HB4682 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4682

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Martin J. Moylan - Jonathan Carroll - David McSweeney, John Connor and Tom Weber

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

5 ILCS 420/1-109	from Ch. 127, par. 601-109
5 ILCS 420/1-110.3 new
5 ILCS 420/1-110.5 new
5 ILCS 420/2-101	from Ch. 127, par. 602-101

Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that no local elected official may engage in lobbying if he or she accepts compensation specifically attributable to such lobbying, other than that provided by law or ordinance for local elected officials. Provides that nothing prohibits a local elected official from lobbying without compensation. Defines terms. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended by changing Sections 1-109 and 2-101 and by adding Sections 1-110.3 and 1-110.5 as follows:

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

Sec. 1-109. "Lobbying" means promoting or opposing in any manner the passage by the General Assembly of any legislative matter affecting the interests of any individual, association or corporation as distinct from those of the people of the State or the passage by a unit of local government of any local legislative matter affecting the interests of any individual, association, or corporation as distinct from those of the people of that unit of local government as a whole.

(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)

(5 ILCS 420/1-110.3 new)

Sec. 1-110.3. "Local elected official" means a member or member-elect of the legislative body of a unit of local government.

(5 ILCS 420/1-110.5 new)

Sec. 1-110.5. "Local legislative matter" means any bill, resolution, nomination, ordinance, or other issue or proposal pending before the unit of local government, its legislative body, or any committee, subcommittee, or commission thereof.

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

Sec. 2-101. Legislator and local elected official lobbying prohibition; penalty. No legislator or local elected official may engage in lobbying, as that term is defined in Section 1-109, if he or she accepts compensation specifically attributable to such lobbying, other than that provided by law for members of the General Assembly or by law or ordinance for local elected officials. Nothing in this Section prohibits a legislator or local elected official from lobbying without compensation.

A violation of this Section shall constitute a Class A misdemeanor.

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

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.