Glenn Coffee & Associates staff works diligently to stay up-to-date on government rules and regulations, attending dozens of agency, board and commission meetings each year. Our newsletter shares the latest in ethics and administrative rules, and commentary on how it will affect your business.
Supreme Court Rules Against Ethics Commission
Oct 8, 2018Sept. 24 was a bad day in court for the Oklahoma Ethics Commission. The Oklahoma Supreme Court denied the Commission’s efforts to obtain additional funding from the Legislature.
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Ethics Commission Sued Over Gifting Rules
Oct 8, 2018On the same day the Supreme Court decision was announced, the Ethics Commission was named as the defendant in a lawsuit filed by the Institute for Justice, an Arlington, Virginia, organization contesting the constitutionality of Ethics Commission Rules prohibiting lobbyists from giving a $15 book to legislators and other state officers and employees.
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Ethics Commission to Draft Regulation of 'Indirect or Grassroots Lobbying'
Oct 8, 2018In March, state Rep. Meloyde Blancett presented a letter to the Ethics Commission detailing her request for new rulemaking to require “clear disclosure of all expenditures by 501(c)(4) entities that are designed to influence official action and all related sources of funds that enabled the expenditures.”
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Advisory Opinion Request: Surplus Funds
Oct 8, 2018The Oklahoma Ethics Commission has scheduled a hearing on an advisory opinion request, but it may come too late for the campaign of the term-limited House member who requested it.
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Hold Your Election Bets!
Aug 20, 2018Oklahoma state law is clear: Any sort of betting related to an election, whether you are the one making the bet or accepting the bet, constitutes a misdemeanor. Specifically, Title 21, § 181 says:
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Marijuana Petitions Miss the Signature Mark
Aug 20, 2018State Question 797 – the proposed Constitutional amendment to legalize recreational marijuana – fell short of the required signatures to get on the ballot, the Secretary of State announced Aug. 20.
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Oral Arguments Held in Ethics Commission Funding Lawsuit
Aug 20, 2018On July 31, 2018, a Supreme Court referee heard arguments in the Ethics Commission lawsuit over inadequate funding.
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Federal ‘Dark Money’ Donors Must be Revealed, DC Court Rules
Aug 20, 2018A U.S. District Court Judge has struck down a Federal Election Commission (FEC) regulation permitting anonymous gifts to nonprofit groups engaged in independent expenditures for federal elections.
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Ethics Commission Files Funding Lawsuit Against State
Jun 28, 2018In an unprecedented move, the Oklahoma Ethics Commission filed suit in the Oklahoma Supreme Court against the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the state Treasurer and the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
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Contribution Limits and Primary Runoffs
Jun 28, 2018After the June 26 primary election, preliminary results from the State Election Board showed an unusual number of contests that will appear on the Aug. 28, 2018, runoff primary election ballot. These races will prompt another round of candidate fundraising.
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