HB3324 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3324

Introduced , by Rep. Jeanne M Ives

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

25 ILCS 170/11.3

Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Provides that it is a violation of the Act for a person registered or required to be registered as a lobbyist under the Act to accept or agree to accept compensation from a State agency, regardless of whether or not such compensation would be for the purpose of lobbying legislative action.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by changing Section 11.3 as follows:

(25 ILCS 170/11.3)

Sec. 11.3. Compensation from a State agency. It is a violation of this Act for a person registered or required to be registered under this Act to accept or agree to accept compensation from a State agency for the purpose of lobbying legislative action.

This Section does not apply to compensation (i) that is a portion of the salary of a full-time employee of a State agency whose responsibility or authority includes, but is not limited to, lobbying executive, legislative, or administrative action or (ii) to an individual who is contractually retained by a State agency that is not listed in Section 5-15 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.

For the purpose of this Section, "State agency" is defined as in the Illinois State Auditing Act.

(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 1-1-10.)