Arizona Laws 41-1234. Publicly funded contract lobbyists; prohibition; definition
A. Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency, office, department, board or commission and any person acting on behalf of a state agency, office, department, board or commission shall not:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 41-1234
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Lobbyist: means any person, other than a designated public lobbyist or authorized public lobbyist, who is employed by, retained by or representing a person other than himself, with or without compensation, for the purpose of lobbying and who is listed as a lobbyist by the principal in its registration pursuant to section 41-1232. See Arizona Laws 41-1231
- Person: means an individual, partnership, committee, association or corporation and any other organization or group of persons, except legislators and political parties qualified for representation on the ballot pursuant to section 16-801 or 16-804. See Arizona Laws 41-1231
- State employee: means an employee of the legislature, a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents, the judicial department or a state office, agency, board, commission or council. See Arizona Laws 41-1231
1. Enter into a contract or other agreement with a person or entity for lobbying services.
2. Spend monies for any person or entity to lobby on behalf of that agency, office, department, board or commission unless that person is a state employee.
B. This section does not apply to any state agency, office, department, board or commission that is either:
1. Headed by one or more elected officials.
2. Exempt from Title 41, Chapter 23 for the purposes of contracts for professional lobbyists.
C. This section does not apply to the employment relationship of a lobbyist who is a state employee directly employed by a state governmental unit for whom the employee acts as a lobbyist or lobbying is part of the employee’s job description.
D. For the purposes of this section, "state employee" has the same meaning prescribed in section 41-1231.