100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB0802
 
Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
25 ILCS 170/3.1

     Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. On and after February 1, 2018, prohibits a person required to be registered under the Act, his or her spouse, and his or her immediate family members living with that registered lobbyist from serving in any countywide elective public office in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more. Provides that the restriction imposed by the amendatory Act does not apply to a registered lobbyist, his or her spouse, or any immediate family member living with that registered lobbyist who was serving in a countywide elective public office prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act. Allows any such person to serve out the remainder of the term of the office to which he or she was elected. Effective immediately.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 3.1 as follows:
 
6    (25 ILCS 170/3.1)
7    Sec. 3.1. Prohibition on serving in countywide elective 
8public office or on boards and commissions. 
Notwithstanding 
9any other law of this State, on and after February 1, 2004,
but 
10not before that date, a person required to be registered
under 
11this Act, his or her spouse, and his or her immediate family 
12members
living with that person may not
serve on a board, 
13commission, authority, or task force authorized or created
by 
14State law or by executive order of the Governor. On and after 
15February 1, 2018, but not before that date, a person required 
16to be registered under this Act, his or her spouse, and his or 
17her immediate family members living with that registered 
18lobbyist may not serve in a countywide elective public office 
19in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more. These 
20restrictions do ; except that this
restriction does not apply to 
21any of the
following:

22        (1) a registered lobbyist, his or her spouse, or any 
23    immediate family
member living with the registered 
 
 
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1    lobbyist, who is serving in an elective
public office, 
2    whether
elected or appointed to fill a vacancy, other than 
3    a countywide elective public office in a county with a 
4    population of 3,000,000 or more on and after February 1, 
5    2018, provided that registered lobbyists, their spouses, 
6    or any immediate family members living with a registered 
7    lobbyist serving in a countywide elective public office 
8    before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
9    100th General Assembly shall serve out the remainder of the 
10    term of office to which they were elected; and

11        (2) a registered lobbyist, his or her spouse, or any 
12    immediate family
member living with the registered 
13    lobbyist, who is serving on a State
advisory body
that 
14    makes nonbinding recommendations to an agency of State 
15    government
but does not make binding recommendations or 
16    determinations or take any
other substantive action.

17(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1358, eff. 7-28-10.)
 
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
19becoming law.