Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3577 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3577 Introduced , by Rep. Patrick Windhorst SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 420/2-101 from Ch. 127, par. 602-101 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). LRB103 26398 DTM 52761 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3577 Introduced , by Rep. Patrick Windhorst SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 420/2-101 from Ch. 127, par. 602-101 5 ILCS 420/2-101 from Ch. 127, par. 602-101 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). LRB103 26398 DTM 52761 b LRB103 26398 DTM 52761 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3577 Introduced , by Rep. Patrick Windhorst SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	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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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning State government.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended
15	15	5 by changing Section 2-101 as follows:
16	16	6 (5 ILCS 420/2-101) (from Ch. 127, par. 602-101)
17	17	7 Sec. 2-101. Government official lobbying.
18	18	8 (a) No legislator may engage in promoting or opposing in
19	19	9 any manner the passage by the General Assembly of any
20	20	10 legislative matter affecting the interests of any individual,
21	21	11 association, or corporation as distinct from those of the
22	22	12 people of the State as a whole, if he or she accepts
23	23	13 compensation specifically attributable to such lobbying, other
24	24	14 than that provided by law for members of the General Assembly.
25	25	15 Nothing in this Section prohibits a legislator from lobbying
26	26	16 without compensation.
27	27	17 No legislator or executive branch constitutional officer
28	28	18 shall engage in compensated lobbying of the governing body of
29	29	19 a municipality, county, or township, or an official thereof,
30	30	20 on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying entity that is
31	31	21 registered to lobby the General Assembly or the executive
32	32	22 branch of the State of Illinois.
33	33	23 (b) No elected or appointed county executive or
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3577 Introduced , by Rep. Patrick Windhorst SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	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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68	68	1 legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of
69	69	2 the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the
70	70	3 General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency,
71	71	4 or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying
72	72	5 entity that is registered to lobby the county in which the
73	73	6 official is elected or appointed.
74	74	7 (c) No elected or appointed municipal executive or
75	75	8 legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of
76	76	9 the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the
77	77	10 General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency,
78	78	11 or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying
79	79	12 entity that is registered to lobby the municipality in which
80	80	13 the official is elected or appointed.
81	81	14 (d) No elected or appointed township executive or
82	82	15 legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of
83	83	16 the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the
84	84	17 General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency,
85	85	18 or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying
86	86	19 entity that is registered to lobby the township in which the
87	87	20 official is elected or appointed.
88	88	21 (e) No elected or appointed municipal executive or
89	89	22 legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of
90	90	23 the governing body of a county, municipality, or township, the
91	91	24 General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency,
92	92	25 or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying
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104	104	1 executive or legislative official from a municipality exempted
105	105	2 by the preemption provision of Section 11.2 of the Lobbyist
106	106	3 Registration Act.
107	107	4 (f) A violation of this Section shall constitute a Class A
108	108	5 misdemeanor.
109	109	6 (Source: P.A. 102-664, eff. 1-1-22.)
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