Rep. Kelly M. Burke
Filed: 5/31/2021
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 539




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 539, AS AMENDED, 
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
4following:

 
 
5    "Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is 
6amended  by changing Sections 1-109, 1-110, 2-101, 3A-50, 
74A-102, 4A-103, 4A-107, and 4A-108 and  by adding Sections 
81-102.5, 1-104.3, 1-104.4, 1-104.5, 1-105.2, 1-105.3, 1-105.5, 
91-105.6, 1-105.7, 1-112.5, 1-113.6, and 1-113.7 as follows:
 
10    (5 ILCS 420/1-102.5 new)
11    Sec. 1-102.5. "Asset" means, for the purposes of Sections 
124A-102 and 4A-103, an item that is owned and has monetary 
13value. For the purposes of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, assets 
14include, but are not limited to: stocks, bonds, sector mutual 
15funds, sector exchange traded funds, commodity futures, 
16investment real estate, beneficial interests in trusts, 
 
 
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1business interests, and partnership interests.  For the 
2purposes of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, assets do not include: 
3personal  residences; personal vehicles; savings or checking 
4accounts; bonds, notes, or securities issued by any branch of 
5federal, state, or local government; Medicare benefits; 
6inheritances or bequests, other than beneficial interests in 
7trusts; diversified funds;  annuities; pensions (including 
8government pensions); retirement accounts; college savings 
9plans that are qualified tuition plans;  qualified 
10tax-advantaged savings programs that allow individuals to save 
11for disability-related expenses; or tangible personal 
12property.
 
13    (5 ILCS 420/1-104.3 new)
14    Sec. 1-104.3. "Creditor" means, for the purposes of 
15Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, an individual, organization, or 
16other business entity to whom money or its equivalent is owed, 
17no matter whether that obligation is secured  or unsecured, 
18except that  if  a filer   makes a loan  to members of his or her 
19family, then that filer   does not, by making such a loan, become 
20a creditor of that individual for the purposes of Sections 
214A-102 and 4A-103 of  this Act.
 
22    (5 ILCS 420/1-104.4 new)
23    Sec. 1-104.4. "Debt" means, for the purposes of Sections 
244A-102 and 4A-103, any money or monetary obligation owed at 
 
 
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1any time during the preceding calendar year to an individual, 
2company, or other organization, other than a loan that is from 
3a financial institution, government agency, or business entity 
4and that is granted on terms made available to the general 
5public.  For the purposes of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, "debt" 
6includes, but is not limited to: personal loans from friends 
7or business associates, business loans made outside the 
8lender's regular course of business, and loans made at below 
9market rates. For the purposes of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, 
10"debt" does not include: (i)  debts to or from financial 
11institutions or government entities, such as mortgages, 
12student loans, credit card debts, or loans secured by 
13automobiles, household furniture, or appliances, as long as 
14those loans were made on terms available to the general public 
15and do not exceed the purchase price of the items securing 
16them; (ii) debts to or from a political committee registered 
17with the Illinois State Board of Elections or political 
18committees, principal campaign committees, or authorized 
19committees registered with the Federal Election Commission; or 
20(iii) a loan from a member of the filer's family not known by 
21the filer to be registered to lobby under the Lobbyist 
22Registration Act.
 
23    (5 ILCS 420/1-104.5 new)
24    Sec. 1-104.5. "Diversified funds" means investment 
25products, such as mutual funds, exchange  traded funds, or unit 
 
 
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1investment trusts, that invest in a wide variety of securities 
2across multiple sectors or asset classes. "Diversified funds" 
3does not include sector funds.
 
4    (5 ILCS 420/1-105.2 new)
5    Sec. 1-105.2. "Economic relationship" means, for the 
6purposes of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, any  joint or shared 
7ownership interests in businesses and creditor-debtor 
8relationships with third parties, other than commercial 
9lending institutions, where: (a) the filer is entitled to 
10receive (i) more than 7.5% of the total distributable income, 
11or (ii) an amount in excess of the salary of the Governor; or 
12(b) the filer together with his or her spouse or minor children 
13is entitled to receive (i) more than 15%, in the aggregate, of 
14the total distributable income, or (ii) an amount in excess of 
152 times the salary of the Governor.
 
16    (5 ILCS 420/1-105.3 new)
17    Sec. 1-105.3. "Family" means, for the purposes of Sections 
184A-102 and 4A-103, a filer's  spouse, children, step-children, 
19parents, step-parents, siblings, step-siblings, 
20half-siblings, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandparents, 
21and grandchildren, as well as the parents and grandparents of 
22the filer's spouse, and any person living with the filer.
 
23    (5 ILCS 420/1-105.5 new)
 
 
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1    Sec. 1-105.5. "Filer" means, for the purposes of Section 
24A-102 and 4A-103, a person required to file a statement of 
3economic interests pursuant to this Act. 
 
4    (5 ILCS 420/1-105.6 new)
5    Sec. 1-105.6. "Income" means, for the purposes of Sections 
64A-102 and 4A-103, pension income and any income from whatever 
7source derived, required to be reported on the filer's federal 
8income tax return,  including, but not limited to: compensation 
9received for services rendered or to be rendered (as required 
10to be reported on any Internal Revenue Service forms, 
11including, but not limited to, Forms W-2, 1099, or K-1); 
12earnings or capital gains from the sale of assets; profit; 
13interest or dividend income from all assets; revenue from 
14leases and rentals, royalties, prizes, awards, or barter; 
15forgiveness of debt; and earnings derived from annuities or 
16trusts other than testamentary trusts. "Income" does not 
17include  compensation earned for service in the position that 
18necessitates the filing of the statement of economic 
19interests, or investment or interest returns on items excluded 
20from the definition of "asset", or income from the sale of a 
21personal residence or personal vehicle.
 
22    (5 ILCS 420/1-105.7 new)
23    Sec. 1-105.7. "Investment real estate" means any real 
24property, other than a filer's personal residences, purchased 
 
 
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1to produce a profit, whether from income or resale. Investment 
2real estate may be described by the city and state where the 
3real estate is located.
 



4    (5 ILCS 420/1-109)  (from Ch. 127, par. 601-109)



5    Sec. 1-109. 
"Lobbying" means engaging in activities that 
6require registration under the Lobbyist Registration 
7Act promoting or opposing in any manner the
passage by the 
8General Assembly of any legislative matter affecting the

9interests of any individual, association or corporation as 
10distinct from
those of the people of the State as a whole.

11(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)

 



12    (5 ILCS 420/1-110)  (from Ch. 127, par. 601-110)



13    Sec. 1-110. 
"Lobbyist" means an individual who is required 
14to be  registered to engage in lobbying activities pursuant to 
15the Lobbyist Registration Act any person required to be 
16registered under
"An Act concerning lobbying and providing a 
17penalty for violation thereof",
approved July 10, 1957, as 
18amended.

19(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)

 
20    (5 ILCS 420/1-112.5 new)
21    Sec. 1-112.5. "Personal residence" means, for the purposes 
22of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, a filer's primary home 
23residence and any residential real property held by the filer 
 
 
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1and used by the filer for residential rather than commercial 
2or income generating purposes.
 
3    (5 ILCS 420/1-113.6 new)
4    Sec. 1-113.6. "Sector funds" means mutual funds or 
5exchange traded funds invested in a particular industry or 
6business.
 
7    (5 ILCS 420/1-113.7 new)
8    Sec. 1-113.7. "Spouse" means a party to a marriage, a 
9party to a civil union, or a registered domestic partner. 
 



10    (5 ILCS 420/2-101)  (from Ch. 127, par. 602-101)



11    Sec. 2-101. Government official lobbying. 
12    (a) No legislator may engage in promoting or opposing in 
13any manner the passage by General Assembly of any legislative 
14matter affecting the interests of any individual, association, 
15or corporation as distinct from those of the people of the 
16State as a whole lobbying, as that term is defined
in Section 
171-109, if he or she accepts compensation specifically 
18attributable
to such lobbying, other than that provided by law 
19for members of the
General Assembly. Nothing in this Section 
20prohibits a legislator from
lobbying without compensation.

21    No legislator or executive branch constitutional officer 
22shall engage in compensated lobbying of the governing body of 
23a municipality, county, or township, or an official thereof, 
 
 
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1on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying entity that is 
2registered to lobby the General Assembly or the executive 
3branch of the State of Illinois. 
4    (b) No elected or appointed county 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 county in which the 
10official is elected or appointed.
11    (c) No elected or appointed municipal 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 municipality in which 
17the official is elected or appointed. 
18    (d) No elected or appointed township executive or 
19legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of 
20the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the 
21General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, 
22or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying 
23entity that is registered to lobby the township in which the 
24official is elected or appointed. 
25    (e) No elected or appointed municipal executive or 
26legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of 
 
 
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1the governing body of a county, municipality, or township, the 
2General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, 
3or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying 
4entity if the person is an elected or appointed municipal 
5executive or legislative official from a municipality exempted 
6by the preemption provision of Section 11.2 of the Lobbyist 
7Registration Act. 
8    (f) A violation of this Section shall constitute a Class A 
9misdemeanor.

10(Source: P.A. 77-2830.)

 
11    (5 ILCS 420/3A-50 new)
12    Sec. 3A-50. Appointee political activity.
13    (a) No person who is appointed to an affected office 
14shall: (i) serve as an officer of a candidate political 
15committee; or (ii) be a candidate who is designated as the 
16candidate to be supported by a candidate political committee.
17    (b) A person appointed to an affected office who is either 
18an officer of a candidate political committee or a candidate 
19who is designated as the candidate to be supported by a 
20candidate political committee shall within 30 days after 
21confirmation by the Senate: (i) resign as an officer of the 
22candidate political committee; (ii) have his or her name 
23removed as the candidate to be supported by a candidate 
24political committee; (iii) notify the State Board of Elections 
25of the person's intent to convert the candidate political 
 
 
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1committee to a limited activity committee under Section 9-1.8 
2of the Election Code and complete the transition to a limited 
3activity committee within 60 days after confirmation; or (iv) 
4dissolve the candidate political committee. A person appointed 
5to an affected office who is in violation of this subsection 
6(b) on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd 
7General Assembly must come into compliance within 30 days 
8after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd 
9General Assembly.
10    (c) As used in this Section:
11    "Affected office" means any office in which the appointee 
12receives any form of compensation, other than the 
13reimbursement of expenses, and whose appointment requires 
14advise and consent of the Senate. 
15    "Candidate political committee" has the meaning given to 
16that term in Section 9-1.8 of the Election Code in which the 
17person subject to confirmation by the Senate is designated as 
18the candidate to be supported by the candidate political 
19committee under Section 9-2 of the Code.
 
20    (5 ILCS 420/4A-102)  (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102)

21    Sec. 4A-102. The statement of economic interests required 
22by this Article
shall include the economic interests of the 
23person making the statement as
provided in this Section. 
24    (a) The interest (if constructively controlled by the

25person making the statement) of a spouse or any other party, 
 
 
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1shall be
considered to be the same as the interest of the 
2person making the
statement.  Campaign receipts shall not be 
3included in this statement. The following interests shall be 
4listed by all persons required to file:  
5        (1) each asset that has a value of more than $10,000 as 
6    of the end of the preceding calendar year and is: (i) held 
7    in the filer's name, (ii) held jointly by the filer with 
8    his or her spouse, or (iii) held jointly by the filer with 
9    his or her minor child or children. For a beneficial 
10    interest in a trust, the value is based on the total value 
11    of the assets either subject to the beneficial interest, 
12    or from which income is to be derived for the benefit of 
13    the beneficial interest, regardless of whether any 
14    distributions have been made for the benefit of the 
15    beneficial interest;
16        (2) excluding the income from the position that 
17    requires the filing of a statement of economic interests 
18    under this Act, each source of income in excess of $7,500 
19    during the preceding calendar year (as required to be 
20    reported on the filer's federal income tax return covering 
21    the preceding calendar year) for the filer and his or her 
22    spouse and, if the sale or transfer of an asset produced 
23    more than $7,500 in capital gains during the preceding 
24    calendar year, the transaction date on which that asset 
25    was sold or transferred;
26        (3) each creditor of a debt in excess of $10,000 that, 
 
 
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1    during the preceding calendar year, was: (i) owed by the 
2    filer, (ii) owed jointly by the filer with his or her 
3    spouse or (iii) owed jointly by the filer with his or her 
4    minor child or children;
5        (4) the name of each unit of government of which the 
6    filer or his or her spouse was an employee, contractor, or 
7    office holder during the preceding calendar year other 
8    than the unit or units of government in relation to which 
9    the person is required to file and the title of the 
10    position or nature of the contractual services; 
11        (5) each person known to the filer to be registered as 
12    a lobbyist with any unit of government in the State of 
13    Illinois: (i) with whom the filer maintains an economic 
14    relationship, or (ii)  who is a member of the filer's 
15    family; and
16        (6) each source and type of gift or gifts, or 
17    honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate 
18    in excess of $500 that was received during the preceding 
19    calendar year, excluding any gift or gifts from a member 
20    of the filer's family that was not known to the filer to be 
21    registered as a lobbyist with any unit of government in 
22    the State of Illinois.  
23    For the purposes of this Section, the unit of local 
24government in relation to which a person is required to file 
25under item (e) of Section 4A-101.5 shall be the unit of local 
26government that contributes to the pension fund of which such 
 
 
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1person is a member of the board.
2    (b) Beginning December 1, 2025, and for every 5 years 
3thereafter, the Secretary of State shall adjust the amounts 
4specified under this Section that prompt disclosure under this 
5Act for purposes of inflation as determined by the Consumer 
6Price Index for All Urban Consumers as issued by the United 
7States Department of Labor and rounded to the nearest $100. 
8The Secretary shall publish this information on the official 
9website of the Secretary of State, and make changes to the 
10statement of economic interests form to be completed for the 
11following year.
12    (c) The Secretary of State shall develop and make publicly 
13available on his or her website written guidance relating to 
14the completion and filing of the statement of economic 
15interests upon which a filer may reasonably and in good faith 
16rely. 
17The interest (if constructively controlled by the
person 
18making the statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be

19considered to be the same as the interest of the person making 
20the
statement.  Campaign receipts shall not be included in this 
21statement.


22        (a) The following interests shall be listed by all 
23    persons required to
file:

24            (1) The name, address and type of practice of any 
25        professional
organization or individual professional 
26        practice in which the person making
the statement was 
 
 
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1        an officer, director, associate, partner or 
2        proprietor,
or served in any advisory capacity, from 
3        which income in excess of $1200
was derived during the 
4        preceding calendar year;

5            (2) The nature of professional services (other 
6        than services rendered to
the unit or units of 
7        government in relation to which the person is required

8        to file)
and the nature of the entity to which they 
9        were rendered if fees exceeding
$5,000 were received 
10        during the preceding calendar year from the entity for

11        professional services rendered by the person making 
12        the statement.

13            (3) The identity (including the address or legal 
14        description of real
estate) of any capital asset from 
15        which a capital gain of $5,000 or more
was realized in 
16        the preceding calendar year.

17            (4) The name of any unit of government which has 
18        employed the person
making the statement during the 
19        preceding calendar year other than the unit
or units 
20        of government in relation to which the person is 
21        required to file.

22            (5) The name of any entity from which a gift or 
23        gifts, or honorarium or
honoraria, valued singly or in 
24        the aggregate in excess of $500, was
received during 
25        the preceding calendar year.

26        (b) The following interests shall also be listed by 
 
 
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1    persons listed in
items (a) through (f), item (l), item 
2    (n), and item (p) of Section 4A-101:

3            (1) The name and instrument of ownership in any 
4        entity doing business in
the State of Illinois, in 
5        which an ownership interest held by the person at
the 
6        date of filing is in excess of $5,000 fair market value 
7        or from which
dividends of in excess of $1,200 were 
8        derived during the preceding calendar
year. (In the 
9        case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed 
10        by
street address, or if none, then by legal 
11        description). No time or demand
deposit in a financial 
12        institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed;

13            (2) Except for professional service entities, the 
14        name of any entity and
any position held therein from 
15        which income of in excess of $1,200 was
derived during 
16        the preceding calendar year, if the entity does 
17        business in
the State of Illinois. No time or demand 
18        deposit in a financial
institution, nor any debt 
19        instrument need be listed.

