Sec. 1. 3 MRSA §313-A, last ¶, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 691, §11, is further amended to read:

An employee registering under this section is exempt from all other requirements under the law regarding lobbyists. An employee required to register under this section may not spend more than 8 hours in a calendar month lobbying for the employee's department or agency.__As used in this section, "lobbying" has the same meaning as in section 312-A, subsection 9.

Sec. 2. 3 MRSA §327 is enacted to read:

§327.__Testifying before legislative committees

Before a lobbyist testifies before a legislative committee, the lobbyist shall disclose to that committee the amount of compensation from any governmental source received by the lobbyist or the lobbyist's employer for the past year.

SUMMARY

This bill limits lobbyists representing governmental departments and agencies to no more than 8 hours of lobbying per month. The bill also requires that before a lobbyist testifies to a legislative committee, the lobbyist disclose to the committee the amount of any compensation from a governmental source received by the lobbyist or the lobbyist's employer for the past year.