CRC - 2017 COMMISSIONER AMENDMENT
Proposal No. CS for P 39
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: 4/WD .
03/19/2018 09:02 PM .
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Commissioner Lee moved the following:
1 CRC Substitute for Amendment (417664) (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Delete lines 99 - 120
5 and insert:
6 (h)(1) As used in this subsection, the term:
7 a. “Lobbyist” means any person who is not an officer or a
8 full-time employee of a political subdivision who seeks, for
9 compensation, to influence governmental decision making on
10 behalf of other individuals or entities.
11 b. “Political subdivision” means any state, regional,
12 county, municipal, or district governmental entity of this state
13 or a part thereof, whether executive, judicial, or legislative;
14 including any special district, school district, public school,
15 state college, or state university.
16 (2)a. A political subdivision may not retain a lobbyist to
17 seek, or advocate for or against, an appropriation from the
18 legislature for the primary benefit of that political
19 subdivision. A lobbyist that is retained, or has been retained
20 within the preceding six months, by a political subdivision to
21 advocate on a policy issue may not seek, or advocate for or
22 against, an appropriation from the legislature for the primary
23 benefit of that political subdivision.
24 b. A political subdivision may not retain a lobbyist to
25 seek, or advocate for or against, an executive branch agency
26 legislative budget request, the governor’s recommended budget,
27 or the approval or veto of an appropriation made by the
28 legislature for the primary benefit of that political
29 subdivision. A lobbyist that is retained, or has been retained
30 within the preceding six months, by a political subdivision to
31 advocate on a policy issue may not seek, or advocate for or
32 against, an executive branch agency legislative budget request,
33 the governor’s recommended budget, or the approval or veto of an
34 appropriation made by the legislature for the primary benefit of
35 that political subdivision.
36 (i)(h) This section shall not be construed to limit
37 disclosures and prohibitions which may be established by law to
38 preserve the public trust and avoid conflicts between public
39 duties and private interests.
40 (j)(i) Schedule—On the effective date of this amendment and
41 until changed by law:
42 (1) Full and public disclosure of financial interests shall
43 mean filing with the custodian of state records by July 1 of
44 each year a sworn statement showing net worth and identifying
45 each asset and liability in excess of $1,000 and its value
46 together with one of the following:
47 a. A copy of the person’s most recent federal income tax
48 return; or
49 b. A sworn statement which identifies each separate source
50 and amount of income which exceeds $1,000. The forms for such
51 source disclosure and the rules under which they are to be filed
52 shall be prescribed by the independent commission established in
53 subsection (f), and such rules shall include disclosure of
54 secondary sources of income.
55 (2) Persons holding statewide elective offices shall also
56 file disclosure of their financial interests pursuant to
57 paragraph (1) subsection (i)(1).
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60 And the title is amended as follows:
61 Delete lines 7 - 10
62 and insert:
63 person or entity before certain governmental bodies,
64 to specify minimum requirements for the Code of Ethics
65 as to the prohibition against abuse of public
66 position, to prohibit political subdivisions from
67 retaining a lobbyist for specified purposes, and to
68 prohibit a lobbyist from lobbying on specified
69 budgetary matters and appropriations on behalf of a
70 political subdivision.