46-225. "Lobbying" defined; exceptions; employment of legislator as a lobbyist prohibited. - Kansas Statutes

46-225

Chapter 46.--LEGISLATURE Article 2.--STATE GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS

      46-225.   "Lobbying" defined; exceptions; employment of legislator as alobbyist prohibited.(a) "Lobbying" means: (1) Promoting or opposing in any manneraction ornonaction by the legislature on any legislative matter or theadoption or nonadoption of any rule and regulation by any state agency;or

      (2)   entertaining any state officer oremployee or giving any gift, honorarium or payment to astate officer or employee in an aggregate value of $40 or morewithin anycalendar year, if at any time during such yearthe person supplying the entertainment, gifts, honoraria or payments hasa financial interest in any contract with, or action, proceeding orother matter before the stateagency in which such state officer or employeeserves, or if such person is the representative of aperson having such a financial interest.

      (c)   "Lobbying" does not include any expenditure from amountsappropriated by the legislature for official hospitality.

      (d)   "Lobbying" does not include representation of a claimant on a claimfiled by the claimant under K.S.A. 46-907 and 46-912 to 46-919, inclusive,and amendments thereto in proceedings before the joint committee on specialclaims against the state.

      (e)   "Lobbying" does not include bona fide personal or businessentertaining.

      (f)   No legislator may be hired as a lobbyist to represent anyone beforeany state agency.

      History:   L. 1974, ch. 353, § 11; L. 1975, ch. 272, § 3; L. 1981,ch. 171, § 43;L. 1991, ch. 150, § 24; July 1.