Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 21. ELECTIONS · Chapter 5. GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE · Article 4. PUBLIC OFFICIALS’ CONDUCT AND LOBBYIST DISCLOSURE

21-5-75. Postemployment restrictions on public officers.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, on and after January 8, 2007, persons identified in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (22) of Code Section 21-5-3 and the executive director of each state board, commission, or authority shall be prohibited from registering as a lobbyist or engaging in lobbying under this article for a period of one year after terminating such employment or leaving such office.#
(b)
The lobbying prohibition contained in subsection (a) of this Code section shall not apply to persons who terminate such employment or leave such office but who remain employed in state government.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 21-5-75, 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).

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