Background on the National Conference of State Legislatures for Leah

State's top ALEC officials say group is becoming more transparent. (Wisconsin State Journal, 12/12/2013)

Photo credit:  Wisconsin State Legislature

National Conference of State Legislatures

• Legislators and legislative staffers automatically become members, no matter what party they belong to.
• Provides the tools, information and resources to craft the best solutions to difficult problems.
• Occasionally provides model legislation, such as....
• An act imposing a uniform, statewide E911 charges on the retail sale of prepaid wireless telecommunication services to consumers
• Facilitating Business Rapid Response to State Declared Disasters Act of 2013

ALEC, on the other hand, provides model legislation for everything under the sun, it appears.

There's also this NCSL item from 1996:  Model Code of Conduct for Legislative Staff.

Code of conduct?   ALEC recently considered initiating a loyalty oath

 “I will act with care and loyalty and put the interests of the organization first”

for state chairmen, a tone-deaf proposal even for this group.

Other ALEC posts:
ALEC transparency?  Up to a point.  (12/12/2013)
From ALEC to Andre to us: Rep. Jacque (R-DePere) whittles model bill down to the basics.  (9/1/2013)
NRA/ALEC "Docs and Glocks" law finally makes its way to Wisconsin.  (6/18/2013)
Robin Vos, "an ALEC Wisconsin Foot Soldier" (SourceWatch).  (6/13/2013) Pat McCrory Cain't Say "No" to ALEC.. (6/10/2013)
ALEC'd to Death: Wisconsin Republicans Continues to Depend on the Koch Brothers' Playbook. (6/7/2013)
ALEC's State Budget Reform Toolkit: "Asset Sale and Lease Opportunities".  (6/6/2013)
Selling State Properties? It's in the ALEC Playbook.  (5/22/2013)More cookie-cutter legislation from ALEC.  (4/7/2013)
The New York Times Provides an overview of school choice without mentioning ALEC's orchestration.  (3/28/2013)
Selling state properties:  It's in the ALEC toolkit.  (2/17/2013)
Performance funding: They love this stuff at the Lumina Foundation and ALEC. (11/19/2012)
Splashy full-page ad for a movie few want to see.  (9/30/2012)
AT&;T, ALEC have their way with South Carolina legislature.  (7/2/2012)
What the Koch Brothers left under Scott Walker's 2010 Christmas tree.  (6/19/2012)“
….really, what ALEC is, is a bipartisan association of state legislators….” (Wisconsin State Senate version, 4/10/2012)“