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AN ACT relating to campaign finance. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
ď˘Section 1. KRS 6.811 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) A legislative agent or employer shall not knowingly fail to register, as required 4
under KRS 6.807. 5
(2) A legislative agent or employer shall not knowingly fail to keep a receipt or 6
maintain a record which KRS 6.821 requires the person to keep or maintain. 7
(3) A person shall not knowingly fail to file a statement that KRS 6.807, 6.821, or 8
6.824 requires the person to file. 9
(4) A legislative agent or employer shall not knowingly offer, give, or agree to give 10
anything of value to a legislator, a candidate, or the spouse or child of a legislator or 11
candidate. 12
(5) A legislative agent shall not serve as a campaign treasurer, and shall not directly 13
solicit, control, or deliver a campaign contribution, for a candidate or legislator. 14
(6) [A legislative agent shall not make a campaign contribution to a legislator, a 15
candidate, or his or her campaign committee. 16
(7) During a regular session of the General Assembly, ]A legislative agent or an 17
employer of a legislative agent shall not make a campaign contribution to a 18
legislator, candidate, campaign committee for a legislator or candidate, [or ]caucus 19
campaign committee, or permanent committee that donates to or makes 20
independent expenditures for legislators.[ This subsection shall not apply to 21
candidates for the General Assembly in a special election held during a regular 22
session of the General Assembly.] 23
(7)[(8)] An employer shall not knowingly employ, appoint, or retain a serving 24
legislator or former legislator as a legislative agent until at least two (2) years have 25
elapsed from the date on which he or she vacated his or her office. 26
(8)[(9)] No person shall engage any person to lobby in exchange for compensation 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 915
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that is contingent in any way upon the passage, modification, or defeat of any 1
legislation. No person shall accept any engagement to lobby in exchange for 2
compensation that is contingent in any way upon the passage, modification, or 3
defeat of any legislation. Violation of this provision is a Class D felony. 4
(9)[(10)] A legislative agent or other lobbyist shall not go upon the floor of either house 5
of the General Assembly while the house is in session, except upon invitation of 6
that house. Violation of this provision is a Class B misdemeanor. 7
(10)[(11)] If any legislative agent or employer violates any provision in subsections (4) 8
to (7)[(8)] of this section, he or she shall for the first violation be guilty of ethical 9
misconduct. For the second and each subsequent violation, he or she shall be guilty 10
of a Class D felony. 11