Rep. John A. Fritchey
Filed: 4/17/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 8
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 8 on page 1, by | ||||||
3 | replacing lines 7 through 21 with the following:
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4 | "(5 ILCS 430/5-47 new) | ||||||
5 | Sec. 5-47. Lobbying; revolving door. | ||||||
6 | (a) No executive branch constitutional officer or | ||||||
7 | executive branch State employee may accept compensation or | ||||||
8 | other employment as a lobbyist representing clients before any | ||||||
9 | State agency over which the officer had jurisdiction or for | ||||||
10 | which the employee worked for one year from the date the | ||||||
11 | officer left office or the employee left that agency. | ||||||
12 | (b) No member of the legislative branch who leaves that | ||||||
13 | position between August 1 and the next November 30 may work as | ||||||
14 | a registered lobbyist to influence legislative action until | ||||||
15 | after the adjournment of the next spring legislative session, | ||||||
16 | and no member of the legislative branch who leaves that | ||||||
17 | position between December 1 and the next July 31 may work as a |
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1 | registered lobbyist to influence legislative action until | ||||||
2 | after the conclusion of the next veto session. | ||||||
3 | (c) As used in this Section, "compensation", "lobbyists", | ||||||
4 | and "legislative action" have the same meanings as those terms | ||||||
5 | are defined in Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration Act. "; | ||||||
6 | and
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7 | on page 14, by inserting after line 25 the following: | ||||||
8 | " (1.4) A unit of local government or a school district.
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9 | (1.5) An elected or appointed official or an employee | ||||||
10 | of a unit of local government or school district who, in | ||||||
11 | the scope of his or her public office or employment, seeks | ||||||
12 | to influence executive, legislative, or administrative | ||||||
13 | action exclusively on behalf of that unit of local | ||||||
14 | government or school district. "; and | ||||||
15 | on page 23, in line 24 by replacing " $10 " with " $75 "; and | ||||||
16 | on page 25, by replacing lines 23 through 25 with the | ||||||
17 | following:
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18 | "amount of the expenditure, the date of the event, and the | ||||||
19 | estimated number of officials in attendance."; and | ||||||
20 | on page 27, in line 15 by replacing " (c) " with "(c)".
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