§84-18  Restrictions on post employment. (a)  No former legislator or employee shall disclose any information which bylaw or practice is not available to the public and which the former legislatoror employee acquired in the course of the former legislator's or employee'sofficial duties or use the information for the former legislator's oremployee's personal gain or the benefit of anyone.

(b)  No former legislator, within twelve monthsafter termination of the former legislator's employment, shall represent anyperson or business for a fee or other consideration, on matters in which theformer legislator participated as a legislator or on matters involving officialaction by the legislature.

(c)  No former employee, within twelve monthsafter termination of the former employee's employment, shall represent anyperson or business for a fee or other consideration, on matters in which theformer employee participated as an employee or on matters involving officialaction by the particular state agency or subdivision thereof with which theformer employee had actually served.

(d)  This section shall not prohibit any agencyfrom contracting with a former legislator or employee to act on a matter onbehalf of the State within the period of limitations stated herein, and shallnot prevent such legislator or employee from appearing before any agency inrelation to such employment.

(e)  This section shall not apply to any personwho is employed by the State for a period of less than one hundred andeighty-one days.

(f)  For the purposes of this section,"represent" means to engage in direct communication on behalf of anyperson or business with a legislator, a legislative employee, a particularstate agency or subdivision thereof, or their employees. [L 1972, c 163, pt of§1; gen ch 1985; am L 1995, c 239, §1]

 

Note

 

  Other standards, seecounty charters.

 

Rules of Court

 

  Lawyers, see HRPCrule 1.11.