Connecticut § 2-16a - Restriction on former members becoming lobbyists.
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§ 2-16a. Restriction on former members becoming lobbyists.
Sec. 2-16a. Restriction on former members becoming lobbyists. No state representative or state senator who is elected at the 1994 state election or any election thereafter shall engage in the profession of lobbyist, as that term is defined in subdivision (12) of section 1-91, until one year after the expiration of the term for which such state representative or state senator was elected.
(P.A. 80-462, S. 3; P.A. 93-156; P.A. 02-89, S. 4; P.A. 13-244, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 93-156 extended period during which former legislators are prohibited from engaging in profession of lobbyist, applicable to legislators elected at 1994 state election or thereafter; P.A. 02-89 deleted as obsolete former Subsec. (a) prohibiting a state representative or state senator whose term expires on January 4, 1995, and who resigns before the expiration of such term, from engaging in the profession of lobbyist until the expiration of the term, deleted Subsec. (b) designator and made a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality; P.A. 13-244 replaced reference to Sec. 1-91(l) with reference to Sec. 1-91(12).
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