103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4631 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 25 ILCS 170/3 from Ch. 63, par. 173 Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Exempts from registration under the Act persons or entities that (i) communicate with officials solely for the purpose of discussing and negotiating economic incentive agreements and awards provided through various specified statutory provisions, statutory funds, and local government programs and (ii) do not make expenditures that are reportable under the Act. Specifies that the exemption does not apply if a person or entity performs any other actions that would require registration under the Act. LRB103 38537 JAG 68673 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4631 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 25 ILCS 170/3 from Ch. 63, par. 173 25 ILCS 170/3 from Ch. 63, par. 173 Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Exempts from registration under the Act persons or entities that (i) communicate with officials solely for the purpose of discussing and negotiating economic incentive agreements and awards provided through various specified statutory provisions, statutory funds, and local government programs and (ii) do not make expenditures that are reportable under the Act. Specifies that the exemption does not apply if a person or entity performs any other actions that would require registration under the Act. LRB103 38537 JAG 68673 b LRB103 38537 JAG 68673 b A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4631 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Exempts from registration under the Act persons or entities that (i) communicate with officials solely for the purpose of discussing and negotiating economic incentive agreements and awards provided through various specified statutory provisions, statutory funds, and local government programs and (ii) do not make expenditures that are reportable under the Act. Specifies that the exemption does not apply if a person or entity performs any other actions that would require registration under the Act.
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1 AN ACT concerning State government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by
5 changing Section 3 as follows:
6 (25 ILCS 170/3) (from Ch. 63, par. 173)
7 Sec. 3. Persons required to register.
8 (a) Except as provided in Section 9, any natural person
9 who, for compensation or otherwise, undertakes to lobby, or
10 any person or entity who employs or compensates another person
11 for the purposes of lobbying, shall register with the
12 Secretary of State as provided in this Act, unless that person
13 or entity qualifies for one or more of the following
14 exemptions.
15 (1) Persons or entities who, for the purpose of
16 influencing any executive, legislative, or administrative
17 action and who do not make expenditures that are
18 reportable pursuant to Section 6, appear without
19 compensation or promise thereof only as witnesses before a
20 legislative committee for the purpose of explaining or
21 arguing for or against the passage of or action upon any
22 legislation, ordinance, or regulation then pending before
23 the committee, or who seek without compensation or promise
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4631 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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25 ILCS 170/3 from Ch. 63, par. 173
Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Exempts from registration under the Act persons or entities that (i) communicate with officials solely for the purpose of discussing and negotiating economic incentive agreements and awards provided through various specified statutory provisions, statutory funds, and local government programs and (ii) do not make expenditures that are reportable under the Act. Specifies that the exemption does not apply if a person or entity performs any other actions that would require registration under the Act.
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1 thereof the approval or veto of any legislation or
2 ordinance.
3 (1.4) A unit of local government, State government, or
4 agencies, departments, commissions, boards, or task forces
5 thereof.
6 (1.5) An elected or appointed official or an employee
7 of a unit of local government who, in the scope of his or
8 her public office or employment, seeks to influence
9 executive, legislative, or administrative action
10 exclusively on behalf of that unit of local government.
11 (2) Persons or entities who own, publish, or are
12 employed by a newspaper or other regularly published
13 periodical, or who own or are employed by a radio station,
14 television station, or other bona fide news medium that in
15 the ordinary course of business disseminates news,
16 editorial or other comment, or paid advertisements that
17 directly urge the passage or defeat of legislation. This
18 exemption is not applicable to such an individual insofar
19 as he or she receives additional compensation or expenses
20 from some source other than the bona fide news medium for
21 the purpose of influencing executive, legislative, or
22 administrative action. This exemption does not apply to
23 newspapers and periodicals owned by or published by trade
24 associations and not-for-profit corporations engaged
25 primarily in endeavors other than dissemination of news.
26 (3) Persons or entities performing professional
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1 services in drafting bills or in advising and rendering
2 opinions to clients as to the construction and effect of
3 proposed or pending legislation when those professional
4 services are not otherwise, directly or indirectly,
5 connected with executive, legislative, or administrative
6 action.
7 (4) Persons or entities who are employees of
8 departments, divisions, or agencies of State or local
9 government for the purpose of explaining how the
10 executive, legislative, or administrative action will
11 affect those departments, divisions, or agencies of State
12 or local government.
