GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 511
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/5/89

Short Title:  Lobbying by Ex-Legislators Restricted. 	(Public)
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March 9, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT EX-LEGISLATORS FROM LOBBYING TWO YEARS AFTER LEAVING LEGISLATIVE OFFICE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 120-47.5 reads as rewritten:
"§ 120-47.5. Prohibited activities.
(a)	No person shall act as a legislative agent for compensation which is dependent in any manner upon the passage or defeat of any proposed legislation or upon any other contingency connected with any action of the General Assembly, the House, the Senate or any committee thereof.
(b)	No person shall attempt to influence the action of any member of the General Assembly by the promise of financial support of his candidacy, or by threat of financial contribution in opposition to his candidacy in any future election.
(c)	No individual, other than a State employee designated pursuant to G.S. 120-47.8(6) as official legislative liaison personnel, shall be employed or retained or shall act as a legislative agent within two years after having left the office of State Senator or Representative. This subsection shall not prohibit a partnership's partners or employees, other than the former legislator, from being employed or retained or from acting as legislative agents."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective on January 1, 1991, and shall apply only to members of the 1991 and subsequent General Assemblies.