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Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
Filed: 3/19/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3409
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3409 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (25 ILCS 170/5) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5. Lobbyist registration and disclosure. Every |
| 8 | | natural person and every entity required to
register under this |
| 9 | | Act shall
before any service
is performed which requires the |
| 10 | | natural person or entity to register, but in any event not
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| 11 | | later than 2 business days after being employed or retained, |
| 12 | | file in the Office of the
Secretary of State a statement in a |
| 13 | | format prescribed by the Secretary of State containing the
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| 14 | | following
information
with respect to each person or entity
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| 15 | | employing, retaining, or benefitting from the services of the |
| 16 | | natural person or entity required to register:
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| 1 | | (a) The registrant's name, permanent address, e-mail
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| 2 | | address, if any,
fax
number, if any, business telephone |
| 3 | | number, and temporary address, if the
registrant has a |
| 4 | | temporary address while lobbying.
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| 5 | | (a-5) If the registrant is an entity, the
information |
| 6 | | required under subsection (a) for each natural person |
| 7 | | associated with the
registrant who will be lobbying,
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| 8 | | regardless of whether lobbying is a significant part of his |
| 9 | | or her duties.
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| 10 | | (b) The name and address of the client or clients |
| 11 | | employing or retaining
the registrant to perform such |
| 12 | | services or on whose behalf the registrant appears.
If the |
| 13 | | client employing or retaining the registrant is a client |
| 14 | | registrant, the statement shall also include the name and |
| 15 | | address of the client or clients of the client registrant |
| 16 | | on whose behalf the registrant will be or anticipates |
| 17 | | performing services. |
| 18 | | (b-5) If the registrant is retained or employed |
| 19 | | pursuant to a written agreement of retainer or employment, |
| 20 | | a copy of such shall also be attached, or if such retainer |
| 21 | | or employment is oral, a statement of the substance |
| 22 | | thereof; such written retainer, or if it is oral, a |
| 23 | | statement of the substance thereof, and any amendments |
| 24 | | thereto, shall be retained for a period of 3 years. |
| 25 | | (c) A brief description of the executive, legislative, |
| 26 | | or administrative
action in reference to which such service |
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| 1 | | is to be rendered.
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| 2 | | (c-5) Each executive and legislative branch agency the |
| 3 | | registrant
expects
to lobby during the registration |
| 4 | | period.
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| 5 | | (c-6) The nature of the client's business, by |
| 6 | | indicating all
of the following categories that apply: (1) |
| 7 | | banking and financial services, (2)
manufacturing, (3) |
| 8 | | education, (4) environment, (5) healthcare, (6)
insurance, |
| 9 | | (7) community interests, (8) labor, (9) public relations or
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| 10 | | advertising, (10) marketing or sales, (11) hospitality, |
| 11 | | (12) engineering,
(13) information or technology products |
| 12 | | or services, (14) social services,
(15) public utilities, |
| 13 | | (16) racing or wagering, (17) real estate or
construction, |
| 14 | | (18) telecommunications, (19) trade or professional
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| 15 | | association, (20) travel or tourism, (21) transportation, |
| 16 | | (22) agriculture, and (23) other
(setting forth the nature |
| 17 | | of that other business).
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| 18 | | Every natural person and every entity required to register |
| 19 | | under this Act shall annually submit the registration required |
| 20 | | by this Section on or before each January 31. The registrant |
| 21 | | has a continuing duty to report any substantial change or |
| 22 | | addition to the information contained in the registration.
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| 23 | | The Secretary of State shall make all filed statements and |
| 24 | | amendments to statements publicly available by means of a |
| 25 | | searchable database that is accessible through the World Wide |
| 26 | | Web. The Secretary of State shall provide all software |
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| 1 | | necessary to comply with this provision to all natural persons |
| 2 | | and entities required to file. The Secretary of State shall |
| 3 | | implement a plan to provide computer access and assistance to |
| 4 | | natural persons and entities required to file electronically. |
| 5 | | All natural persons
and entities required to register under |
| 6 | | this Act shall remit a single, annual, and
nonrefundable $300 |
| 7 | | registration fee. Each natural person required to register
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| 8 | | under this Act shall submit, on an annual basis, a picture of |
| 9 | | the registrant. A registrant may, in lieu of submitting a
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| 10 | | picture on an annual basis, authorize the Secretary of State to |
| 11 | | use any photo
identification available in any database |
| 12 | | maintained by the Secretary of State
for other purposes. Each |
| 13 | | registration fee collected for registrations on
or after |
| 14 | | January 1, 2010 shall be deposited into the Lobbyist
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| 15 | | Registration Administration Fund for administration and |
| 16 | | enforcement
of this
Act.
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| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 98-459, eff. 1-1-14.)".
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