96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0440

 

Introduced 2/4/2009, by Rep. Fred Crespo - Mike Boland

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
25 ILCS 170/4.5 new
25 ILCS 170/9   from Ch. 63, par. 179

    Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Provides that a person required to register under the Act is ineligible to hold an elective State or local office. Provides that the holder of an elective State or local office may not engage in activities that would require registration under the Act.


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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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by
5 changing Section 9 and by adding Section 4.5 as follows:
 
6     (25 ILCS 170/4.5 new)
7     Sec. 4.5. Holders of elective offices. Notwithstanding any
8 provision of law to the contrary, a person required to register
9 under this Act is ineligible to hold, either by appointment or
10 election, an elective office of State or local government.
11     The holder of an elective office of State or local
12 government, whether appointed or elected to that office, is
13 prohibited from registering under this Act. It is a violation
14 of this Act for a person prohibited by this Section from
15 registering under this Act to engage in activities for which
16 this Act requires registration.
 
17     (25 ILCS 170/9)  (from Ch. 63, par. 179)
18     Sec. 9. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to infringe
19 in any way the right of a citizen, including the holder of an
20 elective State or local government office, to lawfully petition
21 a member of the General Assembly or any other public official
22 as guaranteed in the Constitution of the State of Illinois.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 76-1848.)