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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 State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by adding Section 5-16 and changing Section 50-5 as | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | (5 ILCS 430/5-16 new) | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 5-16. Prohibition on use of grant funds for prohibited | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | political activities. | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | (a) For the purposes of this Section: | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | "Employee of a grantee" means any full-time, | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | part-time, or contractual employee of a grantee. | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | "Grant funds" has the meaning established in | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | subsection (b) of Section 2 of the Illinois Grant Funds | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Recovery Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | "Grantee" has the meaning established in subsection | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | (c) of Section 2 of the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | (b) Grantees and employees of grantees shall not | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | intentionally use grant funds, or goods or services purchased | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | with grant funds, to engage, either directly or indirectly, in | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | a prohibited political activity. | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | (c) Grantees and employees of grantees shall not be | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | compensated from grant funds for time spent engaging in a |
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1 | prohibited political activity. | ||||||
2 | (5 ILCS 430/50-5)
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3 | Sec. 50-5. Penalties.
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4 | (a) A person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if that | ||||||
5 | person intentionally
violates any provision of Section 5-15, | ||||||
6 | 5-30, 5-40, or 5-45 or Article 15.
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7 | (a-1) An ethics commission may levy an administrative fine | ||||||
8 | for a violation of Section 5-45 of this Act of up to 3 times the | ||||||
9 | total annual compensation that would have been obtained in | ||||||
10 | violation of Section 5-45. | ||||||
11 | (b) A person who intentionally violates any provision
of | ||||||
12 | Section 5-20, 5-35, 5-50, or 5-55 is guilty of a business | ||||||
13 | offense
subject to a fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000.
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14 | (c) A person who intentionally violates any provision of | ||||||
15 | Article 10 is
guilty of a business
offense and subject to a | ||||||
16 | fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000.
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17 | (d) Any person who intentionally makes a
false report | ||||||
18 | alleging a violation of any provision of this Act to an ethics
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19 | commission,
an inspector general,
the State Police, a State's | ||||||
20 | Attorney, the Attorney General, or any other law
enforcement | ||||||
21 | official is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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22 | (e) An ethics commission may levy an administrative fine of | ||||||
23 | up to $5,000
against any person
who violates this Act, who | ||||||
24 | intentionally obstructs or interferes with an
investigation
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25 | conducted under this Act by an inspector general, or who
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1 | intentionally makes a false, frivolous, or bad faith | ||||||
2 | allegation.
A person who violates Section 5-16 and is not | ||||||
3 | subject to the jurisdiction of an ethics commission is guilty | ||||||
4 | of a business offense and is subject to a fine of up to $5,000.
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5 | (f) In addition to any other penalty that may apply, | ||||||
6 | whether criminal or
civil, a State employee who intentionally | ||||||
7 | violates
any provision of Section 5-5, 5-15, 5-20, 5-30, 5-35, | ||||||
8 | 5-45, or 5-50, Article 10,
Article 15, or Section 20-90 or | ||||||
9 | 25-90 is subject to discipline or discharge by
the
appropriate | ||||||
10 | ultimate
jurisdictional authority.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.)
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