HB 748 – AS INTRODUCED
2007 SESSION
10/04
HOUSE BILL 748
AN ACT requiring disclosure of gifts and campaign contributions by lobbyists and political committees, and requiring lobbyist statements to include certain information.
SPONSORS: Rep. Splaine, Rock 16
This bill requires candidates and political committees to itemize contributions from registered lobbyists and candidates to itemize certain contributions to political committees. The bill also requires the lobbyist statement filed each month to include a list of specific bills for which the lobbyist is employed to promote or oppose.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-0330
10/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT requiring disclosure of gifts and campaign contributions by lobbyists and political committees, and requiring lobbyist statements to include certain information.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Lobbyist Statements. Amend RSA 15:6, II to read as follows:
II. Lobbyists shall file statements no later than the second Friday of each month covering all fees received and expenditures, contributions, honorariums, or expense reimbursements made during the previous month, from fees received at any time from a lobbying client or employer or from funds otherwise provided by the lobbyist, partnership, firm, or corporation, or from the client or employer. Each statement shall include a list of specific bills introduced in the legislature for which the lobbyist is employed to promote or oppose.
2 Reporting by Political Committees. Amend RSA 664:6, I to read as follows:
I. Any political committee whose receipts or expenditures in support of a candidate, measure, or political party exceed $500 except, for the purposes of this paragraph only, the political committee of a political party or the political committee of a candidate, shall file with the secretary of state an itemized statement, signed by its chairman and treasurer showing each of its receipts exceeding $25 with the full name and home post office address of the contributor in alphabetical order and the amount of the contribution, the date it was received, and the aggregate total for each election for each contributor of over $100. The statement shall be filed not later than the Wednesday 12 weeks immediately preceding a primary election, before 5 o’clock in the afternoon, and shall cover the period from the day of the committee registration up to and including the Monday before the statement is due. All receipts of $25 or under shall appear on the statements as unitemized receipts. Any listing which exceeds an individual’s aggregate total of $100 for each election shall be accompanied by the contributor’s occupation including official job title, the name of the contributor’s employer, and the city or town of the contributor’s principal place of business, if any. The statement shall also show each committee expenditure with the full name and city or town of persons, corporations, committees, or to whomever paid or to be paid, the date paid, and the election for which the expenditure was made, with the specific nature and amount of each expenditure since the date of the registration. The statements shall include a separate itemized list of contributions from lobbyists registered under RSA 15:1
3 Reporting by Candidates. Amend RSA 664:7 to read as follows:
664:7 Reporting by Candidates. Each candidate at the primary or general election for governor, councilor, state senator, representative to general court, or county officer, who has expenditures exceeding $500, shall file statements before and after an election in like manner and detail as prescribed in RSA 664:6, II, II-a, III, IV, and V, excepting, however, the expenditures of political committees of the party to which the candidate belongs in elections other than primaries. Such statements shall also include an itemized list of contributions received from lobbyists registered under RSA 15:1 and contributions of $1,000 or more made to any political committee which has made an expenditure to the candidate’s campaign reported under RSA 664:6.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2008.