Full Text of SB2722 98th General Assembly
SB2722 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB2722 Introduced 1/28/2014, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 25 ILCS 170/2 | from Ch. 63, par. 172 | 25 ILCS 170/3 | from Ch. 63, par. 173 | 25 ILCS 170/5 | | 25 ILCS 170/6 | from Ch. 63, par. 176 | 625 ILCS 5/6-110.1 | |
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Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Provides that the term "official" includes members of any board, commission, authority, or task force of the State authorized or created by State law or by executive order of the Governor and having the authority to make binding recommendations or determinations. Requires the Secretary of State to publish and maintain a list of each board, commission, authority, or task force that has the authority to make binding recommendations or determinations and to make this list available on the Secretary of State's website. Provides that the Secretary of State may display the picture of the registrant along with information about the registrant on the Secretary of State's website and may use the picture to produce a photo identification card for the registrant. Provides that for registrations on and after January 1, 2015, every natural person and every entity required to register shall annually renew his, her, or its registration during the period commencing on December 1st of the preceding year and ending on January 15th of the applicable registration year. Deletes provisions regarding reporting requirements for the years 2010 and 2011. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Permits disclosure of certain photographs
and signatures to officers and employees of the Secretary of State who require access to the stored images for purposes of issuing lobbyist identification cards to a list of persons. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 2, 3, 5, and 6 as follows: | 6 | | (25 ILCS 170/2) (from Ch. 63, par. 172) | 7 | | Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | 8 | | context otherwise
requires: | 9 | | (a) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, | 10 | | committee,
association, corporation, or any other organization | 11 | | or group of persons. | 12 | | (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). | 19 | | (c) "Official" means: | 20 | | (1) the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of | 21 | | State, Attorney
General, State Treasurer, and State | 22 | | Comptroller; | 23 | | (2) Chiefs of Staff for officials described in item |
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| 1 | | (1); | 2 | | (3) Cabinet members of any elected constitutional | 3 | | officer, including
Directors, Assistant Directors and | 4 | | Chief Legal Counsel or General Counsel; | 5 | | (4) Members of the General Assembly; and | 6 | | (5) Members of any board, commission, authority, or | 7 | | task force of the State authorized or created by State law | 8 | | or by executive order of the Governor and having the | 9 | | authority to make binding recommendations or | 10 | | determinations . | 11 | | (d) "Compensation" means any money, thing of value or | 12 | | financial benefits
received or to be received in return for | 13 | | services rendered or to be
rendered, for lobbying as defined in | 14 | | subsection (e). | 15 | | Monies paid to members of the General Assembly by the State | 16 | | as
remuneration for performance of their Constitutional and | 17 | | statutory duties
as members of the General Assembly shall not | 18 | | constitute compensation as
defined by this Act. | 19 | | (e) "Lobby" and "lobbying"
means any communication with an | 20 | | official of the
executive or legislative branch of State | 21 | | government as defined in subsection
(c) for the ultimate | 22 | | purpose of influencing any executive, legislative, or
| 23 | | administrative action. | 24 | | (f) "Influencing" means any communication, action, | 25 | | reportable
expenditure as prescribed in Section 6 or other | 26 | | means used to promote,
support, affect, modify, oppose or delay |
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| 1 | | any executive, legislative or
administrative action or to | 2 | | promote goodwill with officials as defined in
subsection (c). | 3 | | (g) "Executive action" means the proposal, drafting, | 4 | | development,
consideration, amendment, adoption, approval, | 5 | | promulgation, issuance,
modification, rejection or | 6 | | postponement by a State entity of a rule,
regulation, order, | 7 | | decision, determination, contractual arrangement, purchasing
| 8 | | agreement or other quasi-legislative or quasi-judicial action | 9 | | or proceeding. | 10 | | (h) "Legislative action" means the development, drafting, | 11 | | introduction,
consideration, modification, adoption, | 12 | | rejection, review, enactment, or passage
or defeat of any bill, | 13 | | amendment, resolution, report, nomination,
administrative rule | 14 | | or other matter by either house of the General Assembly or
a | 15 | | committee thereof, or by a legislator. Legislative action also | 16 | | means the
action of the Governor in approving or vetoing any | 17 | | bill or portion thereof, and
the action of the Governor or any | 18 | | agency in the development of a proposal for
introduction in the | 19 | | legislature. | 20 | | (i) "Administrative action" means the execution or | 21 | | rejection of any rule,
regulation, legislative rule, standard, | 22 | | fee, rate, contractual arrangement,
purchasing agreement or | 23 | | other delegated legislative or quasi-legislative action
to be | 24 | | taken or withheld by any executive agency, department, board or
| 25 | | commission of the State. | 26 | | (j) "Lobbyist" means any natural person who undertakes to |
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| 1 | | lobby State government
as provided in subsection (e). | 2 | | (k) "Lobbying entity" means any entity that hires, retains, | 3 | | employs, or compensates a natural person to lobby State | 4 | | government as provided in subsection (e).
