H.B. 151

1

LOBBYIST LAW AMENDMENTS
2 2000 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Brad King
5 AN ACT RELATING TO LOBBYIST DISCLOSURE AND REGULATION; REQUIRING THE
6 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO PREPARE A LOBBYIST REGISTRATION FORM; ADDING
7 A CERTIFICATION, SIGNATURE, AND DATE REQUIREMENT TO THAT FORM; AND
8 MAKING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
9 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
10 AMENDS:
11 36-11-103, as last amended by Chapter 162, Laws of Utah 1992
12 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
13 Section 1. Section 36-11-103 is amended to read:
14 36-11-103. Registration.
15 (1) (a) Before engaging in any lobbying activities, a lobbyist shall register with the
16 lieutenant governor by [filing a written statement that provides:] completing, signing, and dating
17 the form required by this section.
18 [(a) his] (b) The lieutenant governor shall prepare a Lobbyist Registration Form that
19 includes:
20 (i) a place for the lobbyist's name and business address;
21 [(b)] (ii) a place for the name and business address of each principal for which [he] the
22 lobbyist works or is hired as an independent contractor;
23 [(c)] (iii) a place for the name and address of the person who paid or will pay [his] the
24 lobbyist's registration fee, if the fee is not paid by the [registrant himself] lobbyist;
25 [(d)] (iv) a place for the lobbyist to disclose any elected or appointed position that [he] the
26 lobbyist holds in state or local government, if any; [and]
27 [(e)] (v) a place for the lobbyist to disclose the types of expenditures for which the lobbyist

28 will be reimbursed[.]; and
29 (vi) a certification in substantially the following form:
30 "Certification
31 I certify that the information I have provided in this form is, to the best of my knowledge,
32 true, accurate, and complete.
33 . I have read and understand Title 36, Chapter 11, Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act,
34 and the administrative rules enacted under authority of that chapter.
35 . I intend to make expenditures totaling $50 or more to benefit public officials or the
36 members of their immediate families in at least one calendar quarter and will timely file the
37 lobbyist expenditure disclosure reports required by Sections 36-11-201 and 36-11-202 .
38 . I do not intend to make expenditures totaling $50 or more to benefit public officials or the
39 members of their immediate families in any calendar quarter, but understand that, if I do, I am
40 required by law to file the lobbyist expenditure disclosure reports required by Sections 36-11-201
41 and 36-11-202 .
42 ____________________________________ _____________________________"
43 Lobbyist signature Date
44 (2) Each person who has registered in Subsection (1) shall update his registration when
45 he accepts employment for lobbying by a new client.
46 (3) A principal is not required to register under Subsection (1), but if he makes
47 expenditures to benefit a public official without using a lobbyist as an agent to confer those
48 benefits, he shall disclose those expenditures in accordance with Sections 36-11-201 and
49 36-11-202 .
50 (4) Government officers need not register under Subsection (1), but shall disclose
51 expenditures made to benefit public officials in accordance with Sections 36-11-201 and
52 36-11-202 .




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-3-00 3:03 PM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

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