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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB0754 Introduced 2/3/2015, by Sen. Darin M. LaHood SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Provides that a person required to register under the Act must include in his or her report a description of (i) any business relationship that the registrant has with a State official, and (ii) any familial relationship with a State official that is known to the registrant. Defines "familial relationship".
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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 6 as follows:
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| 6 | | (25 ILCS 170/6) (from Ch. 63, par. 176) |
| 7 | | Sec. 6. Reports. |
| 8 | | (a) Lobbyist reports. Except as otherwise provided in this |
| 9 | | Section, every lobbyist registered under this Act who is solely |
| 10 | | employed by a lobbying entity
shall file an affirmation, |
| 11 | | verified under
oath pursuant to Section 1-109 of the Code of |
| 12 | | Civil Procedure, with
the
Secretary of
State attesting to the |
| 13 | | accuracy of any reports filed pursuant to subsection (b) as |
| 14 | | those reports pertain to work performed by the lobbyist. Any |
| 15 | | lobbyist registered under this Act who is not solely employed |
| 16 | | by a lobbying entity shall personally file reports required of |
| 17 | | lobbying entities pursuant to subsection (b). A lobbyist may, |
| 18 | | if authorized so to do by a lobbying entity by whom he or she is |
| 19 | | employed or retained, file lobbying entity reports pursuant to |
| 20 | | subsection (b) provided that the lobbying entity may delegate |
| 21 | | the filing of the lobbying entity report to only one lobbyist |
| 22 | | in any reporting period.
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| 23 | | (b) Lobbying entity reports. Every lobbying entity |
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| 1 | | registered under this Act shall report expenditures related to |
| 2 | | lobbying. The report shall itemize each individual expenditure |
| 3 | | or transaction
and shall include the name of the official on |
| 4 | | whose behalf the
expenditure
was made, the name of the client |
| 5 | | if the expenditure was made on behalf of a client, the
total |
| 6 | | amount of the expenditure, a description of the expenditure, |
| 7 | | the vendor or purveyor to whom the expenditure was made |
| 8 | | (including the address or location of the expenditure), the |
| 9 | | date on which the expenditure occurred and
the subject matter |
| 10 | | of the lobbying activity, if any.
For those expenditures made |
| 11 | | on behalf of a client, if the client is a client registrant, |
| 12 | | the report shall also include the name and address of the |
| 13 | | client or clients of the client registrant or the official or |
| 14 | | officials on whose behalf the expenditure ultimately was made. |
| 15 | | Each expenditure required to be reported shall include all |
| 16 | | expenses made for or on behalf of an official or his or her |
| 17 | | immediate family member living with the official. |
| 18 | | (b-1) The report shall include any change or addition to |
| 19 | | the client list information, required in Section 5 for |
| 20 | | registration, since the last report, including the names and |
| 21 | | addresses of all clients who retained the lobbying entity |
| 22 | | together with an itemized description for each client of the |
| 23 | | following: (1) lobbying regarding executive action, including |
| 24 | | the name of any executive agency lobbied and the subject |
| 25 | | matter; (2) lobbying regarding legislative action, including |
| 26 | | the General Assembly and any other agencies lobbied and the |
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| 1 | | subject matter; and (3) lobbying regarding administrative |
| 2 | | action, including the agency lobbied and the subject matter. |
| 3 | | Registrants who made no reportable expenditures during a |
| 4 | | reporting period shall file a report stating that no |
| 5 | | expenditures were incurred.
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| 6 | | (b-2) Expenditures attributable to lobbying officials |
| 7 | | shall be listed and reported
according to the following |
| 8 | | categories:
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| 9 | | (1) Travel and lodging on behalf of others, including, |
| 10 | | but not limited to, all travel and living accommodations |
| 11 | | made for or on behalf of State officials during sessions of |
| 12 | | the General Assembly.
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| 13 | | (2) Meals, beverages and other entertainment.
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| 14 | | (3) Gifts (indicating which, if any, are on the basis |
| 15 | | of personal friendship).
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| 16 | | (4) Honoraria.
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| 17 | | (5) Any other thing or service of value not listed |
| 18 | | under categories (1) through (4), setting forth a |
| 19 | | description of the expenditure.
The category travel and |
| 20 | | lodging includes, but is not limited to, all travel and |
| 21 | | living accommodations made for or on behalf of State |
| 22 | | officials in the State capital during sessions of the |
| 23 | | General Assembly.
