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Connecticut Senate Bill SB00483

Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00483 Compare Versions

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1-General Assembly Committee Bill No. 483
2-January Session, 2017 LCO No. 5646
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1+General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 483
2+January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2530
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44 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
55 Introduced by:
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6+SEN. MINER, 30th Dist.
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10-Committee Bill No. 483
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1212 January Session, 2017
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1818 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
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2020 Introduced by:
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22+SEN. MINER, 30th Dist.
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24-AN ACT EXPANDING THE "REVOLVING DOOR" RESTRICTIONS TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES FROM LOBBYING.
24+AN ACT EXPANDING THE "REVOLVING DOOR" RESTRICTIONS.
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2626 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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28-Section 1. Section 2-16a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017):
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30-(a) No state representative or state senator who is elected at the 1994 state election or any election thereafter shall engage in the profession of lobbyist, as that term is defined in subdivision (12) of section 1-91, until one year after the expiration of the term for which such state representative or state senator was elected.
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32-(b) No former legislative branch employee who holds or formerly held a position in the legislative branch which involves significant decision-making or supervisory responsibility and is designated as such by the Office of State Ethics, shall, for one year after leaving employment in said branch, engage in the profession of lobbyist, as such term is defined in subdivision (12) of section 1-91.
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34-Sec. 2. Section 1-84b of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (l) as follows (Effective October 1, 2017):
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36-(NEW) (l) No former executive branch employee who holds or formerly held a position in the executive branch which involves significant decision-making or supervisory responsibility and is designated as such by the Office of State Ethics, shall accept employment or act as a registrant pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, for one year after leaving state service.
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41-This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
42-Section 1 October 1, 2017 2-16a
43-Sec. 2 October 1, 2017 1-84b
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45-This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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28+That section 1-84b of the general statutes be amended to apply the ban on accepting employment as a lobbyist to former employees in the legislative and executive branches with significant decision-making or supervisory responsibility for one year after leaving employment with the legislative or executive branch.
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5930 Statement of Purpose:
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6132 To expand the current "revolving door" provision to prohibit senior level legislative and executive branch employees from lobbying for one year after leaving employment.
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63-[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
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67-Co-Sponsors: SEN. MINER, 30th Dist.
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73-S.B. 483