Reference is to Printer's Date 2/5/15-H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding appropriately numbered SECTIONS to read:
/ SECTION ____. Section 2-17-20(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(A)
Any A person who acts as a
lobbyist must, within fifteen days of being
employed, appointed, or retained as a lobbyist, shall
register with the State Ethics Commission as provided in this
section. Each person registering must
shall pay a fee of one two
hundred dollars and present to the State Ethics Commission a
communication reflecting the authority of the registrant to
represent the person by whom he is employed, appointed, or
retained. If a partnership, committee, association,
corporation, labor organization, or any other organization or
group of persons registers as a lobbyist, it
must shall identify each person who will
act as a lobbyist on its behalf during the covered period.
There is no registration fee for a lobbyist who is a full-time
employee of a state agency and limits his lobbying to efforts on
behalf of that particular state agency."
/
/ SECTION ____. Section 2-17-25(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(A)
Any A lobbyist's principal
must, within fifteen days of employing,
appointing, or retaining a lobbyist, shall register with
the State Ethics Commission as provided in this section. Each
person registering must shall pay a fee
of one two hundred dollars. If a
partnership, committee, an association, a corporation, labor
organization, or any other organization or group of persons
registers as a lobbyist's principal, it must
shall identify each person who will act as a lobbyist on
its behalf during the covered period. If the State is a
lobbyist's principal, the State is exempt from paying a
registration fee and filing a lobbyist's principal registration
statement." /
/ SECTION ____. Section 2-17-30(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(A) Each
lobbyist, no later than June thirtieth July
tenth and January thirty-first January
tenth of each year, must file a report with the State Ethics
Commission covering that lobbyist's lobbying during that filing
period. The filing periods are from January first to
May thirty-first June thirtieth for the
June thirtieth July tenth report, and
are from June July first to December
thirty-first for the January thirty-first
tenth report. Any lobbying activity not reflected on the
June thirtieth July tenth report and not
reported on a statement of termination pursuant to Section
2-17-20(C) must be reported no later than January
thirty-first tenth of the succeeding
year. Each report must be in a form prescribed by the State
Ethics Commission and be limited to and contain:
(1)
the full name, address, and telephone number of the
reporting lobbyist;
(2)
an identification of each person on whose behalf the
reporting lobbyist engaged in lobbying during the covered
period;
(3)
the official name, number, or description, designated by
the House or Senate or by an agency, of legislation, covered
agency actions, or covered gubernatorial actions for which the
reporting lobbyist engaged in lobbying during the covered
period;
(4)
the identification of each person from whom income
attributable to the lobbyist's lobbying is paid or promised and
the amount of the income attributable to the lobbyist's lobbying
paid or promised;
(5)(a)
a complete and itemized account of the totals of all
amounts expended by a lobbyist in the performance of his
lobbying during the covered period. The totals must be
segregated by the amounts expended for office expenses, rent,
utilities, supplies, and compensation of support personnel
attributable to lobbying covered under the provisions of this
chapter;
(b)
any expenditure directly or indirectly related to lobbying
if expended while engaged in the general course of lobbying and
if reimbursed by the lobbyist's principal;
(6)
the name of each member of the judiciary on whose behalf a
lobbyist initiated or made expenditures and a complete and
itemized account of the amount expended by the lobbyist for each
member of the judiciary;
(7)
a statement detailing any direct business association of a
lobbyist with any current member of the General Assembly, the
Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide
constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency
who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of their
employees. For the purposes of this item, direct business
association does not include:
(a)
ownership interests held by a lobbyist or a lobbyist's
principal and a member of the General Assembly, the Governor,
the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional
officer, any public official of any state agency who engaged in
covered agency actions, or any of their employees in the same
corporation or partnership unless the interest of each exceeds
five percent of the total shares outstanding or partnership
interests in such entity;
(b)
an interest held by a member of the General Assembly, the
Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide
constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency
who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of their employees
in a partnership or corporation represented by a lobbyist or a
lobbyist's principal if the interest is less than five percent
of the total shares outstanding or partnership interests in such
entity; or
(c)
any commercial transaction between a lobbyist or a
lobbyist's principal and a member of the General Assembly, the
Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide
constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency
who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of their employees
in which the fair market value of the goods transferred or
services rendered is paid." /
/ SECTION ____. Section 2-17-35(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(A) Except as
otherwise provided by Section 2-17-90(E), each lobbyist's
principal, no later than June thirtieth July
tenth and January thirty-first January
tenth of each year, must file a report with the State Ethics
Commission covering that lobbyist's principal's expenditures
attributable to lobbying during that filing period. The filing
periods are from January first to May
thirty-first June thirtieth for the June
thirtieth July tenth report, and are from
June July first to December thirty-first
for the January thirty-first tenth
report. Any lobbying activity not reflected on the June
thirtieth July tenth report and not reported on
a statement of termination pursuant to Section 2-17-25(C) must
be reported no later than January thirty-first
tenth of the succeeding year. Each report must be in a
form prescribed by the State Ethics Commission and be limited to
and contain:
(1)
the full name, address, and telephone number of the
reporting lobbyist's principal;
(2)
an identification of each person who acted as a lobbyist
on behalf of the reporting lobbyist's principal during the
covered period;
(3)
the official name, number, or description, designated by
the House or Senate or by an agency, of legislation, covered
agency actions, or covered gubernatorial actions for which its
lobbyist engaged in lobbying during the covered period;
(4)
the identification of each person to whom income
attributable to the lobbyist's lobbying is paid or promised and
the amount of the income attributable to the lobbyist's lobbying
paid or promised;
(5)(a)
a complete and itemized account of all amounts expended by
a lobbyist's principal for lobbying during the covered period.
