Bill Text: WV SB12 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibiting lobbying by counsel of state boards and commissions
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - To Judiciary [SB12 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2020-SB12-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2020 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 12
By Senator Maynard
[Introduced January
8, 2020; referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend and reenact §30-1-22 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to lobbying by counsel of state boards and commissions.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL STATE BOARDS OF EXAMINATION OR REGISTRATION REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER.
§30-1-22. Lobbying.
No board may employ or
contract with any person whose job functions or obligations include lobbying on
behalf of the board: Provided, That the director board counsel
and appointed board members may lobby on behalf of the board.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide that the director and appointed board members, but not board counsel, may lobby on behalf of the board.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
