House Journal: Page 296: Tuesday, February 9, 1999

13  committee, which accepts contributions, makes

14  expenditures, or incurs indebtedness in the aggregate
15  of more than five hundred dollars in any one calendar
16  year for the purpose of supporting or opposing a
17  candidate for public office or a ballot issue or for
18  the purpose of influencing legislative action.
19     e.  A member or employee of the house shall not
20  solicit employment on behalf of the member or
21  employee, or on behalf of another legislator or
22  employee, as a lobbyist while the general assembly is
23  in session.
24     f.  Certain goods or services.  A member or
25  employee of the house shall not solicit or obtain
26  goods or services from another person under
27  circumstances where the member or employee knows or
28  should know that the goods or services are being
29  offered or sold with the intent to influence the
30  member's or employee's conduct in the performance of
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 1  official duties.  If a member or employee of the house
 2  is afforded goods or services by another person at a
 3  price that is not available to other members or
 4  classes of members of the general public or is
 5  afforded goods or services that are not available to
 6  other members or classes of members of the general
 7  public by another person where the member or employee
 8  knows or should know that the other person intends to
 9  influence the member's or employee's official conduct,
10  the member or employee shall not take or purchase the
11  goods or services.
12     3.  APPEARANCE BEFORE STATE AGENCY.  A member or
13  employee of the house may appear before a state agency
14  in any representation case but shall not act as a
15  lobbyist with respect to the passage, defeat,
16  approval, veto, or modification of any legislation,
17  rule, or executive order.  Whenever a member or
18  employee of the house appears before a state agency,
19  the member or employee shall carefully avoid all
20  conduct which might in any way lead members of the
21  general public to conclude that the member or employee
22  is using the member's or employee's official position
23  to further the member's or employee's professional
24  success or personal financial interest.
25     4.  CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.  In order for the
26  general assembly to function effectively, members of
27  the house may be required to vote on bills and
28  participate in committee work which will affect their
29  employment and other areas in which they may have a
30  monetary interest.  Action on bills and committee work

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