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5 ILCS 430/25-45

(5 ILCS 430/25-45)

Sec. 25-45. Standing; representation.

(a) Only the Legislative Inspector General may bring actions before the
Legislative Ethics Commission.

(b) The Attorney General shall represent the Legislative Inspector General
in
all proceedings before the
Commission.
Whenever the Attorney General is sick or
absent, or unable to attend, or is interested in any matter or
proceeding under this Act, upon the filing of a petition under seal by any
person with standing,
the Supreme Court (or any other court of competent jurisdiction as designated
and determined by rule of the Supreme Court) may appoint
 some competent attorney to prosecute or defend that matter or proceeding, and
the attorney so appointed shall have the same
power and authority in relation to
that matter or proceeding as the
Attorney General would have had if present and
attending to the same.

(c) Attorneys representing an Inspector General in
proceedings before the Legislative Ethics Commission, except an attorney
appointed under subsection (b), shall be appointed or
retained by the Attorney General, shall
be under the supervision, direction, and control of the Attorney General, and
shall serve at the pleasure of the Attorney General. The compensation of any
attorneys appointed or retained in accordance
with this subsection or subsection (b) shall be paid by the Office of the
Legislative Inspector
General.

(Source: P.A. 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)