96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6254

 

Introduced 2/11/2010, by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
25 ILCS 170/3.1

    Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Prohibits a person required to register as a lobbyist, and his or her spouse and immediate family members living with the person, from serving on a State board, commission, authority, or task force (now, prohibited from serving on such an entity with the same subject area as that area in which the person lobbies).


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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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by
5 changing Section 3.1 as follows:
 
6     (25 ILCS 170/3.1)
7     Sec. 3.1. Prohibition on serving on boards and commissions.
8 Notwithstanding any other law of this State, on and after
9 February 1, 2004, but not before that date, a person required
10 to be registered under this Act, his or her spouse, and his or
11 her immediate family members living with that person may not
12 serve on a board, commission, authority, or task force
13 authorized or created by State law or by executive order of the
14 Governor if the lobbyist is engaged in the same subject area as
15 defined in Section 5(c-6) as the board or commission; except
16 that this restriction does not apply to any of the following:
17         (1) a registered lobbyist, his or her spouse, or any
18     immediate family member living with the registered
19     lobbyist, who is serving in an elective public office,
20     whether elected or appointed to fill a vacancy; and
21         (2) a registered lobbyist, his or her spouse, or any
22     immediate family member living with the registered
23     lobbyist, who is serving on a State advisory body that

 

 

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1     makes nonbinding recommendations to an agency of State
2     government but does not make binding recommendations or
3     determinations or take any other substantive action.
4 (Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 1-1-10.)