Jim Butler voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Specifies Reporting and Disclosure Requirements forGrassroots Lobbying Expenditures,
Vote to pass a bill that specifies reporting and disclosure requirements for grassroots lobbying expenditures by increasing the dollar amount that triggers reporting to the Secretary of State's Office.
Requires those who have made expenditures more than $5,000 in a 3-month period or $1,000 in a one-month period and in programs that are meant to address the public and influence legislation in any way must register and report as a sponsor of a grass root campaign (Article 1).
Requires those registering as a sponsor of a grass root campaign must file a registration statement with the Ethics Commission within 30 days (Article 1).
Specifies that registration must include the following (Article 1):
The sponsors name, address, and business or occupation;
The names, addresses, and business or occupation of all those working within the campaign and the terms of their compensation;
The names and addresses of all those contributing $1,000 or more in funds raised directly for the campaign;
The specific legislation, rules, rates, standards or proposals that is the purpose of the campaign; and
An up to date list of all the campaign’s total expenditures.
Requires every registered sponsor to file reports with the commission (Article 1).
Requires that once the campaign is terminated the sponsor file a notice of termination within their monthly report (Article 1).
Requires that the notice of termination include the totals of all contributions and expenditures made on behalf of the campaign (Article 1).
Title: Specifies Reporting and Disclosure Requirements forGrassroots Lobbying Expenditures,
Vote to pass a bill that specifies reporting and disclosure requirements for grassroots lobbying expenditures by increasing the dollar amount that triggers reporting to the Secretary of State's Office.
Requires those who have made expenditures more than $5,000 in a 3-month period or $1,000 in a one-month period and in programs that are meant to address the public and influence legislation in any way must register and report as a sponsor of a grass root campaign (Article 1).
Requires those registering as a sponsor of a grass root campaign must file a registration statement with the Ethics Commission within 30 days (Article 1).
Specifies that registration must include the following (Article 1):
The sponsors name, address, and business or occupation;
The names, addresses, and business or occupation of all those working within the campaign and the terms of their compensation;
The names and addresses of all those contributing $1,000 or more in funds raised directly for the campaign;
The specific legislation, rules, rates, standards or proposals that is the purpose of the campaign; and
An up to date list of all the campaign’s total expenditures.
Requires every registered sponsor to file reports with the commission (Article 1).
Requires that once the campaign is terminated the sponsor file a notice of termination within their monthly report (Article 1).
Requires that the notice of termination include the totals of all contributions and expenditures made on behalf of the campaign (Article 1).
Title: Specifies Reporting and Disclosure Requirements forGrassroots Lobbying Expenditures,