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 1        AN ACT concerning ethics.

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

 4        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Governmental  Ethics  Act  is
 5    amended by changing Section 2-110 as follows:

 6        (5 ILCS 420/2-110)
 7        Sec. 2-110. Honoraria.
 8        (a)  No member of the General Assembly shall  accept  any
 9    honorarium.
10        (b)  As used in this Section:
11        "Honorarium"  means a payment of money to a member of the
12    General Assembly for an appearance or speech,  excluding  any
13    actual  and  necessary travel expenses incurred by the member
14    of the General Assembly (and one  relative),  to  the  extent
15    that  the  payment  or  those  expenses are paid by any other
16    person  registered  under  the  Lobbyist  Registration   Act.
17    "Honorarium"  does  not  include  (i)  cash  payments made on
18    behalf of a member of the General Assembly to an organization
19    described under Section 501(c)(3)  of  the  Internal  Revenue
20    Code  of  1986,  (ii)  an agent's fee or commission, or (iii)
21    funds reported under Article 9 of the Election Code.
22        "Travel   expense"   means   the   reasonable   cost   of
23    transportation and the reasonable cost of lodging  and  meals
24    incurred  while a person is away from his or her residence or
25    principal place of employment.
26        (c)  Any honorarium or honoraria accepted in violation of
27    this Section shall be surrendered to the State Treasurer  and
28    deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
29    (Source: P.A. 89-405, eff. 11-8-95.)

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