100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB1538

 

Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Chuck Weaver

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
25 ILCS 170/6  from Ch. 63, par. 176

    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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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by
5changing Section 6 as follows:
 
6    (25 ILCS 170/6)  (from Ch. 63, par. 176)
7    Sec. 6. Reports.
8    (a) Lobbyist reports. Except as otherwise provided in this
9Section, every lobbyist registered under this Act who is solely
10employed by a lobbying entity shall file an affirmation,
11verified under oath pursuant to Section 1-109 of the Code of
12Civil Procedure, with the Secretary of State attesting to the
13accuracy of any reports filed pursuant to subsection (b) as
14those reports pertain to work performed by the lobbyist. Any
15lobbyist registered under this Act who is not solely employed
16by a lobbying entity shall personally file reports required of
17lobbying entities pursuant to subsection (b). A lobbyist may,
18if authorized so to do by a lobbying entity by whom he or she is
19employed or retained, file lobbying entity reports pursuant to
20subsection (b) provided that the lobbying entity may delegate
21the filing of the lobbying entity report to only one lobbyist
22in any reporting period.
23    (b) Lobbying entity reports. Every lobbying entity

 

 

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1registered under this Act shall report expenditures related to
2lobbying. The report shall itemize each individual expenditure
3or transaction and shall include the name of the official on
4whose behalf the expenditure was made, the name of the client
5if the expenditure was made on behalf of a client, the total
6amount of the expenditure, a description of the expenditure,
7the vendor or purveyor to whom the expenditure was made
8(including the address or location of the expenditure), the
9date on which the expenditure occurred and the subject matter
10of the lobbying activity, if any. For those expenditures made
11on behalf of a client, if the client is a client registrant,
12the report shall also include the name and address of the
13client or clients of the client registrant or the official or
14officials on whose behalf the expenditure ultimately was made.
15Each expenditure required to be reported shall include all
16expenses made for or on behalf of an official or his or her
17immediate family member living with the official.
18    (b-1) The report shall include any change or addition to
19the client list information, required in Section 5 for
20registration, since the last report, including the names and
21addresses of all clients who retained the lobbying entity
22together with an itemized description for each client of the
23following: (1) lobbying regarding executive action, including
24the name of any executive agency lobbied and the subject
25matter; (2) lobbying regarding legislative action, including
26the General Assembly and any other agencies lobbied and the

 

 

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1subject matter; and (3) lobbying regarding administrative
2action, including the agency lobbied and the subject matter.
3Registrants who made no reportable expenditures during a
4reporting period shall file a report stating that no
5expenditures were incurred.
6    (b-2) Expenditures attributable to lobbying officials
7shall be listed and reported according to the following
8categories:
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.
13        (2) Meals, beverages and other entertainment.
14        (3) Gifts (indicating which, if any, are on the basis
15    of personal friendship).
16        (4) Honoraria.
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.
24    (b-3) Expenditures incurred for hosting receptions,
25benefits and other large gatherings held for purposes of
26goodwill or otherwise to influence executive, legislative or

 

 

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1administrative action to which there are 25 or more State
2officials invited shall be reported listing only the total
3amount of the expenditure, the date of the event, and the
4estimated number of officials in attendance.
5    (b-4) The report must include a description of any business
6relationship that a registrant has with an official.
7    (b-5) The report must include a description of any familial
8relationship with an official that is known to the registrant.
9For the purposes of this subsection, "familial relationship"
10includes those people related to the registrant as father,
11mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, great
12aunt, great uncle, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife,
13fiance, fiancee, grandfather, grandmother, grandson,
14granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law,
15daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather,
16stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister,
17half brother, half sister, and including the father, mother,
18grandfather, or grandmother of the registrant's fiance or
19fiancee.
20    (b-7) Matters excluded from reports. The following items
21need 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.
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.
3        (3) Salaries, fees, and other compensation paid to the
4    registrant for the purposes of lobbying.
5        (4) Any contributions required to be reported under
6    Article 9 of the Election Code.
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
11required him or her to register under this Act shall give the
12Secretary of State, within 30 days after the date of such
13termination, written notice of such termination and shall
14include therewith a report of the expenditures described
15herein, covering the period of time since the filing of his or
16her last report to the date of termination of employment. Such
17notice and report shall be final and relieve such registrant of
18further reporting under this Act, unless and until he or she
19later takes employment or assumes duties requiring him or her
20to again register under this Act.
21    (d) Failure to file any such report within the time
22designated or the reporting of incomplete information shall
23constitute a violation of this Act.
24    A registrant shall preserve for a period of 2 years all
25receipts and records used in preparing reports under this Act.
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1by rule, the lobbyist shall notify each official on whose
2behalf an expenditure has been reported. Notification shall
3include the name of the registrant, the total amount of the
4expenditure, a description of the expenditure, the date on
5which the expenditure occurred, and the subject matter of the
6lobbying activity.
7    (f) A report for the period beginning January 1, 2010 and
8ending on June 30, 2010 shall be filed no later than July 15,
92010, and a report for the period beginning July 1, 2010 and
10ending on December 31, 2010 shall be filed no later than
11January 15, 2011. Beginning January 1, 2011, reports shall be
12filed semi-monthly as follows: (i) for the period beginning the
13first day of the month through the 15th day of the month, the
14report shall be filed no later than the 20th day of the month
15and (ii) for the period beginning on the 16th day of the month
16through the last day of the month, the report shall be filed no
17later than the 5th day of the following month. A report filed
18under this Act is due in the Office of the Secretary of State
19no later than the close of business on the date on which it is
20required to be filed.
21    (g) All reports filed under this Act shall be filed in a
22format or on forms prescribed by the Secretary of State.
23(Source: P.A. 98-459, eff. 1-1-14.)