ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 508	By:	Treat of the Senate

			and

		Dank of the House

An Act relating to conflicts of interest; prohibiting candidate for certain office or immediate family member from requesting, receiving or agreeing to receive certain things of value; providing for definition of terms; providing for aggregation of things of value; prohibiting certain persons from giving or offering to give prohibited things of value; providing penalty; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 4261 of Title 74, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  No person who has filed a declaration of candidacy for a state office or who is considered a candidate for state office as such term is defined in Rule 1-1-2 the of Rules of the Ethics Commission, and no immediate family member of such a person shall, directly or indirectly, ask, demand, exact, solicit, seek, accept, assign, receive or agree to receive things of value in a calendar year which, in the aggregate, are valued at more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) from a person who the filer of the declaration of candidacy knows or should know:
1.  Is a lobbyist or lobbyist principal, provided that the following shall not be subject to this subsection:
a.	things of value received as a result of or arising out of employment by, or doing business with, a lobbyist or lobbyist principal, and
b.	things of value received from any director, stockholder, partner, agent, affiliate, member, employee or officer of a lobbyist principal if the donor is excepted in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2) from the definition of "anything of value" in Rule 1-1-2 of the Rules of the Ethics Commission, or if there exists between the recipient and the donor a close personal relationship of long standing in which the mutual exchange of gifts on special occasions, such as holidays or anniversaries, has become customary;
2.  Is seeking to do business or doing business with a governmental entity; or
3.  Has an economic interest in actions or matters before or affecting a governmental entity.
B.  As used in this section, the terms "candidate", "lobbyist", "lobbyist principal", "anything of value, thing of value or things of value", "governmental entity" and "immediate family", shall be defined as set forth in Rule 1-1-2 of the Rules of the Ethics Commission.
C.  A thing or things of value given by a lobbyist; the lobbyist principal by whom the lobbyist is employed or retained; or a stockholder, partner, agent, affiliate, member, employee or officer of the lobbyist principal or lobbyist principals by whom the lobbyist is employed or retained are aggregated for purposes of the disclosure threshold and calendar year limits, regardless of how the thing or things of value are funded if, and only if, the thing or things of value are given at the specific direction, and on behalf of, the lobbyist principal.  Lobbyist principals of contract lobbyists shall not be aggregated together for purposes of this provision.  If more than one lobbyist is retained or employed by a lobbyist principal, the disclosure and calendar year limits of the first lobbyist to register on behalf of the lobbyist principal for a calendar year are aggregated with each additional lobbyist, employed or retained by the same lobbyist principal.
D.  No lobbyist or lobbyist principal, person seeking to do business or doing business with a governmental entity or person with an economic interest in actions or matters before or affecting a governmental entity, shall give or offer to give things of value in violation of the provisions of this section.
E.  Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any provision of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2013.
Passed the Senate the 5th day of March, 2013.

	
	Presiding Officer of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________, 2013.

	
	Presiding Officer of the House
	of Representatives