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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session |
Senate: HHS DP 5-2-0-0 | Third Read 16-11-3-0-0 |
SB 1100: patient rights; health care services
S/E: foreign adversary; lobbying; registration; disclosure
Sponsor: Senator Carroll, LD 28
Committee on Judiciary
Summary of the Strike-Everything amendment to SB 1100
Overview
Establishes a separate registration, disclosure and enforcement framework for lobbying on behalf of foreign adversary principals and assigns administration of that framework to the Arizona Department of Homeland Security (AZDOHS).
History
Before a principal causes lobbying to occur on its behalf, the principal must register with the Secretary of State and disclose the principal’s designated lobbyist, other lobbyists, the nature of the principal’s business or purpose, the duration of the lobbying engagement, reimbursable expenses and the state entities to be lobbied. A principal must reregister in each odd-numbered year, amend changed registration information within five business days and pay a $25 registration or reregistration fee when registering a lobbyist for compensation or a compensated designated lobbyist. Lobbying includes, for a person otherwise required to register as a lobbyist for compensation, attempting to influence the procurement of materials, services or construction by a state agency (A.R.S. §§ 41-1231; 41-1232).
A knowing violation of the lobbyist registration article, a knowingly false or materially incomplete filing or a knowing failure to comply with a material requirement is a class 1 misdemeanor that may be investigated and prosecuted by the Attorney General or the county attorney in the county where the offense occurred. (A.R.S. § 41-1237).
Provisions
1. Requires a foreign adversary principal to submit to AZDOHS a copy of its lobbying registration and a list of its current lobbyists pursuant to the existing principal-registration statute. (Sec. 1)
2. Requires each foreign adversary principal to reregister by 5:00 p.m. on the second Monday in January of each odd-numbered year, unless it no longer engages, employs, retains or uses any lobbyist. (Sec. 1)
3. Allows a foreign adversary principal to file its registration beginning December 1 of each even-numbered year and requires the principal to amend its registration within five business days after any change in the required information. (Sec. 1)
4. Directs AZDOHS to post on its website a public database of all foreign principals and each foreign adversary principal’s lobbyists in Arizona. (Sec. 1)
5. Requires a designated lobbyist, lobbyist for compensation or authorized lobbyist for a foreign adversary principal to disclose that relationship:
a. to any legislator the first time the person lobbies that legislator and later on the legislator’s request; and
b. to any public official or employee of a public body each time the person lobbies regarding the procurement of materials, services or construction, together with the name of the person’s client. (Sec. 1)
6. Establishes that a person is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor if the person knowingly violates the new section or knowingly submits required information containing a materially false statement or material omission. (Sec. 1)
7. Authorizes the Attorney General or the county attorney of the county in which the alleged offense occurred to investigate and prosecute an alleged violation. (Sec. 1)
8. Instructs the director of AZDOHS to prescribe and publish registration and amendment forms and to refer suspected violations to the Attorney General or a county attorney for investigation. (Sec. 1)
9. Authorizes AZDOHS to adopt rules, develop forms and implement procedures necessary to administer the new registration requirements. (Sec. 1)
10. Directs each foreign adversary principal that registers a lobbyist for compensation, or a designated lobbyist who receives compensation for lobbying from the foreign principal, to pay a registration or reregistration fee set by AZDOHS. (Sec. 1)
11. Establishes the Foreign Adversary Principal Lobbyist Registration Fund, consisting of legislative appropriations and collected fees, to be administered by AZDOHS; makes fund monies subject to legislative appropriation; and exempts the fund from lapsing. (Sec. 1)
12. Defines pertinent terms. (Sec. 1)
13. Exempts AZDOHS from rulemaking requirements for one year after this legislation's effective date for purposes of implementing this legislation. (Sec. 2)
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