2008-01-15                     House Journal                      Page 1703
HB 309                                                                                                                        
(Prefile released January 11, 2008)                                                                                             
HOUSE BILL NO. 309 by Representative LeDoux, entitled:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
    "An Act requiring a legislator to abstain from voting on questions                                                          
    affecting an enterprise if the legislator or a member of the                                                                
    legislator's immediate family has an equity or ownership interest                                                           
    in the enterprise that is substantial, and requiring a legislator to                                                        
    abstain from taking or withholding official action or exerting                                                              
    official influence in certain matters in which the legislator's action                                                      
    or influence could benefit or harm the financial interest of a                                                              
    person by whom the legislator or a member of the legislator's                                                               
    immediate family is employed or with whom the legislator or a                                                               
    member of the legislator's immediate family is negotiating for                                                              
    employment; making the Act conditionally effective; and                                                                     
    providing for an effective date."                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the State Affairs, Judiciary, and                                                       
Finance Committees.