Bill Text: DE HB385 | 2015-2016 | 148th General Assembly | Draft
Bill Title: An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Lobbyists.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-17 - Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House [HB385 Detail]
Download: Delaware-2015-HB385-Draft.html
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Rep. Baumbach & Sen. Townsend & Sen. Sokola Reps. Keeley, Kowalko, Lynn;Sens. Blevins, Marshall, Peterson |
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 148th GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
HOUSE BILL NO. 385 |
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LOBBYISTS. |
Section 1. Amend § 5832, Title 29 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
§5832. Registration of lobbyists with the State Public Integrity Commission.
(b) The information recorded in the Commission's lobbyist docket shall include for each separate employer:
(6) Whether the employer pays or promises to pay compensation, as defined in §5831(a) of this title, to the lobbyist.The amount or value of compensation is not required.
(e) Upon registration, and between January 1st and January 15th of each subsequent year, each lobbyist shall pay an annual registration fee per employer paying or promising compensation to the lobbyist.The fee is not prorated for compensated lobbyists or their employers who are registered for only a portion of the year.At the beginning of each calendar year, the Commission shall establish an annual registration fee which shall approximate and reasonably reflect all costs necessary to defray the expenses of administering §5832, §5833, §5834, §5835, §5836, §5837, §5838 of this title.The Commission may not impose a fee on lobbyists who are not paid, or who are not promised, compensation from the employer of the lobbyist.The fee is payable through the Public Integrity Reporting System database maintained by the Commission.All revenue generated by registration fees shall be deposited in an appropriated special fund account for the Commission.These funds shall be used to fund all costs necessary to defray the expenses of administration of §5832, § 5833, §5834, §5835, §5836, §5837, §5838 of this title. Nothing in this section shall relieve a lobbyist from the registration requirement in subsection (a) of this title, whether required to pay the annual fee or not.
Section 2. Amend §5838, Title 29 of the Delaware Code by making insertions as shown by underline as follows and by redesignating accordingly:
§ 5838. Violations and penalties.
(d) Any person who fails to pay a registration fee required by this subchapter shall be deemed to have voluntarily cancelled registration as a lobbyist and shall be prohibited from reregistering or acting as a lobbyist until all delinquent registration fees are paid.
Section 3. This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2017.
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