Welcome to the Illinois Executive Ethics Commission (EEC) website.
This site is created to help State employees and the public understand the requirements of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act (5 ILCS 430/1). The site provides answers to many ethics-related questions and serves as a resource to State Ethics Officers.
The EEC is a nine member commission that promotes ethics in public service. Its purpose is to help ensure that State business is conducted with fairness and integrity.
Five commissioners are appointed by the Governor and the Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller and Treasurer each appoint one commissioner. No more than five commissioners may be of the same political party.
The Commission meets at least once each month to perform its statutory duties.
The Commission’s duties include: conducting administrative hearings on alleged violations of the Ethics Act, preparing public information materials to facilitate compliance with ethics laws, providing guidance to ethics officers, receiving reports of activity from Executive Inspectors General and reports of ex parte communications from ethics officers. The Commission also oversees annual ethics training for all employees of the executive branch of State Government. Under certain circumstances, the Commission may appoint a Special Executive Inspector General to investigate alleged misconduct.