MS HB88

State agencies, governing authorities, and community/junior colleges are prohibited from using public funds to pay independent contractors or contract workers to perform lobbying services on their behalf

Any contract for lobbying services that requires expenditure of public funds by these entities is void and unenforceable

Public employees who authorize expenditure of public funds for contract lobbying are subject to termination from their positions

The prohibition does not apply to public employees who lobby as part of their regular employment duties when authorized by their supervisor or governing board, though they must still comply with lobbying disclosure requirements

Removes "legislative advocacy services" from the types of contracts subject to oversight by the Public Procurement Review Board, conforming to the new prohibition on taxpayer-funded contract lobbying