HB530 Alabama 2012 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Joseph C. Mitchell

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Colleges, technical schools, and universities, use of appropriations by Legislature for lobbyists, prohibited

Summary

HB530 would bar using state money allocated to colleges and universities to pay lobbyists.

What This Bill Does

The bill says funds that the Legislature gives to two-year colleges, technical schools, and four-year colleges and universities may not be used to hire someone to lobby for those schools. This change applies to all such institutions. It becomes effective on the first day of the third month after passage and approval by the Governor.

Who It Affects

• Two-year colleges and technical schools: cannot use their legislatively appropriated funds to pay lobbyists on their behalf.
• Four-year colleges and universities: same restriction on using appropriated funds to pay lobbyists.

Key Provisions

• Funds appropriated by the Legislature to two-year colleges and technical schools, or four-year colleges and universities may not be used to pay a person to lobby for such schools.
• This act becomes effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.

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Subjects

Colleges and Universities