Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 General Provisions: Article 25 - Legislative Ethics Commission and Legislative Inspector General

• Illinois State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 430, Section 25-5
  Legislative Ethics Commission. (a) The Legislative Ethics Commission is created. (b) The Legislative Ethics Commission shall consist of 8 commissioners appointed 2 each by the...
• Illinois State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 430, Section 25-10
  Office of Legislative Inspector General. (a) The independent Office of the Legislative Inspector General is created. The Office shall be under the direction and supervision...
• Illinois State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 430, Section 25-15
  Duties of the Legislative Ethics Commission. In addition to duties otherwise assigned by law, the Legislative Ethics Commission shall have the following duties: (1) To...
• Illinois State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 430, Section 25-20
  Duties of the Legislative Inspector General. In addition to duties otherwise assigned by law, the Legislative Inspector General shall have the following duties: (1) To...
• Illinois State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 430, Section 25-20a
  Attorney General investigatory authority. In addition to investigatory authority otherwise granted by law, the Attorney General shall have the authority to investigate violations of this...
• Illinois State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 430, Section 25-21
  Special Legislative Inspectors General. (a) The Legislative Ethics Commission, on its own initiative and by majority vote, may appoint special Legislative Inspectors General (i) to...
• Illinois State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 430, Section 25-23
  Ethics Officers. The President and Minority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall each appoint an...
• Illinois State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 430, Section 25-35
  Administrative subpoena; compliance. A person duly subpoenaed for testimony, documents, or other items who neglects or refuses to testify or produce documents or other items...
• Illinois State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 430, Section 25-45
  Standing; representation. (a) Only the Legislative Inspector General may bring actions before the Legislative Ethics Commission. (b) The Attorney General shall represent the Legislative Inspector...
• Illinois State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 430, Section 25-50
  Investigation reports. (a) If the Legislative Inspector General, upon the conclusion of an investigation, determines that reasonable cause exists to believe that a violation has...
• Illinois State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 430, Section 25-51
  Closed investigations. When the Legislative Inspector General concludes that there is insufficient evidence that a violation has occurred, the Inspector General shall close the investigation....
• Illinois State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 430, Section 25-52
  Release of summary reports. (a) Within 60 days after receipt of a summary report and response from the ultimate jurisdictional authority or agency head that...
• Illinois State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 430, Section 25-55
  Decisions; recommendations. (a) All decisions of the Legislative Ethics Commission must include a description of the alleged misconduct, the decision of the Commission, including any...
• Illinois State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 430, Section 25-60
  Appeals. A decision of the Legislative Ethics Commission to impose a fine is subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law. All other decisions...
• Illinois State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 430, Section 25-65
  Reporting of investigations. (a) The Legislative Inspector General shall file a quarterly activity report with the Legislative Ethics Commission that reflects investigative activity during the...
• Illinois State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 430, Section 25-70
  Cooperation in investigations. It is the duty of every officer and employee under the jurisdiction of the Legislative Inspector General, including any inspector general serving...
• Illinois State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 430, Section 25-80
  Referrals of investigations. If the Legislative Inspector General determines that any alleged misconduct involves any person not subject to the jurisdiction of the Legislative Ethics...
• Illinois State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 430, Section 25-85
  Quarterly reports by the Legislative Inspector General. The Legislative Inspector General shall submit quarterly reports to the General Assembly and the Legislative Ethics Commission, on...
• Illinois State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 430, Section 25-86
  Quarterly reports by the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall submit quarterly reports to the Legislative Ethics Commission, on dates determined by the Legislative Ethics...
• Illinois State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 430, Section 25-90
  Confidentiality. (a) The identity of any individual providing information or reporting any possible or alleged misconduct to the Legislative Inspector General or the Legislative Ethics...
• Illinois State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 430, Section 25-95
  Exemptions. (a) Documents generated by an ethics officer under this Act, except Section 5-50, are exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act....

Last modified: February 18, 2015