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18  employee would ordinarily charge another person.
19     c.  Use of confidential information.  A member or
20  employee of the house, in order to further the
21  member's or employee's own economic interests, or
22  those of any other person, shall not disclose or use
23  confidential information acquired in the course of the
24  member's or employee's official duties.  For the
25  purpose of this rule, information disclosed in open
26  session at a public meeting under chapter 21 of the
27  Code and information that is a public record under
28  chapter 22 of the Code is not confidential
29  information.
30     d.  Employment.  A member or employee of the house

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 1  shall not accept employment, either directly or
 2  indirectly, from a political action committee.  A
 3  member of the house shall not act as a paid lobbyist
 4  for any organization.  However, this paragraph shall
 5  not prohibit a member or employee of the house from
 6  working for a candidate's committee, a political
 7  party's action committee, or a political action
 8  committee which does not support or oppose a candidate
 9  for public office in this state or a ballot issue in
10  this state and which is not interested in issues
11  before the general assembly.
12     For the purpose of this rule, a political action
13  committee means a committee, but not a candidate's
14  committee, which accepts contributions, makes
15  expenditures, or incurs indebtedness in the aggregate
16  of more than two five hundred fifty dollars in
any one
17  calendar year for the purpose of supporting or
18  opposing a candidate for public office or a ballot
19  issue or for the purpose of influencing legislative
20  action.
21     e.  A member or employee of the house shall not
22  solicit employment on behalf of the member or
23  employee, or on behalf of another legislator or
24  employee, as a lobbyist while the general assembly is
25  in session.
26     f.  Certain goods or services.  A member or
27  employee of the house shall not solicit or obtain
28  goods or services from another person under
29  circumstances where the member or employee knows or
30  should know that the goods or services are being

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 1  offered or sold with the intent to influence the
 2  member's or employee's conduct in the performance of
 3  official duties.  If a member or employee of the house
 4  is afforded goods or services by another person at a

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