DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
BUREAU OF ELECTIONS
 
LOBBYIST REGISTRATION AND REPORTING
 
Filed with the secretary of state on
 
These rules become effective immediately after filing with the secretary of state unless adopted under section 33, 44, or 45a(9) of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.233, 24.244, or 24.245a. Rules adopted under these sections become effective 7 days after filing with the secretary of state.
 
(By authority conferred on the secretary of state by section 16 of 1978 PA 472, MCL 4.426Act No. 472 of the Public Acts of 1978, being S4.426 of the Michigan Compiled Laws)
 
R 4.471, R 4.472, and R 4.473 of the Michigan Administrative Code are rescinded, as follows: 
 
 
PART 7. GIFTS
 
R 4.471   Gifts; prohibition. Rescinded.
  Rule 71. A lobbyist or lobbyist agent, or anyone acting on behalf of  a lobbyist or lobbyist agent, may give a gift to  a  person  who   is   not   a public official as defined in the act.
 
 
R 4.472   Gifts, extension of credit. Rescinded.
  Rule 72. The extension of credit to a public official by  a business entity under the same terms as such credit  is  extended   to   the   general public is not a gift or a loan.
 
 
R 4.473   Gifts; honorarium. Rescinded.
  Rule 73. An honorarium paid directly to a public official by a lobbyist or lobbyist agent shall be considered a gift within the meaning of section 11 of the act when it is clear from all of the  surrounding circumstances that the services provided by the public official do not  represent  equal or  greater value than the payment received.