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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 68B.2, Code 1995, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  12A.  "Lobby" or "lobbying" means the act
  1  4 of encouraging the passage, defeat, approval, veto, or
  1  5 modification of legislation, a rule, or an executive order.
  1  6 "Lobby" or "lobbying" does not include formal appearances to
  1  7 give testimony or information at meetings of committees of the
  1  8 general assembly or at public hearings of state agencies or
  1  9 the giving of testimony or providing information or assistance
  1 10 at the specific request of public officials or employees.
  1 11 "Lobby" or "lobbying" also does not include communications by
  1 12 a federal, state, or local elected official with public
  1 13 officials or public employees if those communications directly
  1 14 concern the constituencies represented by the federal, state,
  1 15 or local elected official and are made while performing the
  1 16 duties and responsibilities of federal, state, or local
  1 17 office; communications by officials and employees of a
  1 18 political party organized in the state of Iowa representing
  1 19 more than two percent of the total votes cast for governor in
  1 20 the last preceding general election, but only when
  1 21 representing the political party in an official capacity;
  1 22 communications made by agency officials and employees to other
  1 23 persons within the agency while engaged in activities within
  1 24 the agency in which they serve or are employed or to persons
  1 25 within another agency with which the official's or employee's
  1 26 agency is involved in a collaborative project.
  1 27    Sec. 2.  Section 68B.2, subsection 13, paragraph a,
  1 28 subparagraphs (1) through (4), Code 1995, are amended to read
  1 29 as follows:
  1 30    (1)  Receives compensation to encourage the passage,
  1 31 defeat, approval, veto, or modification of legislation, a
  1 32 rule, or an executive order by lobby the members of the
  1 33 general assembly, a state agency, or any statewide elected
  1 34 official.
  1 35    (2)  Is a designated representative of an organization
  2  1 which has as one of its purposes the encouragement of the
  2  2 passage, defeat, approval, veto, or modification of
  2  3 legislation, a rule, or an executive order before lobbying of
  2  4 the general assembly, a state agency, or any statewide elected
  2  5 official.
  2  6    (3)  Represents the position of a federal, state, or local
  2  7 government agency, in which the person serves or is employed
  2  8 as the designated representative, for purposes of encouraging
  2  9 the passage, defeat, approval, veto, or modification of
  2 10 legislation, a rule, or an executive order by lobbying the
  2 11 members of the general assembly, a state agency, or any
  2 12 statewide elected official.
  2 13    (4)  Makes expenditures of more than one thousand dollars
  2 14 in a calendar year, other than to pay compensation to an
  2 15 individual who provides the services specified under
  2 16 subparagraph (1) or to communicate with only the members of
  2 17 the general assembly who represent the district in which the
  2 18 individual resides, to communicate in person with personally
  2 19 lobby the members of the general assembly, a state agency, or
  2 20 any statewide elected official for purposes of encouraging the
  2 21 passage, defeat, approval, veto, or modification of
  2 22 legislation, a rule, or an executive order.
  2 23    Sec. 3.  Section 68B.2, subsection 13, paragraph b, Code
  2 24 1995, is amended by striking the paragraph.
  2 25    Sec. 4.  Section 68B.2, Code 1995, is amended by adding the
  2 26 following new subsection:
  2 27    NEW SUBSECTION.  18A.  "Political subdivision" means a
  2 28 city, county, school corporation, or any public body or public
  2 29 corporation which is not an agency of state government that
  2 30 has power to levy or certify a tax or sum of money to be
  2 31 collected by taxation.
  2 32    Sec. 5.  NEW SECTION.  68B.5B  USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS BY STATE
  2 33 AGENCY FOR LOBBYING PROHIBITED.
  2 34    An agency of state government shall not use public funds
  2 35 appropriated to the agency for purposes of lobbying members of
  3  1 the general assembly, a state agency, or any statewide elected
  3  2 official.  A person, corporation, organization, association,
  3  3 or entity shall not use funds received from a state agency for
  3  4 the purposes of lobbying members of the general assembly, a
  3  5 state agency, or any statewide elected official.
  3  6    Sec. 6.  NEW SECTION.  68B.5C  USE OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION
  3  7 FUNDS FOR LOBBYING PROHIBITED.
  3  8    A political subdivision shall not use public funds
  3  9 appropriated or levied or certified through taxation for
  3 10 purposes of lobbying members of the general assembly, a state
  3 11 agency, or any statewide elected official.  A person,
  3 12 corporation, organization, association, or entity shall not
  3 13 use funds received from a political subdivision for the
  3 14 purposes of lobbying members of the general assembly, a state
  3 15 agency, or any statewide elected official.  
  3 16                           EXPLANATION
  3 17    This bill creates a definition of the term "lobby" and
  3 18 modifies the definition of the term "lobbyist" to conform that
  3 19 term to the new term.  The term "lobby" is defined to mean the
  3 20 act of encouraging the passage, defeat, approval, veto, or
  3 21 modification of legislation, a rule, or an executive order.
  3 22 Certain forms of communication, such as formal appearances to
  3 23 give testimony, providing information or assistance at the
  3 24 specific request of a public official or employee,
  3 25 communications which are directly related to the performance
  3 26 of duties of elective office, communications made by political
  3 27 party officials which are related to party functions, and
  3 28 interagency and intraagency communications related to agency
  3 29 activities or collaborative projects, are excluded from the
  3 30 definition of the term "lobby".  A definition of the term
  3 31 "political subdivision" is added and it is defined to mean a
  3 32 city, county, school corporation, or any public body or public
  3 33 corporation which is not an agency of state government, but
  3 34 has the power to levy or certify a tax or sum of money to be
  3 35 collected by taxation.
  4  1    The bill creates two prohibitions related to the use of
  4  2 public funds for lobbying purposes.  The first prohibition
  4  3 relates to the use of public funds appropriated to a state
  4  4 agency for purposes of lobbying the general assembly, a state
  4  5 agency, or any statewide elected official.  Agencies are
  4  6 prohibited from using public funds in such a manner as are
  4  7 persons who receive public funds from a state agency.  The
  4  8 second prohibition relates to the use of public funds
  4  9 appropriated to or raised by a political subdivision by
  4 10 taxation.  A political subdivision is prohibited from using
  4 11 public funds for lobbying purposes and persons who receive
  4 12 public funds from a political subdivision are prohibited from
  4 13 using those funds.  
  4 14 LSB 2055YH 76
  4 15 lh/jj/8
     
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