Section 0580-01-05-.03 - PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES(1) No lobbyist, employer of a lobbyist, Official, or such Official's immediate family, as those terms are defined in these rules and by T.C.A. § 3-6-301, shall engage in any conduct prohibited by T.C.A. § 3-6-304.(2) No lobbyist or employer of a lobbyist shall provide, directly or indirectly, to a candidate for public office, an Official, or the immediate family of such candidate or Official, a gift as prohibited in T.C.A. § 3-6-305, nor shall the candidate, Official, or immediate family thereof accept such a gift, except as allowed by T.C.A. § 3-6-305 or these Rules.(3) The ban on campaign contributions set forth in T.C.A. § 3-6-304(j) does not prohibit contributions by a lobbyist to an incumbent legislator or governor that are made in support of his or her election to a federal office.(4) Campaign contributions from a lobbyist to an incumbent legislator who is running for a local public office are prohibited.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0580-01-05-.03
Original rule filed February 3, 2009; effective June 26, 2009.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 3-6-107(1), 2-10-310(a)(2), 3-6-301(12), 3-6-304 through 3-6-305, 3-6-308(a)(9).