20            (3) The identity of any compensated lobbyist with 
21        whom the person making
the statement maintains a close 
22        economic association, including the name of
the 
23        lobbyist and specifying the legislative matter or 
24        matters which are the
object of the lobbying activity, 
25        and describing the general type of
economic activity 
26        of the client or principal on whose behalf that person 
 
 
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1        is
lobbying.

2        (c) The following interests shall also be listed by 
3    persons listed in
items (a) through (c) and item (e) of 
4    Section 4A-101.5:

5            (1) The name and instrument of ownership in any 
6        entity doing business
with a unit of local government 
7        in relation to which the person is
required to file if 
8        the ownership interest of the person filing is greater

9        than $5,000 fair market value as of the date of filing 
10        or if dividends in
excess of $1,200 were received from 
11        the entity during the preceding
calendar year. (In the 
12        case of real estate, location thereof shall be
listed 
13        by street address, or if none, then by legal 
14        description). No time
or demand deposit in a financial 
15        institution, nor any debt instrument need
be listed.

16            (2) Except for professional service entities, the 
17        name of any entity and
any position held therein from 
18        which income in excess of $1,200 was derived
during 
19        the preceding calendar year if the entity does 
20        business with a
unit of local government in relation 
21        to which the person is required to
file. No time or 
22        demand deposit in a financial institution, nor any 
23        debt
instrument need be listed.

24            (3) The name of any entity and the nature of the 
25        governmental action
requested by any entity which has 
26        applied to a unit of local
government
in relation to 
 
 
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1        which the person must file for any license, franchise 
2        or
permit for annexation, zoning or rezoning of real 
3        estate during the
preceding calendar year if the 
4        ownership interest of the person filing is
in excess 
5        of $5,000 fair market value at the time of filing or if 
6        income or
dividends in excess of $1,200 were received 
7        by the person filing from the
entity during the 
8        preceding calendar year.

9    For the purposes of this Section, the unit of local 
10government in relation to which a person required to file 
11under item (e) of Section 4A-101.5 shall be the unit of local 
12government that contributes to the pension fund of which such 
13person is a member of the board. 
14(Source: P.A. 101-221, eff. 8-9-19.)

 



15    (5 ILCS 420/4A-103)  (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103)



16    Sec. 4A-103. 
The statement of economic interests required 
17by this Article to be filed
with the Secretary of State or 
18county clerk shall be filled in by
typewriting or hand 
19printing, shall be verified, dated, and signed by the
person 
20making the statement and shall contain substantially the 
21following:

 
22
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS  

 
23INSTRUCTIONS: 
 
 
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1    You may find the following documents helpful to you in 
2completing this form: 
3        (1) federal income tax returns, including any related 
4    schedules, attachments, and forms; and 
5        (2) investment and brokerage statements. 
6    To complete this form, you do not need to disclose 
7specific amounts or values or report interests relating either 
8to political committees registered with the Illinois State 
9Board of Elections or to political committees, principal 
10campaign committees,  or authorized committees registered with 
11the Federal Election Commission.
12    The information you disclose will be available to the 
13public. 
14    You must answer all 6 questions.  Certain questions will 
15ask you to report any applicable assets or debts held in, or 
16payable to, your name; held jointly by, or payable to, you with 
17your spouse; or held jointly by, or payable to, you with your 
18minor child.  If you have any concerns about whether an 
19interest should be reported, please consult your department's 
20ethics officer, if applicable. 
21    Please ensure that the information you provide is complete 
22and accurate.  If you need more space than the form allows, 
23please attach additional pages for your response. If you are 
24subject to the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, your 
25ethics officer must review your statement of economic 
26interests before you file it. Failure to complete the 
 
 
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1statement in good faith and within the prescribed deadline may 
2subject you to fines, imprisonment, or both. 
 
3BASIC INFORMATION: 
4Name:........................................................ 
5Job title:................................................... 
6Office, department, or agency that requires you to file this 
7form:........................................................ 
8Other offices, departments, or agencies that require you to 
9file a Statement of Economic Interests form: ................   
10Full mailing address:........................................ 
11Preferred e-mail address (optional):......................... 
 
12QUESTIONS: 
13    1.  If you have any single asset that was worth more than 
14$10,000 as of the end of the preceding calendar year and is 
15held in, or payable to, your name, held jointly by, or payable 
16to, you with your spouse, or held jointly by, or payable to, 
17you with your minor child,
list such assets below. In the case 
18of investment real estate, list the city and state where the 
19investment real estate is located.  If you do not have any such 
20assets, list "none" below.  
21............................................................. 
22............................................................. 
23............................................................. 
24............................................................. 
 
 
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1............................................................. 
2    2.  Excluding the position for which you are required to 
3file this form, list the source of any income in excess of 
4$7,500  required to be reported during the preceding calendar 
5year.  If you sold an asset that produced more than $7,500 in 
6capital gains in the preceding calendar year, list the name of 
7the asset and the transaction date on which the sale or 
8transfer took place.  If you had no such sources of income or 
9assets, list "none" below. 
 
























10Source of Income / Name of Date Sold (if applicable)
11Asset 
12............................... ............................... 
13............................... ............................... 
14............................... ............................... 
15    3. Excluding debts incurred on terms available to the 
16general public, such as mortgages, student loans, and credit 
17card debts, if you owed any single debt in the preceding 
18calendar year exceeding $10,000, list the creditor of the debt 
19below.  If you had no such debts, list "none" below.
20    List the creditor for all applicable debts owed by you, 
21owed jointly by you with your spouse, or owed jointly by you 
22with your minor child. In addition to the types of debts listed 
23above, you do not need to report any debts to or from financial 
24institutions or government agencies, such as debts secured by 
25automobiles, household furniture or appliances, as long as the 
 
 
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1debt was made on terms available to the general public, debts 
2to members of your family, or debts to or from a political 
3committee registered with the Illinois State Board of 
4Elections or any political committee, principal campaign 
5committee, or authorized committee registered with the Federal 
6Election Commission. 
7............................................................. 
8............................................................. 
9............................................................. 
10............................................................. 
11    4. List the name of each unit of government of which you or 
12your spouse were an employee, contractor, or office holder 
13during the preceding calendar year other than the unit or 
14units of government in relation to which the person is 
15required to file and the title of the position or nature of the 
16contractual services. 
 
























17Name of Unit of GovernmentTitle or Nature of Services
18............................... ............................... 
19............................... ............................... 
20............................... ............................... 
21    5. If you maintain an economic relationship with a 
22lobbyist or if a member of your family is known to you to be a 
23lobbyist registered with any unit of government in the State 
24of Illinois, list the name of the lobbyist below and identify 
25the nature of your relationship with the lobbyist.  If you do 
 
 
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1not have an economic relationship with a lobbyist or a family 
2member known to you to be a lobbyist registered with any unit 
3of government in the State of Illinois, list "none" below. 
 
























4Name of LobbyistRelationship to Filer
5............................... ............................... 
6............................... ............................... 
7............................... ............................... 
8    6. List the name of each person, organization, or entity 
9that was the source of a gift or gifts, or honorarium or 
10honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate in excess of $500 
11received during the preceding calendar year and the type of 
12gift or gifts, or honorarium or honoraria, excluding any gift 
13or gifts from a member of your family that was not known to be 
14a lobbyist registered with any unit of government in the State 
15of Illinois. If you had no such gifts, list "none" below.
16............................................................. 
17............................................................. 
18............................................................. 
 
19VERIFICATION: 
20    "I declare that this statement of economic interests 
21(including any attachments) has been examined by me and to the 
22best of my knowledge and belief is a true, correct and complete 
23statement of my economic interests as required by the Illinois 
24Governmental Ethics Act.  I understand that the penalty for 
 
 
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1willfully filing a false or incomplete statement is a fine not 
2to exceed $2,500 or imprisonment in a penal institution other 
3than the penitentiary not to exceed one year, or both fine and 
4imprisonment." 
5Printed Name of Filer:....................................... 
6Date:........................................................ 
7Signature:................................................... 
 
8If this statement of economic interests requires ethics 
9officer review prior to filing, the applicable ethics officer 
10must complete the following: 
 
11CERTIFICATION OF ETHICS OFFICER REVIEW: 
12    "In accordance with law, as Ethics Officer, I reviewed 
13this statement of economic interests prior to its filing." 
 
14Printed Name of Ethics Officer:.............................. 
15Date:........................................................ 
16Signature:................................................... 
17Preferred e-mail address (optional):......................... 
18
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST


19
(TYPE OR HAND PRINT)


20.............................................................

21(name)

22.............................................................

23(each office or position of employment for which this



 
 
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1statement is filed)

2.............................................................

3(full mailing address)

4GENERAL DIRECTIONS:

5    The interest (if constructively controlled by the person 
6making the
statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be 
7considered to be the
same as the interest of the person making 
8the statement.

9    Campaign receipts shall not be included in this statement.

10    If additional space is needed, please attach supplemental 
11listing.

12    1. List the name and instrument of ownership in any entity 
13doing
business in the State of Illinois, in which the 
14ownership interest held by
the person at the date of filing is 
15in excess of $5,000 fair market value
or from which dividends 
16in excess of $1,200 were derived during the
preceding calendar 
17year.  (In the case of real estate, location thereof
shall be 
18listed by street address, or if none, then by legal 
19description.)
No time or demand deposit in a financial 
20institution, nor any debt
instrument need be listed.





























21Business EntityInstrument of Ownership
22..............................................................
23..............................................................
24..............................................................
25..............................................................
26    2. List the name, address and type of practice of any 


 
 
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1professional
organization in which the person making the 
2statement was an officer,
director, associate, partner or 
3proprietor or served in any advisory
capacity, from which 
4income in excess of $1,200 was derived during the
preceding 
5calendar year.






























6NameAddressType of Practice
7.............................................................
8.............................................................
9.............................................................
10    3. List the nature of professional services rendered 
11(other than to the
State of Illinois) to each entity from which 
12income exceeding $5,000 was
received for professional services 
13rendered during the preceding calendar
year by the person 
14making the statement.

15.............................................................

16.............................................................

17    4. List the identity (including the address or legal 
18description of real
estate) of any capital asset from which a 
19capital gain of $5,000 or more
was realized during the 
20preceding calendar year.

21.............................................................

22.............................................................

23    5. List the identity of any compensated lobbyist with whom 
24the person
making the statement maintains a close economic 
25association, including the
name of the lobbyist and specifying 
26the legislative matter or matters which
are the object of the 



 
 
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1lobbying activity, and describing the general type of
economic 
2activity of the client or principal on whose behalf that 
3person is
lobbying.

























4LobbyistLegislative MatterClient or Principal
5.............................................................
6.............................................................
7    6. List the name of any entity doing business in the State 
8of Illinois
from which income in excess of $1,200 was derived 
9during the preceding
calendar year other than for professional 
10services and the title or
description of any position held in 
11that entity.  (In the case of real
estate, location thereof 
12shall be listed by street address, or if none,
then by legal 
13description).  No time or demand deposit in a financial

14institution nor any debt instrument need be listed.

























15EntityPosition Held
16..............................................................
17..............................................................
18..............................................................
19    7. List the name of any unit of government which employed 
20the person
making the statement during the preceding calendar 
21year other than the unit
or units
of government in relation to 
22which the person is required to file.

23.............................................................

24.............................................................

25    8. List the name of any entity from which a gift or gifts, 
26or honorarium
or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate 
 
 
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1in excess of $500, was
received during the preceding calendar 
2year.

3.............................................................

4VERIFICATION:

5    "I declare that this statement of economic interests 
6(including any
accompanying schedules and statements) has been 
7examined by me and to the
best of my knowledge and belief is a 
8true, correct and complete statement
of my economic interests 
9as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics
Act.  I 
10understand that the penalty for willfully filing a false or

11incomplete statement shall be a fine not to exceed $1,000 or 
12imprisonment
in a penal institution other than the 
13penitentiary not to exceed one year,
or both fine and 
14imprisonment."

15................ ..........................................

16(date of filing) (signature of person making the statement)

17(Source: P.A. 95-173, eff. 1-1-08.)

 
18    (5 ILCS 420/4A-107)  (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-107)

19    Sec. 4A-107. Any person required to file a statement of 
20economic interests
under this Article who willfully files a 
21false or incomplete statement shall be
guilty of a Class A 
22misdemeanor; provided, a filer's statement made in reasonable, 
23good faith reliance on the guidance provided by the Secretary 
24of State pursuant to Section 4A-102 or his or her ethics 
25officer shall not constitute a willful false or incomplete 
 
 
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1statement.


2    Except when the fees and penalties for late filing have 
3been waived under Section 4A-105, failure to file a statement 
4within the time prescribed shall result in
ineligibility for, 
5or forfeiture of, office or position of employment, as
the 
6case may be; provided, however, that if the notice of failure 
7to
file a statement of economic interests provided in Section 
84A-105 of this
Act is not given by the Secretary of State or 
9the county clerk, as the case
may be, no forfeiture shall 
10result if a statement is filed within 30 days
of actual notice 
11of the failure to file. The Secretary of State shall provide 
12the Attorney General with the names of persons who failed to 
13file a statement. The county clerk shall provide the State's 
14Attorney of the county of the entity for which the filing of 
15statement of economic interest is required with the name of 
16persons who failed to file a statement.


17    The Attorney General, with respect to offices or positions 
18described in
items (a) through (f) and items (j), (l), (n), and 
19(p) of Section 4A-101 of this
Act, or the State's
Attorney of 
20the county of the entity for which the filing of statements of

21economic interests is required, with respect to offices or 
22positions
described in items (a) through (e) of
Section 
234A-101.5,
shall bring an action in quo warranto against any 
24person who has failed to file
by either May 31 or June 30 of 
25any given year and for whom the fees and penalties for late 
26filing have not been waived under Section 4A-105.


 
 
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1(Source: P.A. 101-221, eff. 8-9-19.)

 
2    (5 ILCS 420/4A-108)
3    Sec. 4A-108. Internet-based systems of filing.
4    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any 
5other law, the Secretary of State and county clerks are 
6authorized to institute an Internet-based system for the 
7filing of statements of economic interests in their offices. 
8With respect to county clerk systems, the determination to 
9institute such a system shall be in the sole discretion of the 
10county clerk and shall meet the requirements set out in this 
11Section. With respect to a Secretary of State system, the 
12determination to institute such a system shall be in the sole 
13discretion of the Secretary of State and shall meet the 
14requirements set out in this Section and those Sections of the 
15State Officials and Employees Ethics Act requiring ethics 
16officer review prior to filing. The system shall be capable of 
17allowing an ethics officer to approve a statement of economic 
18interests and shall include a means to amend a statement of 
19economic interests. When this Section does not modify or 
20remove the requirements set forth elsewhere in this Article, 
21those requirements shall apply to any system of Internet-based 
22filing authorized by this Section. When this Section does 
23modify or remove the requirements set forth elsewhere in this 
24Article, the provisions of this Section shall apply to any 
25system of Internet-based filing authorized by this Section.
 
