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REFERENCE TITLE: lobbyist registration; state of incorporation |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-first Legislature First Regular Session 2013
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HB 2294 |
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Introduced by Representative Robson
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AN ACT
Amending sections 41-1232.05 and 41‑1233.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to lobbyists.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 41-1232.05, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
41-1232.05. Lobbyist registration; handbook; requirement
A. A person who is listed by a principal or public body on a registration form pursuant to section 41‑1232 or 41‑1232.01 as a lobbyist for compensation, designated lobbyist or designated public lobbyist shall file a lobbyist registration form with the secretary of state in a format prescribed by the secretary of state no later than 5:00 p.m. on the second Monday in January of each even numbered year and shall read a handbook containing statutes and rules governing lobbyists for compensation, designated lobbyists and designated public lobbyists, written guidelines and forms and samples for completing the lobbyist disclosure forms. A person shall file the registration at any time beginning December 1 in the odd numbered year until 5:00 p.m. on the second Monday in January in the even numbered year. The lobbyist handbook shall be written and prescribed by the secretary of state. A person who is originally listed as a lobbyist for compensation, designated lobbyist or designated public lobbyist for a month other than January shall file, within thirty days, a registration form and shall file a registration form for January of each even numbered year thereafter if the person continues to be listed as a lobbyist for compensation, designated lobbyist or designated public lobbyist.
B. The lobbyist registration form shall include:
1. The name of the lobbyist for compensation, designated lobbyist or designated public lobbyist.
2. The business name and address, and if a corporation, the state of incorporation, of the lobbyist for compensation, designated lobbyist or designated public lobbyist.
3. A statement that the lobbyist for compensation, designated lobbyist or designated public lobbyist has read the lobbyist handbook prescribed in subsection A of this section.
Sec. 2. Section 41-1233.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
41-1233.01. Disclosure
A. A person who is registered pursuant to this article or who is a designated lobbyist, lobbyist for compensation, authorized lobbyist, designated public lobbyist or authorized public lobbyist shall disclose that fact and shall disclose the state of incorporation, if any, of the lobbyist's business to any legislator he the person is lobbying for the first time or upon on any subsequent request of a legislator.
B. A person who is registered pursuant to this article and whose business entity is required to be disclosed pursuant to section 41‑1232.05, subsection B and whose business entity is a corporation shall disclose on all printed and electronic communications and on all business cards the state of incorporation of the business entity.
Sec. 3. Registered lobbyists; state of incorporation
Within ninety days after the effective date of this act, a lobbyist for compensation, designated lobbyist or designated public lobbyist that is a corporation and that is currently registered pursuant to section 41-1232.05, Arizona Revised Statutes, shall send a written notice to the secretary of state disclosing its state of incorporation.