HB0008ham003 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. John A. Fritchey

Filed: 4/17/2007

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 8

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 8 on page 1, by replacing lines 7 through 21 with the following:

"(5 ILCS 430/5-47 new)

Sec. 5-47. Lobbying; revolving door.

(a) No executive branch constitutional officer or executive branch State employee may accept compensation or other employment as a lobbyist representing clients before any State agency over which the officer had jurisdiction or for which the employee worked for one year from the date the officer left office or the employee left that agency.

(b) No member of the legislative branch who leaves that position between August 1 and the next November 30 may work as a registered lobbyist to influence legislative action until after the adjournment of the next spring legislative session, and no member of the legislative branch who leaves that position between December 1 and the next July 31 may work as a registered lobbyist to influence legislative action until after the conclusion of the next veto session.

(c) As used in this Section, "compensation", "lobbyists", and "legislative action" have the same meanings as those terms are defined in Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration Act."; and

on page 14, by inserting after line 25 the following:

"(1.4) A unit of local government or a school district.

(1.5) An elected or appointed official or an employee of a unit of local government or school district who, in the scope of his or her public office or employment, seeks to influence executive, legislative, or administrative action exclusively on behalf of that unit of local government or school district."; and

on page 23, in line 24 by replacing "$10" with "$75"; and

on page 25, by replacing lines 23 through 25 with the following: "amount of the expenditure, the date of the event, and the estimated number of officials in attendance."; and

on page 27, in line 15 by replacing "(c)" with "(c)".