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An Act To Enhance Transparency in Government by Implementing a Waiting Period for Legislators before They May Register as Lobbyists
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  3 MRSA §328  is enacted to read:
§ 328. Former Legislators
A person who served as a Legislator may not engage in lobbying until one year after that person's term as a Legislator ends.
Sec. 2. Application. This Act applies to a Legislator who serves in the 126th Legislature or in a later legislature.
 
SUMMARY
This bill prohibits a person who served as a Legislator from lobbying until one year after that person's term as a Legislator ends. It applies to a Legislator who serves in the 126th Legislature or in a later legislature.