Section 1-K. Contingent retainer  


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  • (a) No client shall retain or employ any
      lobbyist for compensation, the rate or amount of which  compensation  in
      whole or part is contingent or dependent upon:
        (1)  (A) the passage or defeat of any legislative bill or the approval
      or veto of any legislation by the governor,  (B)  the  terms,  issuance,
      modification  or  rescission of a gubernatorial executive order, (C) the
      terms, approval or disapproval, or the implementation and administration
      of tribal-state compacts,  memoranda  of  understanding,  or  any  other
      tribal-state  agreements  and  any  state  actions  related to class III
      gaming as provided in 25 U.S.C. 2701, or (D) the adoption  or  rejection
      of  any  code,  rule or regulation having the force and effect of law or
      the outcome of any rate making proceeding by a state agency;
        (2)(A) the passage or defeat of any local law,  ordinance,  regulation
      or resolution by any municipality or subdivision thereof, (B) the terms,
      issuance, modification or rescission of an executive order issued by the
      chief  executive  officer  of  a  municipality,  or  (C)  the  adoption,
      rejection or implementation of any rule, resolution or regulation having
      the force and effect of a local law, ordinance or regulation or any rate
      making proceeding by any municipality or subdivision thereof;
        (3) any determination by a state agency, either  house  of  the  state
      legislature,  the  unified  court  system,  municipal  agency  or  local
      legislative body with respect to a governmental procurement or a  grant,
      loan or agreement involving the disbursement of public monies.
        (b)  No person shall accept such a retainer or employment. A violation
      of this section shall be a class A misdemeanor.