Full Text of HB3577 103rd General Assembly
HB3577 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB3577 Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Patrick Windhorst SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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5 ILCS 420/2-101 | from Ch. 127, par. 602-101 |
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Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that no legislator or executive branch constitutional officer shall engage in compensated lobbying of the governing body of a municipality, county, or township, or an official thereof (now, that prohibition applies only if the legislator is lobbying on behalf of a lobbyist or lobbying entity that is registered to lobby the General Assembly or the executive branch of the State of Illinois).
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 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 amended | 5 | | by changing Section 2-101 as follows:
| 6 | | (5 ILCS 420/2-101) (from Ch. 127, par. 602-101)
| 7 | | Sec. 2-101. Government official lobbying. | 8 | | (a) No legislator may engage in promoting or opposing in | 9 | | any manner the passage by the General Assembly of any | 10 | | legislative matter affecting the interests of any individual, | 11 | | association, or corporation as distinct from those of the | 12 | | people of the State as a whole, if he or she accepts | 13 | | compensation specifically attributable
to such lobbying, other | 14 | | than that provided by law for members of the
General Assembly. | 15 | | Nothing in this Section prohibits a legislator from
lobbying | 16 | | without compensation.
| 17 | | No legislator or executive branch constitutional officer | 18 | | shall engage in compensated lobbying of the governing body of | 19 | | a municipality, county, or township, or an official thereof , | 20 | | on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying entity that is | 21 | | registered to lobby the General Assembly or the executive | 22 | | branch of the State of Illinois . | 23 | | (b) No elected or appointed county executive or |
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| 1 | | legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of | 2 | | the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the | 3 | | General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, | 4 | | or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying | 5 | | entity that is registered to lobby the county in which the | 6 | | official is elected or appointed. | 7 | | (c) No elected or appointed municipal executive or | 8 | | legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of | 9 | | the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the | 10 | | General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, | 11 | | or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying | 12 | | entity that is registered to lobby the municipality in which | 13 | | the official is elected or appointed. | 14 | | (d) No elected or appointed township executive or | 15 | | legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of | 16 | | the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the | 17 | | General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, | 18 | | or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying | 19 | | entity that is registered to lobby the township in which the | 20 | | official is elected or appointed. | 21 | | (e) No elected or appointed municipal executive or | 22 | | legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of | 23 | | the governing body of a county, municipality, or township, the | 24 | | General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, | 25 | | or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying | 26 | | entity if the person is an elected or appointed municipal |
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| 1 | | executive or legislative official from a municipality exempted | 2 | | by the preemption provision of Section 11.2 of the Lobbyist | 3 | | Registration Act. | 4 | | (f) A violation of this Section shall constitute a Class A | 5 | | misdemeanor.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 102-664, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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