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| | SB2380 Enrolled | | LRB098 08303 JDS 38406 b |
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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 Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act is amended |
| 5 | | by adding Section 4.3 as follows:
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| 6 | | (30 ILCS 705/4.3 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 4.3. Prohibition on use of grant funds for prohibited |
| 8 | | political activities. |
| 9 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section, "prohibited political |
| 10 | | activity" has the meaning established in Section 1-5 of the |
| 11 | | State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. |
| 12 | | (b) Grantees and employees of grantees shall not knowingly |
| 13 | | use grant funds, or goods or services purchased with grant |
| 14 | | funds, to engage, either directly or indirectly, in a |
| 15 | | prohibited political activity. |
| 16 | | (c) Grantees and employees of grantees shall not be |
| 17 | | knowingly compensated from grant funds for time spent engaging |
| 18 | | in a prohibited political activity. |
| 19 | | (d) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit any 501(c)(3) or |
| 20 | | 501(c)(4) organization receiving a grant from the State from |
| 21 | | engaging in any federally permissible activity regarding |
| 22 | | advocacy, indirect and direct lobbying, and political |
| 23 | | activity, provided that the specific funds acquired by a grant |