| 5 | | (l) "Authorized agent" means the person designated by an | 6 | | entity or lobbyist registered under this Act as the person | 7 | | responsible for submission and retention of reports required | 8 | | under this Act. | 9 | | (m) "Client" means any person or entity that provides | 10 | | compensation to a lobbyist to lobby State government as | 11 | | provided in subsection (e) of this Section. | 12 | | (n) "Client registrant" means a client who is required to | 13 | | register under this Act. | 14 | | (Source: P.A. 98-459, eff. 1-1-14.) | 15 | | (25 ILCS 170/3) (from Ch. 63, par. 173) | 16 | | Sec. 3. Persons required to register. | 17 | | (a) Except as provided in Section
9, any natural
person | 18 | | who, for compensation or otherwise,
undertakes to lobby, or any
| 19 | | person or entity who employs or compensates another person for | 20 | | the purposes
of lobbying, shall register with the Secretary of | 21 | | State as provided in this Act, unless that person or entity | 22 | | qualifies for one or more of the following exemptions. | 23 | | (1) Persons or entities who, for the purpose of | 24 | | influencing any executive, legislative, or administrative | 25 | | action and who do not make expenditures that are reportable |
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| 1 | | pursuant to Section 6, appear without compensation or | 2 | | promise thereof only as witnesses before committees of the | 3 | | House and Senate for the purpose of explaining or arguing | 4 | | for or against the passage of or action upon any | 5 | | legislation then pending before those committees, or who | 6 | | seek without compensation or promise thereof the approval | 7 | | or veto of any legislation by the Governor. | 8 | | (1.4) A unit of local government or a school district. | 9 | | (1.5) An elected or appointed official or an employee | 10 | | of a unit of local government or school district who, in | 11 | | the scope of his or her public office or employment, seeks | 12 | | to influence executive, legislative, or administrative | 13 | | action exclusively on behalf of that unit of local | 14 | | government or school district. | 15 | | (2) Persons or entities who own, publish, or are | 16 | | employed by a newspaper or other regularly published | 17 | | periodical, or who own or are employed by a radio station, | 18 | | television station, or other bona fide news medium that in | 19 | | the ordinary course of business disseminates news, | 20 | | editorial or other comment, or paid advertisements that | 21 | | directly urge the passage or defeat of legislation. This | 22 | | exemption is not applicable to such an individual insofar | 23 | | as he or she receives additional compensation or expenses | 24 | | from some source other than the bona fide news medium for | 25 | | the purpose of influencing executive, legislative, or | 26 | | administrative action. This exemption does not apply to |
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| 1 | | newspapers and periodicals owned by or published by trade | 2 | | associations and not-for-profit corporations engaged | 3 | | primarily in endeavors other than dissemination of news. | 4 | | (3) Persons or entities performing professional | 5 | | services in drafting bills or in advising and rendering | 6 | | opinions to clients as to the construction and effect of | 7 | | proposed or pending legislation when those professional | 8 | | services are not otherwise, directly or indirectly, | 9 | | connected with executive, legislative, or administrative | 10 | | action. | 11 | | (4) Persons or entities who are employees of | 12 | | departments, divisions, or agencies of State government | 13 | | and who appear before committees of the House and Senate | 14 | | for the purpose of explaining how the passage of or action | 15 | | upon any legislation then pending before those committees | 16 | | will affect those departments, divisions, or agencies of | 17 | | State government. | 18 | | (5) Employees of the General Assembly, legislators, | 19 | | legislative agencies, and legislative commissions who, in | 20 | | the course of their official duties only, engage in | 21 | | activities that otherwise qualify as lobbying. | 22 | | (6) Persons or entities in possession of technical | 23 | | skills and knowledge relevant to certain areas of | 24 | | executive, legislative, or administrative actions, whose | 25 | | skills and knowledge would be helpful to officials when | 26 | | considering those actions, whose activities are limited to |
