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Ethics commission seeks small caption change to clarify lobbying prohibition applies only to elected officials
Summary
The Ethics Commission asked the committee to add the word “elected” to a statute caption to mirror Article 14, Section 2 of the North Dakota Constitution and reduce confusion about whether appointed officials fall under the constitution's two‑year lobbying prohibition.
Logan Carpenter, general counsel for the North Dakota Ethics Commission, asked the Government and Veterans Affairs Committee to approve a technical change to the caption of a Century Code section related to lobbying restrictions. The commission’s requested change is to add the single word “elected” to the caption that currently reads “public official,” clarifying that the constitutional prohibition—"An…
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