Bill Text: IL SB1538 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Provides that a person required to register under the Act must include in his or her report a description of (i) any business relationship that the registrant has with a State official, and (ii) any familial relationship with a State official that is known to the registrant. Defines "familial relationship".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB1538 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB1538-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 | changing Section 6 as follows:
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6 | (25 ILCS 170/6) (from Ch. 63, par. 176) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 6. Reports. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Lobbyist reports. Except as otherwise provided in this | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Section, every lobbyist registered under this Act who is solely | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | employed by a lobbying entity
shall file an affirmation, | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | verified under
oath pursuant to Section 1-109 of the Code of | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | Civil Procedure, with
the
Secretary of
State attesting to the | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | accuracy of any reports filed pursuant to subsection (b) as | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | those reports pertain to work performed by the lobbyist. Any | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | lobbyist registered under this Act who is not solely employed | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | by a lobbying entity shall personally file reports required of | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | lobbying entities pursuant to subsection (b). A lobbyist may, | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | if authorized so to do by a lobbying entity by whom he or she is | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | employed or retained, file lobbying entity reports pursuant to | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | subsection (b) provided that the lobbying entity may delegate | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | the filing of the lobbying entity report to only one lobbyist | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | in any reporting period.
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23 | (b) Lobbying entity reports. Every lobbying entity |
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1 | registered under this Act shall report expenditures related to | ||||||
2 | lobbying. The report shall itemize each individual expenditure | ||||||
3 | or transaction
and shall include the name of the official on | ||||||
4 | whose behalf the
expenditure
was made, the name of the client | ||||||
5 | if the expenditure was made on behalf of a client, the
total | ||||||
6 | amount of the expenditure, a description of the expenditure, | ||||||
7 | the vendor or purveyor to whom the expenditure was made | ||||||
8 | (including the address or location of the expenditure), the | ||||||
9 | date on which the expenditure occurred and
the subject matter | ||||||
10 | of the lobbying activity, if any.
For those expenditures made | ||||||
11 | on behalf of a client, if the client is a client registrant, | ||||||
12 | the report shall also include the name and address of the | ||||||
13 | client or clients of the client registrant or the official or | ||||||
14 | officials on whose behalf the expenditure ultimately was made. | ||||||
15 | Each expenditure required to be reported shall include all | ||||||
16 | expenses made for or on behalf of an official or his or her | ||||||
17 | immediate family member living with the official. | ||||||
18 | (b-1) The report shall include any change or addition to | ||||||
19 | the client list information, required in Section 5 for | ||||||
20 | registration, since the last report, including the names and | ||||||
21 | addresses of all clients who retained the lobbying entity | ||||||
22 | together with an itemized description for each client of the | ||||||
23 | following: (1) lobbying regarding executive action, including | ||||||
24 | the name of any executive agency lobbied and the subject | ||||||
25 | matter; (2) lobbying regarding legislative action, including | ||||||
26 | the General Assembly and any other agencies lobbied and the |
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1 | subject matter; and (3) lobbying regarding administrative | ||||||
2 | action, including the agency lobbied and the subject matter. | ||||||
3 | Registrants who made no reportable expenditures during a | ||||||
4 | reporting period shall file a report stating that no | ||||||
5 | expenditures were incurred.
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6 | (b-2) Expenditures attributable to lobbying officials | ||||||
7 | shall be listed and reported
according to the following | ||||||
8 | categories:
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9 | (1) Travel and lodging on behalf of others, including, | ||||||
10 | but not limited to, all travel and living accommodations | ||||||
11 | made for or on behalf of State officials during sessions of | ||||||
12 | the General Assembly.
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13 | (2) Meals, beverages and other entertainment.
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14 | (3) Gifts (indicating which, if any, are on the basis | ||||||
15 | of personal friendship).
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16 | (4) Honoraria.
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17 | (5) Any other thing or service of value not listed | ||||||
18 | under categories (1) through (4), setting forth a | ||||||
19 | description of the expenditure.
The category travel and | ||||||
20 | lodging includes, but is not limited to, all travel and | ||||||
21 | living accommodations made for or on behalf of State | ||||||
22 | officials in the State capital during sessions of the | ||||||
23 | General Assembly.
