CRC - 2017 COMMISSIONER AMENDMENT
Proposal No. CS for P 39
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: 3/WD .
03/19/2018 04:50 PM .
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Commissioner Lee moved the following:
1 CRC Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 99 - 120
4 and insert:
5 (h)(1) As used in this subsection, the term:
6 a. “Lobbyist” means any person who is not an officer or a
7 full-time employee of a political subdivision who seeks, for
8 compensation, to influence governmental decision making on
9 behalf of other individuals or entities.
10 b. “Political subdivision” means any state, regional,
11 county, municipal, or district governmental entity of this state
12 or a part thereof, whether executive, judicial, or legislative;
13 including any special district, school district, public school,
14 state college, or state university.
15 (2) A political subdivision may only retain a lobbyist for
16 the purpose of advocating for or against policy issues. A
17 political subdivision may not retain a lobbyist to seek an
18 appropriation from the legislature for the primary benefit of
19 that political subdivision. A lobbyist that has been retained by
20 a political subdivision to advocate on a policy issue may not
21 seek an appropriation from the legislature for the primary
22 benefit of that political subdivision.
23 (i)(h) This section shall not be construed to limit
24 disclosures and prohibitions which may be established by law to
25 preserve the public trust and avoid conflicts between public
26 duties and private interests.
27 (j)(i) Schedule—On the effective date of this amendment and
28 until changed by law:
29 (1) Full and public disclosure of financial interests shall
30 mean filing with the custodian of state records by July 1 of
31 each year a sworn statement showing net worth and identifying
32 each asset and liability in excess of $1,000 and its value
33 together with one of the following:
34 a. A copy of the person’s most recent federal income tax
35 return; or
36 b. A sworn statement which identifies each separate source
37 and amount of income which exceeds $1,000. The forms for such
38 source disclosure and the rules under which they are to be filed
39 shall be prescribed by the independent commission established in
40 subsection (f), and such rules shall include disclosure of
41 secondary sources of income.
42 (2) Persons holding statewide elective offices shall also
43 file disclosure of their financial interests pursuant to
44 paragraph (1) subsection (i)(1).
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47 And the title is amended as follows:
48 Delete lines 7 - 10
49 and insert:
50 person or entity before certain governmental bodies,
51 to specify minimum requirements for the Code of Ethics
52 as to the prohibition against abuse of public
53 position, and to prohibit a lobbyist from seeking any
54 appropriation of money or advocate concerning any
55 issue which the lobbyist knows will require a direct,
56 specific appropriation from the legislature on behalf
57 of a political subdivision.