Illinois Statutes Chapter 30. Finance § 705/4.3. Prohibition on use of grant funds for prohibited political activities

(a) For the purposes of this Section, “prohibited political activity” has the meaning established in Section 1-5 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. 1

(b) Grantees and employees of grantees shall not knowingly use grant funds, or goods or services purchased with grant funds, to engage, either directly or indirectly, in a prohibited political activity.

(c) Grantees and employees of grantees shall not be knowingly compensated from grant funds for time spent engaging in a prohibited political activity.

(d) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit any 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) organization receiving a grant from the State from engaging in any federally permissible activity regarding advocacy, indirect and direct lobbying, and political activity, provided that the specific funds acquired by a grant from the State shall not be knowingly used for those activities that are permitted by federal law but prohibited by this Section.

(e) A grantee who knowingly violates this Section is guilty of a business offense and is subject to a fine of up to $5,000.