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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4591 Introduced 1/21/2022, by Rep. Patrick Windhorst SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 5 ILCS 420/2-101 | from Ch. 127, par. 602-101 |
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Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that a member of the General Assembly, his or her spouse, and any immediate family member living with that member of the General Assembly shall not, for compensation, lobby any official of the executive or legislative branch of State government or any governing body or official of any unit of local government. Provides that a person who violates these provisions is guilty of official misconduct, a Class 3 felony. Makes conforming and other changes. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended |
| 5 | | by changing Section 2-101 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 420/2-101) (from Ch. 127, par. 602-101)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2-101. Government official lobbying. |
| 8 | | (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, |
| 9 | | on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
| 10 | | 102nd General Assembly, a member of the General Assembly, his |
| 11 | | or her spouse, and any immediate family member living with |
| 12 | | that member of the General Assembly shall not, for |
| 13 | | compensation: |
| 14 | | (1) lobby or otherwise act in a capacity that would |
| 15 | | require that person to register as a lobbyist under the |
| 16 | | Lobbyist Registration Act or any lobbyist registration |
| 17 | | ordinance adopted by a unit of local government or school |
| 18 | | district; or |
| 19 | | (2) communicate with any official of the executive or |
| 20 | | legislative branch of State government or any governing |
| 21 | | body or official of any unit of local government or school |
| 22 | | district for the ultimate purpose of influencing any |
| 23 | | executive, legislative, or administrative action. |
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| 1 | | In addition to any other penalty imposed by this Section, |
| 2 | | a person who violates the provisions of this subsection (a) is |
| 3 | | guilty of official misconduct under Section 33-3 of the |
| 4 | | Criminal Code of 2012. |
| 5 | | No legislator may engage in promoting or opposing in any |
| 6 | | manner the passage by the General Assembly of any legislative |
| 7 | | matter affecting the interests of any individual, association, |
| 8 | | or corporation as distinct from those of the people of the |
| 9 | | State as a whole, if he or she accepts compensation |
| 10 | | specifically attributable
to such lobbying, other than that |
| 11 | | provided by law for members of the
General Assembly. Nothing |
| 12 | | in this Section prohibits a legislator from
lobbying without |
| 13 | | compensation.
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| 14 | | (a-5) No legislator or executive branch constitutional |
| 15 | | officer shall engage in compensated lobbying of the governing |
| 16 | | body of a municipality, county, or township, or an official |
| 17 | | thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying entity that is |
| 18 | | registered to lobby the General Assembly or the executive |
| 19 | | branch of the State of Illinois. |
| 20 | | (b) No elected or appointed county executive or |
| 21 | | legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of |
| 22 | | the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the |
| 23 | | General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, |
| 24 | | or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying |
| 25 | | entity that is registered to lobby the county in which the |
| 26 | | official is elected or appointed. |
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| 1 | | (c) No elected or appointed municipal executive or |
| 2 | | legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of |
| 3 | | the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the |
| 4 | | General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, |
| 5 | | or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying |
| 6 | | entity that is registered to lobby the municipality in which |
| 7 | | the official is elected or appointed. |
| 8 | | (d) No elected or appointed township executive or |
| 9 | | legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of |
| 10 | | the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the |
| 11 | | General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, |
| 12 | | or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying |
| 13 | | entity that is registered to lobby the township in which the |
| 14 | | official is elected or appointed. |
| 15 | | (e) No elected or appointed municipal executive or |
| 16 | | legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of |
| 17 | | the governing body of a county, municipality, or township, the |
| 18 | | General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, |
| 19 | | or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying |
| 20 | | entity if the person is an elected or appointed municipal |
| 21 | | executive or legislative official from a municipality exempted |
| 22 | | by the preemption provision of Section 11.2 of the Lobbyist |
| 23 | | Registration Act. |
| 24 | | (f) A violation of this Section shall constitute a Class A |
| 25 | | misdemeanor.
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| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 102-664, eff. 1-1-22.)
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