Staff Analysis of the Legislation
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This bill prohibits public employees from using any computer, fax machine, telephone, e-mail, word processing software, printer or other telecommunications device owned by the government for the purpose of promoting or opposing the passage or veto of legislation. County employees whose duty is to communicate with legislators would be exempt. While the bill was passed by the House Governmental Affairs Committee on February 28th, the author of the legislation said the he does not intend to push the bill to passage this year. |