Bill Text: IN HB1019 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Lobbying by former legislators.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-05 - First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures [HB1019 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-HB1019-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 2-7-5-6.
Synopsis: Lobbying by former legislators. Provides that an individual
who has served as a member of the general assembly may not register
as a legislative branch lobbyist during the period that ends 365 days
after the date the individual ceases to be a member of the general
assembly. Provides that the prohibition applies only to an individual
who ceases to be a member of the general assembly after June 30,
2010.
Effective: July 1, 2010.
January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative
Procedures.
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(1) Any individual convicted of a felony for violating any law while the individual was an officer or employee of any agency of state government or a unit of local government.
(2) Any person convicted of a felony relating to lobbying.
(3) Any person convicted of a felony and who:
(A) is in prison;
(B) is on probation; or
(C) has been in prison or on probation within the immediate past one (1) year.
(4) Any person:
(A) whose statement or report required to be filed under this article was found to be materially incorrect as a result of a determination under IC 2-7-6-5; and
(B) who has not filed a corrected statement or report for that year when requested to do so by the commission.
(5) Any person who has failed to pay a civil penalty assessed under IC 2-7-6-5.
(6) Any person who is on the most recent tax warrant list supplied to the commission by the department of state revenue until:
(A) the person provides a statement to the commission indicating that the person's delinquent tax liability has been satisfied; or
(B) the commission receives a notice from the commissioner of the department of state revenue under IC 6-8.1-8-2(k).
(b) An individual who:
(1) has served as a member of the general assembly; and
(2) ceases to be a member of the general assembly after June 30, 2010;
may not be registered as a lobbyist under this article during the period that ends three hundred sixty-five (365) days after the date the individual ceases to be a member of the general assembly.