 
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1    (b) In any system of Internet-based filing of statements 
2of economic interests instituted by the Secretary of State or 
3a county clerk:
4        (1) Any filing of an Internet-based statement of 
5    economic interests shall be the equivalent of the filing 
6    of a verified, written statement of economic interests as 
7    required by Section 4A-101 or 4A-101.5 and the equivalent 
8    of the filing of a verified, dated, and signed statement 
9    of economic interests as required by Section 4A-103 
10    4A-104.
11        (2) The Secretary of State and county clerks who 
12    institute a system of Internet-based filing of statements 
13    of economic interests shall establish a password-protected 
14    website to receive the filings of such statements. A 
15    website established under this Section shall set forth and 
16    provide a means of responding to the items set forth in 
17    Section 4A-103 4A-102 that are required of a person who 
18    files a statement of economic interests with that officer. 
19    A website established under this Section shall set forth 
20    and provide a means of generating a printable receipt page 
21    acknowledging filing. 
22        (3) The times for the filing of statements of economic 
23    interests set forth in Section 4A-105 shall be followed in 
24    any system of Internet-based filing of statements of 
25    economic interests; provided that a candidate for elective 
26    office who is required to file a statement of economic 
 
 
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1    interests in relation to his or her candidacy pursuant to 
2    Section 4A-105(a) shall receive a written or printed 
3    receipt for his or her filing.
4        A candidate filing for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 
5    Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, 
6    Comptroller, State Senate, or State House of 
7    Representatives, Supreme Court Justice, appellate court 
8    judge, circuit court judge, or judicial retention shall 
9    not use the Internet to file his or her statement of 
10    economic interests, but shall file his or her statement of 
11    economic interests in a written or printed form and shall 
12    receive a written or printed receipt for his or her 
13    filing. Annually, the duly appointed ethics officer for 
14    each legislative caucus shall certify to the Secretary of 
15    State whether his or her caucus members will file their 
16    statements of economic interests electronically or in a 
17    written or printed format for that year. If the ethics 
18    officer for a caucus certifies that the statements of 
19    economic interests shall be written or printed, then 
20    members of the General Assembly of that caucus shall not 
21    use the Internet to file his or her statement of economic 
22    interests, but shall file his or her statement of economic 
23    interests in a written or printed form and shall receive a 
24    written or printed receipt for his or her filing. If no 
25    certification is made by an ethics officer for a 
26    legislative caucus, or if a member of the General Assembly 
 
 
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1    is not affiliated with a legislative caucus, then the 
2    affected member or members of the General Assembly may 
3    file their statements of economic interests using the 
4    Internet. 
5        (4) In the first year of the implementation of a 
6    system of Internet-based filing of statements of economic 
7    interests, each person required to file such a statement 
8    is to be notified in writing of his or her obligation to 
9    file his or her statement of economic interests by way of 
10    the Internet-based system. If access to the website web 
11    site requires a code or password, this information shall 
12    be included in the notice prescribed by this paragraph.
13        (5) When a person required to file a statement of 
14    economic interests has supplied the Secretary of State or 
15    a county clerk, as applicable, with an email address for 
16    the purpose of receiving notices under this Article by 
17    email, a notice sent by email to the supplied email 
18    address shall be the equivalent of a notice sent by first 
19    class mail, as set forth in Section 4A-106 or 4A-106.5. A 
20    person who has supplied such an email address shall notify 
21    the Secretary of State or county clerk, as applicable, 
22    when his or her email address changes or if he or she no 
23    longer wishes to receive notices by email.
24        (6) If any person who is required to file a statement 
25    of economic interests and who has chosen to receive 
26    notices by email fails to file his or her statement by May 
 
 
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1    10, then the Secretary of State or county clerk, as 
2    applicable, shall send an additional email notice on that 
3    date, informing the person that he or she has not filed and 
4    describing the penalties for late filing and failing to 
5    file. This notice shall be in addition to other notices 
6    provided for in this Article.
7        (7) The Secretary of State and each county clerk who 
8    institutes a system of Internet-based filing of statements 
9    of economic interests may also institute an Internet-based 
10    process for the filing of the list of names and addresses 
11    of persons required to file statements of economic 
12    interests by the chief administrative officers that must 
13    file such information with the Secretary of State or 
14    county clerk, as applicable, pursuant to Section 4A-106 or 
15    4A-106.5. Whenever the Secretary of State or a county 
16    clerk institutes such a system under this paragraph, every 
17    chief administrative officer must use the system to file 
18    this information.
19        (8) The Secretary of State and any county clerk who 
20    institutes a system of Internet-based filing of statements 
21    of economic interests shall post the contents of such 
22    statements filed with him or her available for inspection 
23    and copying on a publicly accessible website. Such 
24    postings shall not include the addresses or signatures of 
25    the filers.

26(Source: P.A. 100-1041, eff. 1-1-19; 101-221, eff. 8-9-19; 
 
 
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1revised 9-12-19.)
 

2    (5 ILCS 420/4A-104 rep.)

3    Section 10. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is 
4amended  by repealing Section 4A-104 on January 1, 2022.
 
5    Section 15. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act 
6is amended  by changing Sections 5-40, 5-45, 20-20, 20-95, 
725-5, 25-10, 25-15, 25-20, and 25-85 as follows:
 
8    (5 ILCS 430/5-40)

9    Sec. 5-40. Fundraising during session in Sangamon County.  
10Except as provided in this
Section, any executive branch 
11constitutional officer, any candidate for an
executive branch 
12constitutional office, any member of the General Assembly,
any 
13candidate for the General Assembly, any political caucus of 
14the General
Assembly, or any political committee on behalf of 
15any of the foregoing may not
hold a political fundraising 
16function in Sangamon County on any day the legislature is
in 
17session or the day immediately prior to such day. This Section 
18does not apply to a political fundraising function scheduled 
19at least 14 days in advance of a day the legislature is in 
20special session or the day immediately prior to such day (i) 
21during the period beginning February 1 and ending on the later

22of the actual adjournment dates
of either house of the spring 
23session and (ii) during fall veto session. For purposes of 
 
 
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1this Section, the legislature is not considered to be in

2session on a day that is solely a perfunctory session day or on 
3a day when only
a committee is meeting.


4    During the period beginning June 1 and ending on the first 
5day of fall veto
session each year, this Section does not apply 
6to (i) a member of the General
Assembly whose legislative or 
7representative district is entirely within
Sangamon County or 
8(ii) a candidate for the General Assembly from that

9legislative or representative district.


10(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.)
 
11    (5 ILCS 430/5-45)

12    Sec. 5-45. Procurement; revolving door prohibition.

13    (a) No former officer, member, or State employee, or 
14spouse or
immediate family member living with such person, 
15shall, within a period of one
year immediately after 
16termination of State employment, knowingly accept
employment 
17or receive compensation or fees for services from a person or 
18entity
if the officer, member, or State employee, during the 
19year immediately
preceding termination of State employment, 
20participated personally and
substantially in the award or 
21fiscal administration of State contracts, or the issuance of 
22State contract change orders, with a cumulative value
of 
23$25,000
or more to the person or entity, or its parent or 
24subsidiary.


25    (a-5) No officer, member, or spouse or immediate family 
 
 
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1member living with such person shall, during the officer or 
2member's term in office or within a period of 2 years 
3immediately leaving office, hold an ownership interest, other 
4than a passive interest in a publicly traded company, in any 
5gaming license under the Illinois Gambling Act, the Video 
6Gaming Act, the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, or the 
7Sports Wagering Act.  Any member of the General Assembly or 
8spouse or immediate family member living with such person who 
9has an ownership interest, other than a passive interest in a 
10publicly traded company,  in any gaming license under the 
11Illinois Gambling Act, the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, 
12the Video Gaming Act, or the Sports Wagering Act at the time of 
13the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General 
14Assembly shall divest himself or herself of such ownership 
15within one year after the effective date of this amendatory 
16Act of the 101st General Assembly.  No State employee who works 
17for the Illinois Gaming Board or Illinois Racing Board or 
18spouse or immediate family member living with such person 
19shall, during State employment or within a period of 2 years 
20immediately after termination of State employment, hold an 
21ownership interest, other than a passive interest in a 
22publicly traded company, in any gaming license under the 
23Illinois Gambling Act, the Video Gaming Act, the Illinois 
24Horse Racing Act of 1975, or the Sports Wagering Act. 
25    (a-10) This subsection (a-10) applies on and after June 
2625, 2021. No officer, member, or spouse or immediate family 
 
 
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1member living with such person, shall, during the officer or 
2member's term in office or within a period of 2 years 
3immediately after leaving office, hold an ownership interest, 
4other than a passive interest in a publicly traded company, in 
5any cannabis business establishment which is licensed under 
6the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Any member of the General 
7Assembly or spouse or immediate family member living with such 
8person who has an ownership interest, other than a passive 
9interest in a publicly traded company, in any cannabis 
10business establishment which is licensed under the Cannabis 
11Regulation and Tax Act at the time of the effective date of 
12this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly shall divest 
13himself or herself of such ownership within one year after the 
14effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General 
15Assembly.
16    No State employee who works for any State agency  that 
17regulates cannabis business establishment license holders who 
18participated personally and substantially in the award of 
19licenses under the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act or a spouse 
20or immediate family member living with such person shall, 
21during State employment or within a period of 2 years 
22immediately after termination of State employment, hold an 
23ownership interest, other than a passive interest in a 
24publicly traded company, in any cannabis license under the 
25Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. 
26    (b) No former officer of the executive branch or State 
 
 
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1employee of the
executive branch with regulatory or
licensing 
2authority, or spouse or immediate family member living with 
3such
person, shall, within a period of one year immediately 
4after termination of
State employment, knowingly accept 
5employment or receive compensation or fees
for services from a 
6person or entity if the officer
or State
employee, during the 
7year immediately preceding
termination of State employment, 
8participated personally and substantially in making a 
9regulatory or licensing decision that
directly applied to the 
10person or entity, or its parent or subsidiary. 
11    (b-5) Beginning January 1, 2022, no former officer of the 
12executive branch shall engage in activities at the State level 
13that require registration under the Lobbyist Registration Act 
14during the term of which he or she was elected or appointed 
15until 6 months after leaving office. 


16    (b-7) Beginning the second Wednesday in January of 2023, 
17no former member shall engage in activities at the State level 
18that require registration under the Lobbyist Registration Act 
19in a General Assembly of which he or she was a member until 6 
20months after leaving office. 
21    (c) Within 6 months after the effective date of this 
22amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, each executive 
23branch constitutional officer and legislative leader, the 
24Auditor General, and the Joint Committee on Legislative 
25Support Services shall adopt a policy delineating which State 
26positions under his or her jurisdiction and control, by the 
 
 
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1nature of their duties, may have the authority to participate 
2personally and substantially in the award or fiscal 
3administration of State contracts or in regulatory or 
4licensing decisions.  The Governor shall adopt such a policy 
5for all State employees of the executive branch not under the 
6jurisdiction and control of any other executive branch 
7constitutional officer.


8    The policies required under subsection (c) of this Section 
9shall be filed with the appropriate ethics commission 
10established under this Act or, for the Auditor General, with 
11the Office of the Auditor General.
12    (d) Each Inspector General shall have the authority to 
13determine that additional State positions under his or her 
14jurisdiction, not otherwise subject to the policies required 
15by subsection (c) of this Section, are nonetheless subject to 
16the notification requirement of subsection (f) below due to 
17their involvement in the award or fiscal administration of 
18State contracts or in regulatory or licensing decisions.
19    (e) The Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services, 
20the Auditor General,  and each of the executive branch 
21constitutional officers and legislative leaders subject to 
22subsection (c) of this Section shall provide written 
23notification to all employees in positions subject to the 
24policies required by subsection (c) or a determination made 
25under subsection (d): (1) upon hiring, promotion, or transfer 
26into the relevant position; and (2) at the time the employee's 
 
 
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1duties are changed in such a way as to qualify that employee. 
2An employee receiving notification must certify in writing 
3that the person was advised of the prohibition and the 
4requirement to notify the appropriate Inspector General in 
5subsection (f).
6    (f) Any State employee in a position subject to the 
7policies required by subsection (c) or to a determination 
8under subsection (d), but who does not fall within the 
9prohibition of subsection (h) below, who is offered non-State 
10employment during State employment or within a period of one 
11year immediately after termination of State employment shall, 
12prior to accepting such non-State employment, notify the 
13appropriate Inspector General.  Within 10 calendar days after  
14receiving notification from an employee in a position subject 
15to the policies required by subsection (c), such Inspector 
16General shall make a determination as to whether the State 
17employee is restricted from accepting such employment by 
18subsection (a) or (b).  In making a determination, in addition 
19to any other relevant information, an Inspector General shall 
20assess the effect of the prospective employment or 
21relationship upon decisions referred to in subsections (a) and 
22(b), based on the totality of the participation by the former 
23officer, member, or State employee in those decisions. A 
24determination by an Inspector General must be in writing, 
25signed and dated by the Inspector General, and delivered to 
26the subject of the determination within 10 calendar days or 
 
 
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1the person is deemed eligible for the employment opportunity. 
2For purposes of this subsection, "appropriate Inspector 
3General" means (i) for members and employees of the 
4legislative branch, the Legislative Inspector General; (ii) 
5for the Auditor General and employees of the Office of the 
6Auditor General, the Inspector General provided for in Section 
730-5 of this Act; and (iii) for executive branch officers and 
8employees, the Inspector General having jurisdiction over the 
9officer or employee. Notice of any determination of an 
10Inspector General and of any such appeal shall be given to the 
11ultimate jurisdictional authority,  the Attorney General, and 
12the Executive Ethics Commission.
13    (g) An Inspector General's determination regarding 
14restrictions under subsection (a) or (b) may be appealed to 
15the appropriate Ethics Commission by the person subject to the 
16decision or the Attorney General no later than the 10th 
17calendar day after the date of the determination.
18    On appeal, the Ethics Commission or Auditor General shall 
19seek, accept, and consider written public comments regarding a 
20determination. In deciding whether to uphold an Inspector 
21General's determination, the appropriate Ethics Commission or 
22Auditor General shall assess, in addition to any other 
23relevant information, the effect of the prospective employment 
24or relationship upon the decisions referred to in subsections 
25(a) and (b), based on the totality of the participation by the 
26former officer, member, or State employee in those decisions. 
 
 
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1The Ethics Commission shall decide whether to uphold an 
2Inspector General's determination within 10 calendar  days or 
3the person is deemed eligible for the employment opportunity.
4    (h) The following officers, members, or State employees 
5shall not, within a period of one year immediately after 
6termination of office or State employment, knowingly accept 
7employment or receive compensation or fees for services from a 
8person or entity if the person or entity or its parent or 
9subsidiary, during the year immediately preceding termination 
10of State employment, was a party to a State contract or 
11contracts with a cumulative value of $25,000 or more involving 
12the officer, member, or State employee's State agency, or was 
13the subject of a regulatory or licensing decision involving 
14the officer, member, or State employee's State agency, 
15regardless of whether he or she participated personally and 
16substantially in the award or fiscal administration of the 
17State contract or contracts or the making of the regulatory or 
18licensing decision in question:
19        (1) members or officers;
20        (2) members of a commission or board created by the 
21    Illinois Constitution;
22        (3) persons whose appointment to office is subject to 
23    the advice and consent of the Senate;
24        (4) the head of a department, commission, board, 
25    division, bureau, authority, or other administrative unit 
26    within the government of this State;
 
 
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1        (5) chief procurement officers, State purchasing 
2    officers, and their designees whose duties are directly 
3    related to State procurement;
4        (6) chiefs of staff, deputy chiefs of staff, associate 
5    chiefs of staff, assistant chiefs of staff, and deputy 
6    governors, or any other position that holds an equivalent 
7    level of managerial oversight;
8        (7) employees of the Illinois Racing Board; and
9        (8) employees of the Illinois Gaming Board.
10    (i) For the purposes of this Section, with respect to 
11officers or employees of a regional transit board, as defined 
12in this Act,  the phrase "person or entity" does not include: 
13(i) the United States government, (ii) the State, (iii) 
14municipalities, as defined under Article VII, Section 1 of the 
15Illinois Constitution, (iv) units of local government, as 
16defined under Article VII, Section 1 of the Illinois 
17Constitution, or (v) school districts. 
18(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19.)
 
19    (5 ILCS 430/20-20)

20    Sec. 20-20. Duties of the Executive Inspectors
General. In 
21addition to duties otherwise assigned by law,
each Executive 
22Inspector General shall have the following duties:


23        (1) To receive and investigate, without advance 
24    approval of the Executive Ethics Commission, allegations 
25    of violations of this Act and other wrongful acts within 
 
 
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1    his or her jurisdiction based on a complaint. An 
2    investigation may not be initiated more than one year 
3    after the alleged wrongful act or the most recent act of a 
4    series of alleged wrongful acts based on the same wrongful 
5    conduct except if there is reasonable cause to believe 
6    that fraudulent concealment has occurred allegations of 
7    violations of this
Act. An investigation may not be 
8    initiated
more than one year after the most recent act of 
9    the alleged violation or of a
series of alleged violations 
10    except where there is reasonable cause to believe
that 
11    fraudulent concealment has occurred.  To constitute 
12    fraudulent concealment
sufficient to toll this limitations 
13    period, there must be an affirmative act or
representation 
14    calculated to prevent discovery of the fact that a 
15    violation or other wrongful act has
occurred.  The

16    Executive Inspector General shall have the discretion to 
17    determine the
appropriate means of investigation as 
18    permitted by law.


19        (2) To request information relating to an 
20    investigation from any
person when the Executive Inspector 
21    General deems that information necessary in
conducting an 
22    investigation.


23        (3) To issue subpoenas
to compel the attendance of 
24    witnesses for the
purposes of testimony and production of 
25    documents and other items for
inspection and copying and 
26    to make service of those subpoenas and subpoenas
issued 
 
 
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1    under item (7) of Section 20-15.


2        (4) To submit reports as required by this Act.


