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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5310
Introduced 01/25/06, by Rep. James H. Meyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Prohibits a person required to be registered, his or her spouse, and his or her immediate family member living with that person from serving as an arbitrator or a hearing officer for certain boards, commissions, authorities, and task forces.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5310 |
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LRB094 17319 JAM 52614 b |
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 3.1 as follows:
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| (25 ILCS 170/3.1)
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| Sec. 3.1. Prohibition on service with respect to
serving on |
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| boards and commissions.
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| (a)
Notwithstanding any other law of this State, on and |
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| after February 1, 2004,
but not before that date, a person |
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| required to be registered
under this Act, his or her spouse, |
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| and his or her immediate family members
living with that person |
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| may not
serve on a board, commission, authority, or task force |
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| authorized or created
by State law or by executive order of the |
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| Governor.
; except that this
restriction does |
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| (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act |
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| of the 94th General Assembly, a person required to be |
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| registered under this Act, his or her spouse, and his or her |
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| immediate family member living with that person may not serve |
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| as an arbitrator or a hearing officer for a board, commission, |
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| authority, or task force authorized or created by State law or |
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| by executive order of the Governor.
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| (c) The restrictions of this Section do not apply to any of |
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| the
following:
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| (1) a registered lobbyist, his or her spouse, or any |
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| immediate family
member living with the registered |
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| lobbyist, who is serving in an elective
public office, |
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| whether
elected or appointed to fill a vacancy; and
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| (2) a registered lobbyist, his or her spouse, or any |
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| immediate family
member living with the registered |
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| lobbyist, who is serving on a State
advisory body
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| makes nonbinding recommendations to an agency of State |