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AZ SB1069

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/15/2014

Primary Sponsor

Edward Ableser

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-first Legislature - Second Regular Session (2014)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona lobbyist registration and gift disclosure laws by removing specific exemptions for food/beverages, speaking engagements, travel/lodging, and flowers from the definition of reportable gifts.

  • Changes expenditure reporting categories from four specific types (food/beverages, speaking engagements, travel/lodging, flowers) to five general categories (salary/compensation, professional services, plaques/recognition, informational material, other expenditures).

  • Removes an exemption that previously allowed special event expenditures for legislators to be excluded from gift reporting requirements when all members of the legislature or a legislative chamber were invited.

  • Eliminates the definition of "food or beverage" as a separate category and removes the definition of "speaking engagement" as a distinct type of exempt expenditure.

  • Maintains existing prohibitions on gifts exceeding $10 in value per calendar year and gifts designed to influence official conduct, while preserving exceptions for family gifts and personal hospitality.

Legislative Description

Disclosures; lobbyists; special events; gifts

Last Action

Referred to Senate GE Committee

1/16/2014

Full Bill Text

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