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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 5 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (25 ILCS 170/5)
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7 | Sec. 5. Lobbyist registration and disclosure. Every person | ||||||
8 | required to
register under Section 3 shall
before any service
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9 | is performed which requires the person to register, but in any | ||||||
10 | event not
later than 2 business days after being employed or | ||||||
11 | retained, and on or before
each
January 31 and July 31 | ||||||
12 | thereafter, file in the Office of the
Secretary of State a | ||||||
13 | written statement containing the
following
information
with | ||||||
14 | respect to each person or entity
employing or retaining the | ||||||
15 | person required to register:
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16 | (a) The registrant's name, permanent address, e-mail
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17 | address, if any,
fax
number, if any, business telephone | ||||||
18 | number, and temporary address, if the
registrant has a | ||||||
19 | temporary address while lobbying.
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20 | (a-5) If the registrant is an organization or business | ||||||
21 | entity, the
information required under subsection (a) for | ||||||
22 | each person associated with the
registrant who will be | ||||||
23 | lobbying,
regardless of whether lobbying is a significant |
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1 | part of his or her duties.
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2 | (b) The name and address of the person or persons | ||||||
3 | employing or retaining
registrant to perform such services | ||||||
4 | or on whose behalf the registrant appears.
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5 | (c) A brief description of the executive, legislative, | ||||||
6 | or administrative
action in reference to which such service | ||||||
7 | is to be rendered.
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8 | (c-5) Each executive and legislative branch agency the | ||||||
9 | registrant
expects
to lobby during the registration | ||||||
10 | period.
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11 | (c-6) The nature of the client's business, by | ||||||
12 | indicating all
of the following categories that apply: (1) | ||||||
13 | banking and financial services, (2)
manufacturing, (3) | ||||||
14 | education, (4) environment, (5) healthcare, (6)
insurance, | ||||||
15 | (7) community interests, (8) labor, (9) public relations or
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16 | advertising, (10) marketing or sales, (11) hospitality, | ||||||
17 | (12) engineering,
(13) information or technology products | ||||||
18 | or services, (14) social services,
(15) public utilities, | ||||||
19 | (16) racing or wagering, (17) real estate or
construction, | ||||||
20 | (18) telecommunications, (19) trade or professional
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21 | association, (20) travel or tourism, (21) transportation, | ||||||
22 | and (22) other
(setting forth the nature of that other | ||||||
23 | business).
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24 | The registrant must file an amendment to the statement | ||||||
25 | within 14 calendar
days
to report any substantial change or | ||||||
26 | addition to the information previously
filed, except that a |
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1 | registrant must file an amendment to the statement to
disclose | ||||||
2 | a new agreement to retain the registrant for lobbying services
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3 | before any service is performed which requires the person to | ||||||
4 | register, but in
any event not later than 2 business days after | ||||||
5 | entering into the retainer
agreement.
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6 | Not later than 12 months after the effective date of this | ||||||
7 | amendatory
Act of the 93rd General Assembly, or as soon | ||||||
8 | thereafter as the Secretary of
State has provided adequate | ||||||
9 | software to the persons required to file, all
statements and | ||||||
10 | amendments to statements required to be filed shall be filed
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11 | electronically. The Secretary of State shall promptly make all | ||||||
12 | filed
statements and amendments to statements publicly | ||||||
13 | available by means of a
searchable database that is accessible | ||||||
14 | through the World Wide Web. The
Secretary of State shall | ||||||
15 | provide all software necessary to comply with this
provision to | ||||||
16 | all persons required to file. The Secretary of State shall
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17 | implement a plan to provide computer access and assistance to | ||||||
18 | persons
required to file electronically.
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19 | Persons required to register under this Act prior to July | ||||||
20 | 1, 2003,
shall
remit a single, annual and nonrefundable $50 | ||||||
21 | registration fee.
All fees collected for registrations prior to | ||||||
22 | July 1, 2003, shall be deposited
into the Lobbyist Registration | ||||||
23 | Administration Fund for administration and
enforcement of this | ||||||
24 | Act. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, beginning | ||||||
25 | Beginning July 1, 2003, all persons other than
entities | ||||||
26 | qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
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1 | required to register under this Act shall remit a single, | ||||||
2 | annual, and
nonrefundable $350 registration fee. Entities | ||||||
3 | required to register under this
Act
which are qualified under | ||||||
4 | Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and, beginning | ||||||
5 | July 1, 2009, entities required to register under this Act that | ||||||
6 | are qualified under any other provision of Section 501(c) of | ||||||
7 | the Internal Revenue Code shall
remit a single, annual,
and | ||||||
8 | nonrefundable $150 registration fee. Each individual required | ||||||
9 | to register
under this Act shall submit, on an annual basis, a | ||||||
10 | picture of the registrant. A registrant may, in lieu of | ||||||
11 | submitting a
picture on an annual basis, authorize the | ||||||
12 | Secretary of State to use any photo
identification available in | ||||||
13 | any database maintained by the Secretary of State
for other | ||||||
14 | purposes. Of each registration fee collected for registrations | ||||||
15 | on
or after July 1, 2003, $50 shall be deposited into the | ||||||
16 | Lobbyist
Registration Administration Fund for administration | ||||||
17 | and enforcement
of this
Act and is intended to be used to | ||||||
18 | implement and maintain
electronic
filing of
reports under this | ||||||
19 | Act, the next
$100 shall be deposited into the Lobbyist
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20 | Registration Administration Fund for administration and | ||||||
21 | enforcement of this
Act, and any balance shall be deposited | ||||||
22 | into the General Revenue Fund.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 7-1-03; 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; | ||||||
24 | 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)
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25 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
26 | 2009.
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