2591-S AMH DYER WAGG 1

SHB 2591 - H AMD 954 ADOPTED 2-13-98

By Representative Dyer

     On page 1, line 5 delete all of subsection (1) and (2) and insert the following:

    (1) An employee or officer of a state agency may not use state resources to demand, or pressure vendors or contractors from whom the state agency is making purchases or has a current contract for services, construction, or maintenance, to lobby or contact the legislature, including members of the legislature or legislative staff, regarding proposed or pending legislation.

    (2) Subsection (1) of this section only prohibits communications between an employee or officer of a state agency and a vendor or contractor that are explicitly or implicitly coercive in nature where the vendor or contractor fears, or has reason to fear, loss of an existing contract by the state agency if the vendor or contractor fails to lobby or make such legislative contacts.

EFFECT:    Clarifies that a state employee or agency is prohibited

           from using state resources to lobby or contact the

           legislature, on existing contracts.

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