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91_SB1354
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1 AN ACT to amend the Lobbyist Registration Act by changing
2 Sections 5 and 6 and adding Section 6.3.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by
6 changing Sections 5 and 6 and adding Section 6.3 as follows:
7 (25 ILCS 170/5) (from Ch. 63, par. 175)
8 Sec. 5. Lobbyist registration and disclosure. Every
9 person required to register under Section 3 shall each and
10 every year, or before any such service is performed which
11 requires the person to register, file in the Office of the
12 Secretary of State a written statement containing the
13 following information:
14 (a) The name and address of the registrant.
15 (b) The name and address of the person or persons
16 employing or retaining registrant to perform such
17 services or on whose behalf the registrant appears.
18 (c) A brief description of the executive,
19 legislative, or administrative action in reference to
20 which such service is to be rendered.
21 (d) A picture of the registrant.
22 Persons required to register under this Act shall remit a
23 single, annual and nonrefundable $50 registration fee. All
24 fees shall be deposited into the Lobbyist Registration
25 Administration Fund for administration and enforcement of
26 this Act.
27 (Source: P.A. 88-187.)
28 (25 ILCS 170/6) (from Ch. 63, par. 176)
29 Sec. 6. Reports.
30 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, every
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1 person required to register as prescribed in Section 3 shall
2 report under oath to the Secretary of State all expenditures
3 for lobbying made or incurred by the lobbyist on his behalf
4 or the behalf of his employer. In the case where an
5 individual is solely employed by another person to perform
6 job related functions any part of which includes lobbying,
7 the employer shall be responsible for reporting all lobbying
8 expenditures incurred on the employer's behalf as shall be
9 identified by the lobbyist to the employer preceding such
10 report. Persons who contract with another person to perform
11 lobbying activities shall be responsible for reporting all
12 lobbying expenditures incurred on the employer's behalf. Any
13 additional lobbying expenses incurred by the employer which
14 are separate and apart from those incurred by the contractual
15 employee shall be reported by the employer.
16 (b) The report shall itemize each individual expenditure
17 or transaction over $100 and shall include the name of the
18 official on whose behalf the expenditure was made, the name
19 of the client on whose behalf the expenditure was made, the
20 total amount of the expenditure, the date on which the
21 expenditure occurred and the subject matter of the lobbying
22 activity, if any.
23 Expenditures attributable to lobbying officials shall be
24 listed and reported according to the following categories:
25 (1) travel and lodging on behalf of others.
26 (2) meals, beverages and other entertainment.
27 (3) gifts.
28 (4) honoraria.
29 Individual expenditures required to be reported as
30 described herein which are equal to or less than $100 in
31 value need not be itemized but are required to be categorized
32 and reported by officials in an aggregate total in a manner
33 prescribed by rule of the Secretary of State.
34 Expenditures incurred for hosting receptions, benefits
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1 and other large gatherings held for purposes of goodwill or
2 otherwise to influence executive, legislative or
3 administrative action to which there are 25 or more State
4 officials invited shall be reported listing only the total
5 amount of the expenditure, the date of the event, and the
6 estimated number of officials in attendance.
7 Each individual expenditure required to be reported shall
8 include all expenses made for or on behalf of State officials
9 and members of the immediate family of those persons.
10 The category travel and lodging includes, but is not
11 limited to, all travel and living accommodations made for or
12 on behalf of State officials in the capital during sessions
13 of the General Assembly.
14 Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the
15 registrant who is a member of a legislative or State study
16 commission or committee while attending and participating in
17 meetings and hearings of such commission or committee need
18 not be reported.
19 Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the
20 registrant for personal sustenance, lodging, travel, office
21 expenses and clerical or support staff need not be reported.
22 Salaries, fees, and other compensation paid to the
23 registrant for the purposes of lobbying need not be reported.
24 Any contributions required to be reported under Article 9
25 of the Election Code need not be reported.
26 Gifts and honoraria returned to the registrant within 30
27 days of the date of receipt need not be reported.
28 (c) Reports under this Section shall be filed by July
29 31, for expenditures from the previous January 1 through the
30 later of June 30 or the final day of the regular General
31 Assembly session, and by January 31, for expenditures from
32 the entire previous calendar year.
33 Registrants who made no reportable expenditures during a
34 reporting period shall file a report stating that no
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1 expenditures were incurred. Such reports shall be filed in
2 accordance with the deadlines as prescribed in this
3 subsection.
4 A registrant who terminates employment or duties which
5 required him to register under this Act shall give the
6 Secretary of State, within 30 days after the date of such
7 termination, written notice of such termination and shall
8 include therewith a report of the expenditures described
9 herein, covering the period of time since the filing of his
10 last report to the date of termination of employment. Such
11 notice and report shall be final and relieve such registrant
12 of further reporting under this Act, unless and until he
13 later takes employment or assumes duties requiring him to
14 again register under this Act.
15 (d) Failure to file any such report within the time
16 designated or the reporting of incomplete information shall
17 constitute a violation of this Act.
18 A registrant shall preserve for a period of 2 years all
19 receipts and records used in preparing reports under this
20 Act.
21 (e) Within 30 days after a filing deadline, the lobbyist
22 shall notify each official on whose behalf an expenditure has
23 been reported. Notification shall include the name of the
24 registrant, the total amount of the expenditure, the date on
25 which the expenditure occurred, and the subject matter of the
26 lobbying activity.
27 (Source: P.A. 90-78, eff. 1-1-98.)
28 (25 ILCS 170/6.3 new)
29 Sec. 6.3. Electronic filing. The Secretary of State may
30 provide by rule for the optional electronic filing of
31 registration statements and expenditure reports.