13 (5) Employees of the General Assembly, legislators,
14 legislative agencies, and legislative commissions who, in
15 the course of their official duties only, engage in
16 activities that otherwise qualify as lobbying. Legislators
17 whose activities are limited to occasional communications
18 with an official of a unit of local government on behalf of
19 their employer in the ordinary course of their non-public
20 employment where (1) the primary duties of the employment
21 are not to influence executive, legislative, or
22 administrative action and (2) the legislator does not make
23 any expenditures that are reportable pursuant to Section
24 6.
25 (6) Persons or entities in possession of technical
26 skills and knowledge relevant to certain areas of
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1 executive, legislative, or administrative actions, whose
2 skills and knowledge would be helpful to officials when
3 considering those actions, whose activities are limited to
4 making occasional appearances for or communicating on
5 behalf of a registrant, and who do not make expenditures
6 that are reportable pursuant to Section 6 even though
7 receiving expense reimbursement for those occasional
8 appearances.
9 (7) Any full-time employee of a bona fide church or
10 religious organization who represents that organization
11 solely for the purpose of protecting the right of the
12 members thereof to practice the religious doctrines of
13 that church or religious organization, or any such bona
14 fide church or religious organization.
15 (8) Persons or entities that receive no compensation
16 other than reimbursement for expenses of up to $500 per
17 year while engaged in lobbying, unless those persons make
18 expenditures that are reportable under Section 6.
19 (9) Any attorney or group or firm of attorneys (1) in
20 connection with the practice of law or (2) in the course of
21 representing a client in relation to any administrative,
22 judicial, quasi-judicial proceeding, or any witness
23 providing testimony in any administrative, judicial, or
24 quasi-judicial proceeding, and who does not make
25 expenditures that are reportable pursuant to Section 6.
26 (9.5) Any attorney or group or firm of attorneys in
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1 the course of representing a client in an administrative
2 or executive action involving a contractual or purchasing
3 arrangement and who does not make expenditures that are
4 reportable pursuant to Section 6.
5 (10) Persons or entities who, in the scope of their
6 employment as a vendor, offer or solicit an official for
7 the purchase of any goods or services when (1) the
8 solicitation is limited to either an oral inquiry or
9 written advertisements and informative literature; or (2)
10 the goods and services are subject to competitive bidding
11 requirements; or (3) the goods and services are for sale
12 at a cost not to exceed $5,000; and (4) the persons or
13 entities do not make expenditures that are reportable
14 under Section 6.
15 (11) Persons or entities that (i) communicate with
16 officials solely for the purpose of discussing and
17 negotiating economic incentive agreements or awards made
18 under or through the Reimagining Energy and Vehicles in
19 Illinois Act; Section 605-1025 of the Department of
20 Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law; the Manufacturing
21 Illinois Chips for Real Opportunity (MICRO) Act; the
22 Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Act;
23 the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act; the Invest in Illinois
24 Act; the Community Development/Small Cities Block Grant
25 Fund; the Workforce, Technology, and Economic Development
26 Fund; the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act of 2008;
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1 the Historic Preservation Tax Credit Act; River Edge
2 Redevelopment Zone Act; the County Economic Development
3 Project Area Tax Increment Allocation Act of 1991; the
4 Economic Development Project Area Tax Increment Allocation
5 Act of 1995; the Economic Development Area Tax Increment
6 Allocation Act; or any other statutory provision,
7 statutory fund, or local government program through which
8 economic incentives are provided to encourage businesses
9 to expand or relocate operations in Illinois and (ii) do
10 not make expenditures that are reportable pursuant to
11 Section 6. If a person or entity performs any other
12 actions that would require registration under this
13 Section, that person or entity must register with the
14 Secretary of State as set forth in Section 3, regardless
15 of the exemption created under this paragraph (11).
16 (a-5) If, in the course of providing services as a
17 consultant, the consultant communicates with an official on
18 behalf of the lobbyist or lobbying entity for the ultimate
19 purpose of influencing any executive, legislative, or
20 administrative action, or makes an expenditure on behalf of or
21 benefiting an official, the consultant shall register as a
22 lobbyist within 2 business days of engaging in the
23 communication with the official or making the expenditure
24 benefiting the official.
25 (b) It is a violation of this Act to engage in lobbying or
26 to employ any person for the purpose of lobbying who is not
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