Bill Text: IL SB2568 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. In reports, requires the registrant to disclose the street address, city, state, zip code, telephone number, and fax number of persons employing or retaining registrant (as well as other information) and file a copy of the written agreement or a written summary of the oral agreement that binds the registrant with the employer. If the agreement between registrant and employer is oral, then the summary must include (i) whether the registrant is authorized to incur expenditures on behalf of the employer, (ii) whether expenditures the registrant incurs will be reimbursed by the employer, (iii) how the registrant's lobbying-related compensation, if any, is determined including, but not limited to, the length of the contract and method of payment (such as salary, monthly retainer, hourly fee, or other basis), and (iv) the rate of compensation. Provides that failure to file a required report within the time designated or filing a report with false, materially misleading, or materially incomplete information constitutes a violation of the Act. Requires a registrant to preserve for a period of at least 2 years all receipts, statements, and records used in preparing the reports.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-08 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2568 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB2568-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning lobbying.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 5 as follows:
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6 | (25 ILCS 170/5)
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7 | Sec. 5. Lobbyist registration and disclosure. Every person | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | required to
register under Section 3 shall
before any service
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9 | 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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17 | (a) The registrant's name, permanent address, e-mail
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18 | 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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21 | (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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1 | lobbying,
regardless of whether lobbying is a significant | ||||||
2 | part of his or her duties.
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3 | (b) The name , street and address , city, state, zip | ||||||
4 | code, telephone number, and fax number of the person or | ||||||
5 | persons employing or retaining
registrant to perform such | ||||||
6 | services or on whose behalf the registrant appears and a | ||||||
7 | copy of the written agreement or a written summary of the | ||||||
8 | oral agreement that binds the registrant with the employer .
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9 | If the agreement between registrant and employer is oral, | ||||||
10 | then the summary must include (i) whether the registrant is | ||||||
11 | authorized to incur expenditures on behalf of the employer, | ||||||
12 | (ii) whether expenditures the registrant incurs will be | ||||||
13 | reimbursed by the employer, (iii) how the registrant's | ||||||
14 | lobbying-related compensation, if any, is determined | ||||||
15 | including, but not limited to, the length of the contract | ||||||
16 | and method of payment (such as salary, monthly retainer, | ||||||
17 | hourly fee, or other basis), and (iv) the rate of | ||||||
18 | compensation.
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19 | (c) A brief description of the executive, legislative, | ||||||
20 | or administrative
action in reference to which such service | ||||||
21 | is to be rendered.
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22 | (c-5) Each executive and legislative branch agency the | ||||||
23 | registrant
expects
to lobby during the registration | ||||||
24 | period.
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25 | (c-6) The nature of the client's business, by | ||||||
26 | indicating all
of the following categories that apply: (1) |
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1 | banking and financial services, (2)
manufacturing, (3) | ||||||
2 | education, (4) environment, (5) healthcare, (6)
insurance, | ||||||
3 | (7) community interests, (8) labor, (9) public relations or
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4 | advertising, (10) marketing or sales, (11) hospitality, | ||||||
5 | (12) engineering,
(13) information or technology products | ||||||
6 | or services, (14) social services,
(15) public utilities, | ||||||
7 | (16) racing or wagering, (17) real estate or
construction, | ||||||
8 | (18) telecommunications, (19) trade or professional
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9 | association, (20) travel or tourism, (21) transportation, | ||||||
10 | and (22) other
(setting forth the nature of that other | ||||||
11 | business).
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12 | The registrant must file an amendment to the statement | ||||||
13 | within 14 calendar
days
to report any substantial change or | ||||||
14 | addition to the information previously
filed, except that a | ||||||
15 | registrant must file an amendment to the statement to
disclose | ||||||
16 | a new agreement to retain the registrant for lobbying services
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17 | before any service is performed which requires the person to | ||||||
18 | register, but in
any event not later than 2 business days after | ||||||
19 | entering into the retainer
agreement.
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20 | All persons
required to register under this Act shall remit | ||||||
21 | a single, annual, and
nonrefundable $1,000 registration fee. | ||||||
22 | Each individual required to register
under this Act shall | ||||||
23 | submit, on an annual basis, a picture of the registrant. A | ||||||
24 | registrant may, in lieu of submitting a
picture on an annual | ||||||
25 | basis, authorize the Secretary of State to use any photo
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26 | identification available in any database maintained by the |
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1 | Secretary of State
for other purposes. Of each registration fee | ||||||
2 | collected for registrations on
or after July 1, 2003, $50 shall | ||||||
3 | be deposited into the Lobbyist
Registration Administration | ||||||
4 | Fund for administration and enforcement
of this
Act and is | ||||||
5 | intended to be used to implement and maintain
electronic
filing | ||||||
6 | of
reports under this Act, the next
$100 shall be deposited | ||||||
7 | into the Lobbyist
Registration Administration Fund for | ||||||
8 | administration and enforcement of this
Act, and any balance | ||||||
9 | shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund, except that | ||||||
10 | amounts resulting from the fee increase of this amendatory Act | ||||||
11 | of the 96th General Assembly shall be deposited into the | ||||||
12 | Lobbyist Registration Administration Fund to be used for the | ||||||
13 | costs of reviewing and investigating violations of this Act.
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14 | Failure to file any report required by this Section within | ||||||
15 | the time designated or filing a report with false, materially | ||||||
16 | misleading, or materially incomplete information constitutes a | ||||||
17 | violation of this Act. | ||||||
18 | A registrant must preserve for a period of at least 2 years | ||||||
19 | all receipts, statements, and records used in preparing reports | ||||||
20 | under this Section. | ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 1-1-10.)
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