(LATE FILED)Amendment
Bill No. 2646
Amendment No. 139997
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative(s) Ambler offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with title amendment)
4     Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:
5     Section 1.  Appearance card required for testifying before
6a legislative committee; implied oath.--
7     (1)  For purposes of this section, the term "legislative
8committee" means any committee, subcommittee, select committee,
9conference committee, joint committee, or council of either or
10both chambers of the Legislature.
11     (2)  Any registered lobbyist who testifies before a
12legislative committee shall be considered to be under oath and,
13if he or she willfully testifies falsely, is subject to
14penalties for perjury as provided by law.
15     (3)  Before testifying before a legislative committee, a
16registered lobbyist must complete an appearance card that
17includes, but need not be limited to, the lobbyist's name and
18address, the organization that he or she represents, if any, and
19the lobbyist's signature. The card must contain a notice,
20printed in legible type and located above the signature line,
21which states that by signing the card the lobbyist acknowledges
22being under oath and subject to penalties for perjury if he or
23she does not testify truthfully.
24     (4)  Any written documentation distributed by a registered
25lobbyist to a member of the Legislature, their staff, or any
26employee of the Legislature regarding a bill pending before the
27Legislature shall be deemed to have been submitted under oath
28and subject to penalties for perjury as provided by law.
29     Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.
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33     Remove the entire title and insert:
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A bill to be entitled
35An act relating to lobbyist appearances before legislative
36committees; defining "legislative committee"; providing
37that a registered lobbyist who testifies before a
38legislative committee shall be considered under oath;
39providing for penalties for falsely testifying; requiring
40the signing of an appearance card; providing required
41contents of the appearance card; providing construction
42providing an effective date.


CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.