3        (5) To file
pleadings in the name of
the Executive 
4    Inspector General with the Executive Ethics
Commission, 
5    through the Attorney General, as provided in this Article 
6    if the
Attorney General finds that reasonable cause exists 
7    to believe that a violation
has
occurred.


8        (6) To assist and coordinate the ethics officers
for 
9    State agencies under the jurisdiction of the
Executive 
10    Inspector General and to work with those ethics officers.


11        (7) To participate in or conduct, when appropriate, 
12    multi-jurisdictional
investigations.

13        (8) To request, as the Executive Inspector General 
14    deems appropriate, from
ethics officers
of State agencies 
15    under his or her jurisdiction, reports or information
on 
16    (i) the content of a State agency's ethics
training 
17    program and (ii) the percentage of new officers and

18    employees who have completed ethics training.


19        (9) To review hiring and employment files of each 
20    State agency within the Executive Inspector General's 
21    jurisdiction to ensure compliance with Rutan v. Republican 
22    Party of Illinois, 497 U.S. 62 (1990), and with all 
23    applicable employment laws.
24        (10) To establish a policy that ensures the 
25    appropriate handling and correct recording of all 
26    investigations conducted by the Office, and to ensure that 
 
 
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1    the policy is accessible via the Internet in order that 
2    those seeking to report those allegations are familiar 
3    with the process and that the subjects of those 
4    allegations are treated fairly. 
5        (11) To post information to the Executive Inspector 
6    General's website explaining to complainants and subjects 
7    of an investigation the legal limitations on the Executive 
8    Inspector General's ability to provide information to them 
9    and a general overview of the investigation process.
10(Source: P.A. 100-588, eff. 6-8-18.)
 
11    (5 ILCS 430/20-95)

12    Sec. 20-95. Exemptions.

13    (a) Documents generated by an ethics
officer under this 
14Act, except Section 5-50, are exempt from the provisions of

15the Freedom
of Information Act.


16    (b) Any allegations
and related documents
submitted to an 
17Executive Inspector General and any pleadings and
related 
18documents brought before the Executive Ethics
Commission are 
19exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act 
20so long as the Executive Ethics Commission
does not make a 
21finding of a violation of this Act.
If the Executive
Ethics 
22Commission finds that a violation has occurred, the
entire 
23record of proceedings before the Commission, the decision and

24recommendation, and the response from the agency head or

25ultimate jurisdictional authority to the Executive Ethics

 
 
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1Commission are not exempt from the provisions of the Freedom 
2of
Information Act but information contained therein that is 
3otherwise exempt from
the
Freedom of Information Act must be 
4redacted before disclosure as provided in
 the Freedom of 
5Information Act. A summary report released by the Executive 
6Ethics Commission under Section 20-52 is a public record, but 
7information redacted by the Executive Ethics Commission shall 
8not be part of the public record.

9    (c) Meetings of the Commission are exempt from the 
10provisions of the Open
Meetings Act.

11    (d) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, all 
12investigatory files and
reports of the Office of an Executive 
13Inspector General, other than monthly
reports required under 
14Section 20-85, are confidential and privileged, are exempt 
15from disclosure
under the Freedom of Information Act, and 
16shall not be divulged to
any person or agency, except as 
17necessary (i) to a law
enforcement
authority, (ii) to the 
18ultimate
jurisdictional authority, (iii) to the
Executive 
19Ethics Commission, (iv) to another Inspector General appointed

20pursuant to this Act, or (v) to an Inspector General appointed 
21or employed by a Regional Transit Board in accordance with 
22Section 75-10.

23(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09; 96-1528, eff. 7-1-11.)
 
24    (5 ILCS 430/25-5)

25    Sec. 25-5. Legislative Ethics Commission.


 
 
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1    (a) The Legislative Ethics Commission is created.


2    (b) The Legislative Ethics Commission shall consist of 8

3commissioners appointed 2 each by the
President and Minority 
4Leader of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader
of the 
5House of Representatives.

6    The terms of the initial commissioners shall commence upon 
7qualification.
Each appointing authority shall designate one 
8appointee who
shall serve for a 2-year term running through

9June 30, 2005.
Each appointing authority shall designate one 
10appointee who
shall serve for a
4-year term running through 
11June 30, 2007.
The initial appointments shall be made within 
1260 days
after the effective date of this Act.

13    After the initial terms, commissioners shall serve for 
144-year terms
commencing on July 1 of the year of appointment 
15and running
through June 30 of the fourth following year. 
16Commissioners may be
reappointed to one or more subsequent 
17terms.

18    A vacancy shall occur upon a commissioner's death, 
19resignation, removal, disqualification, termination of 
20legislative service in the house or caucus of the appointing 
21authority, or other inability to act. Vacancies occurring 
22other than at the end of a term shall be filled
by the 
23appointing authority only for the balance of the
term of the 
24commissioner whose office is vacant.

25    Terms shall run regardless of whether the position is 
26filled.


 
 
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1    (c) The appointing authorities shall appoint commissioners 
2who
have experience holding governmental office or employment 
3and may
appoint commissioners who are members of the General 
4Assembly as well as
commissioners from the general public.
A 
5commissioner who is a member of the General Assembly must 
6recuse himself or
herself from participating in any matter 
7relating to any investigation or
proceeding in which he or she 
8is the subject or is a complainant.
A person is not eligible to

9serve as a commissioner if that person (i) has been convicted 
10of a
felony or a crime of dishonesty or moral turpitude, (ii) 
11is, or was
within the preceding 12 months, engaged in 
12activities that
require registration under the Lobbyist 
13Registration Act, (iii) is a
relative of the appointing 
14authority, (iv) is a State officer or employee
other than a 
15member of the General Assembly, or (v) is a candidate for 
16statewide office, federal office, or judicial office.

17    (c-5) If a commissioner is required to recuse himself or 
18herself from participating in a matter as provided in 
19subsection (c), the recusal shall create a temporary vacancy 
20for the limited purpose of consideration of the matter for 
21which the commissioner recused himself or herself, and the 
22appointing authority for the recusing commissioner shall make 
23a temporary appointment to fill the vacancy for consideration 
24of the matter for which the commissioner recused himself or 
25herself. 
26    (d) The Legislative Ethics Commission shall have

 
 
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1jurisdiction over current and former members of the General 
2Assembly regarding events occurring during a member's term of 
3office and
current and former State
employees regarding events 
4occurring during any period of employment where the State 
5employee's ultimate jurisdictional authority is
(i) a 
6legislative leader, (ii) the Senate Operations Commission, or 
7(iii) the
Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services. The 
8Legislative Ethics Commission shall have jurisdiction over 
9complainants and respondents in violation of subsection (d) of 
10Section 25-90. The jurisdiction of the
Commission is limited 
11to matters arising under this Act.

12    An officer or executive branch State employee serving on a 
13legislative branch board or commission remains subject to the 
14jurisdiction of the Executive Ethics Commission and is not 
15subject to the jurisdiction of the Legislative Ethics 
16Commission. 
17    (e) The Legislative Ethics Commission must meet, either
in 
18person or by other technological means, monthly or as
often as 
19necessary. At the first meeting of the Legislative
Ethics 
20Commission, the commissioners shall choose from their
number a 
21chairperson and other officers that they deem appropriate.
The 
22terms of officers shall be for 2 years commencing July 1 and

23running through June 30 of the second following year. Meetings 
24shall be held at
the call
of the chairperson or any 3 
25commissioners. Official action by the
Commission shall require 
26the affirmative vote of 5 commissioners, and
a quorum shall 
 
 
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1consist of 5 commissioners. Commissioners shall receive
no 
2compensation but
may be
reimbursed for their reasonable 
3expenses actually incurred in the
performance of their duties.

4    (f) No commissioner, other than a commissioner who is a 
5member of the
General
Assembly, or employee of the Legislative

6Ethics Commission may during his or her term of appointment or 
7employment:

8        (1) become a candidate for any elective office;

9        (2) hold any other elected or appointed public office

10    except for appointments on governmental advisory boards
or 
11    study commissions or as otherwise expressly authorized by 
12    law;

13        (3) be actively involved in the affairs of any 
14    political party or political
organization; or

15        (4) advocate for the appointment of another person to 
16    an appointed or elected office or position or actively 
17    participate in any campaign for any
elective office.

18    (f-5) No commissioner who is a member of the General 
19Assembly may be a candidate for statewide office, federal 
20office, or judicial office. If a commissioner who is a member 
21of the General Assembly files petitions to be a candidate for a 
22statewide office, federal office, or judicial office, he or 
23she shall be deemed to have resigned from his or her position 
24as a commissioner on the date his or her name is certified for 
25the ballot by the State Board of Elections or local election 
26authority and his or her position as a commissioner shall be 
 
 
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1deemed vacant. Such person may not be reappointed to the 
2Commission during any time he or she is a candidate for 
3statewide office, federal office, or judicial office. 
4    (g) An appointing authority may remove a
commissioner only 
5for cause.


6    (h) The Legislative Ethics Commission shall appoint an

7Executive Director subject to the approval of at least 3 of the 
84 legislative leaders. The compensation of the Executive 
9Director shall
be as determined by the Commission. The 
10Executive Director of the Legislative
Ethics Commission may 
11employ, subject to the approval of at least 3 of the 4 
12legislative leaders, and determine the
compensation of staff, 
13as appropriations permit.

14    (i) In consultation with the Legislative Inspector 
15General, the Legislative Ethics Commission may develop 
16comprehensive training for members and employees under its 
17jurisdiction that includes, but is not limited to, sexual 
18harassment, employment discrimination, and workplace civility. 
19The training may be recommended to the ultimate jurisdictional 
20authorities and may be approved by the Commission to satisfy 
21the sexual harassment training required under Section 5-10.5 
22or be provided in addition to the annual sexual harassment 
23training required under Section 5-10.5. The Commission may 
24seek input from governmental agencies or private entities for 
25guidance in developing such training. 
26(Source: P.A. 100-588, eff. 6-8-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 
 
 
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1101-221, eff. 8-9-19; 101-617, eff. 12-20-19.)
 
2    (5 ILCS 430/25-10)

3    Sec. 25-10. Office of Legislative Inspector General.


4    (a) The independent Office of the Legislative Inspector 
5General is created.
The Office shall be under the direction 
6and supervision of the
Legislative Inspector General and shall 
7be a fully independent office with its
own appropriation.

8    (b) The Legislative Inspector General shall be appointed 
9without regard to
political
affiliation and solely on the 
10basis of integrity and
demonstrated ability.
The Legislative 
11Ethics
Commission shall diligently search out qualified 
12candidates for Legislative
Inspector General
and shall make 
13recommendations to the General Assembly. The Legislative 
14Inspector General may serve in a full-time, part-time, or 
15contractual capacity. 

16    The Legislative Inspector General shall be appointed by a 
17joint resolution of
the
Senate and the House of 
18Representatives, which may specify the date on
which the 
19appointment takes effect.
A joint resolution, or other 
20document as may be specified by the
Joint Rules of the General 
21Assembly, appointing the Legislative Inspector
General must be 
22certified by
the Speaker
of the House of Representatives and 
23the President of the Senate as having been
adopted by the

24affirmative vote of three-fifths of the members elected to 
25each house,
respectively,
and be filed with the Secretary of 
 
 
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1State.
The appointment of the Legislative Inspector General 
2takes effect on the day
the
appointment is completed by the 
3General Assembly, unless the appointment
specifies a later 
4date on which it is to become effective.

5    The Legislative Inspector General shall have the following 
6qualifications:


7        (1) has not been convicted  of any felony under the 
8    laws of this State,
another state, or the United States;

9        (2) has earned a baccalaureate degree from an 
10    institution of higher
education; and

11        (3) has 5 or more years of cumulative service (A) with 
12    a federal,
State, or
local law enforcement agency, at 
13    least 2 years of which have been in a
progressive 
14    investigatory capacity; (B)
as a
federal, State, or local 
15    prosecutor; (C)
as a
senior manager or executive of a 
16    federal, State, or local
agency; (D) as a member, an 
17    officer,
or a State
or federal judge; or (E) representing 
18    any combination of items (A) through (D).


19    The Legislative Inspector General may not be a relative of 
20a commissioner.

21    The term of the initial Legislative Inspector General 
22shall
commence upon qualification and shall run through June 
2330, 2008.

24    After the initial term, the Legislative Inspector General 
25shall serve
for 5-year terms commencing on July 1 of the year 
26of appointment
and running through June 30 of the fifth 
 
 
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1following year. The
Legislative Inspector General may be 
2reappointed to one or more
subsequent terms. Terms shall run 
3regardless of whether the position is filled. 

4    (b-5) A vacancy occurring other than at the end of a term 
5shall be filled in the
same manner as an appointment only for 
6the balance of the term of the
Legislative
Inspector General 
7whose office is vacant. Within 7 days of the Office becoming 
8vacant or receipt of a Legislative Inspector General's 
9prospective resignation, the vacancy shall be publicly posted 
10on the Commission's website, along with a description of the 
11requirements for the position and where applicants may apply.
12    Within 45 days of the vacancy, the Commission shall 
13designate an Acting Legislative Inspector General who shall 
14serve until the vacancy is filled. The Commission shall file 
15the designation in writing with the Secretary of State. 
16    Within 60 days prior to the end of the term of the 
17Legislative Inspector General or within 30 days of the 
18occurrence of a vacancy in the Office of the Legislative 
19Inspector General, the Legislative Ethics Commission shall 
20establish a four-member search committee within the Commission 
21for the purpose of conducting a search for qualified 
22candidates to serve as Legislative Inspector General. The 
23Speaker of the House of Representatives, Minority Leader of 
24the House, Senate President, and Minority Leader of the Senate 
25shall each appoint one member to the search committee. A 
26member of the search committee shall be either a retired judge 
 
 
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1or former prosecutor and may not be a member or employee of the 
2General Assembly or a registered lobbyist. If the Legislative 
3Ethics Commission wishes to recommend that the Legislative 
4Inspector General be re-appointed, a search committee does not 
5need to be appointed.
6    The search committee shall conduct a search for qualified 
7candidates, accept applications, and conduct interviews. The 
8search committee shall recommend up to 3 candidates for 
9Legislative Inspector General to the Legislative Ethics 
10Commission. The search committee shall be disbanded upon an 
11appointment of the Legislative Inspector General. Members of 
12the search committee are not entitled to compensation but 
13shall be entitled to reimbursement of reasonable expenses 
14incurred in connection with the performance of their duties.
15    Within 30 days after June 8, 2018 (the effective date of 
16Public Act 100-588) this amendatory Act of the 100th General 
17Assembly, the Legislative Ethics Commission shall create a 
18search committee in the manner provided for in this subsection 
19to recommend up to 3 candidates for Legislative Inspector 
20General to the Legislative Ethics Commission by October 31, 
212018. 
22    If a vacancy exists and the Commission has not appointed 
23an Acting Legislative Inspector General, either the staff of 
24the Office of the Legislative Inspector General, or if there 
25is no staff, the Executive Director, shall advise the 
26Commission of all open investigations and any new allegations 
 
 
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1or complaints received in the Office of the Inspector General. 
2These reports shall not include the name of any person 
3identified in the allegation or complaint, including, but not 
4limited to, the subject of and the person filing the 
5allegation or complaint. Notification shall be made to the 
6Commission on a weekly basis unless the Commission approves of 
7a different reporting schedule. 

8    If the Office of the Inspector General is vacant for 6 
9months or more beginning on or after January 1, 2019, and the 
10Legislative Ethics Commission has not appointed an Acting 
11Legislative Inspector General, all complaints made to the 
12Legislative Inspector General  or the Legislative Ethics 
13Commission shall be directed to the Inspector General for the 
14Auditor General, and he or she shall have the authority to act 
15as provided in subsection (c) of this Section and Section 
1625-20 of this Act, and shall be subject to all laws and rules 
17governing a Legislative Inspector General or Acting 
18Legislative Inspector General. The authority for the Inspector 
19General of the Auditor General under this paragraph shall 
20terminate upon appointment of a Legislative Inspector General 
21or an Acting Legislative Inspector General. 

22    (c) The Legislative Inspector General
shall have 
23jurisdiction over the current and former members of the 
24General Assembly regarding events occurring during a member's 
25term of office and
current and former State employees 
26regarding events occurring during any period of employment 
 
 
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1where the State employee's ultimate jurisdictional authority 
2is
(i) a legislative leader, (ii) the Senate Operations 
3Commission, or (iii) the
Joint Committee on Legislative 
4Support Services. 