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| 1 | | making occasional appearances for or communicating on | 2 | | behalf of a registrant, and who do not make expenditures | 3 | | that are reportable pursuant to Section 6 even though | 4 | | receiving expense reimbursement for those occasional | 5 | | appearances. | 6 | | (7) Any full-time employee of a bona fide church or | 7 | | religious organization who represents that organization | 8 | | solely for the purpose of protecting the right of the | 9 | | members thereof to practice the religious doctrines of that | 10 | | church or religious organization, or any such bona fide | 11 | | church or religious organization. | 12 | | (8) Persons or entities that receive no compensation | 13 | | other than reimbursement for expenses of up to $500 per | 14 | | year while engaged in lobbying State government, unless | 15 | | those persons make expenditures that are reportable under | 16 | | Section 6. | 17 | | (9) Any attorney or group or firm of attorneys in the | 18 | | course of representing a client in any administrative or | 19 | | judicial proceeding, or any witness providing testimony in | 20 | | any administrative or judicial proceeding, in which ex | 21 | | parte communications are not allowed and who does not make | 22 | | expenditures that are reportable pursuant to Section 6. | 23 | | (9.5) Any attorney or group or firm of attorneys in the | 24 | | course of representing a client in an administrative or | 25 | | executive action involving a contractual or purchasing | 26 | | arrangement and who does not make expenditures that are |
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| 1 | | reportable pursuant to Section 6. | 2 | | (10) Persons or entities who, in the scope of their | 3 | | employment as a vendor, offer or solicit an official for | 4 | | the purchase of any goods or services when (1) the | 5 | | solicitation is limited to either an oral inquiry or | 6 | | written advertisements and informative literature; or (2) | 7 | | the goods and services are subject to competitive bidding | 8 | | requirements of the Illinois Procurement Code; or (3) the | 9 | | goods and services are for sale at a cost not to exceed | 10 | | $5,000; and (4) the persons or entities do not make | 11 | | expenditures that are reportable under Section 6.
| 12 | | (b) It is a violation of this Act to engage in lobbying or | 13 | | to employ any
person for the purpose of lobbying who is not | 14 | | registered with the Office of the
Secretary of State, except | 15 | | upon condition that the person register and the
person does in | 16 | | fact register within 2 business days after being employed or | 17 | | retained for lobbying services. | 18 | | (c) The Secretary shall publish and maintain promulgate a | 19 | | rule establishing a list of the entities required to register | 20 | | under this Act, including the name of each board, commission, | 21 | | authority, or task force that has the authority to make binding | 22 | | recommendations or determinations, as identified by the | 23 | | Governor's Office of Boards and Commissions, and shall make | 24 | | this list available on the Secretary of State's website . The | 25 | | Secretary may require a person or entity claiming an exemption | 26 | | under this Section to certify the person or entity is not |
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| 1 | | required to register under this Act. Nothing prohibits the | 2 | | Secretary from rejecting a certification and requiring a person | 3 | | or entity to register. | 4 | | (Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1358, eff. 7-28-10.) | 5 | | (25 ILCS 170/5) | 6 | | Sec. 5. Lobbyist registration and disclosure. Every | 7 | | natural person and every entity required to
register under this | 8 | | Act shall
before any service
is performed which requires the | 9 | | natural person or entity to register, but in any event not
| 10 | | later than 2 business days after being employed or retained, | 11 | | file in the Office of the
Secretary of State a statement in a | 12 | | format prescribed by the Secretary of State containing the
| 13 | | following
information
with respect to each person or entity
| 14 | | employing, retaining, or benefitting from the services of the | 15 | | natural person or entity required to register:
| 16 | | (a) The registrant's name, permanent address, e-mail
| 17 | | address, if any,
fax
number, if any, business telephone | 18 | | number, and temporary address, if the
registrant has a | 19 | | temporary address while lobbying.
| 20 | | (a-5) If the registrant is an entity, the
information | 21 | | required under subsection (a) for each natural person | 22 | | associated with the
registrant who will be lobbying,
| 23 | | regardless of whether lobbying is a significant part of his | 24 | | or her duties.
| 25 | | (b) The name and address of the client or clients |
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| 1 | | employing or retaining
the registrant to perform such | 2 | | services or on whose behalf the registrant appears.
