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Article 2. Prohibitions of California Government Code >> Title 9. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 2.
"Gift" as used in this article means a gift made directly or
indirectly to any state candidate, elected state officer, or
legislative official, or to an agency official of any agency required
to be listed on the registration statement of the lobbying firm or
the lobbyist employer of the lobbyist.
It shall be unlawful for a lobbyist, or lobbying firm, to
make gifts to one person aggregating more than ten dollars ($10) in a
calendar month, or to act as an agent or intermediary in the making
of any gift, or to arrange for the making of any gift by any other
person.
It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to receive any
gift which is made unlawful by Section 86203.
No lobbyist or lobbying firm shall:
(a) Do anything with the purpose of placing any elected state officer, legislative official, agency official, or state candidate under personal obligation to the lobbyist, the lobbying firm, or the lobbyist's or the firm's employer.
(b) Deceive or attempt to deceive any elected state officer, legislative official, agency official, or state candidate with regard to any material fact pertinent to any pending or proposed legislative or administrative action.
(c) Cause or influence the introduction of any bill or amendment thereto for the purpose of thereafter being employed to secure its passage or defeat.
(d) Attempt to create a fictitious appearance of public favor or disfavor of any proposed legislative or administrative action or to cause any communication to be sent to any elected state officer, legislative official, agency official, or state candidate in the name of any fictitious person or in the name of any real person, except with the consent of such real person.
(e) Represent falsely, either directly or indirectly, that the lobbyist or the lobbying firm can control the official action of any elected state officer, legislative official, or agency official.
(f) Accept or agree to accept any payment in any way contingent upon the defeat, enactment, or outcome of any proposed legislative or administrative action.
(a) Do anything with the purpose of placing any elected state officer, legislative official, agency official, or state candidate under personal obligation to the lobbyist, the lobbying firm, or the lobbyist's or the firm's employer.
(b) Deceive or attempt to deceive any elected state officer, legislative official, agency official, or state candidate with regard to any material fact pertinent to any pending or proposed legislative or administrative action.
(c) Cause or influence the introduction of any bill or amendment thereto for the purpose of thereafter being employed to secure its passage or defeat.
(d) Attempt to create a fictitious appearance of public favor or disfavor of any proposed legislative or administrative action or to cause any communication to be sent to any elected state officer, legislative official, agency official, or state candidate in the name of any fictitious person or in the name of any real person, except with the consent of such real person.
(e) Represent falsely, either directly or indirectly, that the lobbyist or the lobbying firm can control the official action of any elected state officer, legislative official, or agency official.
(f) Accept or agree to accept any payment in any way contingent upon the defeat, enactment, or outcome of any proposed legislative or administrative action.
Nothing in this article prohibits the payment of fees for
contractual services provided to an investment manager by a placement
agent, as defined in Section 82047.3, who is registered with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and regulated by the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, except as provided in subdivision (f)
of Section 86205.
