Bill Text: IL HB5753 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Prohibits any elected or appointed official of a unit of local government or school district whose term of office begins on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act from being a contractual lobbyist. Authorizes such a person, however, to be an exclusive lobbyist.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5753 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB5753-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB5753 Introduced 2/16/2012, by Rep. Fred Crespo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
25 ILCS 170/4.7 new
25 ILCS 170/9 from Ch. 63, par. 179
Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Prohibits any elected or appointed official of a unit of local government or school district whose term of office begins on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act from being a contractual lobbyist. Authorizes such a person, however, to be an exclusive lobbyist.
LRB097 20554 JDS 66143 b
A BILL FOR
HB5753 LRB097 20554 JDS 66143 b
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
adding Section 4.7 and changing Section 9 as follows:
(25 ILCS 170/4.7 new)
Sec. 4.7. Holders of local offices. No person holding any
office for a unit of local government or school district,
either by election or appointment under the laws of this State,
and whose term to that office begins on or after the effective
date of this Section may be a contractual lobbyist. However,
such a person may be an exclusive lobbyist.
(25 ILCS 170/9) (from Ch. 63, par. 179)
Sec. 9. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to infringe
in any way the right of a citizen, including the holder of an
elective local government office, to lawfully petition a member
of the General Assembly or any other public official as
guaranteed in the Constitution of the State of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 76-1848.)