HB 1392-FN – AS INTRODUCED

2008 SESSION

08-2164

10/01

HOUSE BILL 1392-FN

AN ACT relative to prohibited activities of lobbyists.

SPONSORS: Rep. Vaillancourt, Hills 15; Rep. Drisko, Hills 5; Rep. Ehlers, Merr 9

COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits lobbyists from engaging in certain activities. Violations are a misdemeanor for a natural person or a felony for any other person.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

08-2164

10/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight

AN ACT relative to prohibited activities of lobbyists.

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

1 New Paragraph; Lobbyists; Prohibited Activities. Amend RSA 15:5 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:

III. No lobbyist shall:

(a) Do anything with the purpose of placing any elected state officer, legislative official, agency official, or state candidate under personal obligation to the lobbyist or the lobbyist's employer.

(b) Deceive or attempt to deceive any elected state officer, legislative official, agency official, or state candidate with regard to any material fact pertinent to any pending or proposed legislative or administrative action.

(c) Cause or influence the introduction of any bill or amendment thereto for the purpose of thereafter being employed to secure its passage or defeat.

(d) Attempt to create a fictitious appearance of public favor or disfavor of any proposed legislative or administrative action or to cause any communication to be sent to any elected state officer, legislative official, agency official, or state candidate in the name of any fictitious person or in the name of any real person, except with the consent of such real person.

(e) Represent falsely, either directly or indirectly, that the lobbyist can control the official action of any elected state officer, legislative official, or agency official.

(f) Accept or agree to accept any payment in any way contingent upon the defeat, enactment, or outcome of any proposed legislative or administrative action.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2009.

LBAO

08-2164

11/28/07

HB 1392-FN - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to prohibited activities of lobbyists.

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