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
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
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).
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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
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
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).
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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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