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IN SB0284

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/7/2016

Primary Sponsor

Michael Delph

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Origin

Senate

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits lobbyists from providing anything of value to or paying for expenses of legislative persons traveling outside Indiana.
  • Makes it a Level 6 felony for a governmental entity chief executive to knowingly authorize compensation for lobbying using tax revenue, and voids any such agreement.
  • Invalidates state appropriations from tax-funded sources used to pay dues, fees, or meeting expenses for the Council of State Governments, National Conference of State Legislatures, or National Conference of Insurance Legislators.
  • Directs the state budget agency to prohibit allotment of money from tax-funded sources for the specified organizations' expenses.
  • Effective July 1, 2016.

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 compensate a person to engage in lobbying 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 to the extent the appropriation is used to pay expenses related to the Council

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Rules & Legislative Procedure

1/7/2016

Committee Referrals

Rules and Legislative Procedure1/7/2016

Full Bill Text

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