Bill Text: IL HB3753 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that a liaison or other employee of an executive branch officer may not lobby on the floor of the House of Representatives or the Senate, or any employee thereof, while in session. Defines "lobby". Effective immediately.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB3753 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB3753-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 General Assembly Operations Act is amended | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | by adding Section 15 as follows:
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| 6 | (25 ILCS 10/15 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 15. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, on | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | General Assembly, a person employed as a legislative liaison | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | for, or otherwise employed by, an executive branch officer, or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | any agency, board, or commission under the control of an | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | executive branch officer, may not lobby on the floor of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | House of Representatives while the House of Representatives is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | in session or the floor of the Senate while the Senate is in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | session. For the purposes of this Section, "lobby" means any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | communication with a member of the House of Representatives or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Senate, or any employee of the House of Representatives or of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | the Senate, for the ultimate purpose of influencing any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | executive, legislative, or administrative action.
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| 20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | becoming law.
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