Is a person engaged in lobbying if that person, as a volunteer member or officer of a neighborhood organization or civic group contacts several members of a city board, commission or committee to request that certain action be taken?
A volunteer member or officer is not required to register as a lobbyist because he or she is not paid for his or her services to the organization or group. Reimbursement for actual expenses incurred while performing activities on behalf of the organization or group is not payment to the member or officer to engage in lobbying. See ss. 305-43-5 to 7. [ Top ] 10. Is a person who is employed by a principal required to register as a lobbyist if the person meets separately with several city officials within a single reporting period to lobby on behalf of the principal, even though each meeting related to a different matter and no one meeting lasted for 2 hours or more? The person is required to register as a lobbyist if the accumulated time spent lobbying on behalf of the same principal is for 2 or more hours within a single reporting period, regardless of the number or length of the meetings and the number and identities of the legislative or administrative matters. See ss. 305-43-6 and 12
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