Advisory Opinion 20-02

Date

12/24/2020

Number

2020 – No. 2

Requester

Board’s own motion

Topic

Fundraising by Legislators as part of Outside Employment

Issue/Question

Would it be a violation of the Ethics in Public Service Act for a legislator, as part of his or her outside employment, to fundraise on behalf of that outside employer?

Summary

It is a violation of the Act for legislators, even without the use of state resources, to solicit a lobbyist or lobbyist employer for a donation to the legislators’ outside employer. It is not automatically a violation of the Act for legislators, without the use of state resources, to solicit donations for their outside employer provided the legislators do not use their positions or their legislative titles in doing so.​​

Document

ETHICS2020.02 (PDF 3.37 Megabytes)