Illinois Compiled Statutes 65 ILCS 5/4-8-6a – No officer or employee elected or appointed under this Article shall …
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No officer or employee elected or appointed under this Article shall request, accept, or receive, directly or indirectly, from any person owning, operating, or leasing within or partly within the territorial limits of the municipality, any public utility, or any water craft leaving or entering or operating within the municipality, any service or transportation upon terms more favorable than are granted to the public generally, or any employment, for hire or otherwise, or any free service or transportation, either for himself or any other person.
A violation of this Section is a petty offense. A conviction shall effect a forfeiture of the office or employment.
The prohibition of free transportation shall not apply to policemen or firemen in uniform, nor shall this Section affect any free service to municipal officers or employees provided by any franchise or license, granted prior to March 9, 1910.
This Section applies only to an officer or employee elected or appointed under this Article who is a member of the board of an investor-owned public service corporation.
A violation of this Section is a petty offense. A conviction shall effect a forfeiture of the office or employment.
Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 65 ILCS 5/4-8-6a
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Franchise: includes every special privilege or right in the streets, alleys, highways, bridges, subways, viaducts, air, waters, public places, and other public property that does not belong to the citizens generally by common right, whether granted by the State or the city or village. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 65 ILCS 5/4-1-2
- municipality: means either city or village. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 65 ILCS 5/4-1-2
- Petty offense: A federal misdemeanor punishable by six months or less in prison. Source: U.S. Courts
The prohibition of free transportation shall not apply to policemen or firemen in uniform, nor shall this Section affect any free service to municipal officers or employees provided by any franchise or license, granted prior to March 9, 1910.
This Section applies only to an officer or employee elected or appointed under this Article who is a member of the board of an investor-owned public service corporation.