HB0005ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Jack D. Franks

Filed: 2/20/2009

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by adding Section 11.3 as follows:

(25 ILCS 170/11.3 new)

Sec. 11.3. Compensation from a State agency. It is a violation of this Act for a person registered or required to be registered under this Act to accept or agree to accept compensation from a State agency for the purpose of lobbying legislative action.

This Section does not apply to compensation (i) that is a portion of the salary of a full-time employee of a State agency whose responsibility or authority includes, but is not limited to, lobbying executive, legislative, or administrative action or (ii) to an individual who is contractually retained by a State agency that is not listed in Section 5-15 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.

For the purpose of this Section, "State agency" is defined as in the Illinois State Auditing Act.".