2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 5 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › 5 ILCS 420/ - Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. › Article 3 - Code of Conduct

(5 ILCS 420/Art. 3 heading)
ARTICLE 3.  
		CODE OF CONDUCT
(5 ILCS 420/Art. 3 Pt. 1 heading)
PART 1.  
		RULES OF CONDUCT FOR LEGISLATORS
(5 ILCS 420/3-101) (from Ch. 127, par. 603-101)
Sec. 3-101. 
		(Repealed).
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401. Repealed by P.A. 90-737, eff. 1-1-99.)
(5 ILCS 420/3-102) (from Ch. 127, par. 603-102)
Sec. 3-102. 
		
		No legislator may accept any economic opportunity, under
circumstances where he knows or should know that there is a substantial
possibility that the opportunity is being afforded him with intent to
influence his conduct in the performance of his official duties.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
(5 ILCS 420/3-103) (from Ch. 127, par. 603-103)
Sec. 3-103. 
		
		No legislator may charge to or accept from a person known to
have a legislative interest a price, fee, compensation or other
consideration for the sale or lease of any property or the furnishing of
services which is substantially in excess of that which the legislator
would charge in the ordinary course of business.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
(5 ILCS 420/3-104) (from Ch. 127, par. 603-104)
Sec. 3-104. 
		
		No legislator in order to further his own economic interests,
or those of any other person, may disclose or use confidential information
acquired in the course of his official duties.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
(5 ILCS 420/3-105) (from Ch. 127, par. 603-105)
Sec. 3-105. 
		
		No legislator may accept a representation case where there is
substantial reason for him to believe that it is being offered with intent
to obtain improper influence over a State agency.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
(5 ILCS 420/3-106) (from Ch. 127, par. 603-106)
Sec. 3-106. 
		
		No legislator may use or attempt to use improper means to
influence a State agency in any representation case in which the legislator
or any person with whom he maintains a close economic association is
participating.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
(5 ILCS 420/3-107) (from Ch. 127, par. 603-107)
Sec. 3-107. 
		
		No legislator may engage in other conduct which is unbecoming
to a legislator or which constitutes a breach of public trust.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
(5 ILCS 420/Art. 3 Pt. 2 heading)
PART 2.  
		ETHICAL PRINCIPLES FOR LEGISLATORS
(5 ILCS 420/3-201) (from Ch. 127, par. 603-201)
Sec. 3-201. 
		
		Where feasible, and taking into account the fact that
legislative service is part-time, a legislator should avoid accepting or
retaining an economic opportunity which presents a substantial threat to
his independence of judgment.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
(5 ILCS 420/3-202) (from Ch. 127, par. 603-202)
Sec. 3-202. 
When a legislator must take official action on a legislative
matter as to which he has a conflict situation created by a personal,
family, or client legislative interest, he should consider the possibility
of eliminating the interest creating the conflict situation. If that is not
feasible, he should consider the possibility of abstaining from such
official action. In making his decision as to abstention, the following
factors should be considered:
a.  whether a substantial threat to his independence     of judgment has been created by the conflict situation;
b.  the effect of his participation on public     confidence in the integrity of the legislature;
c.  whether his participation is likely to have any     significant effect on the disposition of the matter;
d. the need for his particular contribution, such as     special knowledge of the subject matter, to the effective functioning of the legislature.
He need not abstain if he decides to participate in a manner contrary to
the economic interest which creates the conflict situation.
If he does abstain, he should disclose that fact to his respective
legislative body.
(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
(5 ILCS 420/3-203) (from Ch. 127, par. 603-203)
Sec. 3-203. 
		
		When, despite the existence of a conflict situation, a
legislator chooses to take official action on a matter, he should serve the
public interest, and not the interest of any person.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
(5 ILCS 420/3-204) (from Ch. 127, par. 603-204)
Sec. 3-204. 
		
		No legislator should accept a representation case unless he
believes there is merit to the position he is asked to represent.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
(5 ILCS 420/3-205) (from Ch. 127, par. 603-205)
Sec. 3-205. 
		
		A legislator participating in a representation case shall,
wherever feasible, arrange for other persons to make appearances before the
State agency.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
(5 ILCS 420/3-206) (from Ch. 127, par. 603-206)
Sec. 3-206. 
		
		
		Sections 3-201 through 3-205 are intended only as guides to legislator
conduct, and not as rules meant to be enforced by disciplinary action.
(Source: P.A. 77-1806.)
(5 ILCS 420/Art. 3 Pt. 3 heading)
PART 3.  
		ETHICAL PRINCIPLES FOR PERSONS WITH
LEGISLATIVE INTEREST, AND FOR PERSONS WHO
ARE CLOSE ECONOMIC ASSOCIATES OF LEGISLATORS
(5 ILCS 420/3-301) (from Ch. 127, par. 603-301)
Sec. 3-301. 
		
		No person with a legislative interest should offer or confer
an economic opportunity on a legislator with intent to influence that
legislator's official conduct, or to create good will on the part of the
legislator toward any person with a legislative interest. Those in
positions of counsel to, or agents of, such persons should restrain them
from violation of this ethical principle.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
(5 ILCS 420/3-302) (from Ch. 127, par. 603-302)
Sec. 3-302. 
		
		No person with whom a legislator maintains a close economic
association should accept an economic opportunity when he knows, or should
know, of the substantial possibility that it is being offered with intent
to influence that legislator's official conduct. Where feasible, a person
with a close economic association with a legislator should also decline to
accept an economic opportunity which presents a substantial threat to the
legislator's independence of judgment.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
(5 ILCS 420/3-303) (from Ch. 127, par. 603-303)
Sec. 3-303. 
		
		No person with whom a legislator maintains a close economic
association should accept a representation case where there is substantial
reason for him to believe that it is being offered with intent to obtain
improper influence over a State agency.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
(5 ILCS 420/3-304) (from Ch. 127, par. 603-304)
Sec. 3-304. 
		
		
		Sections 3-301 through 3-303 are intended only as guides to conduct, and
not as rules meant to be enforced by penalties.
(Source: P.A. 77-1806.)