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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:
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| 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.
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| 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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