5    The jurisdiction of each Legislative Inspector General is 
6to investigate
allegations of violations of this Act, 
7violations of other related laws and rules regarding events 
8related to the member's or employee's public duties or use of 
9State office, employment, or resources, or fraud, waste, 
10abuse, mismanagement, misconduct, nonfeasance,
misfeasance,
or 
11malfeasance related to the member's or employee's public 
12duties or use of State office, employment, or resources. The 
13jurisdiction shall not include violations of the Rules of the 
14House of Representatives or the Senate , or violations of this 
15Act or violations of other related
laws and rules.

16    The Legislative Inspector General shall have jurisdiction 
17over complainants in violation of subsection (e) of Section 
1825-63 of this Act. 
19    (d) The compensation of the Legislative Inspector General 
20shall
be the greater of an amount (i) determined by the 
21Commission or (ii) by joint
resolution of the General Assembly 
22passed by a majority of members elected in
each chamber.

23Subject to Section 25-45 of this Act, the Legislative 
24Inspector General has
full
authority to organize the Office of 
25the Legislative Inspector General,
including the employment 
26and determination of the compensation of
staff, such as 
 
 
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1deputies, assistants, and other employees, as
appropriations 
2permit. Employment of staff is subject to the approval of at 
3least 3 of the 4 legislative leaders.


4    (e) No Legislative Inspector General or employee of the 
5Office of
the Legislative Inspector General may, during his or 
6her term of appointment or
employment:

7        (1) become a candidate for any elective office;

8        (2) hold any other elected or appointed public office

9    except for appointments on governmental advisory boards
or 
10    study commissions or as otherwise expressly authorized by 
11    law;

12        (3) be actively involved in the affairs of any 
13    political party or
political organization; or

14        (4) actively participate in any campaign for any

15    elective office.

16    A full-time Legislative Inspector General shall not engage 
17in the practice of law or any other business, employment, or 
18vocation. 
19    In this subsection an appointed public office means a 
20position authorized by
law that is filled by an appointing 
21authority as provided by law and does not
include employment 
22by hiring in the ordinary course of business.

23    (e-1) No Legislative Inspector General or employee of the 
24Office of the
Legislative Inspector General may, for one year 
25after the termination of his or
her appointment or employment:

26        (1) become a candidate for any elective office;

 
 
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1        (2) hold any elected public office; or

2        (3) hold any appointed State, county, or local 
3    judicial office.

4    (e-2) The requirements of item (3) of subsection (e-1) may 
5be waived by the
Legislative Ethics Commission.

6    (f) The Commission may remove the Legislative Inspector 
7General only for
cause.  At the time of the removal, the 
8Commission must report to the General
Assembly the 
9justification for the removal.

10(Source: P.A. 100-588, eff. 6-8-18; 101-221, eff. 8-9-19; 
11revised 9-12-19.)
 
12    (5 ILCS 430/25-15)

13    Sec. 25-15. Duties of the Legislative Ethics Commission.  
14In addition to
duties otherwise assigned by law, the 
15Legislative Ethics Commission shall have
the following duties:

16        (1) To promulgate rules governing the performance of 
17    its duties and the
exercise of its powers and governing 
18    the investigations of the Legislative
Inspector General; 
19    except that, the Legislative Ethics Commission shall adopt 
20    no rule requiring the Legislative Inspector General to 
21    seek the Commission's advance approval before commencing 
22    any investigation authorized under this Article. Any 
23    existing rule, as of the effective date of this amendatory 
24    Act of the 102nd General Assembly, requiring the 
25    Legislative Inspector General to seek the Commission's 
 
 
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1    advance approval before commencing any investigation is 
2    void. The rules shall be available on the Commission's 
3    website and any proposed changes to the rules must be made 
4    available to the public on the Commission's website no 
5    less than 7 days before the adoption  of the changes. Any 
6    person shall be given an opportunity to provide written or 
7    oral testimony before the Commission in support of or 
8    opposition to proposed rules. 

9        (2) To conduct administrative hearings and rule on 
10    matters
brought before the Commission only upon the 
11    receipt of pleadings
filed by the Legislative Inspector 
12    General and not upon its own
prerogative, but may appoint 
13    special Legislative Inspectors General as provided
in 
14    Section 25-21. Any other allegations of misconduct 
15    received by the
Commission from a person other than the 
16    Legislative Inspector General
shall be referred to the 
17    Office of the Legislative Inspector General.

18        (3) To prepare and publish manuals and guides and, 
19    working with
the Office of the Attorney General, oversee

20    training of employees under its jurisdiction that explains 
21    their duties.

22        (4) To prepare public information materials to 
23    facilitate
compliance, implementation, and enforcement of 
24    this Act.

25        (5) To submit reports as required by this Act.

26        (6) To the extent authorized by this Act, to make 
 
 
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1    rulings, issue
recommendations, and impose administrative 
2    fines,
if appropriate,
in
connection with the 
3    implementation and interpretation of this Act.
The powers 
4    and duties of the
Commission are limited to matters 
5    clearly within the purview of this
Act.

6        (7) To issue subpoenas with respect to matters pending 
7    before the Commission,
subject to the provisions of this 
8    Article and in the
discretion of the Commission,
to compel 
9    the attendance of witnesses for purposes of testimony and

10    the production of documents and other items for inspection 
11    and
copying.

12        (8) To appoint special Legislative Inspectors General 
13    as provided in Section
25-21.


14        (9) To conspicuously display on the Commission's 
15    website the procedures for reporting a violation of this 
16    Act, including how to report violations via email or 
17    online. 
18        (10)    To conspicuously display on the Commission's 
19    website any vacancies within the Office of the Legislative 
20    Inspector General.
21        (11)     To appoint an Acting Legislative Inspector 
22    General in the event of a vacancy in the Office of the 
23    Legislative Inspector General. 
24(Source: P.A. 100-554, eff. 11-16-17; 100-588, eff. 6-8-18.)
 
25    (5 ILCS 430/25-20)

 
 
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1    Sec. 25-20. Duties of the Legislative Inspector
General.  
2In addition to duties otherwise assigned by law,
the 
3Legislative Inspector General shall have the following duties:

4        (1) To receive and investigate, without advance 
5    approval of the Legislative Ethics Commission, allegations 
6    of violations of this Act and other wrongful acts within 
7    his or her jurisdiction based on a complaint. Except as 
8    otherwise provided in paragraph (1.5), an investigation 
9    may not be initiated more than one year after the alleged 
10    wrongful act or the most recent act of a series of alleged 
11    wrongful acts based on the same wrongful conduct except if 
12    there is reasonable cause to believe that fraudulent 
13    concealment has occurred allegations of violations of this

14    Act. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (1.5), an 
15    investigation may not be initiated
more than one year 
16    after the most recent act of the alleged violation or of a

17    series of alleged violations except where there is 
18    reasonable cause to believe
that fraudulent concealment 
19    has occurred.  To constitute fraudulent concealment

20    sufficient to toll this limitations period, there must be 
21    an affirmative act or
representation calculated to prevent 
22    discovery of the fact that a violation or other wrongful 
23    act
has occurred. The
Legislative Inspector General shall 
24    have the discretion to determine the
appropriate means of 
25    investigation as permitted by law.
26        (1.5) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 
 
 
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1    contrary, the Legislative Inspector General, whether  
2    appointed by the Legislative Ethics Commission or the 
3    General Assembly, may initiate an investigation based on 
4    information provided to the Office of the Legislative 
5    Inspector General or the  Legislative Ethics Commission 
6    during the period from December 1, 2014 through November 
7    3, 2017. Any investigation initiated under this paragraph 
8    (1.5) must be initiated within one year after the 
9    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General 
10    Assembly. 

11        Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, 
12    the Legislative Inspector General, through the Attorney 
13    General, shall have the authority to file a complaint 
14    related to any founded violations that occurred during the 
15    period December 1, 2014 through November 3, 2017 to the 
16    Legislative Ethics Commission, and the Commission shall 
17    have jurisdiction to conduct administrative hearings 
18    related to any pleadings filed by the Legislative 
19    Inspector General, provided the complaint is filed with 
20    the Commission no later than 6 months after the summary 
21    report is provided to the Attorney General in accordance 
22    with subsection (c) of Section 25-50. 
23        (2) To request information relating to an 
24    investigation from any
person when the Legislative 
25    Inspector General deems that information necessary
in

26    conducting an investigation.

 
 
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1        (3) To issue subpoenas, with the advance approval of 
2    the Commission,
to compel the attendance of witnesses for 
3    the
purposes of testimony and production of documents and 
4    other items for
inspection and copying and to make service 
5    of those subpoenas and subpoenas
issued under item (7) of 
6    Section 25-15.

7        (4) To submit reports as required by this Act.

8        (5) To file
pleadings in the name of
the Legislative 
9    Inspector General with the Legislative Ethics
Commission, 
10    through the Attorney General, as provided in this Article 
11    if the
Attorney General finds that reasonable cause exists 
12    to believe that a violation
has
occurred.

13        (6) To assist and coordinate the ethics officers
for 
14    State agencies under the jurisdiction of the
Legislative 
15    Inspector General and to work with those ethics officers.

16        (7) To participate in or conduct, when appropriate, 
17    multi-jurisdictional
investigations.

18        (8) To request, as the Legislative Inspector General 
19    deems appropriate,
from ethics officers
of State agencies 
20    under his or her  jurisdiction, reports or information
on 
21    (i) the content of a State agency's ethics
training 
22    program and (ii) the percentage of new officers and

23    employees who have completed ethics training.

24        (9) To establish a policy that ensures the appropriate 
25    handling and correct recording of all investigations of 
26    allegations and to ensure that the policy is accessible 
 
 
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1    via the Internet in order that those seeking to report 
2    those allegations are familiar with the process and that 
3    the subjects of those allegations are treated fairly. 
4        (10) To post information to the Legislative Inspector 
5    General's website explaining to complainants and subjects 
6    of an investigation the legal limitations on the 
7    Legislative Inspector General's ability to provide 
8    information to them and a general overview of the 
9    investigation process.
10(Source: P.A. 100-553, eff. 11-16-17; 100-588, eff. 6-8-18.)
 
11    (5 ILCS 430/25-85)

12    Sec. 25-85. Quarterly reports by the Legislative Inspector 
13General. 
The Legislative Inspector General shall submit 
14quarterly
reports of claims within his or her jurisdiction 
15filed with the Office of the Legislative Inspector General to 
16the General Assembly and the
Legislative Ethics Commission, on 
17dates determined by the
Legislative Ethics Commission, 
18indicating:


19        (1) the total number of allegations received since the 
20    date of the last report and the total number of 
21    allegations received since the date of the last report by 
22    category of claim;
23        (2) the total number of investigations initiated since 
24    the date of
the last report and the total number of 
25    investigations initiated since the date of the last report 
 
 
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1    by category of claim;

2        (3) the total number of investigations concluded since 
3    the date of
the last report and the total number of 
4    investigations concluded since the date of the last report 
5    by category of claim;

6        (4) the total number of investigations pending as of 
7    the reporting
date and the total number of investigations 
8    pending as of the reporting date by category of claim;

9        (5) the total number of summary reports complaints 
10    forwarded to the Attorney General pursuant to subsection 
11    (c) of Section 25-50 since the
date of the last report;


12        (6) the total number of actions filed with the 
13    Legislative Ethics Commission
since the date of the last 
14    report, the total number of
actions pending before the 
15    Legislative Ethics Commission as of the reporting
date, 
16    the total number of actions filed with the Legislative 
17    Ethics Commission since the date of the last report by 
18    category of claim, and the total number of actions pending 
19    before the Legislative Ethics Commission as of the 
20    reporting date by category of claim; 
21        (7) the number of allegations referred to any law 
22    enforcement agency since the date of the last report;
23        (8)    the total number of allegations referred to 
24    another investigatory body since the date of the last 
25    report; and
26        (9)   the cumulative number of each of the foregoing for 
 
 
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1    the current calendar year.
2    For the purposes of this Section, "category of claim" 
3shall include discrimination claims, harassment claims, sexual 
4harassment claims, retaliation claims, gift ban claims, 
5prohibited political activity claims, revolving door 
6prohibition claims, and other, miscellaneous, or 
7uncharacterized claims.
8    The quarterly report shall be available on the website of 
9the Legislative Inspector General. 


10(Source: P.A. 100-588, eff. 6-8-18.)
 
11    Section 20. The Election Code is amended  by changing 
12Sections 1A-14, 9-1.8, and 9-8.5 and by adding Section 9-3.5 
13as follows:
 



14    (10 ILCS 5/1A-14)  (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-14)



15    Sec. 1A-14. Political activity by members of the State 
16Board of Elections.  
17    (a) No member of the State Board of Elections may become a 
18candidate
for nomination for, or election to,
or accept 
19appointment to or hold any other remunerative public office or 
20public
employment or any office in a political party. No 
21member of the State Board of Elections shall: (i) contribute, 
22either financially or in services or goods or any other way, to 
23any political committee; (ii) serve as an officer of any 
24political committee; or (iii) be a candidate who is designated 
 
 
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1as the candidate to be supported by a candidate political 
2committee.
3    (b) A member of the State Board of Elections who is either 
4an officer of a political committee or a candidate who is 
5designated as the candidate to be supported by a candidate 
6political committee shall within 30 days after confirmation by 
7the Senate: (i) resign as an officer of the political 
8committee; (ii) have his or her name removed as the candidate 
9to be supported by a political committee; (iii) notify the 
10Board of the member's intent to convert the political 
11committee to a limited activity committee under Section 9-1.8, 
12and complete the transition to a limited activity committee 
13within 60 days after confirmation; or (iv) dissolve the  
14committee. A member of the State Board of Elections who is in 
15violation of this subsection (b) on the effective date of this 
16amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly must come into 
17compliance within 30 days after the effective date of this 
18amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly. 
19    (c) Violation of any prohibition
in this Section shall 
20disqualify a member of the Board and a
vacancy is thereby 
21created. A vacancy also exists upon the occurrence of
any of 
22the events enumerated in Section 25-2 of this Act as in the 
23case
of an elective office.
24    (d) As used in this Section, "political committee" 
25includes both the meaning provided in Section 9-1.8 of this 
26Code and the meaning provided in 52 U.S.C. 30101. 

 
 
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1(Source: P.A. 80-1178.)

 


2    (10 ILCS 5/9-1.8)
  (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8)



3    Sec. 9-1.8. Political committees. 
4    (a)                        "Political committee" includes a candidate political 
5committee, a political party committee, a political action 
6committee, a ballot initiative committee, and an independent 
7expenditure committee.
8    (b)                        "Candidate political committee" means the candidate 
9himself or herself  or any natural person, trust, partnership, 
10corporation, or other organization or group of persons 
11designated by the candidate that accepts contributions or 
12makes expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate 
13amount exceeding $5,000 on behalf of the candidate.
14    (c)                        "Political party committee" means the State central 
15committee of a political party, a county central committee of 
16a political party, a legislative caucus committee, or a 
17committee formed by a ward or township committeeperson of a 
18political party. For purposes of this Article, a "legislative 
19caucus  committee" means a committee established for the 
20purpose of electing candidates to the General Assembly by the 
21person elected President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the 
22Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Minority 
23Leader of the House of Representatives, or a committee 
24established by 5 or more members of the same caucus of the 
25Senate or 10 or more members of the same caucus of the House of 
 
 
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1Representatives.
2    (d)                        "Political action committee" means any natural person, 
3trust, partnership, committee, association, corporation, or 
4other organization or group of persons, other than a 
5candidate, political party, candidate political committee, or 
6political party committee, that accepts contributions or makes 
7expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount 
8exceeding $5,000 on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate 
9or candidates for public office.  "Political action committee" 
10includes any natural person, trust, partnership, committee, 
11association, corporation, or other organization or group of 
12persons, other than a candidate, political party, candidate 
13political committee, or political party committee, that makes 
14electioneering communications during any 12-month period in an 
15aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 related to any candidate or 
16candidates for public office.
17    (e)                        "Ballot initiative committee" means any natural 
18person, trust, partnership, committee, association, 
19corporation, or other organization or group of persons  that 
20accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any 
2112-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 in 
22support of or in opposition to any question of public policy to 
23be submitted to the electors. "Ballot initiative committee" 
24includes any natural person, trust, partnership, committee, 
25association, corporation, or other organization or group of 
26persons that makes electioneering communications during any 
 
 
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112-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 
2related to any question of public policy to be submitted to the 
3voters. The $5,000 threshold applies to any contributions or 
4expenditures received or made with the purpose of securing a 
5place on the ballot for, advocating the defeat or passage of, 
6or engaging in electioneering communication regarding the 
7question of public policy, regardless of the method of 
8initiation of the question of public policy and regardless of 
9whether petitions have been circulated or filed with the 
10appropriate office or whether the question has been adopted 
11and certified by the governing body. 
12    (f) "Independent expenditure committee" means any trust, 
13partnership, committee, association, corporation, or other 
14organization or group of persons  formed for the exclusive

15purpose of making independent expenditures during any 12-month 
16period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 in support of 
17or in opposition to (i) the nomination for election, election, 
18retention, or defeat of any public official or candidate or 
19(ii) any question of public policy to be submitted to the 
20electors. "Independent expenditure committee" also includes 
21any trust, partnership, committee, association, corporation, 
22or other organization or group of persons that makes 
23electioneering communications that are not made in connection, 
24consultation, or concert with or at the request or suggestion 
25of a public official or candidate, a public official's or 
26candidate's designated political committee or campaign, or an 
 
 
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1agent or agents of the public official, candidate, or 
2political committee or campaign during any 12-month period in 
3an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 related to (i) the 
4nomination for election, election, retention, or defeat of any 
5public official or candidate or (ii) any question of public 
6policy to be submitted to the voters.
7    (g) "Limited activity committee" means a political 
8committee for which a person who is nominated to a position 
9that is subject to confirmation by the Senate, including a 
10member of the State Board of Elections, is either an officer or 
11a candidate the committee has designated to support. 





