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H0547......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
LOBBYISTS - REGISTRATION - Amends existing law governing the exemption from
registration as a lobbyist to increase the threshold compensation level per
calendar quarter from $100 to $250.
01/29 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/30 Rpt prt - to St Aff
02/26 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/27 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/03 3rd rdg - PASSED - 66-0-4
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
Black(15), Black(23), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase,
Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20),
Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones(9),
Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander,
Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer,
Miller, Mortensen, Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman,
Ridinger, Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Stubbs,
Taylor, Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Crane, Hansen, Robison, Mr Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Alltus
Title apvd - to Senate
03/04 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/09 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/10 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/18 3rd rdg - PASSED - 24-4-7
AYES--Boatright, Branch, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Crow, Danielson,
Darrington, Deide, Frasure, Geddes, Hawkins, Keough, King, Lee,
McLaughlin, Noh, Parry, Richardson, Riggs, Stennett, Sweeney, Thorne,
Twiggs, Wheeler
NAYS--Dunklin, Ingram, Schroeder, Whitworth
Absent and excused--Andreason, Bunderson, Hansen, Ipsen, Risch,
Sandy, Sorensen
Floor Sponsor - Twiggs
Title apvd - to House
03/19 To enrol - rpt enrol - Sp signed
Pres signed - to Governor
03/20 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 242
Effective: 07/01/98
H0547|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 547 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO LOBBYIST REGISTRATION; AMENDING SECTION 67-6618, IDAHO CODE, TO 3 EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION PERSONS WHO ARE COMPENSATED LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED 4 FIFTY DOLLARS PER CALENDAR QUARTER. 5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 6 SECTION 1. That Section 67-6618, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 7 amended to read as follows: 8 67-6618. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION. The following persons and activi- 9 ties shall be exempt from registration and reporting under sections 67-6617 10 and 67-6619, Idaho Code: 11 (a) Persons who limit their lobbying activities to appearances before 12 public sessions of committees of the legislature. 13 (b) Persons who are employees of an entity engaged in the business of 14 publishing, broadcasting or televising, while engaged in the gathering and 15 dissemination of news and comment thereon to the general public in the ordi- 16 nary course of business. 17 (c) Persons who do not receive any compensation for lobbying and persons 18 whose compensation for lobbying does not exceedonetwo 19 hundred fifty dollars ($1025 0) 20 in the aggregate during any calendar quarter, including persons who lobby on 21 behalf of their employer or employers, and the lobbying activity represents 22 less than the equivalent ofonetwo hundred 23 fifty dollars ($1025 0) of the employee's time 24 per calendar year quarter, based on an hourly proration of said employee's 25 compensation. 26 (d) Elected state officers and state executive officers appointed by the 27 governor subject to confirmation by the senate; elected officials of political 28 subdivisions of the state of Idaho, acting in their official capacity. 29 (e) A person who represents a bona fide church (of which he is a member) 30 solely for the purpose of protecting the constitutional right to the free 31 exercise of religion. 32 (f) (1) Employees of a corporation, if such corporation: 33 (a) Has registered as a lobbyist pursuant to chapter 66, title 67, Idaho 34 Code, and 35 (b) Has designated one or more of its employees as its official lobbyist, 36 and 37 (c) The person so designated by the corporation has also registered as a 38 lobbyist. 39 (2) The corporation and the lobbyist designated pursuant to this subsec- 40 tion shall fully and accurately report all expenditures made by employees who 41 are exempt hereunder, in the manner and at the times required by section 42 67-6618, Idaho Code, and, in addition thereto, shall report the names of all 43 employees who make or authorize expenditures in the aggregate sum of fifty 2 1 dollars ($50.00) or more during any calendar year on behalf of the corporate 2 lobbying activities.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS07486
This legislation exempts lobbyists that are compensated
less than $250 per calendar year from registering as a
lobbyist.
FISCAL NOTE
There will be no fiscal impact to the
state.
CONTACT: Representative Bruce New comb
332-1122
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE
Bill No. H547