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title: O.C.G.A. § 21-5-74. Postemployment restrictions on lobbyists.
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# O.C.G.A. § 21-5-74. Postemployment restrictions on lobbyists.

A lobbyist shall not be eligible for executive appointment to any board, authority, commission, or bureau created and established by the laws of this state which regulates the activities of a business, firm, corporation, or agency that the lobbyist represented until one year after the expiration of the lobbyist’s registration for that business, firm, corporation, or agency.

## History

Code 1981, § 21-5-74, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 859, § 23/HB 48.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2005, p. 859, § 28/HB 48, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the Act shall not apply to any violation occurring prior to January 9, 2006.

## Law Reviews

For article on the 2005 enactment of this Code section, see 22 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 119 (2005).