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21-8-607. Prohibited acts.
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21-8-607. Prohibited acts.
(a) No person shall purposely employ any lobbyist who is required to register as a registered lobbyist but is not registered pursuant to this chapter.
(b) No person engaging in lobbying shall:
(1) Influence or attempt to influence, by coercion, bribery, or threat of economic sanction, any public servant in the discharge of the duties of his or her office;
(2) Purposely provide false information to any public servant as to any material fact pertaining to any legislative or administrative action;
(3) Purposely omit, conceal, or falsify in any manner information required by the registration and lobbyist activity reports;
(4) Contract to receive or accept compensation that is dependent in any manner upon:
(A) The success or failure of a legislative or administrative action; or
(B) The outcome of any executive, legislative, or administrative action relating to the solicitation or securing of a procurement contract; or
(5)(A) Provide payment for food or beverages at any location or event at which the lobbyist is not present physically.
(B) Subdivision (b)(5)(A) of this section shall not apply to a special event under § 21-8-402(20).
(c)(1) A person convicted of violating subsection (a) or subsection (b) of this section is:
(A) Prohibited from acting as a registered lobbyist for a period of three (3) years from the date of the conviction; and
(B) Subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(2) Any person violating the three-year ban shall be deemed guilty of an additional violation of this subchapter.
(d) Any person who acts as a lobbyist as defined by § 21-8-402(11) but purposely fails to register within five (5) days of beginning lobbying activities as
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 21-8-607
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21-8-607. Prohibited acts.
(a) No person shall purposely employ any lobbyist who is required to register as a registered lobbyist but is not registered pursuant to this chapter.
(b) No person engaging in lobbying shall:
(1) Influence or attempt to influence, by coercion, bribery, or threat of economic sanction, any public servant in the discharge of the duties of his or her office;
(2) Purposely provide false information to any public servant as to any material fact pertaining to any legislative or administrative action;
(3) Purposely omit, conceal, or falsify in any manner information required by the registration and lobbyist activity reports;
(4) Contract to receive or accept compensation that is dependent in any manner upon:
(A) The success or failure of a legislative or administrative action; or
(B) The outcome of any executive, legislative, or administrative action relating to the solicitation or securing of a procurement contract; or
(5)(A) Provide payment for food or beverages at any location or event at which the lobbyist is not present physically.
(B) Subdivision (b)(5)(A) of this section shall not apply to a special event under § 21-8-402(20).
(c)(1) A person convicted of violating subsection (a) or subsection (b) of this section is:
(A) Prohibited from acting as a registered lobbyist for a period of three (3) years from the date of the conviction; and
(B) Subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(2) Any person violating the three-year ban shall be deemed guilty of an additional violation of this subchapter.
(d) Any person who acts as a lobbyist as defined by § 21-8-402(11) but purposely fails to register within five (5) days of beginning lobbying activities as required by § 21-8-601 is subject to a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(e)(1) On a lobbyist registration form, a person acting as a lobbyist shall not:
(A) Purposely provide false information; or
(B) Purposely omit information.
(2) A person who violates subdivision (e)(1) of this section shall:
(A) Not be considered a registered lobbyist; and
(B) Be subject to a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(f) A person convicted of three (3) or more violations of a provision of this subchapter shall be permanently prohibited from acting as a registered lobbyist in this state.
(g) An expunged record shall not serve as the basis for disqualification under this section.
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21-8-402. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter and § 21-8-601 et seq., § 21-8-701 et seq., and § 21-8-801 et seq., unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)(A) “Administrative action” means any decision on, or proposal, consideration, or making of any rule, ratemaking proceeding, or policy action by a governmental body.
(B) “Administrative action” does not include ministerial action;
(2) “Business” means any corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association, organization, self-employed individual, receivership, trust, or any legal entity through which business is conducted;
(3) “County government” means any office, department, commission, council, board, bureau, committee, legislative body, agency, or other establishment of a county;
(4) “Family” means an individual's spouse, children of that individual or his or her spouse, or brothers, sisters, or parents of the individual or his or her spouse;
(5)(A) “Gift” means any payment, entertainment, advance, services, or anything of value, unless consideration of equal or greater value has been given therefor.
(B) The term “gift” does not include:
(i)(a) Informational material such as books, reports, pamphlets, calendars, or periodicals informing a public servant regarding his or her official duties.
(b) Payments for travel or reimbursement for any expenses are not informational material;
(ii) The giving or receiving of food, lodging, or travel which bears a relationship to the public servant's office and when appearing in an official capacity;
(iii) Gifts which are not used and which, within thirty (30) days after receipt, are returned to the donor;
(iv) Gifts from an individual's spouse, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, parent-in-law,
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 21-8-402
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 21-8-402. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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21-8-601. Registration required — Exceptions — Termination.
(a)(1) A lobbyist shall register within five (5) days after beginning lobbying. Such registration shall be on forms provided by the Secretary of State containing the following information:
(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the lobbyist;
(B) The calendar year for which the lobbyist is registering;
(C) The types of public servants being lobbied;
(D) The name, address, and telephone number of the lobbyist's client or employer;
(E) A description of the nature of the lobbyist's client or employer; and
(F) Certification by the lobbyist that the information contained on the lobbyist registration form is true and correct.
(2)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2)(B) of this section, if there is a change of information during the registration period, a lobbyist shall file an amended registration form within ten (10) days of the change.
(B) A lobbyist registered to lobby members of the General Assembly shall file an amended registration form within three (3) business days of a change of information that occurs during a regular or extraordinary session of the General Assembly.
(3) A lobbyist shall not be required to register if he or she engages in no lobbying other than the following activities:
(A) The publishing or broadcasting, by news media executives or their employees or agents, in the ordinary course of business, of news items, editorials, or other comments or paid advertisements which directly or indirectly urge legislative action or administrative action;
(B) Engaging in lobbying exclusively on behalf of an Arkansas church which qualifies as a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code when lobbying solely for the purpose of protecting
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 21-8-601
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 21-8-601. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.