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Latest Action: 06/17/2008 - Effective date: August 15, 2008.

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Exempts certain transactions from certain disclosure requirements
Latest Action: 04/22/2008 - Involuntarily deferred in committee.

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Prohibits the governor from appointing a contributor or an immediate family member of a contributor to serve on a board or commission
Latest Action: 05/12/2008 - Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

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Prohibits persons from serving on or being employed by any board or commission under certain circumstances
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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Provides relative to the agency of certain public servants for purposes of the Code of Governmental Ethics
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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Prohibits public servants from using assets of the state or a political subdivision thereof for certain personal use
Latest Action: 07/10/2008 - Vetoed by the Governor.

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Requires disclosure by certain elected officials of certain information relative to employment and appointment of campaign contributors and certain other contributors (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

HB236

HB236 Sponsored by Sam Jones
Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

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Removes population restriction to provide that an exception to the ethics code applies to members of parish and municipal governing authorities in all parishes and municipalities
Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Involuntarily deferred in committee.

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Provides relative to financial disclosure for certain elected officials (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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Allows certain public employees to receive certain things of economic value from a not-for-profit organization or funds within the not-for-profit organization
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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Prohibits certain municipal employees from participation in political activity

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Latest Action: 07/08/2008 - Vetoed by the Governor.

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To provide an exception to the ethics code relative to certain transactions for governmental services
Latest Action: 06/12/2008 - Effective date: August 15, 2008.

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To provide for an exception to the ethics code for permits and incidental transactions under the state uniform construction code
Latest Action: 07/07/2008 - Effective date: July 7, 2008.

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Provides relative to unethical election practices by prohibiting certain false statements by candidates and push polling that includes any false statement, question, or information
Latest Action: 06/30/2008 - Effective date: June 30, 2008.

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Excludes certain members of the National Guard from the definition of "public employee" for purposes of the Code of Governmental Ethics
Latest Action: 07/01/2008 - Vetoed by the Governor.

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Provides relative to the ethics code exception for the immediate family member of a legislator being a registered lobbyist or lobbying
Latest Action: 07/10/2008 - Vetoed by the Governor.

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Provides an exception to nepotism provisions for the employment of state police cadets under certain circumstances
Latest Action: 04/01/2008 - Read by title, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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Provides relative to enforcement of laws under the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics, including provisions for issuance of declaratory opinions by the Ethics Adjudicatory Board and for appeal of such opinions and other decisions and actions of the adjudicatory board
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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Allows the acceptance of certain things of economic value and certain gifts from certain persons
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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Provides relative to certain prohibited contracts (OR NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

SB774

SB774 Sponsored by Robert Adley
Latest Action: 04/22/2008 - Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

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Provides relative to certain expenditures for food, drink and refreshments for public servants. (gov sig)