093_HB0500
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1 AN ACT concerning lobbyist registration.
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 Sections 5 and 6 as follows:
6 (25 ILCS 170/5) (from Ch. 63, par. 175)
7 Sec. 5. Lobbyist registration and disclosure. Every
8 person required to register under Section 3 shall each and
9 every year, or before any such service is performed which
10 requires the person to register, file in the Office of the
11 Secretary of State a written statement containing the
12 following information:
13 (a) The name and address of the registrant.
14 (b) The name and address of the person or persons
15 employing or retaining registrant to perform such
16 services or on whose behalf the registrant appears.
17 (c) A brief description of the executive,
18 legislative, or administrative action in reference to
19 which such service is to be rendered.
20 (d) A picture of the registrant.
21 Persons required to register under this Act shall remit a
22 single, annual and nonrefundable $50 registration fee. All
23 fees shall be deposited into the Lobbyist Registration
24 Administration Fund for administration and enforcement of
25 this Act.
26 (Source: P.A. 88-187.)
27 (25 ILCS 170/6) (from Ch. 63, par. 176)
28 Sec. 6. Reports.
29 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, every
30 person required to register as prescribed in Section 3 shall
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1 report under oath to the Secretary of State all expenditures
2 for lobbying made or incurred by the lobbyist on his behalf
3 or the behalf of his employer. In the case where an
4 individual is solely employed by another person to perform
5 job related functions any part of which includes lobbying,
6 the employer shall be responsible for reporting all lobbying
7 expenditures incurred on the employer's behalf as shall be
8 identified by the lobbyist to the employer preceding such
9 report. Persons who contract with another person to perform
10 lobbying activities shall be responsible for reporting all
11 lobbying expenditures incurred on the employer's behalf. Any
12 additional lobbying expenses incurred by the employer which
13 are separate and apart from those incurred by the contractual
14 employee shall be reported by the employer.
15 (b) The report shall itemize each individual expenditure
16 or transaction over $100 and shall include the name of the
17 official on whose behalf the expenditure was made, the name
18 of the client on whose behalf the expenditure was made, the
19 total amount of the expenditure, the date on which the
20 expenditure occurred and the subject matter of the lobbying
21 activity, if any.
22 Expenditures attributable to lobbying officials shall be
23 listed and reported according to the following categories:
24 (1) travel and lodging on behalf of others.
25 (2) meals, beverages and other entertainment.
26 (3) gifts.
27 (4) honoraria.
28 Individual expenditures required to be reported as
29 described herein which are equal to or less than $100 in
30 value need not be itemized but are required to be categorized
31 and reported by officials in an aggregate total in a manner
32 prescribed by rule of the Secretary of State.
33 Expenditures incurred for hosting receptions, benefits
34 and other large gatherings held for purposes of goodwill or
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1 otherwise to influence executive, legislative or
2 administrative action to which there are 25 or more State
3 officials invited shall be reported listing only the total
4 amount of the expenditure, the date of the event, and the
5 estimated number of officials in attendance.
6 Each individual expenditure required to be reported shall
7 include all expenses made for or on behalf of State officials
8 and members of the immediate family of those persons.
9 The category travel and lodging includes, but is not
10 limited to, all travel and living accommodations made for or
11 on behalf of State officials in the capital during sessions
12 of the General Assembly.
13 Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the
14 registrant who is a member of a legislative or State study
15 commission or committee while attending and participating in
16 meetings and hearings of such commission or committee need
17 not be reported.
18 Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the
19 registrant for personal sustenance, lodging, travel, office
20 expenses and clerical or support staff need not be reported.
21 Salaries, fees, and other compensation paid to the
22 registrant for the purposes of lobbying need not be reported.
23 Any contributions required to be reported under Article 9
24 of the Election Code need not be reported.
25 Gifts and honoraria returned to the registrant within 30
26 days of the date of receipt need not be reported.
27 (c) Reports under this Section shall be filed by July
28 31, for expenditures from the previous January 1 through the
29 later of June 30 or the final day of the regular General
30 Assembly session, and by January 31, for expenditures from
31 the entire previous calendar year.
32 Registrants who made no reportable expenditures during a
33 reporting period shall file a report stating that no
34 expenditures were incurred. Such reports shall be filed in
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1 accordance with the deadlines as prescribed in this
2 subsection.
3 A registrant who terminates employment or duties which
4 required him to register under this Act shall give the
5 Secretary of State, within 30 days after the date of such
6 termination, written notice of such termination and shall
7 include therewith a report of the expenditures described
8 herein, covering the period of time since the filing of his
9 last report to the date of termination of employment. Such
10 notice and report shall be final and relieve such registrant
11 of further reporting under this Act, unless and until he
12 later takes employment or assumes duties requiring him to
13 again register under this Act.
14 (d) Failure to file any such report within the time
15 designated or the reporting of incomplete information shall
16 constitute a violation of this Act.
17 A registrant shall preserve for a period of 2 years all
18 receipts and records used in preparing reports under this
19 Act.
20 (e) Within 30 days after a filing deadline, the lobbyist
21 shall notify each official on whose behalf an expenditure has
22 been reported. Notification shall include the name of the
23 registrant, the total amount of the expenditure, the date on
24 which the expenditure occurred, and the subject matter of the
25 lobbying activity.
26 (Source: P.A. 90-78, eff. 1-1-98.)
27 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
28 1, 2004.