PRINTER'S NO. 2760
No. 2203 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY FAIRCHILD, PHILLIPS, DEMPSEY, BUSH, GERLACH,
SERAFINI, TIGUE, NICKOL, S. H. SMITH, SCHEETZ, McHALE, MELIO,
FOX, ARMSTRONG, TOMLINSON, HARLEY AND CLARK,
NOVEMBER 19, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, NOVEMBER 19, 1991
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of September 30, 1961 (P.L.1778, No.712),
2 entitled, as amended, "An act regulating the practice of
3 lobbying and providing penalties," further providing for
4 penalties; and making an editorial change.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Sections 7.1 and 7.2 of the act of September 30,
8 1961 (P.L.1778, No.712), known as the Lobbying Registration and
9 Regulation Act, added October 7, 1976 (P.L.1051, No.212), are
10 amended to read:
11 Section 7.1. Contingent Compensation [Forbidden]
12 Prohibited.--No person shall compensate, or incur an obligation
13 to compensate, any person to engage in lobbying, and no person
14 shall engage or agree to engage in lobbying, for compensation
15 contingent in whole or in part upon:
16 (1) the passage or defeat, or approval or veto, of any
17 legislation; or
18 (2) the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any formal action by
1 an agency.
2 Section 7.2. Penalty.--(a) Any natural person violating
3 section 7.1 shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree and,
4 upon conviction, shall be disqualified to act as a lobbyist for
5 a period of ten years from the date of conviction and shall be
6 sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars
7 ($15,000) or to undergo imprisonment not exceeding seven years,
8 or both. Any person, other than a natural person, violating
9 section 7.1 shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree and,
10 upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding
11 twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
12 (b) Any natural person violating any of the provisions of
13 this act other than section 7.1 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
14 of the third degree and, upon conviction, shall be disqualified
15 to act as a lobbyist for a period of five years from the date of
16 conviction and may be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding two
17 thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or to undergo
18 imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both. Any person, other
19 than a natural person, violating any of the provisions of this
20 act other than section 7.1 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of
21 the third degree and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay
22 a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
23 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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