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8956
. (a) The appropriate legislative ethics committees shall
conduct at least semiannually an orientation course of the relevant
statutes and regulations governing official conduct. The curriculum
and presentation of the course shall be established by house rules.
(b) The committees shall conduct at least semiannually an
orientation course on the relevant ethical issues and laws relating
to lobbying, in consultation with the Fair Political Practices
Commission. One of the semiannual courses shall be held prior to June
30 of each year. This course may be combined with the course
described in subdivision (a).
(c) At least once in each biennial session, each Member of the
Legislature and each designated employee of the Legislature shall
attend one of these courses.
(d) The committees shall impose fees on lobbyists for attending
the course described in subdivision (b). The fees shall be set at an
amount that will enable the lobbyists' participation in the course to
be funded from those fees to the fullest extent possible.