CRC - 2017                                COMMISSIONER AMENDMENT
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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)
    3  
    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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   59  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   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.