Bill Text: IN SB0244 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Lobbyists.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy [SB0244 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2012-SB0244-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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SENATE BILL No. 244

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 2-7-1-10.

Synopsis: Lobbyists. Adds the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation, the National Assembly of Sportsmen's Caucuses, and the State Agriculture and Rural Leaders Association to the list of organizations not considered to be lobbyists under the statute regulating lobbyists.

Effective: July 1, 2012.

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Waterman, Steele, Leising, Hume, Head, Tomes, Grooms

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    January 4, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Policy.

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Introduced

Second Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2012)

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SENATE BILL No. 244

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning the general assembly.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 2-7-1-10; (12)IN0244.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 2-7-1-10, AS AMENDED BY P.L.58-2010, SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 10. (a) "Lobbyist" means any person who:
        (1) engages in lobbying; and
        (2) in any registration year, receives or expends an aggregate of at least five hundred dollars ($500) in compensation or expenditures reportable under this article for lobbying, whether the compensation or expenditure is solely for lobbying or the lobbying is incidental to that individual's regular employment.
    (b) The following are not considered lobbyists:
        (1) A public employee or public official.
        (2) The National Conference of State Legislatures.
        (3) The National Conference of Insurance Legislators.
        (4) The American Legislative Exchange Council.
        (5) Women in Government.
        (6) The Council of State Governments.
        (7) The National Black Caucus of State Legislators.

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         (8) The Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation.
        (9) The National Assembly of Sportsmen's Caucuses.
        (10) The State Agriculture and Rural Leaders Association.
        (8) (11) Any other national organization established for the education and support of legislative leadership, legislators, legislative staff, or related government employees.