Rep. John A. Fritchey
Filed: 4/17/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 8




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 8 on page 1, by 
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replacing lines 7 through 21 with the following:

 
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    "(5 ILCS 430/5-47  new)
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    Sec. 5-47. Lobbying; revolving door.
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    (a) No executive branch constitutional officer or 
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executive branch State employee may accept compensation or 
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other employment as a lobbyist representing clients before any 
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State agency over which the officer had jurisdiction or for 
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which the employee worked for one year from the date the 
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officer left office or the employee left that agency.
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    (b) No member of the legislative branch who leaves that 
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position between August 1 and the next November 30 may work as 
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a registered lobbyist to influence legislative action until 
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after the adjournment of the next spring legislative session, 
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and no member of the legislative branch who leaves that 
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position between December 1 and the next July 31 may work as a 
 


 






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registered lobbyist to influence legislative action until 
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after the conclusion of the next veto session.
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    (c) As used in this Section, "compensation", "lobbyists", 
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and "legislative action" have the same meanings as those terms 
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are defined in Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration Act."; 
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and 

 
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on page 14, by inserting after line 25 the following:
 
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        "(1.4) A unit of local government or a school district.

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        (1.5) An elected or appointed official or an employee 
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    of a unit of local government or school district who, in 
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    the scope of his or her public office or employment, seeks 
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    to influence executive, legislative, or administrative 
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    action exclusively on behalf of that unit of local 
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    government or school district."; and
 
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on page 23, in line 24 by replacing "$10" with "$75"; and 
 
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on page 25, by replacing lines 23 through 25 with the 
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following:


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"amount of the expenditure, the date of the event, and the 
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estimated number of officials in attendance."; and
 
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on page 27, in line 15 by replacing "(c)" with "(c)".