HB 66 Summary

• Prohibits state employees from holding statewide elective office or serving in the Legislature, effective November 1, 2011.

• Extends the prohibition to employees of state departments, agencies, boards, commissions, and public educational institutions including city and county boards of education and public colleges and universities.

• Includes contractors who personally provide services under personal or professional services contracts with state entities or educational institutions in the same prohibition.

• Grandfather clause allows individuals already holding both a public office and a state employment or contract as of the bill's effective date to continue under existing contracts until they can be terminated without penalty, provided the contracts are not amended, extended, or renewed.

• Known as the "End to Double Dipping Act" and becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and gubernatorial approval.