Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

Filed: 3/19/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3409

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3409 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by
5changing Section 5 as follows:
 
6    (25 ILCS 170/5)
7    Sec. 5. Lobbyist registration and disclosure. Every
8natural person and every entity required to register under this
9Act shall before any service is performed which requires the
10natural person or entity to register, but in any event not
11later than 2 business days after being employed or retained,
12file in the Office of the Secretary of State a statement in a
13format prescribed by the Secretary of State containing the
14following information with respect to each person or entity
15employing, retaining, or benefitting from the services of the
16natural person or entity required to register:

 

 

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1        (a) The registrant's name, permanent address, e-mail
2    address, if any, fax number, if any, business telephone
3    number, and temporary address, if the registrant has a
4    temporary address while lobbying.
5        (a-5) If the registrant is an entity, the information
6    required under subsection (a) for each natural person
7    associated with the registrant who will be lobbying,
8    regardless of whether lobbying is a significant part of his
9    or her duties.
10        (b) The name and address of the client or clients
11    employing or retaining the registrant to perform such
12    services or on whose behalf the registrant appears. If the
13    client employing or retaining the registrant is a client
14    registrant, the statement shall also include the name and
15    address of the client or clients of the client registrant
16    on whose behalf the registrant will be or anticipates
17    performing services.
18        (b-5) If the registrant is retained or employed
19    pursuant to a written agreement of retainer or employment,
20    a copy of such shall also be attached, or if such retainer
21    or employment is oral, a statement of the substance
22    thereof; such written retainer, or if it is oral, a
23    statement of the substance thereof, and any amendments
24    thereto, shall be retained for a period of 3 years.
25        (c) A brief description of the executive, legislative,
26    or administrative action in reference to which such service

 

 

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1    is to be rendered.
2        (c-5) Each executive and legislative branch agency the
3    registrant expects to lobby during the registration
4    period.
5        (c-6) The nature of the client's business, by
6    indicating all of the following categories that apply: (1)
7    banking and financial services, (2) manufacturing, (3)
8    education, (4) environment, (5) healthcare, (6) insurance,
9    (7) community interests, (8) labor, (9) public relations or
10    advertising, (10) marketing or sales, (11) hospitality,
11    (12) engineering, (13) information or technology products
12    or services, (14) social services, (15) public utilities,
13    (16) racing or wagering, (17) real estate or construction,
14    (18) telecommunications, (19) trade or professional
15    association, (20) travel or tourism, (21) transportation,
16    (22) agriculture, and (23) other (setting forth the nature
17    of that other business).
18    Every natural person and every entity required to register
19under this Act shall annually submit the registration required
20by this Section on or before each January 31. The registrant
21has a continuing duty to report any substantial change or
22addition to the information contained in the registration.
23    The Secretary of State shall make all filed statements and
24amendments to statements publicly available by means of a
25searchable database that is accessible through the World Wide
26Web. The Secretary of State shall provide all software

 

 

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1necessary to comply with this provision to all natural persons
2and entities required to file. The Secretary of State shall
3implement a plan to provide computer access and assistance to
4natural persons and entities required to file electronically.
5    All natural persons and entities required to register under
6this Act shall remit a single, annual, and nonrefundable $300
7registration fee. Each natural person required to register
8under this Act shall submit, on an annual basis, a picture of
9the registrant. A registrant may, in lieu of submitting a
10picture on an annual basis, authorize the Secretary of State to
11use any photo identification available in any database
12maintained by the Secretary of State for other purposes. Each
13registration fee collected for registrations on or after
14January 1, 2010 shall be deposited into the Lobbyist
15Registration Administration Fund for administration and
16enforcement of this Act.
17(Source: P.A. 98-459, eff. 1-1-14.)".