PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 301
PRINTER'S NO. 996
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
388
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY PILEGGI, FOLMER, AUMENT, BAKER, BREWSTER, COSTA,
FARNESE, FONTANA, RAFFERTY, SCHWANK, TEPLITZ, VULAKOVICH,
WAGNER, YUDICHAK, ARGALL AND ALLOWAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2015
SENATOR FOLMER, STATE GOVERNMENT, AS AMENDED, JUNE 2, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in lobbying disclosure, further
providing for prohibited activities.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 13A07(e)(1) and (2) of Title 65 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended by adding
subparagraphs 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:
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(I) OCCURRENCE, NONOCCURRENCE OR AMENDMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
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(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:
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(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].
(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.
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(2) An organization recognized by the IRS 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 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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