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| 24 | | (b-3) Expenditures incurred for hosting receptions, |
| 25 | | benefits and other large
gatherings held for purposes of |
| 26 | | goodwill or otherwise to influence executive,
legislative or |
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| 1 | | administrative action to which there are 25 or more State
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| 2 | | officials invited shall be reported listing only the total |
| 3 | | amount of
the
expenditure, the date of the event, and the |
| 4 | | estimated number of officials in
attendance.
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| 5 | | (b-4) The report must include a description of any business |
| 6 | | relationship that a registrant has with an official. |
| 7 | | (b-5) The report must include a description of any familial |
| 8 | | relationship with an official that is known to the registrant. |
| 9 | | For the purposes of this subsection, "familial relationship" |
| 10 | | includes those people
related to the registrant as father, |
| 11 | | mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, great |
| 12 | | aunt, great uncle, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, |
| 13 | | fiance, fiancee, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, |
| 14 | | granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, |
| 15 | | daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, |
| 16 | | stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, |
| 17 | | half brother, half sister, and including the father, mother, |
| 18 | | grandfather, or grandmother of the registrant's fiance or |
| 19 | | fiancee. |
| 20 | | (b-7) Matters excluded from reports. The following items |
| 21 | | need not be included in the report: |
| 22 | | (1) Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the |
| 23 | | registrant
who is a member of a legislative or State study |
| 24 | | commission or committee while
attending and participating |
| 25 | | in meetings and hearings of such commission or
committee.
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| 26 | | (2) Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the |
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| 1 | | registrant for personal
sustenance, lodging, travel, |
| 2 | | office expenses and clerical or support staff.
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| 3 | | (3) Salaries, fees, and other compensation paid to
the |
| 4 | | registrant
for the
purposes of lobbying.
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| 5 | | (4) Any contributions required to be reported under |
| 6 | | Article 9 of the Election
Code.
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| 7 | | (5) Expenditures made by a registrant on behalf of an |
| 8 | | official that are returned or reimbursed prior to the |
| 9 | | deadline for submission of the report. |
| 10 | | (c)
A registrant who terminates employment or duties which |
| 11 | | required him or her to
register under this Act shall give the |
| 12 | | Secretary of State, within 30 days after
the date of such |
| 13 | | termination, written notice of such termination and shall
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| 14 | | include therewith a report of the expenditures described |
| 15 | | herein, covering the
period of time since the filing of his or |
| 16 | | her last report to the date of termination
of employment. Such |
| 17 | | notice and report shall be final and relieve such
registrant of |
| 18 | | further reporting under this Act, unless and until he or she |
| 19 | | later takes
employment or assumes duties requiring him or her |
| 20 | | to again register under this Act.
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| 21 | | (d) Failure to file any such report within the time |
| 22 | | designated or the
reporting of incomplete information shall |
| 23 | | constitute a violation of this Act.
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| 24 | | A registrant shall preserve for a period of 2 years all |
| 25 | | receipts and records
used in preparing reports under this Act.
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| 26 | | (e) Within 30 days after a filing deadline or as provided |
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| 1 | | by rule, the lobbyist shall notify each
official on whose |
| 2 | | behalf an expenditure has been reported. Notification shall
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| 3 | | include the name of the registrant, the total amount of the |
| 4 | | expenditure, a description of the expenditure, the
date on |
| 5 | | which the expenditure occurred, and the subject matter of the |
| 6 | | lobbying
activity.
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| 7 | | (f) A report for the period beginning January 1, 2010 and |
| 8 | | ending on June 30, 2010 shall be filed no later than July 15, |
| 9 | | 2010, and a report for the period beginning July 1, 2010 and |
| 10 | | ending on December 31, 2010 shall be filed no later than |
| 11 | | January 15, 2011. Beginning January 1, 2011, reports shall be |
| 12 | | filed semi-monthly as follows: (i) for the period beginning the |
| 13 | | first day of the month through the 15th day of the month, the |
| 14 | | report shall be filed no later than the 20th day of the month |
| 15 | | and (ii) for the period beginning on the 16th day of the month |
| 16 | | through the last day of the month, the report shall be filed no |
| 17 | | later than the 5th day of the following month. A report filed |
| 18 | | under this Act is due in the Office of the Secretary of State |
| 19 | | no later than the close of business on the date on which it is |
| 20 | | required to be filed. |
| 21 | | (g) All reports filed under this Act shall be filed in a |
| 22 | | format or on forms prescribed by the Secretary of State.
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| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 98-459, eff. 1-1-14.)
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