State a statement in a
6format prescribed by the Secretary of State containing the
7following information with respect to each person or entity
8employing, retaining, or benefitting from the services of the
9natural person or entity required to register:
10        (a) The registrant's name, permanent address, e-mail
11    address, if any, fax number, if any, business telephone
12    number, and temporary address, if the registrant has a
13    temporary address while lobbying.
14        (a-5) If the registrant is an entity, the information
15    required under subsection (a) for each natural person
16    associated with the registrant who will be lobbying,
17    regardless of whether lobbying is a significant part of
18    his or her duties.
19        (b) The name and address of the client or clients
20    employing or retaining the registrant to perform such
21    services or on whose behalf the registrant appears. If the
22    client employing or retaining the registrant is a client
23    registrant, the statement shall also include the name and
24    address of the client or clients of the client registrant
25    on whose behalf the registrant will be or anticipates
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1        (b-5) If the registrant employs or retains a
2    sub-registrant, the statement shall include the name and
3    address of the sub-registrant and identify the client or
4    clients of the registrant on whose behalf the
5    sub-registrant will be or is anticipated to be performing
6    services.
7        (b-7) If the registrant retains a consultant, the
8    statement shall include the name and address of the
9    consultant and identify the client or clients and each
10    executive and legislative branch agency for which the
11    consultant is to provide advisory services.
12        (c) For those identified under subsections (b), (b-5),
13    and (b-7), a A brief description of the executive,
14    legislative, or administrative action in reference to
15    which such service is to be rendered.
16        (c-5) Each executive and legislative branch agency of
17    the State and each unit of local government the registrant
18    expects to lobby during the registration period.
19        (c-6) The nature of the client's business, by
20    indicating all of the following categories that apply: (1)
21    banking and financial services, (2) manufacturing, (3)
22    education, (4) environment, (5) healthcare, (6) insurance,
23    (7) community interests, (8) labor, (9) public relations
24    or advertising, (10) marketing or sales, (11) hospitality,
25    (12) engineering, (13) information or technology products
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1    (16) racing or wagering, (17) real estate or construction,
2    (18) telecommunications, (19) trade or professional
3    association, (20) travel or tourism, (21) transportation,
4    (22) agriculture, and (23) other (setting forth the nature
5    of that other business).
6        (d) A confirmation that the registrant has a sexual
7    harassment policy as required by Section 4.7, that such
8    policy shall be made available to any individual within 2
9    business days upon written request (including electronic
10    requests), that any person may contact the authorized
11    agent of the registrant to report allegations of sexual
12    harassment, and that the registrant recognizes the
13    Inspector General has jurisdiction to review any
14    allegations of sexual harassment alleged against the
15    registrant or lobbyists hired by the registrant.
16        (e) (Blank). Each unit of local government in this
17    State for which the registrant is or expects to be
18    required to register to lobby the local government during
19    the registration period. "Lobby" shall have the meaning
20    ascribed to it by the relevant unit of local government.
21        (f) Each elected or appointed public office in this
22    State to be held by the registrant at any time during the
23    registration period.
24    Every natural person and every entity required to register
25under this Act shall annually submit the registration required
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1has a continuing duty to report any substantial change or
2addition to the information contained in the registration. A
3registrant who retains a consultant shall file an amended
4registration before any consulting services are performed, but
5in any event not later than 2 business days after the
6consultant is retained, setting forth the information required
7in subsections (b-7) and (c) of this Section. Registrants
8registered as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of
9the 101st General Assembly shall update their registration to
10add the information required under subsections (b-5), (e), and
11(f), if applicable, within 30 days after the effective date of
12this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly.
13    The Secretary of State shall make all filed statements and
14amendments to statements publicly available by means of a
15searchable database that is accessible through the World Wide
16Web. The Secretary of State shall provide all software
17necessary to comply with this provision to all natural persons
18and entities required to file. The Secretary of State shall
19implement a plan to provide computer access and assistance to
20natural persons and entities required to file electronically.
21    All natural persons and entities required to register
22under this Act shall remit a single, annual, and nonrefundable
23$300 registration fee. Each natural person required to
24register under this Act shall submit, on an annual basis, a
25picture of the registrant. A registrant may, in lieu of
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1Secretary of State to use any photo identification available
2in any database maintained by the Secretary of State for other
3purposes. Each registration fee collected for registrations on
4or after January 1, 2010 shall be deposited into the Lobbyist
5Registration Administration Fund for administration and
6enforcement of this Act.
7(Source: P.A. 100-554, eff. 11-16-17; 101-595, eff. 12-5-19.)
 
8    (25 ILCS 170/6)  (from Ch. 63, par. 176)
9    Sec. 6. Reports.
10    (a) Lobbyist reports. Except as otherwise provided in this
11Section, every lobbyist registered under this Act who is
12solely employed by a lobbying entity shall file an
13affirmation, verified under oath pursuant to Section 1-109 of
14the Code of Civil Procedure, with the Secretary of State
15attesting to the accuracy of any reports filed pursuant to
16subsection (b) as those reports pertain to work performed by
17the lobbyist. Any lobbyist registered under this Act who is
18not solely employed by a lobbying entity shall personally file
19reports required of lobbying entities pursuant to subsection
20(b). A lobbyist may, if authorized so to do by a lobbying
21entity by whom he or she is employed or retained, file lobbying
22entity reports pursuant to subsection (b) provided that the
23lobbying entity may delegate the filing of the lobbying entity
24report to only one lobbyist in any reporting period.