If the | 3 | | client employing or retaining the registrant is a client | 4 | | registrant, the statement shall also include the name and | 5 | | address of the client or clients of the client registrant | 6 | | on whose behalf the registrant will be or anticipates | 7 | | performing services. | 8 | | (c) A brief description of the executive, legislative, | 9 | | or administrative
action in reference to which such service | 10 | | is to be rendered.
| 11 | | (c-5) Each executive and legislative branch agency the | 12 | | registrant
expects
to lobby during the registration | 13 | | period.
| 14 | | (c-6) The nature of the client's business, by | 15 | | indicating all
of the following categories that apply: (1) | 16 | | banking and financial services, (2)
manufacturing, (3) | 17 | | education, (4) environment, (5) healthcare, (6)
insurance, | 18 | | (7) community interests, (8) labor, (9) public relations or
| 19 | | advertising, (10) marketing or sales, (11) hospitality, | 20 | | (12) engineering,
(13) information or technology products | 21 | | or services, (14) social services,
(15) public utilities, | 22 | | (16) racing or wagering, (17) real estate or
construction, | 23 | | (18) telecommunications, (19) trade or professional
| 24 | | association, (20) travel or tourism, (21) transportation, | 25 | | (22) agriculture, and (23) other
(setting forth the nature | 26 | | of that other business).
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| 1 | | For registrations before January 1, 2015, every Every | 2 | | natural person and every entity required to register under this | 3 | | Act shall annually register as submit the registration required | 4 | | by this Section on or before each January 31. For registrations | 5 | | on and after January 1, 2015, every natural person and every | 6 | | entity required to register under this Act shall annually renew | 7 | | his, her, or its registration as required by this Section | 8 | | during the period commencing on December 1st of the preceding | 9 | | year and ending on January 15th of the applicable registration | 10 | | year. The registrant has a continuing duty to report any | 11 | | substantial change or addition to the information contained in | 12 | | the registration.
| 13 | | The Secretary of State shall make all filed statements and | 14 | | amendments to statements publicly available by means of a | 15 | | searchable database that is accessible through the World Wide | 16 | | Web. The Secretary of State shall provide all software | 17 | | necessary to comply with this provision to all natural persons | 18 | | and entities required to file. The Secretary of State shall | 19 | | implement a plan to provide computer access and assistance to | 20 | | natural persons and entities required to file electronically. | 21 | | All natural persons
and entities required to register under | 22 | | this Act shall remit a single, annual, and
nonrefundable $300 | 23 | | registration fee. Each natural person required to register
| 24 | | under this Act shall submit, on an annual basis, a picture of | 25 | | the registrant. A registrant may, in lieu of submitting a
| 26 | | picture on an annual basis, authorize the Secretary of State to |
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| 1 | | use any photo
identification available in any database | 2 | | maintained by the Secretary of State
for other purposes. The | 3 | | Secretary of State may display the picture of the registrant | 4 | | along with information about the registrant on the Secretary of | 5 | | State's website and may use the picture to produce a photo | 6 | | identification card for the registrant. Each registration fee | 7 | | collected for registrations on
or after January 1, 2010 shall | 8 | | be deposited into the Lobbyist
Registration Administration | 9 | | Fund for administration and enforcement
of this
Act.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 98-459, eff. 1-1-14.) | 11 | | (25 ILCS 170/6) (from Ch. 63, par. 176) | 12 | | Sec. 6. Reports. | 13 | | (a) Lobbyist reports. Except as otherwise provided in this | 14 | | Section, every lobbyist registered under this Act who is solely | 15 | | employed by a lobbying entity
shall file an affirmation, | 16 | | verified under
oath pursuant to Section 1-109 of the Code of | 17 | | Civil Procedure, with
the
Secretary of
State attesting to the | 18 | | accuracy of any reports filed pursuant to subsection (b) as | 19 | | those reports pertain to work performed by the lobbyist. Any | 20 | | lobbyist registered under this Act who is not solely employed | 21 | | by a lobbying entity shall personally file reports required of | 22 | | lobbying entities pursuant to subsection (b). A lobbyist may, | 23 | | if authorized so to do by a lobbying entity by whom he or she is | 24 | | employed or retained, file lobbying entity reports pursuant to | 25 | | subsection (b) provided that the lobbying entity may delegate |
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| 1 | | the filing of the lobbying entity report to only one lobbyist | 2 | | in any reporting period.
