Bill Text: IL SB1538 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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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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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB1538 Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Chuck Weaver SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
25 ILCS 170/6 from Ch. 63, par. 176
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".
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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 6 as follows:
(25 ILCS 170/6) (from Ch. 63, par. 176)
Sec. 6. Reports.
(a) Lobbyist reports. Except as otherwise provided in this
Section, every lobbyist registered under this Act who is solely
employed by a lobbying entity shall file an affirmation,
verified under oath pursuant to Section 1-109 of the Code of
Civil Procedure, with the Secretary of State attesting to the
accuracy of any reports filed pursuant to subsection (b) as
those reports pertain to work performed by the lobbyist. Any
lobbyist registered under this Act who is not solely employed
by a lobbying entity shall personally file reports required of
lobbying entities pursuant to subsection (b). A lobbyist may,
if authorized so to do by a lobbying entity by whom he or she is
employed or retained, file lobbying entity reports pursuant to
subsection (b) provided that the lobbying entity may delegate
the filing of the lobbying entity report to only one lobbyist
in any reporting period.
(b) Lobbying entity reports. Every lobbying entity

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registered under this Act shall report expenditures related to
lobbying. The report shall itemize each individual expenditure
or transaction and shall include the name of the official on
whose behalf the expenditure was made, the name of the client
if the expenditure was made on behalf of a client, the total
amount of the expenditure, a description of the expenditure,
the vendor or purveyor to whom the expenditure was made
(including the address or location of the expenditure), the
date on which the expenditure occurred and the subject matter
of the lobbying activity, if any. For those expenditures made
on behalf of a client, if the client is a client registrant,
the report shall also include the name and address of the
client or clients of the client registrant or the official or
officials on whose behalf the expenditure ultimately was made.
Each expenditure required to be reported shall include all
expenses made for or on behalf of an official or his or her
immediate family member living with the official.
(b-1) The report shall include any change or addition to
the client list information, required in Section 5 for
registration, since the last report, including the names and
addresses of all clients who retained the lobbying entity
together with an itemized description for each client of the
following: (1) lobbying regarding executive action, including
the name of any executive agency lobbied and the subject
matter; (2) lobbying regarding legislative action, including
the General Assembly and any other agencies lobbied and the

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subject matter; and (3) lobbying regarding administrative
action, including the agency lobbied and the subject matter.
Registrants who made no reportable expenditures during a
reporting period shall file a report stating that no
expenditures were incurred.
(b-2) Expenditures attributable to lobbying officials
shall be listed and reported according to the following
categories:
(1) Travel and lodging on behalf of others, including,
but not limited to, all travel and living accommodations
made for or on behalf of State officials during sessions of
the General Assembly.
(2) Meals, beverages and other entertainment.
(3) Gifts (indicating which, if any, are on the basis
of personal friendship).
(4) Honoraria.
(5) Any other thing or service of value not listed
under categories (1) through (4), setting forth a
description of the expenditure. The category travel and
lodging includes, but is not limited to, all travel and
living accommodations made for or on behalf of State
officials in the State capital during sessions of the
General Assembly.
(b-3) Expenditures incurred for hosting receptions,
benefits and other large gatherings held for purposes of
goodwill or otherwise to influence executive, legislative or

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administrative action to which there are 25 or more State
officials invited shall be reported listing only the total
amount of the expenditure, the date of the event, and the
estimated number of officials in attendance.
(b-4) The report must include a description of any business
relationship that a registrant has with an official.
(b-5) The report must include a description of any familial
relationship with an official that is known to the registrant.
For the purposes of this subsection, "familial relationship"
includes those people related to the registrant as father,
mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, great
aunt, great uncle, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife,
fiance, fiancee, grandfather, grandmother, grandson,
granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law,
daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather,
stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister,
half brother, half sister, and including the father, mother,
grandfather, or grandmother of the registrant's fiance or
fiancee.
(b-7) Matters excluded from reports. The following items
need not be included in the report:
(1) Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the
registrant who is a member of a legislative or State study
commission or committee while attending and participating
in meetings and hearings of such commission or committee.
(2) Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the

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registrant for personal sustenance, lodging, travel,
office expenses and clerical or support staff.
(3) Salaries, fees, and other compensation paid to the
registrant for the purposes of lobbying.
(4) Any contributions required to be reported under
Article 9 of the Election Code.
(5) Expenditures made by a registrant on behalf of an
official that are returned or reimbursed prior to the
deadline for submission of the report.
(c) A registrant who terminates employment or duties which
required him or her to register under this Act shall give the
Secretary of State, within 30 days after the date of such
termination, written notice of such termination and shall
include therewith a report of the expenditures described
herein, covering the period of time since the filing of his or
her last report to the date of termination of employment. Such
notice and report shall be final and relieve such registrant of
further reporting under this Act, unless and until he or she
later takes employment or assumes duties requiring him or her
to again register under this Act.
(d) Failure to file any such report within the time
designated or the reporting of incomplete information shall
constitute a violation of this Act.
A registrant shall preserve for a period of 2 years all
receipts and records used in preparing reports under this Act.
(e) Within 30 days after a filing deadline or as provided

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by rule, the lobbyist shall notify each official on whose
behalf an expenditure has been reported. Notification shall
include the name of the registrant, the total amount of the
expenditure, a description of the expenditure, the date on
which the expenditure occurred, and the subject matter of the
lobbying activity.
(f) A report for the period beginning January 1, 2010 and
ending on June 30, 2010 shall be filed no later than July 15,
2010, and a report for the period beginning July 1, 2010 and
ending on December 31, 2010 shall be filed no later than
January 15, 2011. Beginning January 1, 2011, reports shall be
filed semi-monthly as follows: (i) for the period beginning the
first day of the month through the 15th day of the month, the
report shall be filed no later than the 20th day of the month
and (ii) for the period beginning on the 16th day of the month
through the last day of the month, the report shall be filed no
later than the 5th day of the following month. A report filed
under this Act is due in the Office of the Secretary of State
no later than the close of business on the date on which it is
required to be filed.
(g) All reports filed under this Act shall be filed in a
format or on forms prescribed by the Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A. 98-459, eff. 1-1-14.)