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Pay-to-Play Reform Enacted in Wake of Corruption Conviction

By Pay to Play Law Group
November 10, 2009
  • Texas
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Trends regarding the enactment of pay-to-play legislation remain remarkably consistent and robust nationwide. Typically, pay-to-play legislation is passed in the wake of a corruption scandal that befalls a high-ranking public official. In such an instance, the political pressure on governing bodies is so tremendous to act, that pay-to-play reform is inevitable.

This trend has just played itself out once again in Dallas, where the Dallas City Council just yesterday passed a series of Ethics reform measures in the wake of the corruption conviction of former Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill. The entirety of the legislation, which exceeds some 1300 pages, can be found here.

The ethics package contains numerous changes to existing lobbyist registration and disclosure requirements, City Council zoning powers and the disclosure of gifts to Council members. Most relevant to the pay-to-play space is that anyone bidding on a city contract is now prohibited from making donations during the bid period. Additionally, “major” zoning applicants can no longer make contributions to Council members during the window which begins on the date of public notice of the zoning case, and which ends 60 days after the zoning case is resolved. Such changes are not too surprising in this instance, given that the scandal involving Hill revolved around favorable treatment for developers.

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Dentons’ Political Law Team is a nationally recognized practice with Chambers and Partners awarded practitioners focused on helping clients legally and ethically interact with government at the federal, state and local levels with regard to a range of political, election law, and ethics issues, including campaign finance, issue advocacy, lobby disclosure, and pay-to-play matters.

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