97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5753

 

Introduced 2/16/2012, by Rep. Fred Crespo

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
25 ILCS 170/4.7 new
25 ILCS 170/9  from Ch. 63, par. 179

    Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Prohibits any elected or appointed official of a unit of local government or school district whose term of office begins on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act from being a contractual lobbyist. Authorizes such a person, however, to be an exclusive lobbyist.


LRB097 20554 JDS 66143 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5753LRB097 20554 JDS 66143 b

1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by
5adding Section 4.7 and changing Section 9 as follows:
 
6    (25 ILCS 170/4.7 new)
7    Sec. 4.7. Holders of local offices. No person holding any
8office for a unit of local government or school district,
9either by election or appointment under the laws of this State,
10and whose term to that office begins on or after the effective
11date of this Section may be a contractual lobbyist. However,
12such a person may be an exclusive lobbyist.
 
13    (25 ILCS 170/9)  (from Ch. 63, par. 179)
14    Sec. 9. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to infringe
15in any way the right of a citizen, including the holder of an
16elective local government office, to lawfully petition a member
17of the General Assembly or any other public official as
18guaranteed in the Constitution of the State of Illinois.
19(Source: P.A. 76-1848.)