(305 ILCS 5/12-21.7) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-21.7)
Sec. 12-21.7.
Limitations on political activities.
In any local governmental unit receiving State funds, each employee
whose duties pertain to determination of eligibility for or the amount
of public aid is prohibited from engaging in at any time, whether during
or outside of regular working hours, any of the following activities:
1. Using or threatening to use the influence or authority of his
position to coerce or to persuade any person to follow any course of
political action.
2. Soliciting money from any person for any political purpose.
3. Selling or distributing tickets for political meetings.
4. Assisting at the polls in behalf of any party or party-designated
candidate on any election day.
5. Initiating or circulating petitions on behalf of a candidate.
6. Distributing campaign literature or material in behalf of any
candidate.
Any employee who engages in the foregoing proscribed political
activities shall be subject to immediate discharge in accordance with
the procedures controlling his position. If an employee engages in such
activities at the request or direction of any officer or officers of the
local governmental unit, or if the governmental unit fails to initiate
procedures for the dismissal of an employee who persists in such
activities, the Illinois Department may withhold the payment of any
further State funds to the local governmental unit until the
governmental unit has established that its actions are in full accord
with the objectives of this Section.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 122.)
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