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HB 1979 - Under this act, no member of the General Assembly or any statewide elected official shall solicit any registered lobbyist for any position with a hiring date beginning after such person is no longer an elected official, whether compensated or not, while such person holds office. This provision is identical to a provision contained in SB 147 (2015), HB 188 (2015), HB 327 (2015), HB 417 (2015), HB 509 (2015), HCS/HBs 1258 & 1267 (2014), HB 1340 (2014), and HB 1851 (2014). The act prohibits any member of the General Assembly from accepting or agreeing to accept an offer or promise to confer an appointment to any board, commission, committee, council, county office, department directorship, fee office under section 136.055, judgeship, or any other position from the Governor or any person acting on behalf of the governor in exchange for the member's official vote on any public matter. Violation of this provision is classified as the offense of acceding to corruption and punishable by not more than four years in prison. This provision is identical to a provision contained in SB 147 (2015), HB 188 (2015), HB 327 (2015), HB 509 (2015), HB 1340 (2014), HCS/HBs 1258 & 1267 (2014), HB 1851 (2014), and HB 139 (2013). This act specifies that any member of the General Assembly or any statewide elected official elected after January 1, 2016 (after 1/1/2018 for the State Auditor) who vacates his or her office may not act, serve, or register as a lobbyist until after one full year following the vacancy. This limitation also applies to persons holding an office that requires an appointment by the Governor and confirmation by the Senate. This provision is substantially similar to HB 1573 (2016) and is similar to certain provisions contained in SB 807 (2016), SB 643 (2016), SS#2/SCS/SB 11 (2015), SB 123 (2015), SB 147 (2015), HB 188 (2015), HB 228 (2015), HB 327 (2015), HB 426 (2015), and HB 509 (2015), SB 488 (2014), SB 512 (2014), SB 927 (2014), SS/SB 966 (2014), HB 1340 (2014), and HB 1851 (2014). SCOTT SVAGERA
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