Session of 1999
HOUSE BILL No. 2579
By Representative Johnston
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10 AN ACT
concerning state governmental ethics; relating to lobbyists and
11 reports filed thereby;
amending K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 46-269 and re-
12 pealing the existing
section.
13
14 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
15 Section
1. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 46-269 is hereby amended to read as
16 follows: 46-269. (a) Each report
under K.S.A. 46-268, and amendments
17 thereto, shall disclose the following:
18 (a)
(1) The full name and address of each person who has
paid com-
19 pensation for lobbying to the lobbyist or
has paid for expenses of lobbying
20 by the lobbyist during the period
reported.;
21 (b)
(2) the aggregate amount or value of all expenditures
made, ex-
22 cept for expenses of general office
overhead, by the lobbyist or by the
23 lobbyist's employer for or in direct
relation to lobbying during the re-
24 porting period, if such expenditures exceed
$100. Individual expenditures
25 of less than $2 shall not be required to be
reported under this subsection.
26 Every lobbyist shall keep detailed accounts
of all expenditures required
27 to be reported pursuant to K.S.A. 46-268,
and amendments thereto. Such
28 expenditures shall be reported according to
the following categories of
29 expenditures:
30 (1)
(A) Food and beverages provided as hospitality;
31 (2)
(B) entertainment, gifts, honoraria or payments;
32 (3)
(C) mass media communications;
33 (4)
(D) recreation provided as hospitality;
34 (5)
(E) communications for the purpose of influencing
legislative or
35 executive action; and
36 (6)
(F) all other reportable expenditures made in the
performance of
37 services as a lobbyist.With regard to
expenditures for entertainment or
38 hospitality which is primarily recreation,
food and beverages, only
39 amounts expended on a state officer or
employee or on such officer or
40 employee's spouse shall be considered to be
for or in direct relation to
41 lobbying. Notwithstanding the requirements
of this subsection and sub-
42 section (c), no lobbyist shall be
responsible to report any expenditure by
43 the lobbyist's employer of which such
person has no knowledge.; and
2
1 (3) in
addition to the aggregate amount or value of expenditures
re-
2 ported under paragraph (2), an
estimate of the amount or value of such
3 expenditures made on each
individual state officer or employee.
4
(c) (b) Whenever an individual
lobbyist contributes to a single special
5 event, such lobbyist shall report
only the aggregate amount or value of
6 the expenditure contributed by such
lobbyist.
7
(d) (c) Whenever more than one
lobbyist is employed by a single
8 employer, the reports required by
this section relating to such employer
9 shall be made by only one such
lobbyist and that lobbyist shall be the
10 lobbyist who is most directly connected
with the particular expenditure
11 or gift, honoraria or payment. No
expenditure or gift, honoraria or pay-
12 ment required to be reported by this
section shall be reported by more
13 than one lobbyist.
14 (e)
(d) All accounts, records and documents of the lobbyist
which
15 relate to every expenditure reported or
which should have been reported
16 shall be maintained and preserved by the
lobbyist for a period of five
17 years from the date of the filing of such
report or statement and may be
18 inspected under conditions determined by
the commission.
19 Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 46-269
is hereby repealed.
20 Sec. 3. This act shall
take effect and be in force from and after its
21 publication in the statute book.