Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 General Provisions: Article -

• Illinois Elected Officials Misconduct Forfeiture Act. - 5 ILCS 282, Section 1
  Short title. This Act may be cited as the Elected Officials Misconduct Forfeiture Act. (Source: P.A. 96-597, eff. 8-18-09.)
• Illinois Elected Officials Misconduct Forfeiture Act. - 5 ILCS 282, Section 5
  Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, "elected official" means any former elected official whose term of office is terminated by operation of law for...
• Illinois Elected Officials Misconduct Forfeiture Act. - 5 ILCS 282, Section 10
  Purposes. The General Assembly finds that it has compelling governmental interests in: (1) preventing criminals from profiting from their crimes, and (2) ensuring that the...
• Illinois Elected Officials Misconduct Forfeiture Act. - 5 ILCS 282, Section 15
  Forfeiture action. The Attorney General may file an action in circuit court on behalf of the people of Illinois against an elected official who has,...
• Illinois Elected Officials Misconduct Forfeiture Act. - 5 ILCS 282, Section 20
  Procedure. (a) The circuit court has jurisdiction to prevent, restrain, and remedy violations of Article 33 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal...
• Illinois Elected Officials Misconduct Forfeiture Act. - 5 ILCS 282, Section 25
  Term of forfeiture. The maximum term of a civil forfeiture under this Act shall be equal to the term of imprisonment, probation and mandatory supervised...
• Illinois Elected Officials Misconduct Forfeiture Act. - 5 ILCS 282, Section 99
  Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 96-597, eff. 8-18-09.)

Last modified: February 18, 2015