Bill Text: IL HB5189 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Provides that on and after January 1, 2019, but not before that date, no person serving in a countywide elective public office in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, or his or her spouse or immediate family members living with that elected person, may be a registered lobbyist under the Act or hold a 30% or greater ownership interest in a lobbying entity. Provides that any person serving in a countywide elective public office in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, or his or her spouse or immediate family members living with that elected person, who is a registered lobbyist before the effective date of this amendatory Act shall serve out the remainder of his or her annual registration, and shall not re-register as a lobbyist during the remainder of the term of countywide elective office. Provides that any person serving in a countywide elective public office in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, or his or her spouse or immediate family members living with that elected person, holding a 30% or greater ownership interest in a lobbying entity shall divest himself or herself of that interest as soon as practicable: (1) after the effective date of this amendatory Act; or (2) after being sworn into office. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5189 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB5189-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB5189 Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
25 ILCS 170/3.1
Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Provides that on and after January 1, 2019, but not before that date, no person serving in a countywide elective public office in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, or his or her spouse or immediate family members living with that elected person, may be a registered lobbyist under the Act or hold a 30% or greater ownership interest in a lobbying entity. Provides that any person serving in a countywide elective public office in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, or his or her spouse or immediate family members living with that elected person, who is a registered lobbyist before the effective date of this amendatory Act shall serve out the remainder of his or her annual registration, and shall not re-register as a lobbyist during the remainder of the term of countywide elective office. Provides that any person serving in a countywide elective public office in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, or his or her spouse or immediate family members living with that elected person, holding a 30% or greater ownership interest in a lobbying entity shall divest himself or herself of that interest as soon as practicable: (1) after the effective date of this amendatory Act; or (2) after being sworn into office. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by
changing Section 3.1 as follows:
(25 ILCS 170/3.1)
Sec. 3.1. Prohibition on serving on boards and commissions;
countywide elective public office. Notwithstanding any other
law of this State, on and after February 1, 2004, but not
before that date, a person required to be registered under this
Act, his or her spouse, and his or her immediate family members
living with that person may not serve on a board, commission,
authority, or task force authorized or created by State law or
by executive order of the Governor. On and after January 1,
2019, but not before that date, no person serving in a
countywide elective public office in a county with a population
of 3,000,000 or more, or his or her spouse or immediate family
members living with that elected person, may be a registered
lobbyist under this Act or hold a 30% or greater ownership
interest in a lobbying entity. These restrictions do ; except
that this restriction does not apply to any of the following:
(1) a registered lobbyist, his or her spouse, or any
immediate family member living with the registered

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lobbyist, who is serving in an elective public office,
whether elected or appointed to fill a vacancy, other than
a countywide elective public office in a county with a
population of 3,000,000 or more on and after January 1,
2019; and
(2) a registered lobbyist, his or her spouse, or any
immediate family member living with the registered
lobbyist, who is serving on a State advisory body that
makes nonbinding recommendations to an agency of State
government but does not make binding recommendations or
determinations or take any other substantive action.
Any person serving in a countywide elective public office
in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, or his or
her spouse or immediate family members living with that elected
person, who is a registered lobbyist before the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly shall
serve out the remainder of his or her annual registration, and
shall not re-register as a lobbyist during the remainder of the
term of countywide elective office.
Any person serving in a countywide elective public office
in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, or his or
her spouse or immediate family members living with that elected
person, holding a 30% or greater ownership interest in a
lobbying entity shall divest himself or herself of that
interest as soon as practicable: (1) after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly; or (2)

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after being sworn into office.
(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1358, eff. 7-28-10.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.