Full Text of HB5189 100th General Assembly
HB5189 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB5189 Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Provides that on and after January 1, 2019, but not before that date, no person serving in a countywide elective public office in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, or his or her spouse or immediate family members living with that elected person, may be a registered lobbyist under the Act or hold a 30% or greater ownership interest in a lobbying entity. Provides that any person serving in a countywide elective public office in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, or his or her spouse or immediate family members living with that elected person, who is a registered lobbyist before the effective date of this amendatory Act shall serve out the remainder of his or her annual registration, and shall not re-register as a lobbyist during the remainder of the term of countywide elective office. Provides that any person serving in a countywide elective public office in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, or his or her spouse or immediate family members living with that elected person, holding a 30% or greater ownership interest in a lobbying entity shall divest himself or herself of that interest as soon as practicable: (1) after the effective date of this amendatory Act; or (2) after being sworn into office. Makes conforming changes. 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 Section 3.1 as follows: | 6 | | (25 ILCS 170/3.1) | 7 | | Sec. 3.1. Prohibition on serving on boards and commissions ; | 8 | | countywide elective public office .
Notwithstanding any other | 9 | | law of this State, on and after February 1, 2004,
but not | 10 | | before that date, a person required to be registered
under this | 11 | | Act, his or her spouse, and his or her immediate family members
| 12 | | living with that person may not
serve on a board, commission, | 13 | | authority, or task force authorized or created
by State law or | 14 | | by executive order of the Governor . On and after January 1, | 15 | | 2019, but not before that date, no person serving in a | 16 | | countywide elective public office in a county with a population | 17 | | of 3,000,000 or more, or his or her spouse or immediate family | 18 | | members living with that elected person, may be a registered | 19 | | lobbyist under this Act or hold a 30% or greater ownership | 20 | | interest in a lobbying entity. These restrictions do ; except | 21 | | that this
restriction does not apply to any of the
following:
| 22 | | (1) a registered lobbyist, his or her spouse, or any | 23 | | immediate family
member living with the registered |
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| 1 | | lobbyist, who is serving in an elective
public office, | 2 | | whether
elected or appointed to fill a vacancy , other than
| 3 | | a countywide elective public office in a county with a
| 4 | | population of 3,000,000 or more on and after January 1,
| 5 | | 2019 ; and
| 6 | | (2) a registered lobbyist, his or her spouse, or any | 7 | | immediate family
member living with the registered | 8 | | lobbyist, who is serving on a State
advisory body
that | 9 | | makes nonbinding recommendations to an agency of State | 10 | | government
but does not make binding recommendations or | 11 | | determinations or take any
other substantive action.
| 12 | | Any person serving in a countywide elective public office | 13 | | in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, or his or | 14 | | her spouse or immediate family members living with that elected | 15 | | person, who is a registered lobbyist before the effective date | 16 | | of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly shall | 17 | | serve out the remainder of his or her annual registration, and | 18 | | shall not re-register as a lobbyist during the remainder of the | 19 | | term of countywide elective office. | 20 | | Any person serving in a countywide elective public office | 21 | | in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, or his or | 22 | | her spouse or immediate family members living with that elected | 23 | | person, holding a 30% or greater ownership interest in a | 24 | | lobbying entity shall divest himself or herself of that | 25 | | interest as soon as practicable: (1) after the effective date | 26 | | of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly; or (2) |
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| 1 | | after being sworn into office. | 2 | | (Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1358, eff. 7-28-10.)
| 3 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 4 | | becoming law.
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