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IN SB0228
Bill
Status
1/6/2015
Primary Sponsor
Michael Delph
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AI Summary
Senate Bill No. 228 Summary
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Prohibits lobbyists from providing anything of value to or paying for/reimbursing travel expenses of legislative persons traveling outside Indiana, with exceptions for organizations where the legislator holds an officer or employee position and for approved public policy speakers.
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Makes it a Level 6 felony for a chief executive of a governmental entity to knowingly or intentionally authorize expenditures of tax-derived revenue to engage a lobbyist or legislative liaison, and voids any such agreements.
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Voids any state appropriation from tax-revenue funds designated to pay dues, fees, or meeting expenses for the Council of State Governments, National Conference of State Legislatures, or National Conference of Insurance Legislators, and prohibits budget agencies from allotting money for these purposes.
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Effective July 1, 2015.
Legislative Description
Lobbying and funding of certain organizations. Adds a prohibition against a lobbyist providing anything of value to, or paying for or reimbursing any expenses of, a legislative person when the legislative person is traveling out of state. Makes it a Level 6 felony for a governmental entity to expend money to engage a lobbyist or a legislative liaison using tax revenue. Specifies that such an agreement is void. Invalidates any state appropriation that is made from a fund that receives revenue derived from the imposition of a state tax if the appropriation is to pay expenses related to the Council
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Tax & Fiscal Policy
1/6/2015