House Journal: Page 219: Tuesday, February 4, 2003
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 expressly advocate the
9 nomination, election, or defeat of a candidate for
10 public office in this state or expressly advocate the
11 passage or defeat of a ballot issue in this state and
12 which is not interested in issues before the general
13 assembly.
14 For the purpose of this rule, a political action
15 committee means a committee, but not a candidate's
16 committee, which accepts contributions, makes
17 expenditures, or incurs indebtedness in the aggregate
18 of more than five seven hundred fifty dollars in any
19 one calendar year to expressly advocate the
20 nomination, election, or defeat of a candidate for
21 public office or to expressly advocate the passage or
22 defeat of a ballot issue or for the purpose of
23 influencing legislative action.
24 e. A member or employee of the house shall not
25 solicit employment on behalf of the member or
26 employee, or on behalf of another legislator or
27 employee, as a lobbyist while the general assembly is
28 in session.
29 f. Certain goods or services. A member or
30 employee of the house shall not solicit or obtain
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1 goods or services from another person under
2 circumstances where the member or employee knows or
3 should know that the goods or services are being
4 offered or sold with the intent to influence the
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