IC 2-7-6-2 Violations; offense; penalty; court order against lobbying; exceptions
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Sec. 2.
(a)This section does not apply to failure to file a report or statement under IC 2-7-2-1 , IC 2-7-3-1 , IC 2-7-3-3.3 , or IC 2-7-3-7 if the person failing to file the report or statement files a late report or statement not more than ten
(10)business days after the commission notifies the person by certified mail, return receipt requested, that the person did not file a timely report or statement.
(b)Any person who knowingly or intentionally violates any provision of IC 2-7-2 , IC 2-7-3 , or IC 2-7-5 commits unlawful lobbying, a Level 6 felony. In addition to any penalty imposed on the defendant under IC 35-50-2-7 for unlawful lobbying, the court may order the defendant not to engage in lobbying for a period of up to ten
(10)years, IC 2-7-5-6 notwithstanding.
(c)Any person who lobbies in contravention of a court order under subsection
(b)commits a Level 6 felony.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.9, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.1; P.L.123-2015, SEC.17; P.L.149-2016, SEC.6.