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Record #: O2023-2167   
Type: Ordinance Status: Introduced
Intro date: 5/31/2023 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight
Final action:
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Chapters 2-8 and 2-156 by modifying Sections 2-8-041 and 2-156-090 regarding outside compensation for Alderpersons
Sponsors: Vasquez, Jr., Andre
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 2 - City Government & Administration - Ch. 8 City Council & Wards of City, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 2 - City Government & Administration - Ch. 156 Governmental Ethics
Attachments: 1. O2023-2167.pdf
Committee on Ethics
ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Section 2-8-041 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language struck through, and by inserting the language underscored as follows:
2-8-041 Compensation for aldermen.
(Omitted text unaffected by this ordinance)
No other City of Chicago salary shall be allowed any alderman except as herein provided, and serving as alderperson shall be considered a full-time job.
SECTION 2. Section 2-156-090 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language struck through, and by inserting the language underscored as follows:
2-156-090 Representation of other persons - prohibited outside employment.
(Omitted text unaffected by this ordinance)
(d) No appointed official may represent any person in the circumstances described in subsection (a), (b), oHcl. or (f) unless the matter is wholly unrelated to the official's City ertv duties and responsibilities.
(Omitted text unaffected by this ordinance)
(fl Notwithstanding anv other provision of the Code to the contrary, no alderperson mav receive compensation for: (11 any work related to real estate developments in the City, including the acquisition, development, rehabilitation, marketing, or financing of a real estate development, or other management of the development process: or (21 anv leoal representation or other legal work on behalf of anv person located in the City or engaged in anv business activity within the Citv. The prohibitions of this subsection ffl shall not apply to an alderman who: til receives compensation as a landlord for fewer than five properties: fiil is awarded attorney's fees or reimbursed costs for providing pro bono legal services bv court order: or (iii) acts as an agent or attorney for, or otherwise represents a relative, or anv person for whom, or for anv estate for which, thev are serving as guardian, executor, administrator, trustee, or other personal fid...

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