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Rep. Bill Mitchell
Filed: 4/19/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1983
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1983 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 3 as follows:
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| (25 ILCS 170/3) (from Ch. 63, par. 173)
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| Sec. 3. Persons required to register.
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| (a) Except as provided in Sections 4 and 9, the following |
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| persons shall
register with the Secretary of State as provided |
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| herein:
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| (1) Any person who, for compensation or otherwise,
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| either individually or as an employee or contractual |
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| employee of another
person, undertakes to influence |
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| executive, legislative or administrative
action.
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| (2) Any person who employs another person for the |
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| purposes
of influencing executive, legislative or |
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| administrative action.
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| (a-5) A person may not register under this Act if (i) his |
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| or her last day in the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, |
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| Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, |
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| State Senator, or State Representative, whether due to |
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| conclusion of the term or other event, was less than 24 months |
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| earlier or (ii) he or she was an employee or appointee of, or |
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| an employee or appointee of a governmental entity under the |
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| jurisdiction or control of, the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, |
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| Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, or |
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| Treasurer less than 24 months earlier. A person subject to this |
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| subsection who acts in a manner that would require the person |
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| to be registered under this Act violates this Act as provided |
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| in subsection (b).
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| (b) It is a violation of this Act to engage in lobbying or |
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| to employ any
person for the purpose of lobbying who is not |
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| registered with the Office of the
Secretary of State, except |
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| upon condition that the person register and the
person does in |
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| fact register within 2 business days after being employed or |
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| retained for lobbying services.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)".
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