0001|                           HOUSE BILL 1323
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                            RITA G. GETTY
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO GOVERNMENTAL CONDUCT; AMENDING THE GOVERNMENTAL
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0012|     CONDUCT ACT AND THE LOBBYIST REGULATION ACT TO PROHIBIT GIFTS
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0013|     FROM LOBBYISTS.
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0014|     
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  A new section of the Governmental Conduct Act
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0017|     is enacted to read:  
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0018|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  BAN ON GIFTS.--
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0019|               A.  No legislator or public officer or employee
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0020|     shall knowingly accept any gift in excess of fifty dollars
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0021|     ($50.00) from any of the following:  a lobbyist; a lobbyist's
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0022|     employee; or a lobbyist's employer.
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0023|               B.  For purposes of this section:
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0024|                    (1)  "gift" means any money, thing of value or
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0025|     promise thereof whether cash or in kind.  The term "gift" does
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0001|     not include a political campaign contribution or reimbursement,
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0002|     payment or compensation permitted in connection with an
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0003|     honorarium pursuant to the provisions of Section 10-16-4.1 NMSA
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0004|     1978;
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0005|                    (2)  "lobbyist" has the same meaning as that
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0006|     term is defined in Subsection E of Section 2-11-2 NMSA 1978;
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0007|     and
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0008|                    (3)  "lobbyist's employer" has the same meaning
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0009|     as that term is defined in Subsection F of Section 2-11-2 NMSA
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0010|     1978."
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0011|          Section 2.  A new section of the Lobbyist Regulation Act
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0012|     is enacted to read:
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0013|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  BAN ON GIFTS.--
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0014|               A.  No lobbyist, lobbyist's employee or lobbyist's
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0015|     employer shall give a gift in excess of fifty dollars ($50.00)
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0016|     to a legislator or public officer or employee.
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0017|               B.  For purposes of this section, "gift" means any
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0018|     money, thing of value or promise thereof whether cash or in
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0019|     kind.  The term "gift" does not include a political campaign
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0020|     contribution or any reimbursement, payment or compensation
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0021|     permitted in connection with an honorarium pursuant to the
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0022|     provisions of Section 10-16-4.1 NMSA 1978."
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