| 3 | | (b) Lobbying entity reports. Every lobbying entity | 4 | | registered under this Act shall report expenditures related to | 5 | | lobbying. The report shall itemize each individual expenditure | 6 | | or transaction
and shall include the name of the official on | 7 | | whose behalf the
expenditure
was made, the name of the client | 8 | | if the expenditure was made on behalf of a client, the
total | 9 | | amount of the expenditure, a description of the expenditure, | 10 | | the vendor or purveyor to whom the expenditure was made | 11 | | (including the address or location of the expenditure), the | 12 | | date on which the expenditure occurred and
the subject matter | 13 | | of the lobbying activity, if any.
For those expenditures made | 14 | | on behalf of a client, if the client is a client registrant, | 15 | | the report shall also include the name and address of the | 16 | | client or clients of the client registrant and or the official | 17 | | or officials on whose behalf the expenditure ultimately was | 18 | | made. Each expenditure required to be reported shall include | 19 | | all expenses made for or on behalf of an official or his or her | 20 | | immediate family member living with the official. | 21 | | (b-1) The report shall include any change or addition to | 22 | | the client list information, required in Section 5 for | 23 | | registration, since the last report, including the names and | 24 | | addresses of all clients who retained the lobbying entity | 25 | | together with an itemized description for each client of the | 26 | | following: (1) lobbying regarding executive action, including |
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| 1 | | the name of any executive agency lobbied and the subject | 2 | | matter; (2) lobbying regarding legislative action, including | 3 | | the General Assembly and any other agencies lobbied and the | 4 | | subject matter; and (3) lobbying regarding administrative | 5 | | action, including the agency lobbied and the subject matter. | 6 | | Registrants who made no reportable expenditures during a | 7 | | reporting period shall file a report stating that no | 8 | | expenditures were incurred.
| 9 | | (b-2) Expenditures attributable to lobbying officials | 10 | | shall be listed and reported
according to the following | 11 | | categories:
| 12 | | (1) Travel and lodging on behalf of others, including, | 13 | | but not limited to, all travel and living accommodations | 14 | | made for or on behalf of State officials during sessions of | 15 | | the General Assembly.
| 16 | | (2) Meals, beverages and other entertainment.
| 17 | | (3) Gifts (indicating which, if any, are on the basis | 18 | | of personal friendship).
| 19 | | (4) Honoraria.
| 20 | | (5) Any other thing or service of value not listed | 21 | | under categories (1) through (4), setting forth a | 22 | | description of the expenditure.
The category travel and | 23 | | lodging includes, but is not limited to, all travel and | 24 | | living accommodations made for or on behalf of State | 25 | | officials in the State capital during sessions of the | 26 | | General Assembly.
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| 1 | | (b-3) Expenditures incurred for hosting receptions, | 2 | | benefits and other large
gatherings held for purposes of | 3 | | goodwill or otherwise to influence executive,
legislative or | 4 | | administrative action to which there are 25 or more State
| 5 | | officials invited shall be reported listing only the total | 6 | | amount of
the
expenditure, the date of the event, and the | 7 | | estimated number of officials in
attendance.
| 8 | | (b-7) Matters excluded from reports. The following items | 9 | | need not be included in the report: | 10 | | (1) Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the | 11 | | registrant
who is a member of a legislative or State study | 12 | | commission or committee while
attending and participating | 13 | | in meetings and hearings of such commission or
committee.
