Ark. Const. art. 19 § 29 Registration As a Lobbyist By a Former Member of the General Assembly

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• Currency: Current through the November 2020 General Election
• Citation: Ark. Const. art. 19 § 29

(a) A former member of the General Assembly shall not be eligible to be registered as a lobbyist under Arkansas Code§ 21-8-601 et seq. until two (2) years after the expiration of the term of office for which he or she was elected.

(b) Subsection (a) of this section applies to all persons elected or reelected to the General Assembly on or after November 4, 2014.

(c)

(1) A person who knowingly violates this section is guilty of a Class D felony.

(2) In addition to the penalty under subdivision (c)(1) of this section, the General Assembly shall provide by law for this section to be under the jurisdiction of the Arkansas Ethics Commission, including without limitation authorization of the following actions by the Arkansas Ethics Commission:

(A) Promulgating reasonable rules to implement and administer this section as necessary;

(B) Issuing advisory opinions and guidelines on the requirements of this section; and

(C) Investigating complaints of alleged violations of this section and rendering findings and disciplinary action for such complaints.

(d)

(1)

(A) Except as provided in subdivision (d)(1)(B) of this section, the General Assembly, in the same manner as required for amendment of laws initiated by the people, may amend this section so long as such amendments are germane to this section and consistent with its policy and purposes.

(B) The General Assembly may amend subsection (c) of this section by a majority vote of each house.

(2)

(A) If an act of the General Assembly amends this section, the Arkansas Code Revision Commission may, by a majority vote of the Arkansas Code Revision Commission, make the following revisions to the act so long as the revisions do not change the substance or meaning of the act:

(i) Correct the spelling of words;

(ii) Change capitalization for the purpose of uniformity;

(iii) Correct manifest typographical and grammatical errors;

(iv) Correct manifest errors in references to laws and other documents;

(v) Correct manifest errors in internal reference numbers;

(vi) Number, renumber, redesignate, and rearrange this section;