AN ACT relating to educational lobbying.

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AN ACT relating to educational lobbying. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 160 IS CREATED TO 3
READ AS FOLLOWS: 4
(1) As used in this section: 5
(a) "Lobby" has the same meaning as "lobbying services" in KRS 139.010 and 6
includes the attempt to influence any public referendum, primary, special 7
election, or regular election; and 8
(b) "Public school or school district" means a school district, public school, 9
public charter school, or public education cooperative of the 10
Commonwealth and includes all programs, departments, and offices of a 11
school district, pub lic school, public charter school, or public educational 12
cooperative and any individual acting in an official capacity on behalf of a 13
school district, public charter school, public school, or public educational 14
cooperative; 15
(2) A public school or school district shall not, directly or indirectly, expend any 16
moneys appropriated by the General Assembly or any other moneys derived from 17
bequests, charges, deposits, donations, endowments, fees, grants, gifts, income, 18
receipts, tuition , or any other source to compensate an external individual or 19
entity to lobby. 20
(3) This section shall not be construed to restrict the ability of: 21
(a) A public school or school district employee to engage in lobbying services 22
within the course and scope of the employee's job description on behalf of 23
the public school or school district; or 24
(b) A public school or school district to compensate an external individual or 25
entity to represent the interests of the public school or school district before 26
the executive or legislative branch of the federal government. 27
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SECTION 2. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 164 IS CREATED TO 1
READ AS FOLLOWS: 2
(1) As used in this section, "lobbying services" means the act of promoting or 3
securing pas sage of Kentucky legislation or an attempt to influence or sway a 4
state or local public official or other state or local public servant toward a desired 5
action, including but not limited to the support of or opposition to a project or the 6
passage, amendmen t, defeat, approval, or veto of any state or local legislation, 7
regulation, rule, or ordinance. 8
(2) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a public postsecondary education 9
institution shall not directly or indirectly, expend any moneys appropriated by the 10
General Assembly or any other moneys derived from bequests, charges, deposits, 11
donations, endowments, fees, grants, gifts, income, receipts, tuition, or any other 12
source to compensate an external individual or entity to engage in lobbying 13
services. 14
(3) This section shall not be construed to restrict the ability of: 15
(a) An employee of a public postsecondary education institution to engage in 16
lobbying services within the course and scope of the employee's job 17
description on behalf of the institution; or 18
(b) A public postsecondary education institution to compensate an external 19
individual or entity to represent the interests of the institution before the 20
executive or legislative branch of the federal government. 21