Ethics Rules Too Broad?

By Mick Hinton, Tulsa World ~ Befuddled by new ethics rules, lobbyists have come up with an idea they hope the state Ethics Commission will find palatable. Lobbyist Pat Hall last week proposed a rule to assure that, for example, the Oklahoma State Medical Association would spend, at most, $300 a year on an individual lawmaker for meals or any other gifts. The state medical association, one of Hall's clients, has a half-dozen registered lobbyists, and the Ethics Commission has been concerned that each of those lobbyists could spend $300 on the same lawmaker. Read all of Hinton's insightful article here.

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