YES:
MR. SPEAKER:
Your Committee on Public Policy, Ethics and Veterans Affairs , to which was referred
Senate Bill 280 , has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same
back to the House with the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 3. (a) The activity reports of each
lobbyist shall include the following:
(1) A complete and current statement of the information required
to be supplied under IC 2-7-2-3 and IC 2-7-2-4.
(2) Total expenditures on lobbying (prorated, if necessary) broken
down to include at least the following categories:
(A) Compensation to others who perform lobbying services.
(B) Reimbursement to others who perform lobbying services.
(C) Receptions.
(D) Entertainment, including meals. However, a function to
which the entire general assembly is invited is not lobbying
under this article.
(E) Gifts made to an employee of the general assembly or a
member of the immediate family of an employee of the general
assembly.
(3) A statement of expenditures and gifts that equal one hundred
dollars ($100) or more in one (1) day, or that together total more
than five hundred dollars ($500) during the calendar year, if the
expenditures and gifts are made by the registrant or his the
registrant's agent to benefit:
(A) a member of the general assembly;
(B) an officer of the general assembly;
(C) an employee of the general assembly; or
(D) a member of the immediate family of anyone included in
clause (A), (B), or (C).
(4) Whenever a lobbyist makes an expenditure that is for the
benefit of all of the members of the general assembly on a given
occasion, the total amount expended shall be reported, but the
lobbyist shall not prorate the expenditure among each member of
the general assembly.
(5) A list of the general subject matter of each bill or resolution
concerning which a lobbying effort was made within the
registration period.
(6) The name of the beneficiary of each expenditure or gift made
by the lobbyist or his the lobbyist's agent that is required to be
reported under subdivision (3).
(7) The name of each member of the general assembly from
whom the lobbyist has received an affidavit required under
IC 2-2.1-3-3.5.
(b) In the second semiannual report, when total amounts are
required to be reported, totals shall be stated both for the period
covered by the statement and for the entire reporting year.
(c) An amount reported under this section is not required to include
the following:
(1) Overhead costs.
(2) Charges for any of the following:
(A) Postage.
(B) Express mail service.
(C) Stationery.
(D) Facsimile transmissions.
(E) Telephone calls.
(3) Expenditures for the personal services of clerical and other
support staff persons who are not lobbyists.
(4) Expenditures for leasing or renting an office.
(5) Expenditures for lodging, meals, and other personal expenses
of the lobbyist.
(6) Expenditures for goods and services purchased from a
business in which a person identified in subsection (a)(3) has
an interest, directly or indirectly, if the expenditures are
made:
(A) in the ordinary course of business at prices that are
available to the general public; and
(B) without the knowledge of the person identified in
subsection (a)(3).".
(Reference is to SB 280 as printed February 4, 2003.)
and when so amended that said bill do pass.