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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6254
Introduced 2/11/2010, by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Prohibits a person required to register as a lobbyist, and his or her spouse and immediate family members living with the person, from serving on a State board, commission, authority, or task force (now, prohibited from serving on such an entity with the same subject area as that area in which the person lobbies).
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A BILL FOR
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HB6254 |
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LRB096 18974 JAM 34362 b |
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 3.1 as follows:
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| (25 ILCS 170/3.1)
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| Sec. 3.1. Prohibition on serving on boards and commissions.
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| Notwithstanding any other law of this State, on and after |
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| February 1, 2004,
but not before that date, a person required |
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| to be registered
under this Act, his or her spouse, and his or |
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| her immediate family members
living with that person may not
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| serve on a board, commission, authority, or task force |
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| authorized or created
by State law or by executive order of the |
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| Governor if the lobbyist is engaged in the same subject area as |
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| defined in Section 5(c-6) as the board or commission; except |
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| that this
restriction does not apply to any of the
following:
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| (1) a registered lobbyist, his or her spouse, or any |
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| immediate family
member living with the registered |
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| lobbyist, who is serving in an elective
public office, |
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| whether
elected or appointed to fill a vacancy; and
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| (2) a registered lobbyist, his or her spouse, or any |
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| immediate family
member living with the registered |
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| lobbyist, who is serving on a State
advisory body
that |