Bill Text: WV SB351 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to lobbying by state boards and commissions
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-18 - To Judiciary [SB351 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2019-SB351-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2019 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 351
By Senators Maynard, Blair, and Cline
[Introduced
January 18, 2019; Referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §30-1-22, relating to lobbying by state boards and commissions.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL STATE BOARDS OF EXAMINATION OR REGISTRATION REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER.
§30-1-22. Lobbying.
No board may employ or contract with any person whose job functions or obligations include lobbying on behalf of the board: Provided, That the director and appointed board members may lobby on behalf of the board.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit state licensing boards from hiring lobbyists; and declare that the director and appointed board members of each board may lobby on behalf of the board.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
