093_HB2205enr HB2205 Enrolled LRB093 10485 JAM 10739 b 1 AN ACT concerning lobbyists. 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 6 and 6.5 as follows: 6 (25 ILCS 170/6) (from Ch. 63, par. 176) 7 Sec. 6. Reports. 8 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, every 9 person required to register as prescribed in Section 3 shall 10 report under oath to the Secretary of State all expenditures 11 for lobbying made or incurred by the lobbyist on his behalf 12 or the behalf of his employer. In the case where an 13 individual is solely employed by another person to perform 14 job related functions any part of which includes lobbying, 15 the employer shall be responsible for reporting all lobbying 16 expenditures incurred on the employer's behalf as shall be 17 identified by the lobbyist to the employer preceding such 18 report. Persons who contract with another person to perform 19 lobbying activities shall be responsible for reporting all 20 lobbying expenditures incurred on the employer's behalf. Any 21 additional lobbying expenses incurred by the employer which 22 are separate and apart from those incurred by the contractual 23 employee shall be reported by the employer. 24 (b) The report shall itemize each individual expenditure 25 or transaction over $100 and shall include the name of the 26 official on whose behalf the expenditure was made, the name 27 of the client on whose behalf the expenditure was made, the 28 total amount of the expenditure, the date on which the 29 expenditure occurred and the subject matter of the lobbying 30 activity, if any. 31 Expenditures attributable to lobbying officials shall be HB2205 Enrolled -2- LRB093 10485 JAM 10739 b 1 listed and reported according to the following categories: 2 (1) travel and lodging on behalf of others. 3 (2) meals, beverages and other entertainment. 4 (3) gifts. 5 (4) honoraria. 6 Individual expenditures required to be reported as 7 described herein which are equal to or less than $100 in 8 value need not be itemized but are required to be categorized 9 and reported by officials in an aggregate total in a manner 10 prescribed by rule of the Secretary of State. 11 Expenditures incurred for hosting receptions, benefits 12 and other large gatherings held for purposes of goodwill or 13 otherwise to influence executive, legislative or 14 administrative action to which there are 25 or more State 15 officials invited shall be reported listing only the total 16 amount of the expenditure, the date of the event, and the 17 estimated number of officials in attendance. 18 Each individual expenditure required to be reported shall 19 include all expenses made for or on behalf of State officials 20 and members of the immediate family of those persons. 21 The category travel and lodging includes, but is not 22 limited to, all travel and living accommodations made for or 23 on behalf of State officials in the capital during sessions 24 of the General Assembly. 25 Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the 26 registrant who is a member of a legislative or State study 27 commission or committee while attending and participating in 28 meetings and hearings of such commission or committee need 29 not be reported. 30 Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the 31 registrant for personal sustenance, lodging, travel, office 32 expenses and clerical or support staff need not be reported. 33 Salaries, fees, and other compensation paid to the 34 registrant for the purposes of lobbying need not be reported. HB2205 Enrolled -3- LRB093 10485 JAM 10739 b 1 Any contributions required to be reported under Article 9 2 of the Election Code need not be reported. 3 Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, gifts 4 and honoraria returned or reimbursed to the registrant within 5 30 days of the date of receipt shallneednot be reported. 6 A gift or honorarium returned or reimbursed to the 7 registrant within 10 days after the official receives a copy 8 of a report pursuant to Section 6.5 shall not be included in 9 the final report unless the registrant informed the official, 10 contemporaneously with the receipt of the gift or honorarium, 11 that such gift or honorarium is a reportable expenditure 12 pursuant to this Act. 13 (c) Reports under this Section shall be filed by July 14 31, for expenditures from the previous January 1 through the 15 later of June 30 or the final day of the regular General 16 Assembly session, and by January 31, for expenditures from 17 the entire previous calendar year. 18 Registrants who made no reportable expenditures during a 19 reporting period shall file a report stating that no 20 expenditures were incurred. Such reports shall be filed in 21 accordance with the deadlines as prescribed in this 22 subsection. 23 A registrant who terminates employment or duties which 24 required him to register under this Act shall give the 25 Secretary of State, within 30 days after the date of such 26 termination, written notice of such termination and shall 27 include therewith a report of the expenditures described 28 herein, covering the period of time since the filing of his 29 last report to the date of termination of employment. Such 30 notice and report shall be final and relieve such registrant 31 of further reporting under this Act, unless and until he 32 later takes employment or assumes duties requiring him to 33 again register under this Act. 34 (d) Failure to file any such report within the time HB2205 Enrolled -4- LRB093 10485 JAM 10739 b 1 designated or the reporting of incomplete information shall 2 constitute a violation of this Act. 3 A registrant shall preserve for a period of 2 years all 4 receipts and records used in preparing reports under this 5 Act. 6 (e) Within 30 days after a filing deadline, the lobbyist 7 shall notify each official on whose behalf an expenditure has 8 been reported. Notification shall include the name of the 9 registrant, the total amount of the expenditure, the date on 10 which the expenditure occurred, and the subject matter of the 11 lobbying activity. 12 (Source: P.A. 90-78, eff. 1-1-98.) 13 (25 ILCS 170/6.5) 14 Sec. 6.5. Response to report by official. 15 (a) Every person required to register as prescribed in 16 Section 3 and required to file a report with the Secretary of 17 State as prescribed in Section 6 shall, at least 25 days 18 beforethe deadline forfiling the report, provide a copy of 19 the report to each official listed in the report by first 20 class mail or hand delivery. An official may, within 10 days 21 after receiving the copy of the report, provide written 22 objections to the report by first class mail or hand delivery 23 to the person required to file the report. If those written 24 objections conflict with the final report that is filed, the 25 written objections shall be filed along with the report. 26 (b) Failure to provide a copy of the report to an 27 official listed in the report within the time designated in 28 this Section is a violation of this Act. 29 (Source: P.A. 90-737, eff. 1-1-99.)