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1registered under this Act shall report expenditures related to
2lobbying, including any expenditures made by a consultant in
3performing services for the lobbying entity. The report shall
4itemize each individual expenditure or transaction and shall
5include the name of the official on whose behalf the
6expenditure was made, the name of the client if the
7expenditure was made on behalf of a client, the total amount of
8the expenditure, a description of the expenditure, the vendor
9or purveyor to whom the expenditure was made (including the
10address or location of the expenditure), the date on which the
11expenditure occurred and the subject matter of the lobbying
12activity, if any. For those expenditures made on behalf of a
13client, if the client is a client registrant, the report shall
14also include the name and address of the client or clients of
15the client registrant or the official or officials on whose
16behalf the expenditure ultimately was made. Each expenditure
17required to be reported shall include all expenses made for or
18on behalf of an official or his or her immediate family member
19living with the official.
20    (b-1) The report shall include any change or addition to
21the client list information, required in Section 5 for
22registration, since the last report, including the names and
23addresses of all clients who retained the lobbying entity
24together with an itemized description for each client of the
25following: (1) lobbying regarding executive action, including
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1matter; (2) lobbying regarding legislative action, including
2the General Assembly and any other agencies lobbied and the
3subject matter; and (3) lobbying regarding administrative
4action, including the agency lobbied and the subject matter.
5Registrants who made no reportable expenditures during a
6reporting period shall file a report stating that no
7expenditures were incurred.
8    (b-2) Expenditures attributable to lobbying officials
9shall be listed and reported according to the following
10categories:
11        (1) Travel and lodging on behalf of others, including,
12    but not limited to, all travel and living accommodations
13    made for or on behalf of State officials during sessions
14    of the General Assembly.
15        (2) Meals, beverages and other entertainment.
16        (3) Gifts (indicating which, if any, are on the basis
17    of personal friendship).
18        (4) Honoraria.
19        (5) Any other thing or service of value not listed
20    under categories (1) through (4), setting forth a
21    description of the expenditure. The category travel and
22    lodging includes, but is not limited to, all travel and
23    living accommodations made for or on behalf of State
24    officials in the State capital during sessions of the
25    General Assembly.
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1benefits and other large gatherings held for purposes of
2goodwill or otherwise to influence executive, legislative or
3administrative action to which there are 25 or more State
4officials invited shall be reported listing only the total
5amount of the expenditure, the date of the event, and the
6estimated number of officials in attendance.
7    (b-7) Matters excluded from reports. The following items
8need not be included in the report:
9        (1) Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the
10    registrant who is a member of a legislative or State study
11    commission or committee while attending and participating
12    in meetings and hearings of such commission or committee.
13        (2) Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the
14    registrant for personal sustenance, lodging, travel,
15    office expenses and clerical or support staff.
16        (3) Salaries, fees, and other compensation paid to the
17    registrant for the purposes of lobbying.
18        (4) Any contributions required to be reported under
19    Article 9 of the Election Code.
20        (5) Expenditures made by a registrant on behalf of an
21    official that are returned or reimbursed prior to the
22    deadline for submission of the report.
23    (c) A registrant who terminates employment or duties which
24required him to register under this Act shall give the
25Secretary of State, within 30 days after the date of such
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1include therewith a report of the expenditures described
2herein, covering the period of time since the filing of his
3last report to the date of termination of employment. Such
4notice and report shall be final and relieve such registrant
5of further reporting under this Act, unless and until he later
6takes employment or assumes duties requiring him to again
7register under this Act.
8    (d) Failure to file any such report within the time
9designated or the reporting of incomplete information shall
10constitute a violation of this Act.
11    A registrant shall preserve for a period of 2 years all
12receipts and records used in preparing reports under this Act.
13    (e) Within 30 days after a filing deadline or as provided
14by rule, the lobbyist shall notify each official on whose
15behalf an expenditure has been reported. Notification shall
16include the name of the registrant, the total amount of the
17expenditure, a description of the expenditure, the date on
18which the expenditure occurred, and the subject matter of the
19lobbying activity.
20    (f) A report for the period beginning January 1, 2010 and
21ending on June 30, 2010 shall be filed no later than July 15,
222010, and a report for the period beginning July 1, 2010 and
23ending on December 31, 2010 shall be filed no later than
24January 15, 2011. Beginning January 1, 2011, reports shall be
25filed semi-monthly as follows: (i) for the period beginning
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1the report shall be filed no later than the 20th day of the
2month and (ii) for the period beginning on the 16th day of the
3month through the last day of the month, the report shall be
4filed no later than the 5th day of the following month. A
5report filed under this Act is due in the Office of the
6Secretary of State no later than the close of business on the
7date on which it is required to be filed.
8    (g) All reports filed under this Act shall be filed in a
9format or on forms prescribed by the Secretary of State.
10(Source: P.A. 98-459, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
11    (25 ILCS 170/8)  (from Ch. 63, par. 178)
12    Sec. 8. Contingent fees prohibited. No person shall retain
13or employ another to lobby or provide services as a consultant
14with respect to any legislative, executive, or administrative
15action for compensation contingent in whole or in part upon
16the outcome of the action and no person shall accept any such
17employment or render any such service for compensation
18contingent upon the outcome of the legislative, executive, or
19administrative action.
20(Source: P.A. 93-889, eff. 8-9-04.)
 
21    (25 ILCS 170/11.2)
22    Sec. 11.2. Preemption Local regulation. Other than a
23municipality with a population over 500,000, no unit of local
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1in a manner inconsistent with this Act, and all existing laws
2and ordinances that are inconsistent with this Act are hereby
3superseded. This Section is a limitation of home rule powers
4under subsections (h) and (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of
5the Illinois Constitution. A unit of local government or
6school district may adopt an ordinance or resolution
7regulating lobbying activities with that unit of local
8government or school district that imposes requirements
9similar to those imposed by this Act.
10(Source: P.A. 88-187.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
121, 2022.