REFERENCE TITLE: Arizona supreme court; lobbyists; prohibition

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2024

 

 

 

SB 1586

 

Introduced by

Senator Wadsack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Act

 

amending section 41-1234, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to lobbyists.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 41-1234, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE41-1234. Publicly funded contract lobbyists; prohibition

A. Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency, office, department, board or commission or the Arizona supreme court or the administrative office of the courts and any person acting on behalf of a state agency, office, department, board or commission or the Arizona supreme court or the administrative office of the courts shall not:

1. Enter into a contract or other agreement with a person or entity for lobbying services.

2. Spend monies for any person or entity to lobby on behalf of the Arizona supreme court or the administrative office of the courts or that agency, office, department, board or commission unless that person is a state employee.

B. This section does not apply to any state agency, office, department, board or commission that is either:

1. Headed by one or more elected officials.

2. Exempt from title 41, chapter 23 of this title for the purposes of contracts for professional lobbyists.

C. This section does not apply to the employment relationship of a lobbyist who is a state employee directly employed by a state governmental unit for whom the employee acts as a lobbyist or lobbying is part of the employee's job description.

D. For the purposes of this section, "state employee" has the same meaning prescribed in section 41-1231. END_STATUTE