S0169B0145A00443 NAD:EJH 03/16/17 #90 A00443
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 169
Sponsor: SENATOR COSTA
Printer's No. 145
Amend Bill, page 1, line 3, by inserting after "reporting"
, for prohibited activities
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 7 through 9, by striking out all of
said lines and inserting
Section 1. Sections 13A04(a), (d) and (e)(1) and 13A05(a),
(b)(4), (6) and (8) and (d) of Title 65 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
Amend Bill, page 4, by inserting between lines 10 and 11
Section 2. Section 13A07(e)(1) and (2) of Title 65 are
amended and the section is amended by adding a subsection to
read:
§ 13A07. Prohibited activities.
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(e) Contingent compensation.--
(1) A person may not compensate or incur an obligation
to compensate a person to engage in lobbying for compensation
contingent in whole or in part upon any of the following:
(i) Occurrence, nonoccurrence or amendment of
legislative action.
(ii) Occurrence, nonoccurrence or amendment of an
administrative action [other than procurement described
in paragraph (1)(iv) of the definition of "administrative
action" under section 13A03 (relating to definitions)].
(iii) The receipt or award of a grant, credit, loan,
capital funding, contract or any other form of
Commonwealth funds awarded by an agency. The provisions
of this subparagraph shall apply to an affiliated entity.
(2) A person may not engage in or agree to engage in
lobbying for compensation contingent in whole or in part upon
any:
(i) Occurrence, nonoccurrence or amendment of
legislative action.
(ii) Occurrence, nonoccurrence or amendment of an
administrative action [other than procurement described
in paragraph (1)(iv) of the definition of "administrative
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action" under section 13A03].
(iii) The receipt or award of any grant, credit,
loan, capital funding, contract or any other form of
Commonwealth funds awarded by an agency. The provisions
of this subparagraph shall apply to an affiliated entity.
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(g) Definitions.--The following words and phrases when used
in this section shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Affiliated entity." Any of the following:
(1) A subsidiary or holding company of a lobbying firm
or other business entity owned in whole or in part by a
lobbying firm.
(2) An organization recognized by the Internal Revenue
Service as a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Public Law 99-514, 26
U.S.C. § 501(c)) established by a lobbyist or lobbying firm
or an affiliated entity.
Section 3. Section 13A10(c) of Title 65 is amended to read:
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inserting
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the context
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