SB 280-1_ Filed 04/03/2003, 10:58
Adopted 4/7/2003


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COMMITTEE REPORT


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7

                                                        NO:
0

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:

SOURCE: Page 1, line 3; (03)AM028004.1. -->     Page 1, line 3, strike "July 31," and insert May 31,".
    Page 1, line 3, strike "January 1" and insert " November 1 of the immediately preceding calendar year through April 30.".
    Page 1, line 4, strike "through June 30.".
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SOURCE: IC 2-7-3-3; (03)AM028004.2. -->     "SECTION 2. IC 2-7-3-3 IS AMENDED TO READ 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).
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    (Reference is to SB 280 as printed February 4, 2003.)

and when so amended that said bill do pass.

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Representative Lytle


AM028004/DI 14    2003