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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 | statement in a format prescribed by the Secretary of State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | containing the
following
information
with respect to each | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | person or entity
employing or retaining the person required to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | register:
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17 | (a) The registrant's name, permanent address, e-mail
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18 | address, if any,
fax
number, if any, business telephone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | number, and temporary address, if the
registrant has a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | temporary address while lobbying.
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21 | (a-5) If the registrant is an organization or business | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | entity, the
information required under subsection (a) for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | each person associated with the
registrant who will be |
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1 | lobbying,
regardless of whether lobbying is a significant | ||||||
2 | part of his or her duties.
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3 | (b) The name and address of the person or persons | ||||||
4 | employing or retaining
registrant to perform such services | ||||||
5 | or on whose behalf the registrant appears.
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6 | (c) A brief description of the executive, legislative, | ||||||
7 | or administrative
action in reference to which such service | ||||||
8 | is to be rendered.
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9 | (c-5) Each executive and legislative branch agency the | ||||||
10 | registrant
expects
to lobby during the registration | ||||||
11 | period.
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12 | (c-6) The nature of the client's business, by | ||||||
13 | indicating all
of the following categories that apply: (1) | ||||||
14 | banking and financial services, (2)
manufacturing, (3) | ||||||
15 | education, (4) environment, (5) healthcare, (6)
insurance, | ||||||
16 | (7) community interests, (8) labor, (9) public relations or
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17 | advertising, (10) marketing or sales, (11) hospitality, | ||||||
18 | (12) engineering,
(13) information or technology products | ||||||
19 | or services, (14) social services,
(15) public utilities, | ||||||
20 | (16) racing or wagering, (17) real estate or
construction, | ||||||
21 | (18) telecommunications, (19) trade or professional
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22 | association, (20) travel or tourism, (21) transportation, | ||||||
23 | and (22) other
(setting forth the nature of that other | ||||||
24 | business).
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25 | The registrant must file an amendment to the statement | ||||||
26 | within 14 calendar
days
to report any substantial change or |
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1 | addition to the information previously
filed, except that a | ||||||
2 | registrant must file an amendment to the statement to
disclose | ||||||
3 | a new agreement to retain the registrant for lobbying services
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4 | before any service is performed which requires the person to | ||||||
5 | register, but in
any event not later than 2 business days after | ||||||
6 | entering into the retainer
agreement.
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7 | All persons
required to register under this Act shall remit | ||||||
8 | a single, annual, and
nonrefundable $1,000 registration fee , | ||||||
9 | except that entities required to register under this Act that | ||||||
10 | are qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue | ||||||
11 | Code shall remit a single, annual, and nonrefundable $150 | ||||||
12 | registration fee . Each individual required to register
under | ||||||
13 | this Act shall submit, on an annual basis, a picture of the | ||||||
14 | registrant. A registrant may, in lieu of submitting a
picture | ||||||
15 | on an annual basis, authorize the Secretary of State to use any | ||||||
16 | photo
identification available in any database maintained by | ||||||
17 | the Secretary of State
for other purposes. Of each registration | ||||||
18 | fee collected for registrations on
or after July 1, 2003, $50 | ||||||
19 | shall be deposited into the Lobbyist
Registration | ||||||
20 | Administration Fund for administration and enforcement
of this
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21 | Act and is intended to be used to implement and maintain
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22 | electronic
filing of
reports under this Act, the next
$100 | ||||||
23 | shall be deposited into the Lobbyist
Registration | ||||||
24 | Administration Fund for administration and enforcement of this
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25 | Act, and any balance shall be deposited into the General | ||||||
26 | Revenue Fund, except that amounts resulting from the fee |
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1 | increase of Public Act 96-555 this amendatory Act of the 96th | ||||||
2 | General Assembly shall be deposited into the Lobbyist | ||||||
3 | Registration Administration Fund to be used for the costs of | ||||||
4 | reviewing and investigating violations of this Act.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 1-1-10.)
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6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
7 | becoming law.
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