§ 13A07. Prohibited activities
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 65 Pa.C.S.A. Public OfficersEffective: February 14, 2018
Effective: February 14, 2018
65 Pa.C.S.A. § 13A07
§ 13A07. Prohibited activities
(a) Political committees.--A lobbyist may not serve as a treasurer or other officer who must be included in a registration statement under section 1624(b)(2) and (3) of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L. 1333, No. 320),1 known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, for a candidate's political committee or a candidate's political action committee if the candidate is seeking a Statewide office or the office of Senator or Representative in the General Assembly.
(b) Fee restrictions.--A lobbyist may not charge a fee or receive economic consideration based on a contract, either written or oral, that any part of the fee or economic consideration will be converted into a contribution to a candidate for public office or a political committee subject to reporting under Article XVI of the Pennsylvania Election Code.2
(c) Falsification.--A lobbyist, lobbying firm or principal may not, for the purpose of influencing legislative action or administrative action, transmit, utter or publish to a State official or employee a communication, knowing that the communication or a signature on the communication is false, forged, counterfeit or fictitious.
(1) Except as permitted by paragraph (2), a registrant may not lobby on behalf of a principal on any subject matter in which the principal's interests are directly adverse to the interests of another principal currently represented by the lobbyist or previously represented by the lobbyist during the current session of the General Assembly or the lobbyist's own interests.
(3) If a lobbyist represents a principal in violation of this section or if multiple representation properly accepted becomes improper under this section and the conflict is not waived, the lobbyist shall promptly withdraw from one or more representations to the extent necessary for remaining representation to not be in violation of this section.
(7) A lobbyist and principal shall maintain the records relating to the conflict of interest set forth in paragraph (2) for a four-year period beginning on the date the conflict is discovered and, in the case of an investigation conducted under paragraph (6), provide copies of the records to the commission upon request.
Credits
2006, Nov. 1, P.L. 1213, No. 134, § 3, effective Jan. 1, 2007. Amended 2018, Feb. 14, P.L. 2, No. 2, § 2, imd. effective.
65 Pa.C.S.A. § 13A07, PA ST 65 Pa.C.S.A. § 13A07
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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