100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB1539

 

Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Chuck Weaver

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
25 ILCS 170/4.6 new

    Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Requires lobbyists to file with the Secretary of State a written statement that describes the procedures that the lobbyist and lobbyist's client will follow if the lobbyist or client determines that the lobbyist's representation of the client creates a conflict of interest. Prohibits a lobbyist from representing a client if the representation involves a conflict of interest, unless otherwise provided in the agreement between the lobbyist and the party he or she represents.


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by
5adding Section 4.6 as follows:
 
6    (25 ILCS 170/4.6 new)
7    Sec. 4.6. Lobbyist conflict of interest.
8    (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), this Section does
9not apply to a lobbyist if the lobbyist's activity under this
10Section is governed by the Illinois Rules of Professional
11Conduct of 2010 of the Illinois Supreme Court.
12    (b) As used in this Section, "conflict of interest" means a
13circumstance where:
14        (1) the representation of a client will be directly
15    adverse to another client; or
16        (2) there is a significant risk that the representation
17    of one or more clients will be materially limited by the
18    lobbyist's responsibilities to (i) another client or (ii) a
19    personal interest of the lobbyist.
20    (c) A lobbyist shall file with the Secretary of State a
21written statement that describes the procedures that the
22lobbyist and the lobbyist's client will follow if the lobbyist
23or client determines at any time that the lobbyist's

 

 

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1representation of the client might involve a conflict of
2interest. The lobbyist shall file the statement with the
3Secretary at the time the lobbyist files the lobbyist's annual
4registration. If the lobbyist's activity under this Section is
5governed by the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct of 2010
6of the Illinois Supreme Court, the lobbyist shall file a
7statement to that effect with the Secretary.
8    (d) The statement filed under subsection (c) must be
9included in the agreement between the lobbyist and the client
10for the lobbyist's services as a lobbyist.
11    (e) A lobbyist may not represent a client if the
12representation involves a conflict of interest, except as is
13provided in the statement filed by the lobbyist under
14subsection (c).