LRB-0190/1
JTK:jld:ph
2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
April 30, 2009 - Introduced by Representatives Black, Clark, Brooks, Smith,
Hilgenberg, Ziegelbauer, Berceau, Pope-Roberts, Hebl, Benedict, Bies and
Pocan, cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Schultz, Lehman and
Carpenter.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Ethics.
AB245,1,2
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:
AB245, s. 1
3Section
1. 19.45 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,2,3
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).
