HOUSE BILL 573

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005

INTRODUCED BY

Richard P. Cheney

AN ACT

RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE; PROVIDING THAT NO INDIVIDUAL SHALL REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST OR BE EMPLOYED OR RETAINED AS A LOBBYIST UNLESS THE INDIVIDUAL IS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. A new section of the Lobbyist Regulation Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED.--No individual shall register as a lobbyist or be employed or retained as a lobbyist unless the individual is a citizen of the United States."

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