99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB0110
 
Introduced 1/28/2015, by Sen. Emil Jones, III
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
25 ILCS 170/9.1 new

     Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Prohibits an individual or entity registered under the Act from intimidating another individual or entity registered under the Act. Sets forth a list of actions that constitute intimidation against an individual or entity registered under the Act. Provides that any individual or entity registered under the Act that violates the provisions of the amendatory Act shall be guilty of a business offense and fined not more than $10,000 for each violation.
  


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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,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended  by 
5adding Section 9.1 as follows:
 
6    (25 ILCS 170/9.1 new)
7    Sec. 9.1. Intimidation. An individual or entity registered 
8under this Act is prohibited from intimidating another 
9individual or entity registered under this Act. A person 
10commits intimidation when, with intent to cause another to 
11perform or to omit the performance of any act, he or she 
12communicates to another, directly or indirectly by any means 
13and without lawful authority:
14        (1) a threat to a contractual relationship or a 
15    potential contractual relationship between any individual 
16    or entity registered under this Act and any of the entities 
17    he or she represents or may represent;
18        (2) a threat to bring about or continue a strike, 
19    boycott or other collective action against any individual 
20    or entity registered under this Act because of a lawful 
21    petition of a member of the General Assembly or any other 
22    public official as guaranteed in the Constitution of the 
23    State of Illinois; or 
 
 
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1        (3) defamatory language directed against an individual 
2    or entity registered under this Act with the intent to 
3    impair a contractual relationship or a potential 
4    contractual relationship between that individual or entity 
5    and any of the entities he or she represents or may 
6    represent. 
7    Any individual or entity registered under this Act that 
8violates any provision this Section is subject to the penalties 
9set forth in Section 10 of this Act.