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24 | (b-3) Expenditures incurred for hosting receptions, | ||||||
25 | benefits and other large
gatherings held for purposes of | ||||||
26 | goodwill or otherwise to influence executive,
legislative or |
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1 | administrative action to which there are 25 or more State
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2 | officials invited shall be reported listing only the total | ||||||
3 | amount of
the
expenditure, the date of the event, and the | ||||||
4 | estimated number of officials in
attendance.
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5 | (b-4) The report must include a description of any business | ||||||
6 | relationship that a registrant has with an official. | ||||||
7 | (b-5) The report must include a description of any familial | ||||||
8 | relationship with an official that is known to the registrant. | ||||||
9 | For the purposes of this subsection, "familial relationship" | ||||||
10 | includes those people
related to the registrant as father, | ||||||
11 | mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, great | ||||||
12 | aunt, great uncle, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, | ||||||
13 | fiance, fiancee, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, | ||||||
14 | granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, | ||||||
15 | daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, | ||||||
16 | stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, | ||||||
17 | half brother, half sister, and including the father, mother, | ||||||
18 | grandfather, or grandmother of the registrant's fiance or | ||||||
19 | fiancee. | ||||||
20 | (b-7) Matters excluded from reports. The following items | ||||||
21 | need not be included in the report: | ||||||
22 | (1) Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the | ||||||
23 | registrant
who is a member of a legislative or State study | ||||||
24 | commission or committee while
attending and participating | ||||||
25 | in meetings and hearings of such commission or
committee.
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26 | (2) Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the |
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1 | registrant for personal
sustenance, lodging, travel, | ||||||
2 | office expenses and clerical or support staff.
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3 | (3) Salaries, fees, and other compensation paid to
the | ||||||
4 | registrant
for the
purposes of lobbying.
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5 | (4) Any contributions required to be reported under | ||||||
6 | Article 9 of the Election
Code.
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7 | (5) Expenditures made by a registrant on behalf of an | ||||||
8 | official that are returned or reimbursed prior to the | ||||||
9 | deadline for submission of the report. | ||||||
10 | (c)
A registrant who terminates employment or duties which | ||||||
11 | required him or her to
register under this Act shall give the | ||||||
12 | Secretary of State, within 30 days after
the date of such | ||||||
13 | termination, written notice of such termination and shall
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14 | include therewith a report of the expenditures described | ||||||
15 | herein, covering the
period of time since the filing of his or | ||||||
16 | her last report to the date of termination
of employment. Such | ||||||
17 | notice and report shall be final and relieve such
registrant of | ||||||
18 | further reporting under this Act, unless and until he or she | ||||||
19 | later takes
employment or assumes duties requiring him or her | ||||||
20 | to again register under this Act.
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21 | (d) Failure to file any such report within the time | ||||||
22 | designated or the
reporting of incomplete information shall | ||||||
23 | constitute a violation of this Act.
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24 | A registrant shall preserve for a period of 2 years all | ||||||
25 | receipts and records
used in preparing reports under this Act.
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26 | (e) Within 30 days after a filing deadline or as provided |
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1 | by rule, the lobbyist shall notify each
official on whose | ||||||
2 | behalf an expenditure has been reported. Notification shall
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3 | include the name of the registrant, the total amount of the | ||||||
4 | expenditure, a description of the expenditure, the
date on | ||||||
5 | which the expenditure occurred, and the subject matter of the | ||||||
6 | lobbying
activity.
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7 | (f) A report for the period beginning January 1, 2010 and | ||||||
8 | ending on June 30, 2010 shall be filed no later than July 15, | ||||||
9 | 2010, and a report for the period beginning July 1, 2010 and | ||||||
10 | ending on December 31, 2010 shall be filed no later than | ||||||
11 | January 15, 2011. Beginning January 1, 2011, reports shall be | ||||||
12 | filed semi-monthly as follows: (i) for the period beginning the | ||||||
13 | first day of the month through the 15th day of the month, the | ||||||
14 | report shall be filed no later than the 20th day of the month | ||||||
15 | and (ii) for the period beginning on the 16th day of the month | ||||||
16 | through the last day of the month, the report shall be filed no | ||||||
17 | later than the 5th day of the following month. A report filed | ||||||
18 | under this Act is due in the Office of the Secretary of State | ||||||
19 | no later than the close of business on the date on which it is | ||||||
20 | required to be filed. | ||||||
21 | (g) All reports filed under this Act shall be filed in a | ||||||
22 | format or on forms prescribed by the Secretary of State.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 98-459, eff. 1-1-14.)
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