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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Anderson

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/18/08

1/21/08 HB 160

SHORT TITLE Amend Gift Act Allowable Amounts

SB

ANALYST Ortiz

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Attorney General’s Office (AGO)

No Responses Received From

Secretary of State

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 160 amends the Gift Act to decrease the maximum allowable amount of gifts

accepted or donated to a state officer, employee, candidate for state office, or that person’s

family. Specifically, a single gift is limited to $25, instead of the $250 currently provided in the

Act, and the annual total of all gifts is limited to $100, instead of the $1,000 currently provided

in the Act

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

The Attorney General’s Office suggests that Since the Gift Act was enacted in last year’s

Regular Session after extensive deliberation it may be too premature to consider amending the

donation limits at this time.

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