Amend the committee report, as and if amended, by striking SECTION 6 on page [1-7], lines 1-16 and inserting:
/ SECTION 6. Section 2-17-15 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
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To further amend the committee report, as and if amended, by striking Section 8-13-130 on lines 1-17 on page [1-9] and inserting:
/ "Section 8-13-130. The State Ethics Commission, Senate Ethics Committee, House of Representatives Ethics Committee, and the Joint Legislative Ethics Commission may levy an enforcement or administrative fee on a person who is found in violation, or who admits to a violation, of the "Ethics, Government Accountability and Campaign Reform Act of 1991" pursuant to Title 2 or Title 8. The fee must be used to reimburse the commission, the appropriate legislative Ethics Committee, the Joint Legislative Ethics Commission, or combination thereof, for costs associated with the investigation and hearing of a violation. The costs associated include:
(1) the investigator's time;
(2) mileage, meals, and lodging;
(3) the prosecutor's time;
(4) the hearing panel's travel, per diem, and meals;
(5) administrative time;
(6) subpoena costs to include witness fees and mileage; and
(7) miscellaneous costs such as postage and supplies.
This fee is in addition to any fines as otherwise provided by law." /
To further amend the committee report, as and if amended by striking SECTION 14, lines 18-25 on page [1-15] and inserting:
/ SECTION 14. Chapter 13 of Title 8 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 8-13-322. It is unlawful for the Governor, a member of the General Assembly, or anyone who is the subject of a pending investigation or open complaint, to contact or attempt to contact, either directly or indirectly, a member of the Commission, House of Representatives Ethics Committee, Senate Ethics Committee, or Joint Legislative Ethics Commission to influence or attempt to influence the outcome of a pending investigation or open complaint." /
To further amend the committee report, as and if amended, by striking SECTION 21, lines 21-38 on page [1-28] and inserting:
/ SECTION 21. Section 8-13-720 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(A) No A person may not offer or pay to a public official, public member, or public employee and no a public official, public member, or public employee may not solicit or receive money anything of value in addition to that received by the public official, public member, or public employee in his official capacity for advice or assistance given in the course of his employment as a public official, public member, or public employee, unless otherwise permitted by law.
(B) A person who violates this section is guilty of a:
(1) misdemeanor, if the amount offered, paid, solicited, or received is ten thousand dollars or less, and upon conviction, the person must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both;
(2) felony, if the amount offered, paid, solicited, or received is more than ten thousand dollars, and upon conviction, the person must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both." /
To further amend the committee report, as and if amended, by striking SECTION 23, lines 13-31 on page [1-29] and inserting:
/ SECTION 23. Section 8-13-755 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 8-13-755. A former public official, former public member, or former public employee holding public office, membership, or employment on or after January 1, 1992, may not for a period of one year two years after terminating his public service or employment:
(1) serve as a lobbyist or represent clients before the agency or department on which he formerly served in a matter which he directly and substantially participated during his public service or employment; or
(2) accept employment if the employment:
(a) is from a person who is regulated by the agency or department on which the former public official, former public member, or former public employee served or was employed; and
(b) involves a matter in which the former public official, former public member, or former public employee directly and substantially participated during his public service or public employment." /
To further amend the committee report, as and if amended, by striking SECTION 26, lines 22-27 on page [1-30] and inserting:
/ SECTION 26. Section 8-13-780(B) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(B) In addition to existing remedies for breach of the ethical standards of this chapter or regulations promulgated hereunder, the State Ethics Commission appropriate supervisory office may impose an oral or a written warning or reprimand." /
To further amend the committee report, as and if amended, by striking SECTION 67, lines 7-23 on page [1-56] and inserting:
/ SECTION 67. Section 8-13-1520 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 8-13-1520. (A) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter and except for failure to file a required statement or report, a person who wilfully violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
(B) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, a A person who wilfully violates any provision of this Article 13 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred percent of the amount of contributions or anything of value that should have been reported pursuant to the provisions of this Article 13 but not less than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
(C) A violation of the provisions of this chapter does not necessarily subject a public official to the provisions of Section 8-13-560." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.