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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fifth Legislature, Second Regular Session
local governments; lobbying; prohibition
Purpose
Prohibits a county, city, town, school district or other political subdivision from contracting with or spending monies on lobbying services, unless the person lobbying is an employee of the entity.
Background
A state agency,
office, department, board or commission may not: 1) enter into a contract or
other agreement with a person or entity for lobbying services; or 2) spend
monies for any person or entity to lobby on its behalf unless the person is an
employee of the state agency, office, department, board or commission. This
prohibition does not apply to: 1) any state agency, office, department, board
or commission that is either headed by one or more elected officials or exempt
from the Arizona Procurement Code for the purposes of contracts for
professional lobbyists; or
2) the employment relationship of a lobbyist who is a state employee directly
employed by a state governmental unit for whom the employee acts as a lobbyist
or lobbying is part of the employee's job description (A.R.S.
§ 41-1234).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Prohibits a county, city, town, school district or other political subdivision or a representative of a county, city, town, school district or other political subdivision from:
a) entering into a contract or other agreement with a person or entity for lobbying services; or
b) spending monies for any person or entity to lobby on its behalf unless the person is an employee of a county, city, town, school district or other political subdivision.
2. Prohibits any membership dues from being authorized for lobbying activities if a county, city, town, school district or other political subdivision of Arizona is a member of an organization of which the majority of the members are composed of political subdivisions or other public bodies.
3. Makes technical changes.
4. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 9, 2022
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