Article 19, § 29 — Registration as a lobbyist by a former member of the General Assembly

(a) A former member of the General Assembly shall not take the following actions until two (2) years after the expiration of the term of office for which he or she was elected: (1) Register as a lobbyist under Arkansas Code § 21-8-601 et seq.; or (2) Enter into employment as the director of an: (A) Educational cooperative under The Public School Educational Cooperative Act of 1981, § 6-13-901 et seq.; or (B) Area agency on aging. (b) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b)(2) of this section, subsection (a) of this section applies to a person elected or reelected to the General Assembly on or after November 6, 2018. (2) Subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall apply to a person 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; (vii) Change internal reference numbers to agree with renumbered sections, subsections, subdivisions, or other provisions of law; (viii) Insert or delete hyphens in words to follow correct grammatical usage; (ix) Change numerals or symbols to words or vice versa and add figures or words if they are merely repetitions of written words or vice versa for purposes of uniformity and style; (x) Change the form of nouns, pronouns, and verbs for purposes of style and grammar; (xi) Correct punctuation; and (xii) Change gender-specific language to gender-neutral language. (B) (i) If more than one (1) act amending this section is enacted by the General Assembly during the same session, the Arkansas Code Revision Commission may, by a majority vote of the Arkansas Code Revision Commission, revise this section as necessary so that all of the enactments shall be given effect, including without limitation renumbering, redesignating, and rearranging subsections and subdivisions of this section. (ii) In the event that one (1) or more acts amending this section result in an irreconcilable conflict with one (1) or more other acts amending this section enacted during the same session, the Arkansas Code Revision Commission may, by a majority vote of the Arkansas Code Revision Commission, revise this section so that the conflicting provision of the last enactment prevails. (3) If the Arkansas Code Revision Commission makes revisions under subdivision (d)(2) of this section, the Arkansas Code Revision Commission shall file a report with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Governor that: (A) Explains the revisions made under subdivision (d)(2) of this section; and (B) Includes the text of this section as amended by the revisions made under subdivision (d)(2) of this section.