12(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)

 
13    (10 ILCS 5/9-3.5 new)
14    Sec. 9-3.5. Candidate political committee restrictions. 
15    (a) A person who is nominated to an affected office shall 
16not: (i) serve as an officer of a candidate political 
17committee that is designated to support or oppose that person 
18as a candidate; or (ii) be a candidate who is designated as the 
19candidate to be supported by a candidate political committee.
20    (b) Within 30 days after appointment, the person shall: 
21(i) dissolve the candidate political committee; (ii) resign as 
22an officer of the candidate political committee; (iii) have 
23his or her name removed as the candidate to be supported by the 
24candidate political committee; or (iv) notify the Board of the 
25person's intent to convert the candidate political committee 
 
 
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1to a limited activity candidate political committee.
2    (c) As used in this Section, "affected office" has the 
3meaning provided in subsection (c) of Section 3A-50 of the 
4Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
 
5    (10 ILCS 5/9-8.5)
6    Sec. 9-8.5. Limitations on campaign contributions.
7    (a)                        It is unlawful for a political committee to accept 
8contributions except as provided in this Section.
9    (b)                        During an election cycle, a candidate political 
10committee may not accept contributions with an aggregate value 
11over the following: (i) $5,000 from any individual, (ii) 
12$10,000 from any corporation, labor organization, or 
13association, or (iii) $50,000 from a candidate political 
14committee or political action committee.   A candidate political 
15committee may accept contributions in any amount from a 
16political party committee except during an election cycle in 
17which the candidate seeks nomination at a primary election. 
18During an election cycle in which the candidate seeks 
19nomination at a primary election, a candidate political 
20committee may not accept contributions from  political party 
21committees with an aggregate value over the following: (i) 
22$200,000 for a candidate political committee established to 
23support a candidate seeking nomination to statewide office, 
24(ii) $125,000 for a candidate political committee established 
25to support a candidate seeking nomination to the Senate, the 
 
 
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1Supreme Court or Appellate Court in the First Judicial 
2District, or an  office elected by all voters in a county with 
31,000,000 or more residents, (iii) $75,000 for a candidate 
4political committee established to support a candidate seeking 
5nomination to the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court 
6or Appellate Court for a Judicial District other than the 
7First Judicial District, an office elected by all voters of a 
8county of fewer than 1,000,000 residents, and municipal and 
9county offices in Cook County other than those elected by all 
10voters of Cook County, and (iv) $50,000 for a candidate 
11political committee established to support the nomination of a 
12candidate to  any other office.

 A candidate political committee 
13established to elect a candidate to the General Assembly may 
14accept contributions from only one legislative caucus 
15committee. A candidate political committee may not accept 
16contributions from a ballot initiative committee or from an

17independent expenditure committee.
18    (c)                        During an election cycle, a political party committee 
19may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the 
20following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from 
21any corporation, labor organization, or association, or (iii) 
22$50,000 from a political action committee.  A political party 
23committee may accept contributions in any amount from another 
24political party committee or a candidate political committee, 
25except as provided in subsection (c-5). Nothing in this 
26Section shall limit the amounts that may be transferred 
 
 
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1between a political party committee established under 
2subsection (a) of Section 7-8 of this Code  and an affiliated 
3federal political committee established under the Federal 
4Election Code by the same political party. A political party 
5committee may not accept contributions from a ballot 
6initiative committee or from an
independent expenditure 
7committee. A political party committee established by a 
8legislative caucus may not accept contributions from another 
9political party committee established by a legislative caucus.
10    (c-5)   During the period beginning on the date candidates 
11may begin circulating petitions for a primary election and 
12ending on the day of the primary election, a political party 
13committee may not accept contributions with an aggregate value 
14over $50,000 from a candidate political committee or political 
15party committee. A political party committee may accept 
16contributions in any amount from a candidate political 
17committee or political party committee if the political party 
18committee receiving the contribution filed a statement of 
19nonparticipation in the primary as provided in subsection 
20(c-10).  The Task Force on Campaign Finance Reform shall study 
21and make recommendations on the provisions of this subsection 
22to the Governor and General Assembly by September 30, 2012. 
23This subsection becomes inoperative on July 1, 2013 and 
24thereafter no longer applies. 
25    (c-10) A political party committee that does not intend to 
26make contributions to candidates to be nominated at a general 
 
 
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1primary election or consolidated primary election may file a 
2Statement of Nonparticipation in a Primary Election with the 
3Board. The Statement of Nonparticipation shall include a 
4verification signed by the chairperson and treasurer of the 
5committee  that (i) the committee will not make contributions 
6or coordinated expenditures in support of or opposition to a 
7candidate or candidates to be nominated at the general primary 
8election or consolidated primary election (select one) to be 
9held on (insert date), (ii) the political party committee may 
10accept unlimited contributions from candidate political 
11committees and political party committees, provided that the 
12political party committee does not make contributions to a 
13candidate or candidates to be nominated  at the primary 
14election, and (iii) failure to abide by these requirements 
15shall deem the political party committee in violation of this 
16Article and subject the committee to a fine of no more than 
17150% of the total contributions or coordinated expenditures 
18made by the committee in violation of this Article. This 
19subsection becomes inoperative on July 1, 2013 and thereafter 
20no longer applies. 
21    (d)                        During an election cycle, a political action committee 
22may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the 
23following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from 
24any corporation, labor organization, political party 
25committee,  or association, or (iii) $50,000 from a political 
26action committee or candidate political committee. A political 
 
 
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1action committee may not accept contributions from a ballot 
2initiative committee or from an
independent expenditure 
3committee.
4    (e)                        A ballot initiative committee may accept contributions 
5in any amount from any source, provided that the committee 
6files the document required by Section 9-3 of this Article and 
7files the disclosure reports required by the provisions of 
8this Article.
9    (e-5) An independent expenditure committee may accept 
10contributions in any amount from any source, provided that the 
11committee files the document required by Section 9-3 of this 
12Article and files the disclosure reports required by the 
13provisions of this Article.
14    (e-10) A limited activity committee shall not accept 
15contributions, except that the officer or a candidate the 
16committee has designated to support may contribute personal 
17funds in order to pay for maintenance expenses. A limited 
18activity committee may only make expenditures that are: (i) 
19necessary for maintenance of the committee; (ii) for rent or 
20lease payments until the end of the lease in effect at the time 
21the officer or candidate is confirmed by the Senate; (iii) 
22contributions to 501(c)(3) charities; or (iv) returning 
23contributions to original contributors. 
24    (f)  Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a political 
25committee from dividing the proceeds of joint fundraising 
26efforts; provided that no political committee may receive more 
 
 
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1than the limit from any one contributor, and provided that an 
2independent
expenditure committee may not conduct joint 
3fundraising efforts with a
candidate political committee or a 
4political party committee.
5    (g)                        On January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the State 
6Board of Elections shall adjust the amounts of the 
7contribution limitations established in this Section for 
8inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index for All 
9Urban Consumers as issued by the United States Department of 
10Labor and rounded to the nearest $100. The State Board shall 
11publish this information on its official website.
12    (h) Self-funding candidates. If a public official, a 
13candidate, or the public official's or candidate's immediate 
14family contributes or loans to the public official's or 
15candidate's political committee or to other political 
16committees that transfer funds to the public official's or 
17candidate's political committee or makes independent 
18expenditures for the benefit of the public official's or 
19candidate's campaign during the 12 months prior to an election 
20in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for statewide 
21office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective offices, then 
22the public official or candidate shall file with the State  
23Board of Elections, within one day, a Notification of 
24Self-funding that shall detail each contribution or loan made 
25by the public official, the candidate, or the public 
26official's or candidate's immediate family. Within 2 business 
 
 
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1days after the filing of a Notification of Self-funding, the 
2notification shall be posted on the Board's website and the 
3Board shall give official notice of the filing to each 
4candidate for the same office as the public official or 
5candidate making the filing, including the public official or 
6candidate filing the Notification of Self-funding. Notice 
7shall be sent via first class mail to the candidate and the 
8treasurer of the candidate's committee.  Notice shall also be 
9sent by e-mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the 
10candidate's committee if the candidate and the treasurer, as 
11applicable, have provided the Board with an e-mail address. 
12Upon posting of the notice on the Board's website, all 
13candidates for that office, including the public official or 
14candidate who filed a Notification of Self-funding, shall be 
15permitted to accept contributions in excess of any 
16contribution limits imposed by subsection (b). If a public 
17official or candidate filed a Notification of Self-funding 
18during an election cycle that includes a general primary 
19election or consolidated primary election and that public 
20official or candidate is nominated, all candidates for that 
21office, including the nominee who filed the notification of 
22self-funding, shall be permitted to accept contributions in 
23excess of any contribution limit imposed by subsection (b) for 
24the subsequent election cycle. For the purposes of this 
25subsection, "immediate family" means the spouse, parent, or 
26child of a public official or candidate.
 
 
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1    (h-5) If a natural person or independent expenditure 
2committee makes independent expenditures in support of or in 
3opposition to the campaign of a particular public official or 
4candidate in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for 
5statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective 
6offices in an election cycle, as reported in a written 
7disclosure filed under subsection (a) of Section 9-8.6 or 
8subsection (e-5) of Section 9-10, then the State Board of 
9Elections shall, within 2 business days after the filing of 
10the disclosure, post the disclosure on the Board's website and 
11give official notice of the disclosure to each candidate for 
12the same office as the public official or candidate for whose 
13benefit or detriment the natural person or independent 
14expenditure committee made independent expenditures. Upon 
15posting of the notice on the Board's website, all candidates 
16for that office in that election, including the public 
17official or candidate for whose benefit  or detriment the 
18natural person or independent expenditure committee made 
19independent expenditures, shall be permitted to accept 
20contributions in excess of any contribution limits imposed by 
21subsection (b). 
22    (h-10) If the State Board of Elections receives 
23notification or determines that a natural person or persons, 
24an independent expenditure committee or committees, or 
25combination thereof has made independent expenditures in 
26support of or in opposition to the campaign of a particular 
 
 
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1public official or candidate in an aggregate amount of more 
2than (i) $250,000 for statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for 
3all other elective offices in an election cycle, then the 
4Board shall, within 2 business days after discovering the 
5independent expenditures that, in the aggregate, exceed the 
6threshold set forth in (i) and (ii) of this subsection, post 
7notice of this fact on the Board's website and give official 
8notice to each candidate for the same office as the public 
9official or candidate for whose benefit or detriment the 
10independent expenditures were made. Notice shall be sent via 
11first class mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the 
12candidate's committee.  Notice shall also be sent by e-mail to 
13the candidate and the treasurer of the candidate's committee 
14if the candidate and the treasurer, as applicable, have 
15provided the Board with an e-mail address.  Upon posting of the 
16notice on the Board's website, all candidates of that office 
17in that election, including the public official or candidate 
18for whose benefit or detriment the independent expenditures 
19were made, may accept contributions in excess of any 
20contribution limits imposed by subsection (b). 
21    (i) For the purposes of this Section, a corporation, labor 
22organization, association, or a political action committee 
23established by a corporation, labor organization, or 
24association may act as a conduit in facilitating the delivery 
25to a political action committee of contributions made through 
26dues, levies, or similar assessments and the political action 
 
 
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1committee may report the contributions in the aggregate, 
2provided that: (i) contributions made through dues, levies, or 
3similar assessments paid by any natural person, corporation, 
4labor organization, or association in a calendar year may not 
5exceed the limits set forth in this Section; (ii) the 
6corporation, labor organization, association, or a political 
7action committee established by a corporation, labor 
8organization, or association facilitating the delivery of 
9contributions maintains a list of natural persons, 
10corporations, labor organizations, and associations that paid 
11the dues, levies, or similar assessments from which the 
12contributions comprising the aggregate amount derive; and 
13(iii) contributions made through dues, levies, or similar 
14assessments paid by any natural person, corporation, labor 
15organization, or association that exceed $500 in a quarterly 
16reporting period shall be itemized on the committee's 
17quarterly report and may not be reported in the aggregate. A 
18political action committee facilitating the delivery of 
19contributions or receiving contributions shall disclose the 
20amount of contributions made through dues delivered or 
21received and the name of the corporation, labor organization, 
22association, or political action committee delivering the 
23contributions, if applicable. On January 1 of each 
24odd-numbered year, the State Board of Elections shall adjust 
25the amounts of the contribution limitations established in 
26this subsection for inflation as determined by the Consumer 
 
 
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1Price Index for All Urban Consumers as issued by the United 
2States Department of Labor and rounded to the nearest $100. 
3The State Board shall publish this information on its official 
4website.
5    (j) A political committee that receives a contribution or  
6transfer in violation of this Section shall dispose of the 
7contribution or transfer by returning the contribution or 
8transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or transfer, 
9to the contributor or transferor or donating the contribution 
10or transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or 
11transfer, to a charity. A contribution or transfer received in 
12violation of this Section that is not disposed of as provided 
13in this subsection within 30 days after the Board sends 
14notification to the political committee of the excess 
15contribution by certified mail shall escheat to the General 
16Revenue Fund and the political committee shall be deemed in 
17violation of this Section and subject to a civil penalty not to 
18exceed 150% of the total amount of the contribution. 
19    (k) For the purposes of this Section, "statewide office" 
20means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, 
21Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer. 
22    (l) This Section is repealed if and when the United States 
23Supreme Court invalidates contribution limits on committees 
24formed to assist candidates, political parties, corporations, 
25associations, or labor organizations established by or 
26pursuant to federal law. 