The totals must be segregated by the amounts expended for office
expenses, rent, utilities, supplies, and compensation of support
personnel attributable to lobbying covered under the provisions
of this chapter;
(b)
any expenditure directly or indirectly related to lobbying
if expended while a lobbyist's principal or his lobbyist is
engaged in the general course of lobbying;
(c)
the name of each public official on whose behalf a
lobbyist's principal initiated or made expenditures pursuant to
Section 2-17-90 and a complete and itemized account of the
amount expended by the lobbyist's principal for each public
official;
(d)
any reimbursements of or expenditures for actual expenses
as allowed in Section 2-17-100;
(6)
the name of each member of the judiciary on whose behalf a
lobbyist's principal initiated or made expenditures and a
complete and itemized account of the amount expended by the
lobbyist's principal for each member of the judiciary;
(7)
a statement detailing any direct business association of a
lobbyist's principal with any current member of the General
Assembly, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other
statewide constitutional officer, any public official of any
state agency who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of
their employees. For the purposes of this item, direct business
association does not include:
(a)
ownership interests held by a lobbyist or a lobbyist's
principal and a member of the General Assembly, the Governor,
the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional
officer, any public official of any state agency who engaged in
covered agency actions, or any of their employees in the same
corporation or partnership unless the interest of each exceeds
five percent of the total shares outstanding or partnership
interests in the entity;
(b)
an interest held by a member of the General Assembly, the
Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide
constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency
who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of their employees
in a partnership or corporation represented by a lobbyist or a
lobbyist's principal if the interest is less than five percent
of the total shares outstanding or partnership interests in such
entity; or
(c)
any commercial transaction between a lobbyist or
lobbyist's principal and a member of the General Assembly, the
Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide
constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency
who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of their employees
in which the fair market value of the goods transferred or
services rendered is paid;
(8)
any contribution, as defined by Section 8-13-1300(7), made
by the lobbyist's principal to any candidate or public official,
including an itemization of:
(a)
the name and address of the public official or candidate
to whom the contribution was made;
(b)
the amount of the contribution;
(c)
the date of the contribution;
(9)
in the case of a voluntary membership organization, dues,
fees, or other amounts payable to the organization during any
calendar year from a member need be recorded only if the
contribution to the organization is more than five hundred
dollars and more than twenty percent of the total contributions
of the organization during that calendar year."
/
/ SECTION ____. Section 2-17-40 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 2-17-40.
(A) Each state agency or department
must, no later than June thirtieth July
tenth and January thirty-first January
tenth of each year, file a report with the State Ethics
Commission covering that agency's lobbying during that filing
period. The filing periods are from January first to
May thirty-first June thirtieth for the
June thirtieth July tenth report, and
are from June July first to December
thirty-first for the January thirty-first
tenth report. Any lobbying activity not reflected on the
June thirtieth July tenth report and not
reported on a statement of termination pursuant to Section
2-17-25(C) must be reported no later than January
thirty-first tenth of the succeeding
year. Each report must be in a form prescribed by the State
Ethics Commission and be limited to and contain:
(1)
an identification of each public official, public
employee, or other person who engaged in lobbying for that
agency during the covered period;
(2)
legislation, covered agency actions, or covered
gubernatorial actions the persons identified in item (1) engaged
in lobbying during the covered period;
(3)
the identification of each person to whom income
attributable to the lobbyist's lobbying is paid or promised and
the amount of the income attributable to the lobbyist's lobbying
paid or promised;
(4)(a)
a complete and itemized account of all expenditures made
or incurred by those persons identified in item (1) in the
performance of their lobbying during the covered period. The
totals must be segregated by the amounts expended for office
expenses, rent, utilities, supplies, and compensation of support
personnel attributable to lobbying covered under the provisions
of this chapter;
(b)
the name of each public official on whose behalf the state
agency or department initiated or made expenditures pursuant to
Section 2-17-90 and a complete and itemized account of the
amount expended by the state agency or department for each
public official;
(c)
any reimbursements of or expenditures for actual expenses
as allowed in Section 2-17-100.
(B) Where total amounts
are required to be reported, totals must be reported for the
entire calendar year to date. The reports required by this
section are not required from any agency whose only lobbying is
appearing before any committee of the General Assembly at the
request of that committee or at the request of any member or
members of that committee."
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Amend title to conform.