§ 1-K — Contingent retainer

§ 1-k. Contingent retainer. (a) No client shall retain or employ any\nlobbyist for compensation, the rate or amount of which compensation in\nwhole or part is contingent or dependent upon:\n (1) (A) the passage or defeat of any legislative bill or the approval\nor veto of any legislation by the governor, (B) the terms, issuance,\nmodification or rescission of a gubernatorial executive order, (C) the\nterms, approval or disapproval, or the implementation and administration\nof tribal-state compacts, memoranda of understanding, or any other\ntribal-state agreements and any state actions related to class III\ngaming as provided in 25 U.S.C. 2701, or (D) the adoption or rejection\nof any code, rule or regulation having the force and effect of law or\nthe outcome of any rate making proceeding by a state agency;\n (2)(A) the passage or defeat of any local law, ordinance, regulation\nor resolution by any municipality or subdivision thereof, (B) the terms,\nissuance, modification or rescission of an executive order issued by the\nchief executive officer of a municipality, or (C) the adoption,\nrejection or implementation of any rule, resolution or regulation having\nthe force and effect of a local law, ordinance or regulation or any rate\nmaking proceeding by any municipality or subdivision thereof;\n (3) any determination by a state agency, either house of the state\nlegislature, the unified court system, municipal agency or local\nlegislative body with respect to a governmental procurement or a grant,\nloan or agreement involving the disbursement of public monies.\n (b) No person shall accept such a retainer or employment. Any person\nwho violates this section shall be subject to a civil penalty not to\nexceed the greater of ten thousand dollars or the value of the\ncontingent fee, and such violation shall be a class A misdemeanor.\n