Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1170
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 2-7-5-6.
Synopsis: Lobbying by legislators who resign from office. Provides
that a member of the general assembly who retires from the general
assembly may not register as a lobbyist during the remainder of the
term to which the member was elected. Provides that the prohibition
applies only to an individual who retires from the general assembly
after June 30, 2009.
Effective: July 1, 2009.
January 12, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative
Procedures.
Introduced
First Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2009)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1170
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 2-7-5-6; (09)IN1170.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 2-7-5-6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 6. The following persons may not
be registered as a lobbyist under this article:
(1) Any individual convicted of a felony for violating any law
while the individual was an officer or employee of any agency of
state government or a unit of local government.
(2) Any person convicted of a felony relating to lobbying.
(3) Any person convicted of a felony and who:
(A) is in prison;
(B) is on probation; or
(C) has been in prison or on probation within the immediate
past one (1) year.
(4) Any person:
whose:
(A)
whose statement or report required to be filed under this
article was found to be materially incorrect as a result of a
determination under IC 2-7-6-5; and
(B) who has not filed a corrected statement or report for that
year when requested to do so by the commission.
(5) Any person who has failed to pay a civil penalty assessed
under IC 2-7-6-5.
(6) Any person who is on the most recent tax warrant list supplied
to the commission by the department of state revenue until:
(A) the person provides a statement to the commission
indicating that the person's delinquent tax liability has been
satisfied; or
(B) the commission receives a notice from the commissioner
of the department of state revenue under IC 6-8.1-8-2(k).
(7) An individual who:
(A) has served as a member of the general assembly; and
(B) retires from the general assembly after June 30, 2009;
during the period that ends on the date that the term to which
the individual was most recently elected as a member of the
general assembly expires.