Full Text of HB4767 96th General Assembly
HB4767 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB4767
Introduced 1/11/2010, by Rep. Rosemary Mulligan - Jim Watson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Makes the annual registration fee for an entity qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code $150 (now, $1,000). Effective immediately.
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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 5 as follows: | 6 |
| (25 ILCS 170/5)
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| Sec. 5. Lobbyist registration and disclosure. Every person | 8 |
| required to
register under Section 3 shall
before any service
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| is performed which requires the person to register, but in any | 10 |
| event not
later than 2 business days after being employed or | 11 |
| retained, and on or before
each
January 31 and July 31 | 12 |
| thereafter, file in the Office of the
Secretary of State a | 13 |
| statement in a format prescribed by the Secretary of State | 14 |
| containing the
following
information
with respect to each | 15 |
| person or entity
employing or retaining the person required to | 16 |
| register:
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| (a) The registrant's name, permanent address, e-mail
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| address, if any,
fax
number, if any, business telephone | 19 |
| number, and temporary address, if the
registrant has a | 20 |
| temporary address while lobbying.
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| (a-5) If the registrant is an organization or business | 22 |
| entity, the
information required under subsection (a) for | 23 |
| each person associated with the
registrant who will be |
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| lobbying,
regardless of whether lobbying is a significant | 2 |
| part of his or her duties.
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| (b) The name and address of the person or persons | 4 |
| employing or retaining
registrant to perform such services | 5 |
| or on whose behalf the registrant appears.
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| (c) A brief description of the executive, legislative, | 7 |
| or administrative
action in reference to which such service | 8 |
| is to be rendered.
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| (c-5) Each executive and legislative branch agency the | 10 |
| registrant
expects
to lobby during the registration | 11 |
| period.
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| (c-6) The nature of the client's business, by | 13 |
| indicating all
of the following categories that apply: (1) | 14 |
| banking and financial services, (2)
manufacturing, (3) | 15 |
| education, (4) environment, (5) healthcare, (6)
insurance, | 16 |
| (7) community interests, (8) labor, (9) public relations or
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| advertising, (10) marketing or sales, (11) hospitality, | 18 |
| (12) engineering,
(13) information or technology products | 19 |
| or services, (14) social services,
(15) public utilities, | 20 |
| (16) racing or wagering, (17) real estate or
construction, | 21 |
| (18) telecommunications, (19) trade or professional
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| association, (20) travel or tourism, (21) transportation, | 23 |
| and (22) other
(setting forth the nature of that other | 24 |
| business).
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| The registrant must file an amendment to the statement | 26 |
| within 14 calendar
days
to report any substantial change or |
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| addition to the information previously
filed, except that a | 2 |
| registrant must file an amendment to the statement to
disclose | 3 |
| a new agreement to retain the registrant for lobbying services
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| before any service is performed which requires the person to | 5 |
| register, but in
any event not later than 2 business days after | 6 |
| entering into the retainer
agreement.
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| All persons
required to register under this Act shall remit | 8 |
| a single, annual, and
nonrefundable $1,000 registration fee , | 9 |
| except that entities required to register under this Act that | 10 |
| are qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue | 11 |
| Code shall remit a single, annual, and nonrefundable $150 | 12 |
| registration fee . Each individual required to register
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| this Act shall submit, on an annual basis, a picture of the | 14 |
| registrant. A registrant may, in lieu of submitting a
picture | 15 |
| on an annual basis, authorize the Secretary of State to use any | 16 |
| photo
identification available in any database maintained by | 17 |
| the Secretary of State
for other purposes. Of each registration | 18 |
| fee collected for registrations on
or after July 1, 2003, $50 | 19 |
| shall be deposited into the Lobbyist
Registration | 20 |
| Administration Fund for administration and enforcement
of this
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| Act and is intended to be used to implement and maintain
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| electronic
filing of
reports under this Act, the next
$100 | 23 |
| shall be deposited into the Lobbyist
Registration | 24 |
| Administration Fund for administration and enforcement of this
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| Act, and any balance shall be deposited into the General | 26 |
| Revenue Fund, except that amounts resulting from the fee |
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| increase of Public Act 96-555 this amendatory Act of the 96th | 2 |
| General Assembly shall be deposited into the Lobbyist | 3 |
| Registration Administration Fund to be used for the costs of | 4 |
| reviewing and investigating violations of this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 1-1-10.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 |
| becoming law.
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