 
 
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1(Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
 
2    Section 25. The General Assembly Compensation Act is 
3amended  by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
4    (25 ILCS 115/1)  (from Ch. 63, par. 14)
5    Sec. 1. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive 
6an annual salary
of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation 
7Review Board, whichever is
greater. The
following named 
8officers, committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen

9shall receive additional amounts per year for
their services 
10as such officers, committee chairmen and committee
minority 
11spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation
Review 
12Board or, as follows, whichever is greater: Beginning the 
13second
Wednesday in January 1989, the Speaker and the minority 
14leader of the
House of Representatives and the
President and 
15the minority leader of the Senate, $16,000 each; the
majority 
16leader in the House of Representatives $13,500;
5 assistant

17majority leaders and 5 assistant minority leaders in the 
18Senate,
$12,000
each; 6 assistant majority leaders and 6 
19assistant minority leaders in
the House of Representatives, 
20$10,500 each; 2 Deputy
Majority leaders in the House of 
21Representatives $11,500 each; and 2 Deputy
Minority leaders in 
22the House of Representatives, $11,500 each; the majority

23caucus chairman and minority caucus chairman in the Senate, 
24$12,000 each;
and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 
 
 
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11989, the majority
conference chairman and the minority 
2conference chairman
in the House of Representatives, $10,500 
3each; beginning
the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the 
4chairman and minority spokesman
of each standing committee of 
5the Senate, except the Rules Committee, the
Committee on 
6Committees, and the Committee on Assignment of Bills, $6,000

7each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the 
8chairman and
minority spokesman of each standing and select 
9committee of the House of
Representatives, $6,000 each; and 
10beginning fiscal year 2020, the majority leader in the Senate, 
11an amount equal to the majority leader in the House.  A member 
12who serves in more than one
position as an officer, committee 
13chairman, or committee minority spokesman
shall receive only 
14one additional amount based on the position paying the
highest 
15additional amount.  Prior to the 103rd General Assembly, the 
16The
compensation provided for in this Section to be paid per 
17year to members
of the General Assembly, including the 
18additional sums payable per year
to officers of the General 
19Assembly shall be paid in 12 equal monthly
installments.  The 
20first such installment is payable on January 31,
1977.  All 
21subsequent equal monthly installments are payable on the last

22working day of the month. Prior to the 103rd General Assembly, 
23a  A member who has held office any part of a
month is entitled 
24to compensation for an entire month.
25    Beginning with the 103rd General Assembly, the 
26compensation provided for in this Section to be paid per year 
 
 
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1to members of the General Assembly, including additional sums 
2payable per year to officers of the General Assembly, shall be 
3paid bi-monthly. Members who resign before completing the 
4entire term in office shall be compensated on a prorated 
5basis. Members completing the term of a vacancy shall be 
6compensated on a prorated basis. 
7    Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile 
8before January
9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in 
9effect under regulations
promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
105707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number
of actual 
11highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the

12most feasible route to be present upon convening of the 
13sessions of the
General Assembly by such member in each and 
14every trip during each
session in going to and returning from 
15the seat of government, to be
computed by the Comptroller.  A 
16member traveling by public
transportation for such purposes, 
17however, shall be paid his actual cost
of that transportation 
18instead of on the mileage rate if his cost of
public 
19transportation exceeds the amount to which he would be 
20entitled
on a mileage basis.  No member may be paid, whether on 
21a mileage basis
or for actual costs of public transportation, 
22for more than one such
trip for each week the General Assembly 
23is actually in session.  Each
member shall also receive an 
24allowance of $36 per day for lodging and
meals while in 
25attendance at sessions
of the General Assembly before January 
269, 1985; beginning January 9,
1985, such food and lodging 
 
 
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1allowance shall be equal to the amount per day
permitted to be 
2deducted for such expenses under the Internal Revenue Code;

3however, beginning May 31, 1995, no allowance for food and 
4lodging while in
attendance at sessions is authorized for 
5periods of time after the last day in
May of each calendar 
6year, except (i) if the General Assembly is convened in

7special session by either the Governor or the presiding 
8officers of both
houses, as provided by subsection (b) of 
9Section 5 of Article IV of the
Illinois Constitution or (ii) if 
10the
General Assembly is convened to consider bills vetoed, 
11item vetoed, reduced, or
returned with specific 
12recommendations for change by the Governor as provided
in 
13Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution. For 
14fiscal year 2011 and for session days in fiscal years 2012, 
152013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 only (i)  the 
16allowance for lodging and meals is $111 per day and (ii) 
17mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a rate of 
18$0.39 per mile. 
19    Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 
20contrary, beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement 
21for

General Assembly members on non-session days shall be


22calculated using the guidelines set forth by the Legislative


23Travel Control Board, except that fiscal year 2012, 2013, 
242014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 mileage reimbursement 
25is set at a rate of $0.39 per mile. 
26    If a member dies having received only a portion of the 
 
 
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1amount payable
as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be 
2paid to the surviving
spouse of such member, or, if there be 
3none, to the estate of such member.
4(Source: P.A. 100-25, eff. 7-26-17; 100-587, eff. 6-4-18; 
5101-10, eff. 6-5-19; revised 7-17-19.)
 
6    Section 30. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by 
7changing Sections 2, 3, 4.5, 4.7, 5, 6, 8, and 11.2 as follows:
 
8    (25 ILCS 170/2)  (from Ch. 63, par. 172)
9    Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the 
10context otherwise
requires:
11    (a) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, 
12committee,
association, corporation, or any other organization 
13or group of persons.
14    (b) "Expenditure" means a payment, distribution, loan, 
15advance, deposit,
or gift of money or anything of value, and 
16includes a contract, promise, or
agreement, whether or not 
17legally enforceable, to make an expenditure, for
the ultimate 
18purpose of influencing executive, legislative, or 
19administrative
action, other than compensation as defined in 
20subsection (d).
21    (c) "Official" means:
22        (1) the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of 
23    State, Attorney
General, State Treasurer, and State 
24    Comptroller;
 
 
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1        (2) Chiefs of Staff for officials described in item 
2    (1), the Deputy Governor, the Deputy Secretary of State, 
3    the Deputy Attorney General, the Deputy Treasurer, and the 
4    Deputy Comptroller;
5        (3) Cabinet members of any elected constitutional 
6    officer, including Directors, Assistant Directors and 
7    Chief Legal Counsel or General Counsel;
8        (4) Members of the General Assembly; and
9        (5) Members of any board, commission, authority, or 
10    task force of the State authorized or created by State law 
11    or by executive order of the Governor; . 
12        (6) Mayors, presidents, aldermen, commissioners, and 
13    trustees of a city, village, or town;
14        (7) County board members and countywide elected 
15    officials;
16        (8) Township board members and township elected 
17    officials; and
18        (9) Members of any board, commission, authority, or 
19    task force created by a local ordinance or order of a mayor 
20    or village or town president. 
21    (d) "Compensation" means any money, thing of value or 
22financial benefits
received or to be received in return for 
23services rendered or to be
rendered, for lobbying or as a 
24consultant as defined in subsection (e).
25    Monies paid to members of the General Assembly by the 
26State as
remuneration for performance of their Constitutional 
 
 
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1and statutory duties
as members of the General Assembly shall 
2not constitute compensation as
defined by this Act.
3    (e) "Lobby" and "lobbying"
means to communicate, including 
4the soliciting of others to communicate, any communication 
5with an official of the
executive or legislative branch of 
6State government as defined in subsection
(c) for the ultimate 
7purpose of influencing any executive, legislative, or

8administrative action at the State, municipal, county, or 
9township government level. Soliciting of others to communicate 
10shall not include (i) the making of a grant by an organization 
11recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the 
12Internal Revenue Code made in accordance with Section 4945 and 
13the regulations thereunder or (ii) a communication by an 
14organization recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) 
15or 501(c)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code to the public or a 
16segment thereof or to its members to communicate with 
17legislators, executives, or administrators with respect to a 
18proposed action by the legislature, executive, or 
19administrator.
20    (f) "Influencing" means any communication, action, 
21reportable
expenditure as prescribed in Section 6 or other 
22means used to promote,
support, affect, modify, oppose or 
23delay any executive, legislative or
administrative action or 
24to promote goodwill with officials as defined in
subsection 
25(c).
26    (g) "Executive action" means the proposal, drafting, 
 
 
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1development,
consideration, amendment, adoption, approval, 
2promulgation, issuance,
modification, rejection or 
3postponement by a State, municipal, county, or township 
4government entity of a rule,
regulation, order, decision, 
5determination, contractual arrangement, purchasing
agreement 
6or other quasi-legislative or quasi-judicial action or 
7proceeding.
8    (h) "Legislative action" means the development, drafting, 
9introduction,
consideration, modification, adoption, 
10rejection, review, enactment, or passage
or defeat of any 
11bill, amendment, resolution, ordinance, report, nomination,

12administrative rule or other matter by either house of the 
13General Assembly or
a committee thereof, or by a legislator, 
14by the legislative body of a municipality, county, or 
15township, or by an alderman, trustee, or township board 
16member.  Legislative action also means the
action of the 
17Governor, mayor, or village or township board president, or 
18county executive in approving or vetoing any bill, ordinance, 
19or resolution or portion thereof, and
the action of such 
20officials the Governor or any agency under their jurisdiction 
21in the development of a legislative proposal for
introduction 
22in the legislature.
23    (i) "Administrative action" means the execution or 
24rejection of any rule,
regulation, legislative rule, standard, 
25fee, rate, contractual arrangement,
purchasing agreement or 
26other delegated legislative or quasi-legislative action
to be 
 
 
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1taken or withheld by any executive agency, department, board 
2or
commission of the State, municipal, county, or township.
3    (j) "Lobbyist" means any natural person who undertakes to 
4lobby State, municipal, county, or township government
as 
5provided in subsection (e).
6    (k) "Lobbying entity" means any entity that hires, 
7retains, employs, or compensates a natural person to lobby 
8State, municipal, county, or township  government as provided 
9in subsection (e).

10    (l) "Authorized agent" means the person designated by an 
11entity or lobbyist registered under this Act as the person 
12responsible for submission and retention of reports required 
13under this Act. 
14    (m) "Client" means any person or entity that provides 
15compensation to a lobbyist to lobby State, municipal, county, 
16or township government as provided in subsection (e) of this 
17Section.
18    (n) "Client registrant" means a client who is required to 
19register under this Act. 
20    (o) "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to 
21it in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution and 
22also includes school districts and community college 
23districts.
24    (p) "Consultant" means any natural person or entity who, 
25for compensation, provides advisory services, including but 
26not limited to, rendering opinions on or developing strategies 
 
 
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1for lobbying or influencing, to a lobbyist or lobbying entity 
2for the ultimate purpose of influencing any executive, 
3legislative, or administrative action. "Consultant" does not 
4include (i) an employee of the lobbyist or lobbying entity or 
5(ii) an attorney or law firm providing legal services, 
6including drafting legislation or advising and rendering 
7opinions to clients as to the construction and legal effect of 
8proposed or pending legislation or any executive, legislative, 
9or administrative action. 
10(Source: P.A. 101-595, eff. 12-5-19.)
 
11    (25 ILCS 170/3)  (from Ch. 63, par. 173)
12    Sec. 3. Persons required to register. 
13    (a) Except as provided in Section
 9, any natural
 person 
14who, for compensation or otherwise,
undertakes to lobby, or 
15any
 person or entity who employs or compensates another person 
16for the purposes
of lobbying, shall register with the 
17Secretary of State as provided in this Act, unless that person 
18or entity qualifies for one or more of the following 
19exemptions.
20        (1) Persons or entities who, for the purpose of 
21    influencing any executive, legislative, or administrative 
22    action and who do not make expenditures that are 
23    reportable pursuant to Section 6, appear without 
24    compensation or promise thereof only as witnesses before a 
25    legislative committee committees of the House and Senate 
 
 
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1    for the purpose of explaining or arguing for or against 
2    the passage of or action upon any legislation, ordinance, 
3    or regulation then pending before the committee those 
4    committees, or who seek without compensation or promise 
5    thereof the approval or veto of any legislation or 
6    ordinance by the Governor.
7        (1.4) A unit of local government, State government, or 
8    agencies, departments,  commissions, boards, or task forces 
9    thereof or a school district.
10        (1.5) An elected or appointed official or an employee 
11    of a unit of local government or school district who, in 
12    the scope of his or her public office or employment, seeks 
13    to influence executive, legislative, or administrative 
14    action exclusively on behalf of that unit of local 
15    government or school district.
16        (2) Persons or entities who own, publish, or are 
17    employed by a newspaper or other regularly published 
18    periodical, or who own or are employed by a radio station, 
19    television station, or other bona fide news medium that in 
20    the ordinary course of business disseminates news, 
21    editorial or other comment, or paid advertisements that 
22    directly urge the passage or defeat of legislation. This 
23    exemption is not applicable to such an individual insofar 
24    as he or she receives additional compensation or expenses 
25    from some source other than the bona fide news medium for 
26    the purpose of influencing executive, legislative, or 
 
 
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1    administrative action. This exemption does not apply to 
2    newspapers and periodicals owned by or published by trade 
3    associations and not-for-profit corporations engaged 
4    primarily in endeavors other than dissemination of news.
5        (3) Persons or entities performing professional 
6    services in drafting bills or in advising and rendering 
7    opinions to clients as to the construction and effect of 
8    proposed or pending legislation when those professional 
9    services are not otherwise, directly or indirectly, 
10    connected with executive, legislative, or administrative 
11    action.
12        (4) Persons or entities who are employees of 
13    departments, divisions, or agencies of State or local 
14    government and who appear before committees of the House 
15    and Senate for the purpose of explaining how the 
16    executive, legislative, or administrative action passage 
17    of or action upon any legislation then pending before 
18    those committees will affect those departments, divisions, 
19    or agencies of State or local government.
20        (5) Employees of the General Assembly, legislators, 
21    legislative agencies, and legislative commissions who, in 
22    the course of their official duties only, engage in 
23    activities that otherwise qualify as lobbying. Legislators 
24    whose activities are limited to occasional communications 
25    with an official of a unit of local government on behalf of 
26    their employer in the ordinary course of their non-public 
 
 
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1    employment where (1) the primary duties of the employment 
2    are not to influence executive, legislative, or 
3    administrative action and (2) the legislator does not make 
4    any expenditures that are reportable pursuant to Section 
5    6. 
6        (6) Persons or entities in  possession of technical 
7    skills and knowledge relevant to certain areas of 
8    executive, legislative, or administrative actions, whose 
9    skills and knowledge would be helpful to officials when 
10    considering those actions, whose activities are limited to 
11    making occasional appearances for or communicating on 
12    behalf of a registrant, and who do not make expenditures 
13    that are reportable pursuant to Section 6 even though 
14    receiving expense reimbursement for those occasional 
15    appearances.
16        (7) Any full-time employee of a bona fide church or 
17    religious organization who represents that organization 
18    solely for the purpose of protecting the right of the 
19    members thereof to practice the religious doctrines of 
20    that church or religious organization, or any such bona 
21    fide church or religious organization.
22        (8) Persons or entities that receive no compensation 
23    other than reimbursement for expenses of up to $500 per 
24    year while engaged in lobbying State government, unless 
25    those persons make expenditures that are reportable under 
26    Section 6.
 
 
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1        (9) Any attorney or group or firm of attorneys (1) in 
2    connection with the practice of law or (2) in the course of 
3    representing a client in relation to any administrative, 
4    or judicial, quasi-judicial proceeding, or any witness 
5    providing testimony in any administrative, or judicial, or 
6    quasi-judicial proceeding, in which ex parte 
7    communications are not allowed and who does not make 
8    expenditures that are reportable pursuant to Section 6.
9        (9.5) Any attorney or group or firm of attorneys in 
10    the course of representing a client in an administrative 
11    or executive action involving a contractual or purchasing 
12    arrangement and who does not make expenditures that are 
13    reportable pursuant to Section 6. 
14        (10) Persons or entities who, in the scope of their 
15    employment as a vendor, offer or solicit an official for 
16    the purchase of any goods or services when (1) the 
17    solicitation is limited to either an oral inquiry or 
18    written advertisements and informative literature; or (2) 
19    the goods and services are subject to competitive bidding 
20    requirements of the Illinois Procurement Code; or (3) the 
21    goods and services are for sale at a cost not to exceed 
22    $5,000; and (4) the persons or entities do not make 
23    expenditures that are reportable under Section 6.

24    (a-5) If in the course of providing services as a 
25consultant, the consultant communicates with an official on 
26behalf of the lobbyist or lobbying entity for the ultimate 
 
 
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1purpose of influencing any executive, legislative, or 
2administrative action, or makes an expenditure on behalf of or 
3benefiting an official, the consultant shall register as a 
4lobbyist within 2 business days of engaging in the 
5communication with the official or making the expenditure 
6benefiting the official. 
7    (b) It is a violation of this Act to engage in lobbying or 
8to employ any
person for the purpose of lobbying who is not 
9registered with the Office of the
Secretary of State, except 
10upon condition that the person register and the
person does in 
11fact register within 2 business days after being employed or 
12retained for lobbying services.
13    (c) The Secretary shall promulgate a rule establishing a 
14list of the entities required to register under this Act, 
15including the name of each board, commission, authority, or 
16task force. The Secretary may require a person or entity 
17claiming an exemption under this Section to certify the person 
18or entity is not required to register under this Act.  Nothing 
19prohibits the Secretary from rejecting a certification and 
20requiring a person or entity to register. 
21(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1358, eff. 7-28-10.)
 
