TITLE 22
General Assembly
CHAPTER 22-10
Lobbying
SECTION 22-10-2
§ 22-10-2 Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions apply:
(1) A person is "appointed" by another if he or she receives
compensation for lobbying or pursuant to a mutual understanding or agreement
engages in lobbying.
(2) "Compensation" means any remuneration received or to be
received for services rendered as a lobbyist, whether in the form of a fee,
salary, forbearance, forgiveness, reimbursement for expenses, or any other form
of recompense, and any combination of these. Where lobbying is incidental to a
person's regular employment, his or her compensation for lobbying shall be
reported as such and the lobbyist shall record the dollar amount of that
portion of his or her compensation that is attributed to the time spent
pursuing lobbying activities. In those instances, it shall not be necessary to
disclose one's total salary or the percentage of one's time spent on lobbying.
The lobbyist shall be required to disclose only his or her best good faith
estimate of the dollar amount which corresponds to the portion of his or her
time spent on lobbying activities.
(3) "Lobbying" means acting directly or soliciting others to
act for the purpose of promoting, opposing, amending, or influencing in any
manner the passage by the general assembly of any legislation or the action on
that legislation by the governor.
(4) "Lobbyist" means any person who engages in lobbying as
the appointed representative of another person.
(5) "Person" means an individual, firm, business,
corporation, association, partnership, or other group.
(6) A "quasi-public corporation" means a body corporate and
politic acting as a public corporation, which has been organized pursuant to
law and granted certain powers, rights and privileges by the general laws,
while exhibiting a distinct legal existence from the state, and not
constituting a department of the state government, in order to perform a
governmental function.
(7) "Major state decision-maker" means:
(i) All general officers; and all executive or administrative
head or heads of any state executive agency enumerated in § 42-6-1 as well
as the executive or administrative head or heads of state quasi-public
corporations, whether appointed or serving as an employee. The phrase
"executive or administrative head or heads" shall include anyone serving in the
positions of director, executive director, deputy director, assistant director,
executive counsel or chief of staff;
(ii) All members of the general assembly and the executive or
administrative head or heads of a state legislative agency, whether appointed
or serving as an employee. The phrase "executive or administrative head or
heads" shall include anyone serving in the positions of director, executive
director, deputy director, assistant director, executive counsel or chief of
staff;
(iii) All members of the state judiciary and all state
magistrates and the executive or administrative head or heads of a state
judicial agency, whether appointed or serving as an employee. The phrase
"executive or administrative head or heads" shall include anyone serving in the
positions of director, executive director, deputy director, assistant director,
executive counsel, chief of staff or state court administrator.
(8) "Advertising" means any communication disseminated by
means of printing, mailing, electronic transmission, broadcasting or other
medium.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1988, ch. 436, § 2; P.L. 2004, ch. 207, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch.
413, § 1.)