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MI HB5356
Bill
Status
2/2/2012
Primary Sponsor
Timothy Bledsoe
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AI Summary
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Former Michigan state senators, representatives, governors, lieutenant governors, attorneys general, and secretaries of state are prohibited from lobbying for compensation or making lobbying expenditures at or above the lobbyist agent registration threshold for 2 years after leaving office.
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Heads of principal executive branch departments are prohibited from lobbying for compensation or making lobbying expenditures at or above the lobbyist agent registration threshold for 1 year after leaving their position.
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State officials who resign from office are prohibited from lobbying for compensation or making lobbying expenditures at or above the lobbyist agent registration threshold for the remainder of their original term of office.
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Violations of these lobbying restrictions constitute a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, a fine of not more than $1,000, or both.
Legislative Description
Public employees and officers; ethics; lobbying by former legislators and executive branch officers; prohibit for a defined period after leaving state service. Amends sec. 6a of 1978 PA 472 (MCL 4.416a).
Legislature, legislators
Last Action
Re-referred To Committee On Redistricting And Elections
3/29/2012