22    (25 ILCS 170/4.5)
23    Sec. 4.5. Ethics training. Each natural person required to 
24register as a lobbyist under this Act must complete a program 
25of ethics training provided by the Secretary of State.  A 
 
 
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1natural person registered under this Act must complete the 
2training program before no later than 30 days after 
3registration or renewal is deemed complete under this Act. If 
4the Secretary of State uses the ethics training developed in 
5accordance with Section 5-10 of the State Officials and 
6Employees Ethics Act, that training must be expanded to 
7include appropriate information about the requirements, 
8responsibilities, and opportunities imposed by or arising 
9under this Act, including reporting requirements.
10    The Secretary of State shall adopt rules for the 
11implementation of this Section.
12(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1358, eff. 7-28-10.)
 
13    (25 ILCS 170/4.7)
14    Sec. 4.7. Prohibition on sexual harassment.
15    (a) All persons have the right to work in an environment 
16free from sexual harassment. All persons subject to this Act 
17shall refrain from sexual harassment of any person.
18    (b) (Blank). Until January 1, 2020, each natural person 
19required to register as a lobbyist under this Act must 
20complete, at least annually, a sexual harassment training 
21program provided by the Secretary of State. A natural person 
22registered under this Act must complete the training program 
23no later than 30 days after registration or renewal under this 
24Act. This requirement does not apply to a lobbying entity or a 
25client that hires a lobbyist that (i) does not have employees 
 
 
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1of the lobbying entity or client registered as lobbyists, or 
2(ii) does not have an actual presence in Illinois.
3    (b-5) Each Beginning January 1, 2020, each natural person 
4required to register as a lobbyist under this Act must 
5complete, at least annually, a harassment and discrimination 
6prevention training program provided by the Secretary of 
7State. A natural person registered under this Act must 
8complete the training program before no later than 30 days 
9after registration or renewal is deemed complete under this 
10Act. This requirement does not apply to a lobbying entity or a 
11client that hires a lobbyist that (i) does not have employees 
12of the lobbying entity or client registered as lobbyists, or 
13(ii) does not have an actual presence in Illinois. For the 
14purposes of this subsection, "unlawful discrimination" and 
15"harassment" mean unlawful discrimination and harassment 
16prohibited under Section 2-102 of the Illinois Human Rights 
17Act. 
18    (c) Before registration or renewal is deemed complete 
19under this Act No later than January 1, 2018, each natural 
20person and any entity required to register under this Act 
21shall have a written sexual harassment policy that shall 
22include, at a minimum: (i) a prohibition on sexual harassment; 
23(ii) details on how an individual can report an allegation of 
24sexual harassment, including options for making a confidential 
25report to a supervisor, ethics officer, Inspector General, or 
26the Department of Human Rights; (iii) a prohibition on 
 
 
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1retaliation for reporting sexual harassment allegations, 
2including availability of whistleblower protections under the 
3State Officials and Employee Ethics Act, the Whistleblower 
4Act, and the Illinois Human Rights Act; and (iv) the 
5consequences of a violation of the prohibition on sexual 
6harassment and the consequences for knowingly making a false 
7report.
8    (d) For purposes of this Act, "sexual harassment" means 
9any unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual favors or 
10any conduct of a sexual nature when: (i) submission to such 
11conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or 
12condition of an individual's employment; (ii) submission to or 
13rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis 
14for employment decisions affecting such individual; or (iii) 
15such conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially 
16interfering with an individual's work performance or creating 
17an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. 
18For the purposes of this definition, the phrase "working 
19environment" is not limited to a physical location an employee 
20is assigned to perform his or her duties and does not require 
21an employment relationship.
22    (e) The Secretary of State shall adopt rules for the 
23implementation of this Section. In order to provide for the 
24expeditious and timely implementation of this Section, the 
25Secretary of State shall adopt emergency rules under 
26subsection (z) of Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative 
 
 
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1Procedure Act for the implementation of this Section no later 
2than 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 
3the 100th General Assembly.

4(Source: P.A. 100-554, eff. 11-16-17; 101-221, eff. 8-9-19.)
 
5    (25 ILCS 170/5)
6    Sec. 5. Lobbyist registration and disclosure. Every 
7natural person and every entity required to
register under 
8this Act shall
before any service
is performed which requires 
9the natural person or entity to register, but in any event not

10later than 2 business days after being employed or retained, 
11file in the Office of the
Secretary of State a statement in a 
12format prescribed by the Secretary of State containing the

13following
information
with respect to each person or entity

14employing, retaining, or benefitting from the services of the 
15natural person or entity required to register:

16        (a) The registrant's name, permanent address, e-mail

17    address, if any,
fax
number, if any, business telephone 
18    number, and temporary address, if the
registrant has a 
19    temporary address while lobbying.

20        (a-5) If the registrant is an entity, the
information 
21    required under subsection (a) for each natural person 
22    associated with the
registrant who will be lobbying,

23    regardless of whether lobbying is a significant part of 
24    his or her duties.

25        (b) The name and address of the client or clients 
 
 
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1    employing or retaining
the registrant to perform such 
2    services or on whose behalf the registrant appears.
If the 
3    client employing or retaining the registrant is a client 
4    registrant, the statement shall also include the name and 
5    address of the client or clients of the client registrant 
6    on whose behalf the registrant will be or anticipates 
7    performing services. 
8        (b-5) If the registrant employs or retains a 
9    sub-registrant, the statement shall include the name and 
10    address of the sub-registrant and identify the client or 
11    clients of the registrant on whose behalf the 
12    sub-registrant will be or is anticipated to be performing 
13    services.
14        (b-7) If the registrant retains a consultant, the 
15    statement shall include the name and address of the 
16    consultant and identify the client or clients and each 
17    executive and legislative branch agency for which the 
18    consultant is to provide advisory services. 
19        (c) For those identified under subsections (b), (b-5), 
20    and (b-7), a A brief description of the executive, 
21    legislative, or administrative
action in reference to 
22    which such service is to be rendered.

23        (c-5) Each executive and legislative branch agency of 
24    the State and each unit of local government the registrant

25    expects
to lobby during the registration period.

26        (c-6) The nature of the client's business, by 
 
 
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1    indicating all
of the following categories that apply: (1) 
2    banking and financial services, (2)
manufacturing, (3) 
3    education, (4) environment, (5) healthcare, (6)
insurance, 
4    (7) community interests, (8) labor, (9) public relations 
5    or
advertising, (10) marketing or sales, (11) hospitality, 
6    (12) engineering,
(13) information or technology products 
7    or services, (14) social services,
(15) public utilities, 
8    (16) racing or wagering, (17) real estate or
construction, 
9    (18) telecommunications, (19) trade or professional

10    association, (20) travel or tourism, (21) transportation, 
11    (22) agriculture, and (23) other
(setting forth the nature 
12    of that other business).

13        (d) A confirmation that the registrant has a sexual 
14    harassment policy as required by Section 4.7, that such 
15    policy shall be made available to any individual within 2 
16    business days upon written request (including electronic 
17    requests), that any person may contact the authorized 
18    agent of the registrant to report allegations of sexual 
19    harassment, and that the registrant recognizes the 
20    Inspector General has jurisdiction to review any 
21    allegations of sexual harassment alleged against the 
22    registrant or lobbyists hired by the registrant. 
23        (e) (Blank). Each unit of local government in this 
24    State for which the registrant is or expects to be 
25    required to register to lobby the local government during 
26    the registration period. "Lobby" shall have the meaning 
 
 
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1    ascribed to it by the relevant unit of local government.
2        (f) Each elected or appointed public office in this 
3    State to be held by the registrant at any time during the 
4    registration period. 
5    Every natural person and every entity required to register 
6under this Act shall annually submit the registration required 
7by this Section on or before each January 31. The registrant 
8has a continuing duty to report any substantial change or 
9addition to the information contained in the registration.
A 
10registrant who retains a consultant shall file an amended 
11registration before any consulting services are performed, but 
12in any event not later than 2 business days after the 
13consultant is retained, setting forth the information required 
14in subsections (b-7) and (c) of this Section. Registrants 
15registered as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of 
16the 101st General Assembly shall update their registration to 
17add the information required under subsections (b-5), (e), and 
18(f), if applicable, within 30 days after the effective date of 
19this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. 
20    The Secretary of State shall make all filed statements and 
21amendments to statements publicly available by means of a 
22searchable database that is accessible through the World Wide 
23Web.  The Secretary of State shall provide all software 
24necessary to comply with this provision to all natural persons 
25and entities required to file.  The Secretary of State shall 
26implement a plan to provide computer access and assistance to 
 
 
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1natural persons and entities required to file electronically. 
2    All natural persons
and entities required to register 
3under this Act shall remit a single, annual, and
nonrefundable 
4$300 registration fee. Each natural person required to 
5register
under this Act shall submit, on an annual basis, a 
6picture of the registrant. A registrant may, in lieu of 
7submitting a
picture on an annual basis, authorize the 
8Secretary of State to use any photo
identification available 
9in any database maintained by the Secretary of State
for other 
10purposes. Each registration fee collected for registrations on

11or after January 1, 2010 shall be deposited into the Lobbyist

12Registration Administration Fund for administration and 
13enforcement
of this
Act.


14(Source: P.A. 100-554, eff. 11-16-17; 101-595, eff. 12-5-19.)
 
15    (25 ILCS 170/6)  (from Ch. 63, par. 176)
16    Sec. 6. Reports.
17    (a) Lobbyist reports. Except as otherwise provided in this 
18Section, every lobbyist registered under this Act who is 
19solely employed by a lobbying entity
 shall file an 
20affirmation, verified under
oath pursuant to Section 1-109 of 
21the Code of Civil Procedure, with
 the
Secretary of
State 
22attesting to the accuracy of any reports filed  pursuant to 
23subsection (b) as those reports pertain to work performed by 
24the lobbyist.  Any lobbyist registered under this Act who is 
25not solely employed by a lobbying entity shall personally file 
 
 
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1reports required of lobbying entities pursuant to subsection 
2(b).  A lobbyist may, if authorized so to do by a lobbying 
3entity by whom he or she is employed or retained, file lobbying 
4entity reports pursuant to subsection (b) provided that the 
5lobbying entity may delegate the filing of the lobbying entity 
6report to only one lobbyist in any reporting period.

7    (b) Lobbying entity reports.  Every lobbying entity 
8registered under this Act shall report expenditures related to 
9lobbying, including any expenditures made by a consultant in 
10performing services for the lobbying entity. The report shall 
11itemize each individual expenditure or transaction
 and shall 
12include the name of the official on whose behalf the

13expenditure
was made, the name of the client if the 
14expenditure was made on behalf of a client, the
total amount of 
15the expenditure, a description of the expenditure, the vendor 
16or purveyor to whom the expenditure was made (including the 
17address or location of the expenditure), the date on which the 
18expenditure occurred and
the subject matter of the lobbying 
19activity, if any.
For those expenditures made on behalf of a 
20client, if the client is a client registrant, the report shall 
21also include the name and address of the client or clients of 
22the client registrant or the official or officials on whose 
23behalf the expenditure ultimately was made. Each expenditure 
24required to be reported shall include all expenses made for or 
25on behalf of an official or his or her immediate family member 
26living with the official. 
 
 
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1    (b-1) The report shall include any change or addition to 
2the client list information, required in Section 5 for 
3registration, since the last report, including the names and 
4addresses of all clients who retained the lobbying entity 
5together with an itemized description for each client of the 
6following: (1) lobbying regarding executive action, including 
7the name of any executive agency lobbied and the subject 
8matter; (2) lobbying regarding legislative action, including 
9the General Assembly and any other agencies lobbied and the 
10subject matter; and (3) lobbying regarding administrative 
11action, including the agency lobbied  and the  subject matter.     
12Registrants who made no reportable expenditures during a 
13reporting period shall file a report stating that no 
14expenditures were incurred.

15    (b-2) Expenditures attributable to lobbying officials 
16shall be listed and reported
according to the following 
17categories:

18        (1) Travel and lodging on behalf of others, including, 
19    but not limited to, all travel and living accommodations 
20    made for or on behalf of State officials during sessions 
21    of the General Assembly.

22        (2) Meals, beverages and other entertainment.

23        (3) Gifts (indicating which, if any, are on the basis 
24    of personal friendship).

25        (4) Honoraria.

26        (5) Any other thing or service of value not listed 
 
 
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1    under categories (1) through (4), setting forth a 
2    description of the expenditure.
The category travel and 
3    lodging includes, but is not limited to, all travel and 
4    living accommodations made for or on behalf of State 
5    officials in the State capital during sessions of the 
6    General Assembly.

7    (b-3) Expenditures incurred for hosting receptions, 
8benefits and other large
gatherings held for purposes of 
9goodwill or otherwise to influence executive,
legislative or 
10administrative action to which there are 25 or more State

11officials invited shall be reported listing only the total 
12amount of
the
expenditure, the date of the event, and the 
13estimated number of officials in
attendance.

14    (b-7) Matters excluded from reports. The following items 
15need not be included in the report:
16        (1) Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the 
17    registrant
who is a member of a legislative or State study 
18    commission or committee while
attending and participating 
19    in meetings and hearings of such commission or
committee.

20        (2) Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the 
21    registrant for personal
sustenance, lodging, travel, 
22    office expenses and clerical or support staff.

23        (3) Salaries, fees, and other compensation paid to
the 
24    registrant
for the
purposes of lobbying.

25        (4) Any contributions required to be reported under 
26    Article 9 of the Election
Code.

 
 
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1        (5) Expenditures made by a registrant on behalf of an 
2    official that are returned or reimbursed prior to the 
3    deadline for submission of the report. 
4    (c)
A registrant who terminates employment or duties which 
5required him to
register under this Act shall give the 
6Secretary of State, within 30 days after
the date of such 
7termination, written notice of such termination and shall

8include therewith a report of the expenditures described 
9herein, covering the
period of time since the filing of his 
10last report to the date of termination
of employment. Such 
11notice and report shall be final and relieve such
registrant 
12of further reporting under this Act, unless and until he later 
13takes
employment or assumes duties requiring him to again 
14register under this Act.

15    (d) Failure to file any such report within the time 
16designated or the
reporting of incomplete information shall 
17constitute a violation of this Act.

18    A registrant shall preserve for a period of 2 years all 
19receipts and records
used in preparing reports under this Act.

20    (e) Within 30 days after a filing deadline or as provided 
21by rule, the lobbyist shall notify each
official on whose 
22behalf an expenditure has been reported.  Notification shall

23include the name of the registrant, the total amount of the 
24expenditure, a description of the expenditure, the
date on 
25which the expenditure occurred, and the subject matter of the 
26lobbying
activity.

 
 
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1    (f) A report for the period beginning January 1, 2010 and 
2ending on June 30, 2010 shall be filed no later than July 15, 
32010, and a report for the period beginning July 1, 2010 and 
4ending on December 31, 2010 shall be filed no later than 
5January 15, 2011. Beginning January 1, 2011, reports shall be 
6filed semi-monthly as follows: (i) for the period beginning 
7the first day of the month through the 15th day of the month, 
8the report shall be filed no later than the 20th day of the 
9month and (ii) for the period beginning on the 16th day of the 
10month through the last day of the month, the report shall be 
11filed no later than the 5th day of the following month.  A 
12report filed under this Act is due in the Office of the 
13Secretary of State no later than the close of business on the 
14date on which it is required to be filed.
15    (g) All reports filed under this Act shall be filed in a 
16format or on forms prescribed by the Secretary of State.

17(Source: P.A. 98-459, eff. 1-1-14.)
 



18    (25 ILCS 170/8)  (from Ch. 63, par. 178)



19    Sec. 8. Contingent
fees prohibited. No person shall retain 
20or employ another to lobby or provide services as a consultant 
21with respect to any legislative, executive, or administrative 
22action for compensation contingent in whole or in part upon 
23the
outcome of the action and no person shall accept any such 
24employment
or render any such service for compensation 
25contingent upon the outcome of the legislative, executive, or 
 
 
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1administrative action.

2(Source: P.A. 93-889, eff. 8-9-04.)

 



3    (25 ILCS 170/11.2)



4    Sec. 11.2. Preemption Local regulation. Other than a 
5municipality with a population over 500,000, no unit of local 
6government, including a home rule unit, may regulate lobbying 
7in a manner inconsistent with this Act, and all existing laws 
8and ordinances that are inconsistent with this Act are hereby 
9superseded. This Section is a limitation of home rule powers 
10under subsections (h) and (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of 
11the Illinois Constitution. A unit of local government or 
12school
district may adopt an ordinance or resolution 
13regulating lobbying activities
with that unit of local 
14government or school district that imposes requirements

15similar to those imposed by this Act.

16(Source: P.A. 88-187.)



 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
181, 2022.".