Full Text of HB1060 96th General Assembly
HB1060 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB1060
Introduced 2/11/2009, by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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25 ILCS 170/2 |
from Ch. 63, par. 172 |
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Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Applies the Act to the lobbying of members of State boards and commissions.
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A BILL FOR
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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 | 5 |
| changing Section 2 as follows:
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| (25 ILCS 170/2) (from Ch. 63, par. 172)
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| Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | 8 |
| context otherwise
requires:
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| (a) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, | 10 |
| committee,
association, corporation, or any other organization | 11 |
| or group of persons.
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| (b) "Expenditure" means a payment, distribution, loan, | 13 |
| advance, deposit,
or gift of money or anything of value, and | 14 |
| includes a contract, promise, or
agreement, whether or not | 15 |
| legally enforceable, to make an expenditure, for
the ultimate | 16 |
| purpose of influencing executive, legislative, or | 17 |
| administrative
action, other than compensation as defined in | 18 |
| subsection (d).
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| (c) "Official" means:
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| (1) the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of | 21 |
| State, Attorney
General, State Treasurer, and State | 22 |
| Comptroller;
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| (2) Chiefs of Staff for officials described in item |
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| (1);
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| (3) Cabinet members of any elected constitutional | 3 |
| officer, including
Directors, Assistant Directors and | 4 |
| Chief Legal Counsel or General Counsel;
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| (3.5) Members of boards and commissions created by or | 6 |
| pursuant to the Illinois Constitution, State statute, or | 7 |
| executive order of the Governor; and
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| (4) Members of the General Assembly.
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| (d) "Compensation" means any money, thing of value or | 10 |
| financial benefits
received or to be received in return for | 11 |
| services rendered or to be
rendered, for lobbying as defined in | 12 |
| subsection (e).
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| Monies paid to members of the General Assembly by the State | 14 |
| as
remuneration for performance of their Constitutional and | 15 |
| statutory duties
as members of the General Assembly shall not | 16 |
| constitute compensation as
defined by this Act.
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| (e) "Lobbying" means any communication with an official of | 18 |
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executive or legislative branch of State government as | 19 |
| defined in subsection
(c) for the ultimate purpose of | 20 |
| influencing executive, legislative, or
administrative action.
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| (f) "Influencing" means any communication, action, | 22 |
| reportable
expenditure as prescribed in Section 6 or other | 23 |
| means used to promote,
support, affect, modify, oppose or delay | 24 |
| any executive, legislative or
administrative action or to | 25 |
| promote goodwill with officials as defined in
subsection (c).
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| (g) "Executive action" means the proposal, drafting, |
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| development,
consideration, amendment, adoption, approval, | 2 |
| promulgation, issuance,
modification, rejection or | 3 |
| postponement by a State entity of a rule,
regulation, order, | 4 |
| decision, determination, contractual arrangement, purchasing
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| agreement or other quasi-legislative or quasi-judicial action | 6 |
| or proceeding.
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| (h) "Legislative action" means the development, drafting, | 8 |
| introduction,
consideration, modification, adoption, | 9 |
| rejection, review, enactment, or passage
or defeat of any bill, | 10 |
| amendment, resolution, report, nomination,
administrative rule | 11 |
| or other matter by either house of the General Assembly or
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| committee thereof, or by a legislator. Legislative action also | 13 |
| means the
action of the Governor in approving or vetoing any | 14 |
| bill or portion thereof, and
the action of the Governor or any | 15 |
| agency in the development of a proposal for
introduction in the | 16 |
| legislature.
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| (i) "Administrative action" means the execution or | 18 |
| rejection of any rule,
regulation, legislative rule, standard, | 19 |
| fee, rate, contractual arrangement,
purchasing agreement or | 20 |
| other delegated legislative or quasi-legislative action
to be | 21 |
| taken or withheld by any executive agency, department, board or
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| commission of the State.
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| (j) "Lobbyist" means any person who undertakes to lobby | 24 |
| State government
as provided in subsection (e).
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| (Source: P.A. 88-187.)
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