HB 1481 – AS INTRODUCED

2006 SESSION

06-2334

05/09

HOUSE BILL 1481

AN ACT establishing a moratorium period for lobbying by certain state officers.

SPONSORS: Rep. P. Sullivan, Hills 10; Rep. Splaine, Rock 16

COMMITTEE: Election Law

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits certain public officials from lobbying for one year after leaving office or employment with the state.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

06-2334

05/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six

AN ACT establishing a moratorium period for lobbying by certain state officers.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Paragraph; Lobbyists; Prohibited Activities. Amend RSA 15:1-a by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:

III. For one year after leaving office or employment with the state, no public official, member of the governor’s staff, or member of the legislature shall appear as a lobbyist under this chapter. In this paragraph, “public official” includes the governor, the attorney general, the state treasurer, the secretary of state, an executive councilor, a commissioner, as defined in RSA 21-G:5, V, and a director, as defined in RSA 21-G:6, II.

2 Repeal. RSA 21-G:26, relative to the 6-month restriction on lobbying for public officials under the executive branch code of ethics, is repealed.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2007.