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 1        AN ACT concerning lobbyist registration.

 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 Sections 5 and 6 as follows:

 6        (25 ILCS 170/5) (from Ch. 63, par. 175)
 7        Sec.  5.  Lobbyist  registration  and  disclosure.  Every
 8    person  required  to  register under Section 3 shall each and
 9    every year, or before any such  service  is  performed  which
10    requires  the  person  to register, file in the Office of the
11    Secretary  of  State  a  written  statement  containing   the
12    following information:
13             (a)  The name and address of the registrant.
14             (b)  The  name  and address of the person or persons
15        employing  or  retaining  registrant  to   perform   such
16        services or on whose behalf the registrant appears.
17             (c)  A   brief   description   of   the   executive,
18        legislative,  or  administrative  action  in reference to
19        which such service is to be rendered.
20             (d)  A picture of the registrant.
21        Persons required to register under this Act shall remit a
22    single, annual and nonrefundable $50 registration  fee.   All
23    fees  shall  be  deposited  into  the  Lobbyist  Registration
24    Administration  Fund  for  administration  and enforcement of
25    this Act.
26    (Source: P.A. 88-187.)

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

27        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect July
28    1, 2004.