- (a) The Office of State Ethics, upon a finding that a communicator lobbyist has violated the provisions of subsection (h) of section 9-610, may suspend such lobbyist's registration for a period of not more than the remainder of the term of such registration and may prohibit such lobbyist from engaging in the profession of lobbyist for a period of not more than three years.
- (b) The Office of State Ethics may revoke the registration of a communicator lobbyist upon a finding that the lobbyist has been convicted of a crime involving bribery, theft or moral turpitude, which the lobbyist committed in the course of lobbying.
- (c) The Office of State Ethics shall make any finding under subsection (a) or (b) of this section in accordance with the same procedure set forth in section 1-93 for a finding by the board of a violation of part II of chapter 10.
- (d) As used in this section, “communicator lobbyist”, “lobbyist” and “lobbying” have the same meanings as provided in section 1-91.
(Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 47; P.A. 13-244, S. 19, 20; 13-264, S. 5, 6.)
History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date; P.A. 13-244 amended Subsec. (a) to change “subsection (i)” to “subsection (h)” re Sec. 9-610 and make technical changes and amended Subsec. (c) to change “commission” to “board”; P.A. 13-264 changed “commission” to “board” in Subsec. (c), effective July 11, 2013, and changed “subsection (i)” to “subsection (h)” re Sec. 9-610 and made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective October 1, 2013.