Section 560.315  Allocating Expenditures

a)         For reporting purposes, the registrant may allocate the expenditure by prorating the total cost of the transaction among the number of beneficiaries (officials and non-officials). Example:  A lobbyist buys dinner for a group of five persons, two of whom are officials and three of whom are non-officials who are not immediate family members of an official.  The total cost of the expenditure is divided by five to compute whether the expenditure is required to be itemized, i.e., exceeds $100 per beneficiary.  If each beneficiary's share is $100 or less, the transaction is reportable as a non-itemized expenditure.

b)         Alternatively, when the transaction includes more than one beneficiary (officials and non-officials), the registrant may report the exact amount expended on behalf of an official.

c)         To be included in the allocation calculation, the lobbyist(s) must be present and participating at the event where the expenditure occurred.  If lobbyists for more than one registered entity divide the bill for a single transaction, each lobbyist must report an expenditure for each official in attendance.

(Source:  Amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 405, effective January 1, 1997)