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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3577 Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Patrick Windhorst SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5 ILCS 420/2-101 | from Ch. 127, par. 602-101 |
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Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that no legislator or executive branch constitutional officer shall engage in compensated lobbying of the governing body of a municipality, county, or township, or an official thereof (now, that prohibition applies only if the legislator is lobbying on behalf of a lobbyist or lobbying entity that is registered to lobby the General Assembly or the executive branch of the State of Illinois).
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended |
| 5 | | by changing Section 2-101 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 420/2-101) (from Ch. 127, par. 602-101)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2-101. Government official lobbying. |
| 8 | | (a) No legislator may engage in promoting or opposing in |
| 9 | | any manner the passage by the General Assembly of any |
| 10 | | legislative matter affecting the interests of any individual, |
| 11 | | association, or corporation as distinct from those of the |
| 12 | | people of the State as a whole, if he or she accepts |
| 13 | | compensation specifically attributable
to such lobbying, other |
| 14 | | than that provided by law for members of the
General Assembly. |
| 15 | | Nothing in this Section prohibits a legislator from
lobbying |
| 16 | | without compensation.
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| 17 | | No legislator or executive branch constitutional officer |
| 18 | | shall engage in compensated lobbying of the governing body of |
| 19 | | a municipality, county, or township, or an official thereof, |
| 20 | | on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying entity that is |
| 21 | | registered to lobby the General Assembly or the executive |
| 22 | | branch of the State of Illinois. |
| 23 | | (b) No elected or appointed county executive or |
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| 1 | | legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of |
| 2 | | the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the |
| 3 | | General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, |
| 4 | | or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying |
| 5 | | entity that is registered to lobby the county in which the |
| 6 | | official is elected or appointed. |
| 7 | | (c) No elected or appointed municipal executive or |
| 8 | | legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of |
| 9 | | the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the |
| 10 | | General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, |
| 11 | | or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying |
| 12 | | entity that is registered to lobby the municipality in which |
| 13 | | the official is elected or appointed. |
| 14 | | (d) No elected or appointed township executive or |
| 15 | | legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of |
| 16 | | the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the |
| 17 | | General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, |
| 18 | | or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying |
| 19 | | entity that is registered to lobby the township in which the |
| 20 | | official is elected or appointed. |
| 21 | | (e) No elected or appointed municipal executive or |
| 22 | | legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of |
| 23 | | the governing body of a county, municipality, or township, the |
| 24 | | General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, |
| 25 | | or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying |
| 26 | | entity if the person is an elected or appointed municipal |