HB-4226, As Passed House, February 15, 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4226

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 472, entitled

 

"An act to regulate political activity; to regulate lobbyists,

lobbyist agents, and lobbying activities; to require registration

of lobbyists and lobbyist agents; to require the filing of reports;

to prescribe the powers and duties of the department of state; to

prescribe penalties; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,"

 

by amending section 6a (MCL 4.416a), as added by 1994 PA 383.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 6a. (1) A former member of the Michigan senate or house

 

of representatives or a former governor, lieutenant governor,

 

attorney general, or secretary of state shall not make expenditures

 

for or receive compensation for lobbying that is equal to or

 

exceeds the monetary threshold required for registering as a

 

lobbyist agent for 1 year immediately following the end of the term

 

of office to which he or she was elected.

 

     (2) A person who holds a nonelective position of head of a

 


principal department of the executive branch of this state shall

 

not make expenditures for or receive compensation for lobbying  

 

that is equal to or exceeds the monetary threshold required for

 

registering as a lobbyist agent for 1 year after leaving that

 

position.

 

     (3)  (1) A  In addition to the restriction in subsection (1),

 

a member of the Michigan senate or house of representatives or a

 

governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, or secretary of

 

state who resigns from office shall not make expenditures for or

 

receive compensation or reimbursement for actual expenses for

 

lobbying for the remainder of the term of office from which the

 

person resigned.

 

     (4)  (2)  A person who violates this section is guilty of a

 

misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by

 

imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.

    

     [Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January 1, 2006.]