Arizona § 41-1234 Publicly funded contract lobbyists; prohibition; definition

Arizona Statutes

§ 41-1234 — Publicly funded contract lobbyists; prohibition; definition

Arizona·Title 41 Arizona Revised Statutes·Ch. 7 LEGISLATURE·Art. 8. Registration and Regulation of Lobbyists

A.Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency, office, department, board or commission and any person acting on behalf of a state agency, office, department, board or commission 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 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 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

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A. Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency, office, department, board or commission and any person acting on behalf of a state agency, office, department, board or commission 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 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 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.

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