Bill Amendment: IL HB3409 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly

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Bill Title: LOBBYIST-DISCLOSURE OF SALARY

Status: 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3409 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB3409-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

Filed: 3/19/2015

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3409
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3409 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by
changing Section 5 as follows:
(25 ILCS 170/5)
Sec. 5. Lobbyist registration and disclosure. Every
natural person and every entity required to register under this
Act shall before any service is performed which requires the
natural person or entity to register, but in any event not
later than 2 business days after being employed or retained,
file in the Office of the Secretary of State a statement in a
format prescribed by the Secretary of State containing the
following information with respect to each person or entity
employing, retaining, or benefitting from the services of the
natural person or entity required to register:

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(a) The registrant's name, permanent address, e-mail
address, if any, fax number, if any, business telephone
number, and temporary address, if the registrant has a
temporary address while lobbying.
(a-5) If the registrant is an entity, the information
required under subsection (a) for each natural person
associated with the registrant who will be lobbying,
regardless of whether lobbying is a significant part of his
or her duties.
(b) The name and address of the client or clients
employing or retaining the registrant to perform such
services or on whose behalf the registrant appears. If the
client employing or retaining the registrant is a client
registrant, the statement shall also include the name and
address of the client or clients of the client registrant
on whose behalf the registrant will be or anticipates
performing services.
(b-5) If the registrant is retained or employed
pursuant to a written agreement of retainer or employment,
a copy of such shall also be attached, or if such retainer
or employment is oral, a statement of the substance
thereof; such written retainer, or if it is oral, a
statement of the substance thereof, and any amendments
thereto, shall be retained for a period of 3 years.
(c) A brief description of the executive, legislative,
or administrative action in reference to which such service

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is to be rendered.
(c-5) Each executive and legislative branch agency the
registrant expects to lobby during the registration
period.
(c-6) The nature of the client's business, by
indicating all of the following categories that apply: (1)
banking and financial services, (2) manufacturing, (3)
education, (4) environment, (5) healthcare, (6) insurance,
(7) community interests, (8) labor, (9) public relations or
advertising, (10) marketing or sales, (11) hospitality,
(12) engineering, (13) information or technology products
or services, (14) social services, (15) public utilities,
(16) racing or wagering, (17) real estate or construction,
(18) telecommunications, (19) trade or professional
association, (20) travel or tourism, (21) transportation,
(22) agriculture, and (23) other (setting forth the nature
of that other business).
Every natural person and every entity required to register
under this Act shall annually submit the registration required
by this Section on or before each January 31. The registrant
has a continuing duty to report any substantial change or
addition to the information contained in the registration.
The Secretary of State shall make all filed statements and
amendments to statements publicly available by means of a
searchable database that is accessible through the World Wide
Web. The Secretary of State shall provide all software

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necessary to comply with this provision to all natural persons
and entities required to file. The Secretary of State shall
implement a plan to provide computer access and assistance to
natural persons and entities required to file electronically.
All natural persons and entities required to register under
this Act shall remit a single, annual, and nonrefundable $300
registration fee. Each natural person required to register
under this Act shall submit, on an annual basis, a picture of
the registrant. A registrant may, in lieu of submitting a
picture on an annual basis, authorize the Secretary of State to
use any photo identification available in any database
maintained by the Secretary of State for other purposes. Each
registration fee collected for registrations on or after
January 1, 2010 shall be deposited into the Lobbyist
Registration Administration Fund for administration and
enforcement of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 98-459, eff. 1-1-14.)".