Public Act 098-0588
 
SB2380 EnrolledLRB098 08303 JDS 38406 b


  
    AN ACT concerning government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  

  
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act is amended  
by adding Section 4.3 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 705/4.3 new)
    Sec. 4.3. Prohibition on use of grant funds for prohibited 
political activities.
    (a) For the purposes of this Section, "prohibited political 
activity" has the meaning established in Section 1-5 of the 
State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.
    (b) Grantees and employees of grantees shall not knowingly 
use grant funds, or goods or services purchased with grant 
funds, to engage, either directly or indirectly, in a 
prohibited political activity. 
    (c) Grantees and employees of grantees shall not be 
knowingly compensated from grant funds for time spent engaging 
in a prohibited political activity. 
    (d) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit any 501(c)(3) or 
501(c)(4) organization receiving a grant from the State from 
engaging in any federally permissible activity regarding 
advocacy, indirect and direct lobbying, and political 
activity, provided that the specific funds acquired by a grant 
from the State shall not be knowingly used for those activities 
that are permitted by federal law but prohibited by this 
Section. 
    (e) A grantee who knowingly violates this Section is guilty 
of a business offense and is subject to a fine of up to $5,000.