The biggest spending by individual, identifiable groups included $11,497 by the Utah Beverage Association; $4,633 by the Utah Symphony and Opera; $4,135 by Thanksgiving Point; $3,375 by the Deseret News (for free newspapers for lawmakers); $3,313 by the University of Utah; $3,133 by Merit Medical Systems; and $3,051 by Questar.

Lawmakers who received the most in identifiable gifts included Bramble, $1,447; House Speaker Greg Curtis, R-Sandy, $1,199; Sen. Wayne Niederhauser, R-Sandy, $920; Senate Assistant Majority Whip Sheldon Killpack, R-Syracuse, $692; and Senate Majority Whip Dan Eastman, R-Bountiful, $473.

As an example of what was received, Bramble received airfare of $800 and a $120 hotel stay in Atlanta paid for a lobbyist for Delta Air Lines; an $85 dinner at Ruth's Chris steak house paid by lobbyist David Copeland; $94 for a meal at Cucina Toscana by lobbyist Gina Crezee; a $216 wedding gift for Bramble's son from lobbyist Christopher Kyler; $25 for "public relations" by Xango; and $19 spent at a meeting by lobbyist Peggy Harrison.

Individual lobbyists who gave the most to lawmakers include Shurtz, $7,752; Robert Jolley (whose many clients include AT&T, Cash America and Delta Air Lines), $4,321; David Copeland (clients include Intermountain Healthcare, Wal-Mart and Comcast), $4,218; Jennifer Stevens (Thanksgiving Point), $4,135; and Stokes (clients include EnergySolutions, Microsoft and America First Credit Union), $3,716.

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