HB 984 Summary

• State agencies and community/junior colleges are prohibited from expending public funds to pay contract lobbyists, and any such contracts are declared void and unenforceable.

• Public employees who authorize expenditures for contract lobbying services are subject to termination, though the prohibition does not apply to employees performing lobbying as part of their official duties.

• Section 5-8-3 is amended to add definitions for "state agency," "community or junior college," "public funds," and "contract lobbying" to the lobbying law framework.

• Contracts for legislative advocacy services are deleted from the types of personal service contracts subject to review by the Personal Service Contract Review Board.

• The act takes effect July 1, 2013.