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[ Introduced ][ Enrolled ][ Senate Amendment 001 ]

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      25 ILCS 170/7             from Ch. 63, par. 177
          Amends the  Lobbyist  Registration  Act  to  require  the
      Secretary of State to notify each official on whose behalf an
      expenditure  has  been  reported  within  30  days after such
      expenditure report has been  submitted.   Notification  shall
      include  the  name  of  the lobbyist, the total amount of the
      expenditure, the date on which the expenditure occurred,  and
      the subject matter of the lobbying activity.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Lobbyist Registration Act by changing
 2    Section 6.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Lobbyist Registration Act is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 6 as follows:
 7        (25 ILCS 170/6) (from Ch. 63, par. 176)
 8        Sec. 6. Reports.
 9        (a)  Except  as otherwise provided in this Section, every
10    person required to register as prescribed in Section 3  shall
11    report  under oath to the Secretary of State all expenditures
12    for lobbying made or incurred by the lobbyist on  his  behalf
13    or  the  behalf  of  his  employer.   In  the  case  where an
14    individual is solely employed by another  person  to  perform
15    job  related  functions  any part of which includes lobbying,
16    the employer shall be responsible for reporting all  lobbying
17    expenditures  incurred  on  the employer's behalf as shall be
18    identified by the lobbyist to  the  employer  preceding  such
19    report.   Persons who contract with another person to perform
20    lobbying activities shall be responsible  for  reporting  all
21    lobbying  expenditures incurred on the employer's behalf. Any
22    additional lobbying expenses incurred by the  employer  which
23    are separate and apart from those incurred by the contractual
24    employee shall be reported by the employer.
25        (b)  The report shall itemize each individual expenditure
26    or  transaction  over  $100 and shall include the name of the
27    official on whose behalf the expenditure was made,  the  name
28    of  the  client on whose behalf the expenditure was made, the
29    total amount of  the  expenditure,  the  date  on  which  the
30    expenditure  occurred  and the subject matter of the lobbying
31    activity, if any.
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 1        Expenditures attributable to lobbying officials shall  be
 2    listed and reported according to the following categories:
 3             (1)  travel and lodging on behalf of others.
 4             (2)  meals, beverages and other entertainment.
 5             (3)  gifts.
 6             (4)  honoraria.
 7        Individual   expenditures  required  to  be  reported  as
 8    described herein which are equal to  or  less  than  $100  in
 9    value need not be itemized but are required to be categorized
10    and  reported  by officials in an aggregate total in a manner
11    prescribed by rule of the Secretary of State.
12        Expenditures incurred for  hosting  receptions,  benefits
13    and  other  large gatherings held for purposes of goodwill or
14    otherwise   to   influence    executive,    legislative    or
15    administrative  action  to  which  there are 25 or more State
16    officials invited shall be reported listing  only  the  total
17    amount  of  the  expenditure,  the date of the event, and the
18    estimated number of officials in attendance.
19        Each individual expenditure required to be reported shall
20    include all expenses made for or on behalf of State officials
21    and members of the immediate family of those persons.
22        The category travel and  lodging  includes,  but  is  not
23    limited  to, all travel and living accommodations made for or
24    on behalf of State officials in the capital  during  sessions
25    of the General Assembly.
26        Reasonable   and  bona  fide  expenditures  made  by  the
27    registrant who is a member of a legislative  or  State  study
28    commission  or committee while attending and participating in
29    meetings and hearings of such commission  or  committee  need
30    not be reported.
31        Reasonable   and  bona  fide  expenditures  made  by  the
32    registrant for personal sustenance, lodging,  travel,  office
33    expenses and clerical or support staff need not be reported.
34        Salaries,  fees,  and  other  compensation  paid  to  the
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 1    registrant for the purposes of lobbying need not be reported.
 2        Any contributions required to be reported under Article 9
 3    of the Election Code need not be reported.
 4        Gifts  and honoraria returned to the registrant within 30
 5    days of the date of receipt need not be reported.
 6        (c)  Reports under this Section shall be  filed  by  July
 7    31,  for expenditures from the previous January 1 through the
 8    later of June 30 or the final  day  of  the  regular  General
 9    Assembly  session,  and  by January 31, for expenditures from
10    the entire previous calendar year.
11        Registrants who made no reportable expenditures during  a
12    reporting   period  shall  file  a  report  stating  that  no
13    expenditures were incurred.  Such reports shall be  filed  in
14    accordance   with   the   deadlines  as  prescribed  in  this
15    subsection.
16        A registrant who terminates employment  or  duties  which
17    required  him  to  register  under  this  Act  shall give the
18    Secretary of State, within 30 days after  the  date  of  such
19    termination,  written  notice  of  such termination and shall
20    include therewith a  report  of  the  expenditures  described
21    herein,  covering  the period of time since the filing of his
22    last report to the date of termination  of  employment.  Such
23    notice  and report shall be final and relieve such registrant
24    of further reporting under this  Act,  unless  and  until  he
25    later  takes  employment  or  assumes duties requiring him to
26    again register under this Act.
27        (d)  Failure to file any  such  report  within  the  time
28    designated  or  the reporting of incomplete information shall
29    constitute a violation of this Act.
30        A registrant shall preserve for a period of 2  years  all
31    receipts  and  records  used  in preparing reports under this
32    Act.
33        (e)  Within 30 days after a filing deadline, the lobbyist
34    shall notify each official on whose behalf an expenditure has
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 1    been reported.  Notification shall include the  name  of  the
 2    registrant,  the total amount of the expenditure, the date on
 3    which the expenditure occurred, and the subject matter of the
 4    lobbying activity.
 5    (Source: P.A. 88-187.)

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