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1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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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 |
8 | | natural person and every entity required to
register under this |
9 | | Act shall
before any service
is performed which requires the |
10 | | natural person or entity to register, but in any event not
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11 | | later than 2 business days after being employed or retained, |
12 | | file in the Office of the
Secretary of State a statement in a |
13 | | format prescribed by the Secretary of State containing the
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14 | | following
information
with respect to each person or entity
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15 | | employing, retaining, or benefitting from the services of the |
16 | | natural person or entity required to register:
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17 | | (a) The registrant's name, permanent address, e-mail
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18 | | address, if any,
fax
number, if any, business telephone |
19 | | number, and temporary address, if the
registrant has a |
20 | | temporary address while lobbying.
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21 | | (a-5) If the registrant is an entity, the
information |
22 | | required under subsection (a) for each natural person |
23 | | associated with the
registrant who will be lobbying,
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1 | | regardless of whether lobbying is a significant part of his |
2 | | or her duties.
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3 | | (b) The name and address of the client or clients |
4 | | employing or retaining
the registrant to perform such |
5 | | services or on whose behalf the registrant appears.
If the |
6 | | client employing or retaining the registrant is a client |
7 | | registrant, the statement shall also include the name and |
8 | | address of the client or clients of the client registrant |
9 | | on whose behalf the registrant will be or anticipates |
10 | | performing services. |
11 | | (c) A brief description of the executive, legislative, |
12 | | or administrative
action in reference to which such service |
13 | | is to be rendered.
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14 | | (c-5) Each executive and legislative branch agency the |
15 | | registrant
expects
to lobby during the registration |
16 | | period.
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17 | | (c-6) The nature of the client's business, by |
18 | | indicating all
of the following categories that apply: (1) |
19 | | banking and financial services, (2)
manufacturing, (3) |
20 | | education, (4) environment, (5) healthcare, (6)
insurance, |
21 | | (7) community interests, (8) labor, (9) public relations or
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22 | | advertising, (10) marketing or sales, (11) hospitality, |
23 | | (12) engineering,
(13) information or technology products |
24 | | or services, (14) social services,
(15) public utilities, |
25 | | (16) racing or wagering, (17) real estate or
construction, |
26 | | (18) telecommunications, (19) trade or professional
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1 | | association, (20) travel or tourism, (21) transportation, |
2 | | (22) agriculture, and (23) other
(setting forth the nature |
3 | | of that other business).
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4 | | Every natural person and every entity required to register |
5 | | under this Act shall annually submit the registration required |
6 | | by this Section on or before each January 31. The registrant |
7 | | has a continuing duty to report any substantial change or |
8 | | addition to the information contained in the registration.
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9 | | The Secretary of State shall make all filed statements and |
10 | | amendments to statements publicly available by means of a |
11 | | searchable database that is accessible through the World Wide |
12 | | Web. The Secretary of State shall provide all software |
13 | | necessary to comply with this provision to all natural persons |
14 | | and entities required to file. The Secretary of State shall |
15 | | implement a plan to provide computer access and assistance to |
16 | | natural persons and entities required to file electronically. |
17 | | All natural persons
and entities required to register under |
18 | | this Act shall remit a single, annual, and
nonrefundable $300 |
19 | | registration fee. Each natural person required to register
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20 | | under this Act shall submit, on an annual basis, a picture of |
21 | | the registrant. A registrant may, in lieu of submitting a
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22 | | picture on an annual basis, authorize the Secretary of State to |
23 | | use any photo
identification available in any database |
24 | | maintained by the Secretary of State
for other purposes. The |
25 | | Secretary of State may display the picture of the registrant |
26 | | along with information about the registrant on the Secretary of |
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1 | | State's website and may use the picture to produce a photo |
2 | | identification card for the registrant. Each registration fee |
3 | | collected for registrations on
or after January 1, 2010 shall |
4 | | be deposited into the Lobbyist
Registration Administration |
5 | | Fund for administration and enforcement
of this
Act.
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6 | | (Source: P.A. 98-459, eff. 1-1-14.) |
7 | | Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by |
8 | | changing Section 6-110.1 as follows:
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9 | | (625 ILCS 5/6-110.1)
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10 | | Sec. 6-110.1. Confidentiality of captured photographs or |
11 | | images. The
Secretary of State shall maintain a file on or |
12 | | contract to file all photographs
and signatures obtained in the |
13 | | process of issuing a driver's license, permit,
or |
14 | | identification card. The photographs and signatures shall be |
15 | | confidential
and shall not be disclosed except to the following |
16 | | persons:
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17 | | (1) the individual upon written request;
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18 | | (2) officers and employees of the Secretary of State |
19 | | who have a need
to have access to the stored images for |
20 | | purposes of issuing and controlling
driver's licenses, |
21 | | permits, or identification cards;
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22 | | (3) law enforcement officials for a lawful civil or |
23 | | criminal
law enforcement investigation;
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24 | | (3-5) the State Board of Elections for the sole purpose |
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1 | | of providing the signatures required by a local election |
2 | | authority to register a voter through an online voter |
3 | | registration system; or |
4 | | (3-10) officers and employees of the Secretary of State |
5 | | who require access to the stored images for purpose of |
6 | | issuing lobbyist identification cards pursuant to Section |
7 | | 5 of the Lobbyist Registration Act; or
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8 | | (4) other entities that the Secretary may exempt by |
9 | | rule.
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10 | | (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
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11 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
12 | | becoming law.
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