| 14 | | (2) Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the | 15 | | registrant for personal
sustenance, lodging, travel, | 16 | | office expenses and clerical or support staff.
| 17 | | (3) Salaries, fees, and other compensation paid to
the | 18 | | registrant
for the
purposes of lobbying.
| 19 | | (4) Any contributions required to be reported under | 20 | | Article 9 of the Election
Code.
| 21 | | (5) Expenditures made by a registrant on behalf of an | 22 | | official that are returned or reimbursed prior to the | 23 | | deadline for submission of the report. | 24 | | (c)
A registrant who terminates employment or duties which | 25 | | required him to
register under this Act shall give the | 26 | | Secretary of State, within 30 days after
the date of such |
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| 1 | | termination, written notice of such termination and shall
| 2 | | include therewith a report of the expenditures described | 3 | | herein, covering the
period of time since the filing of his | 4 | | last report to the date of termination
of employment. Such | 5 | | notice and report shall be final and relieve such
registrant of | 6 | | further reporting under this Act, unless and until he later | 7 | | takes
employment or assumes duties requiring him to again | 8 | | register under this Act.
| 9 | | (d) Failure to file any such report within the time | 10 | | designated or the
reporting of incomplete information shall | 11 | | constitute a violation of this Act.
| 12 | | A registrant shall preserve for a period of 2 years all | 13 | | receipts and records
used in preparing reports under this Act.
| 14 | | (e) Within 30 days after a filing deadline or as provided | 15 | | by rule, the lobbyist shall notify each
official on whose | 16 | | behalf an expenditure has been reported. Notification shall
| 17 | | include the name of the registrant, the total amount of the | 18 | | expenditure, a description of the expenditure, the
date on | 19 | | which the expenditure occurred, and the subject matter of the | 20 | | lobbying
activity.
| 21 | | (f) Reports A report for the period beginning January 1, | 22 | | 2010 and ending on June 30, 2010 shall be filed no later than | 23 | | July 15, 2010, and a report for the period beginning July 1, | 24 | | 2010 and ending on December 31, 2010 shall be filed no later | 25 | | than January 15, 2011. Beginning January 1, 2011, reports shall | 26 | | be filed semi-monthly as follows: (i) for the period beginning |
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| 1 | | the first day of the month through the 15th day of the month, | 2 | | the report shall be filed no later than the 20th day of the | 3 | | month and (ii) for the period beginning on the 16th day of the | 4 | | month through the last day of the month, the report shall be | 5 | | filed no later than the 5th day of the following month. A | 6 | | report filed under this Act is due in the Office of the | 7 | | Secretary of State no later than the close of business on the | 8 | | date on which it is required to be filed. | 9 | | (g) All reports filed under this Act shall be filed in a | 10 | | format or on forms prescribed by the Secretary of State.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 98-459, eff. 1-1-14.) | 12 | | Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 13 | | changing Section 6-110.1 as follows:
| 14 | | (625 ILCS 5/6-110.1)
| 15 | | Sec. 6-110.1. Confidentiality of captured photographs or | 16 | | images. The
Secretary of State shall maintain a file on or | 17 | | contract to file all photographs
and signatures obtained in the | 18 | | process of issuing a driver's license, permit,
or | 19 | | identification card. The photographs and signatures shall be | 20 | | confidential
and shall not be disclosed except to the following | 21 | | persons:
| 22 | | (1) the individual upon written request;
| 23 | | (2) officers and employees of the Secretary of State | 24 | | who have a need
to have access to the stored images for |
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| 1 | | purposes of issuing and controlling
driver's licenses, | 2 | | permits, or identification cards;
| 3 | | (3) law enforcement officials for a lawful civil or | 4 | | criminal
law enforcement investigation;
| 5 | | (3-5) the State Board of Elections for the sole purpose | 6 | | of providing the signatures required by a local election | 7 | | authority to register a voter through an online voter | 8 | | registration system; or | 9 | | (3-10) officers and employees of the Secretary of State | 10 | | who require access to the stored images for purpose of | 11 | | issuing lobbyist identification cards pursuant to Section | 12 | | 5 of the Lobbyist Registration Act; or
| 13 | | (4) other entities that the Secretary may exempt by | 14 | | rule.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
| 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 17 | | becoming law.
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