Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 General Provisions: Article 3 - Code Of Conduct

Part 1. Rules of Conduct for Legislators

• Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 420, Section 3-101
  (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401. Repealed by P.A. 90-737, eff. 1-1-99.)
• Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 420, Section 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...
• Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 420, Section 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...
• Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 420, Section 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...
• Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 420, Section 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...
• Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 420, Section 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...
• Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 420, Section 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,...

Part 2. Ethical Principles for Legislators

• Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 420, Section 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...
• Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 420, Section 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,...
• Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 420, Section 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,...
• Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 420, Section 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,...
• Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 420, Section 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,...
• Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 420, Section 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:...

Part 3. Ethical Principles for Persons With Legislative Interest, and for Persons Who Are Close Economic Associates of Legislators

• Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 420, Section 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,...
• Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 420, Section 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...
• Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 420, Section 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...
• Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. - 5 ILCS 420, Section 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.)

Last modified: February 18, 2015