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1 | AN ACT concerning 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 Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | by changing Section 2-101 as follows:
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6 | (5 ILCS 420/2-101) (from Ch. 127, par. 602-101)
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7 | Sec. 2-101.
No legislator may engage in lobbying, as that | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | term is defined
in Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration Act | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Section 1-109 , if he accepts compensation specifically | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | attributable
to such lobbying, other than that provided by law | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | for members of the
General Assembly. Nothing in this Section | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | prohibits a legislator from
lobbying without compensation.
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13 | A violation of this Section shall constitute a Class A | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | misdemeanor.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 77-2830.)
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16 | Section 10. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | changing Section 2 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | (25 ILCS 170/2) (from Ch. 63, par. 172) | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | context otherwise
requires: | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | (a) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, |
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1 | committee,
association, corporation, or any other organization | ||||||
2 | or group of persons. | ||||||
3 | (b) "Expenditure" means a payment, distribution, loan, | ||||||
4 | advance, deposit,
or gift of money or anything of value, and | ||||||
5 | includes a contract, promise, or
agreement, whether or not | ||||||
6 | legally enforceable, to make an expenditure, for
the ultimate | ||||||
7 | purpose of influencing executive, legislative, or | ||||||
8 | administrative
action, other than compensation as defined in | ||||||
9 | subsection (d). | ||||||
10 | (c) "Official" means: | ||||||
11 | (1) the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of | ||||||
12 | State, Attorney
General, State Treasurer, and State | ||||||
13 | Comptroller; | ||||||
14 | (2) Chiefs of Staff for officials described in item | ||||||
15 | (1); | ||||||
16 | (3) Cabinet members of any elected constitutional | ||||||
17 | officer, including
Directors, Assistant Directors and | ||||||
18 | Chief Legal Counsel or General Counsel; | ||||||
19 | (4) Members of the General Assembly; and | ||||||
20 | (5) Members of any board, commission, authority, or | ||||||
21 | task force of the State authorized or created by State law | ||||||
22 | or by executive order of the Governor ; and . | ||||||
23 | (6) Officials of a unit of local government, including | ||||||
24 | mayors, presidents, trustees, board members, village | ||||||
25 | managers, chief legal counsel, or general counsel, or other | ||||||
26 | officials with substantial discretion to take or recommend |
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1 | official action or who have voting powers. | ||||||
2 | (d) "Compensation" means any money, thing of value or | ||||||
3 | financial benefits
received or to be received in return for | ||||||
4 | services rendered or to be
rendered, for lobbying as defined in | ||||||
5 | subsection (e). | ||||||
6 | Monies paid to members of the General Assembly by the State | ||||||
7 | as
remuneration for performance of their Constitutional and | ||||||
8 | statutory duties
as members of the General Assembly shall not | ||||||
9 | constitute compensation as
defined by this Act. | ||||||
10 | (e) "Lobby" and "lobbying"
means any communication with an | ||||||
11 | official of the
executive or legislative branch of State | ||||||
12 | government or a unit of local government as defined in | ||||||
13 | subsection
(c) for the ultimate purpose of influencing any | ||||||
14 | executive, legislative, or
administrative action , including, | ||||||
15 | but not limited to, such actions as: (i) zoning matters; (ii) | ||||||
16 | the introduction, passage, or other action to be taken on | ||||||
17 | legislation, ordinance, resolution, motion, order, | ||||||
18 | appointment, or other matter before an elected governing body; | ||||||
19 | (iii) preparation of contract specifications; (iv) | ||||||
20 | solicitation, award, or administration of a contract; (v) the | ||||||
21 | award of a grant, loan, or other financial agreement involving | ||||||
22 | public funds; (vi) procurement; (vii) bond inducement; and | ||||||
23 | (viii) the granting of concessions. A person is not deemed to | ||||||
24 | have undertaken to influence under this Section solely by | ||||||
25 | submitting an application for a government permit or license or | ||||||
26 | by responding to a government request for proposals or |
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1 | qualifications . | ||||||
2 | (f) "Influencing" means any communication, action, | ||||||
3 | reportable
expenditure as prescribed in Section 6 or other | ||||||
4 | means used to promote,
support, affect, modify, oppose or delay | ||||||
5 | any executive, legislative or
administrative action or to | ||||||
6 | promote goodwill with officials as defined in
subsection (c). | ||||||
7 | (g) "Executive action" means the proposal, drafting, | ||||||
8 | development,
consideration, amendment, adoption, approval, | ||||||
9 | promulgation, issuance,
modification, rejection or | ||||||
10 | postponement by a State entity of a rule,
regulation, order, | ||||||
11 | decision, determination, contractual arrangement, purchasing
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12 | agreement or other quasi-legislative or quasi-judicial action | ||||||
13 | or proceeding. | ||||||
14 | (h) "Legislative action" means the development, drafting, | ||||||
15 | introduction,
consideration, modification, adoption, | ||||||
16 | rejection, review, enactment, or passage
or defeat of any bill, | ||||||
17 | amendment, resolution, report, nomination,
administrative rule | ||||||
18 | or other matter by either house of the General Assembly or
a | ||||||
19 | committee thereof, or by a legislator. Legislative action also | ||||||
20 | means the
action of the Governor in approving or vetoing any | ||||||
21 | bill or portion thereof, and
the action of the Governor or any | ||||||
22 | agency in the development of a proposal for
introduction in the | ||||||
23 | legislature. | ||||||
24 | (i) "Administrative action" means the execution or | ||||||
25 | rejection of any rule,
regulation, legislative rule, standard, | ||||||
26 | fee, rate, contractual arrangement,
purchasing agreement or |
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1 | other delegated legislative or quasi-legislative action
to be | ||||||
2 | taken or withheld by any executive agency, department, board or
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3 | commission of the State. | ||||||
4 | (j) "Lobbyist" means any natural person who , on behalf of | ||||||
5 | any person other than himself or herself, or as any part of his | ||||||
6 | or her duties as an employee of another, undertakes to | ||||||
7 | influence or lobby for any executive, legislative, or | ||||||
8 | administrative action for State government or a unit of local | ||||||
9 | government. "Lobbyist" shall include, but not be limited to, | ||||||
10 | any attorney, accountant, or consultant engaged in the | ||||||
11 | activities described in this subsection (j); provided, | ||||||
12 | however, that an attorney shall not be considered a lobbyist | ||||||
13 | while representing clients in a formal adversarial hearing | ||||||
14 | undertakes to lobby State government as provided in subsection | ||||||
15 | (e) . | ||||||
16 | (k) "Lobbying entity" means any entity that hires, retains, | ||||||
17 | employs, or compensates a natural person to lobby State | ||||||
18 | government as provided in subsection (e).
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19 | (l) "Authorized agent" means the person designated by an | ||||||
20 | entity or lobbyist registered under this Act as the person | ||||||
21 | responsible for submission and retention of reports required | ||||||
22 | under this Act. | ||||||
23 | (m) "Client" means any person or entity that provides | ||||||
24 | compensation to a lobbyist to lobby State government as | ||||||
25 | provided in subsection (e) of this Section. | ||||||
26 | (n) "Client registrant" means a client who is required to |
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1 | register under this Act. | ||||||
2 | (o) "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to | ||||||
3 | it in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution and | ||||||
4 | also includes school districts and community college | ||||||
5 | districts. | ||||||
6 | (Source: P.A. 101-595, eff. 12-5-19.)
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