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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by
5 changing Section 5 as follows:
 
6     (25 ILCS 170/5)
7     Sec. 5. Lobbyist registration and disclosure. Every person
8 required to register under Section 3 shall before any service
9 is performed which requires the person to register, but in any
10 event not later than 2 business days after being employed or
11 retained, and on or before each January 31 and July 31
12 thereafter, file in the Office of the Secretary of State a
13 written statement containing the following information with
14 respect to each person or entity employing or retaining the
15 person required to register:
16         (a) The registrant's name, permanent address, e-mail
17     address, if any, fax number, if any, business telephone
18     number, and temporary address, if the registrant has a
19     temporary address while lobbying.
20         (a-5) If the registrant is an organization or business
21     entity, the information required under subsection (a) for
22     each person associated with the registrant who will be
23     lobbying, regardless of whether lobbying is a significant

 

 

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1     part of his or her duties.
2         (b) The name and address of the person or persons
3     employing or retaining registrant to perform such services
4     or on whose behalf the registrant appears.
5         (c) A brief description of the executive, legislative,
6     or administrative action in reference to which such service
7     is to be rendered.
8         (c-5) Each executive and legislative branch agency the
9     registrant expects to lobby during the registration
10     period.
11         (c-6) The nature of the client's business, by
12     indicating all of the following categories that apply: (1)
13     banking and financial services, (2) manufacturing, (3)
14     education, (4) environment, (5) healthcare, (6) insurance,
15     (7) community interests, (8) labor, (9) public relations or
16     advertising, (10) marketing or sales, (11) hospitality,
17     (12) engineering, (13) information or technology products
18     or services, (14) social services, (15) public utilities,
19     (16) racing or wagering, (17) real estate or construction,
20     (18) telecommunications, (19) trade or professional
21     association, (20) travel or tourism, (21) transportation,
22     and (22) other (setting forth the nature of that other
23     business).
24     The registrant must file an amendment to the statement
25 within 14 calendar days to report any substantial change or
26 addition to the information previously filed, except that a

 

 

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1 registrant must file an amendment to the statement to disclose
2 a new agreement to retain the registrant for lobbying services
3 before any service is performed which requires the person to
4 register, but in any event not later than 2 business days after
5 entering into the retainer agreement.
6     Not later than 12 months after the effective date of this
7 amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, or as soon
8 thereafter as the Secretary of State has provided adequate
9 software to the persons required to file, all statements and
10 amendments to statements required to be filed shall be filed
11 electronically. The Secretary of State shall promptly make all
12 filed statements and amendments to statements publicly
13 available by means of a searchable database that is accessible
14 through the World Wide Web. The Secretary of State shall
15 provide all software necessary to comply with this provision to
16 all persons required to file. The Secretary of State shall
17 implement a plan to provide computer access and assistance to
18 persons required to file electronically.
19     Persons required to register under this Act prior to July
20 1, 2003, shall remit a single, annual and nonrefundable $50
21 registration fee. All fees collected for registrations prior to
22 July 1, 2003, shall be deposited into the Lobbyist Registration
23 Administration Fund for administration and enforcement of this
24 Act. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, beginning
25 Beginning July 1, 2003, all persons other than entities
26 qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code

 

 

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1 required to register under this Act shall remit a single,
2 annual, and nonrefundable $350 registration fee. Entities
3 required to register under this Act which are qualified under
4 Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and, beginning
5 July 1, 2009, entities required to register under this Act that
6 are qualified under any other provision of Section 501(c) of
7 the Internal Revenue Code shall remit a single, annual, and
8 nonrefundable $150 registration fee. Each individual required
9 to register under this Act shall submit, on an annual basis, a
10 picture of the registrant. A registrant may, in lieu of
11 submitting a picture on an annual basis, authorize the
12 Secretary of State to use any photo identification available in
13 any database maintained by the Secretary of State for other
14 purposes. Of each registration fee collected for registrations
15 on or after July 1, 2003, $50 shall be deposited into the
16 Lobbyist Registration Administration Fund for administration
17 and enforcement of this Act and is intended to be used to
18 implement and maintain electronic filing of reports under this
19 Act, the next $100 shall be deposited into the Lobbyist
20 Registration Administration Fund for administration and
21 enforcement of this Act, and any balance shall be deposited
22 into the General Revenue Fund.
23 (Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 7-1-03; 93-615, eff. 11-19-03;
24 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)
 
25     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
26 2009.