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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
February 20, 2007 - Introduced by Representatives Black, Ziegelbauer,
Strachota, Cullen, Boyle, Benedict, Smith, Pocan, Hilgenberg, Sheridan,
Hintz and Jorgensen, cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Carpenter, Lehman,
Hansen, Risser and
Sullivan. Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Ethics.
AB74,1,2
1An Act to create 19.45 (8m) of the statutes;
relating to: service by a former
2member of the legislature as a lobbyist.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits any individual who serves as a member of the legislature, for
12 months following the date on which the individual ceases to hold office, from being
employed as a lobbyist. A "lobbyist" means an individual who is compensated by a
principal and whose duties include attempting to influence state legislative action
or state administrative rule-making action on behalf of the principal, except that an
individual whose duties on behalf of a principal are not limited exclusively to
lobbying is a "lobbyist" only if the individual makes lobbying communications on
each of at least five days during a six-month reporting period.
Violators are subject to a forfeiture (civil penalty) of not more than $5,000 for
each violation. Intentional violators are guilty of a misdemeanor and are subject to
a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than
one year or both for each violation.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB74, s. 1
3Section
1. 19.45 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB74,2,3
119.45
(8m) No individual who serves as a member of the legislature, for 12
2months following the date on which the individual ceases to hold office, may be
3employed as a lobbyist, as defined in s. 13.62 (11).
