Full Text of HB1060 96th General Assembly
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Sen. Christine Radogno
Filed: 4/30/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1060
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1060 on page 1, in | 3 |
| line 5, by replacing "Section 2" with "Sections 2 and 4"; and
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| on page 3, by inserting below line 25 the following:
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| "(25 ILCS 170/4) (from Ch. 63, par. 174)
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| Sec. 4. Persons not required to register. This Act is not | 7 |
| intended and shall
not be construed to apply to the following:
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| (a) Persons who, for the purpose of influencing executive, | 9 |
| legislative or
administrative action and who do not make | 10 |
| expenditures that are reportable
pursuant to Section 6, appear | 11 |
| without compensation or promise thereof only
as witnesses | 12 |
| before committees of the House and Senate or before boards or | 13 |
| commissions described in subsection (c)(3.5) of Section 2 for | 14 |
| the purpose of
explaining or arguing for or against the passage | 15 |
| of or action upon any
legislation then pending before such | 16 |
| committees or upon any issue or matter over which such board or |
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| commission has jurisdiction , or who seek without
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| or promise thereof the approval or veto of any legislation by
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| the Governor.
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| (b) Persons who own, publish, or are employed by a | 5 |
| newspaper or other
regularly published periodical, or who own | 6 |
| or are employed by a radio
station, television station, or | 7 |
| other bona fide news medium which in the
ordinary course of | 8 |
| business disseminates news, editorial or other comment,
or paid | 9 |
| advertisements which directly urge the passage or defeat of
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| legislation. This exemption shall not be applicable to such an | 11 |
| individual
insofar as he receives additional compensation or | 12 |
| expenses from some source
other than the bona fide news medium | 13 |
| for the purpose of influencing
executive, legislative or | 14 |
| administrative action. This exemption
does not apply to | 15 |
| newspapers and periodicals owned by or published by trade
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| associations and profit corporations engaged primarily in | 17 |
| endeavors other
than dissemination of news.
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| (c) Persons performing professional services in drafting | 19 |
| bills or in
advising and rendering opinions to clients as to | 20 |
| the construction and
effect of proposed or pending legislation | 21 |
| where such professional services
are not otherwise, directly or | 22 |
| indirectly, connected with executive,
legislative or | 23 |
| administrative action.
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| (d) Persons who are employees of departments, divisions, or | 25 |
| agencies of
State government, and who appear before committees | 26 |
| of the House and Senate
for the purpose of explaining how the |
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| passage of or action upon any
legislation then pending before | 2 |
| such committees will affect said
departments, divisions or | 3 |
| agencies of State government.
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| (e) Employees of the General Assembly legislators, | 5 |
| legislative agencies
and legislative commissions.
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| (f) Persons who possess technical skills and knowledge | 7 |
| relevant to certain
areas of executive, legislative or | 8 |
| administrative actions, whose skills and
knowledge would be | 9 |
| helpful to officials when considering such actions, whose
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| activities are limited to making occasional appearances for or | 11 |
| communicating on
behalf of a registrant and who do not make | 12 |
| expenditures that are reportable
pursuant to Section 6 even | 13 |
| though receiving expense reimbursement for such
occasional | 14 |
| appearances.
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| (g) Any full time employee of a bona-fide church or | 16 |
| religious
organization who represents that organization solely | 17 |
| for the purpose of
protecting the right of the members thereof | 18 |
| to practice the religious
doctrines of such church or religious | 19 |
| organization.
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| (h) Persons who receive no compensation other than | 21 |
| reimbursement for
expenses of up to $500 per year while engaged | 22 |
| in lobbying State government,
unless those persons make | 23 |
| expenditures that are reportable under Section 6.
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| (i) Any attorney in the course of representing a client in | 25 |
| any
administrative or judicial proceeding, or any witness | 26 |
| providing testimony in
any administrative or judicial |
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| proceeding, in which ex parte communications are
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| and who does not make expenditures that are reportable pursuant
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| to Section 6.
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| (j) Persons who, in the scope of their employment as a | 5 |
| vendor, offer or
solicit an official for the purchase of any | 6 |
| goods or services where (1) said
solicitation is limited to | 7 |
| either an oral inquiry or written advertisements and
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| informative literature; or (2) said goods and services are | 9 |
| subject to
competitive bidding requirements of the Illinois | 10 |
| Purchasing Act; or (3) said
goods and services are for sale at | 11 |
| a cost not to exceed $5,000; and (4) such
persons do not make | 12 |
| expenditures that are reportable under Section 6.
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| (Source: P.A. 88-187.)".
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