Bill Text: AZ HB2344 | 2010 | Forty-ninth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Public employees; lobbying; political activities
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-23 - Referred to House RULES Committee [HB2344 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2010-HB2344-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: public employees; lobbying; political activities |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Forty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session 2010
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HB 2344 |
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Introduced by Representatives Antenori, Gowan, Montenegro, Seel: Burges, Court, Crump, Goodale, Hendrix, Jones, Kavanagh, Stevens
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AN ACT
amending title 38, chapter 3, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 38‑449; relating to public officers and employees.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 38, chapter 3, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 38-449, to read:
38-449. Lobbying or political activity during hours of employment prohibited; use of public entity space or equipment for political activities prohibited; exemptions; definitions
A. A public employee who is paid in whole or in part from taxpayer monies shall not lobby a governmental entity during the employee's hours of employment unless the employee lobbies using the employee's vacation or compensatory time or takes an unpaid leave of absence. This subsection does not apply to a public employee who is registered as an authorized public lobbyist or designated public lobbyist and who lobbies for the employer as part of the employee's official duties.
B. A public employee who is paid in whole or in part from taxpayer monies shall not engage in any political activity during the employee's hours of employment unless the employee engages in this activity using the employee's vacation or compensatory time or takes an unpaid leave of absence.
C. A public entity shall not use taxpayer monies to fund any part of a rally, protest or lobbying effort. This subsection does not apply if the public entity leases space or equipment at fair market value to entities engaged in such a rally, protest or lobbying effort or to an employee who is registered as the authorized public lobbyist or the designated public lobbyist of the entity and who lobbies for the entity as part of the employee's official duties.
D. For the purposes of this section, "authorized public lobbyist" and "designated public lobbyist" have the same meanings prescribed in section 41‑1231.
