Bill Text: IL HB3609 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Requires that a registrant with a client that is a State agency, a unit of local government, a school district, or any other governmental entity that receives public funds must file with the Secretary of State a semi-annual report that details the lobbying activities undertaken on behalf of each such client. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3609 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB3609-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 | adding Section 6.10 as follows:
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6 | (25 ILCS 170/6.10 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 6.10. Reports on governmental entity clients. In | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | addition to the reports required by Section 6, each registrant | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | with a client that is a State agency as defined in the Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | State Auditing Act, unit of local government, school district, | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | or other governmental entity that receives public funds shall | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | file semi-annually with the Secretary of State a report that | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | details with respect to each such client the lobbying | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | activities undertaken on behalf of that client during the | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | reporting period. The Secretary of State by rule shall | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | establish the reporting dates, the reporting periods, the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | report form, and the required contents of the report, including | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | but not limited to the client's identifying information, | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | billing amounts, and the officials lobbied. As used in this | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Section, "public funds" means funds appropriated by the General | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Assembly, a unit of local government, a school district, or any | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | other governmental entity that receives public funds.
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
2 | becoming law.
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