Sec. 7. (a) An individual who is a member of the general assembly after December 31, 2011, may not be registered as a lobbyist under this article during the period described in subsection (b).
(b) The period referred to in subsection (a):
(1) begins on the day the individual ceases to be a member of the general assembly; and
(2) ends three hundred sixty-five (365) days after the date the individual ceases to be a member of the general assembly.