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AZ SB1069
Bill
Status
1/15/2014
Primary Sponsor
Edward Ableser
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AI Summary
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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