2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 120-47.7C. (Effective January 1, 2007) Prohibitions.

§ 120‑47.7C.  (Effective January 1, 2007) Prohibitions.

(a)       No member or former member of the General Assembly may be employed as an executive or legislative lobbyist by a lobbyist's principal to lobby as defined in this Article or Article 4C of Chapter 147 of the General Statutes within six months after the end of that member's service in the General Assembly.

(b)       No person serving as Governor, as a member of the Council of State, or as a head of a principal State department listed in G.S. 143B‑6 may be employed as an executive or legislative lobbyist by a lobbyist's principal to lobby as defined in this Article or Article 4C of Chapter 147 of the General Statutes within six months after separation from employment or leaving office.

(c)       No individual registered as a legislative lobbyist shall serve as a campaign treasurer under Chapter 163 of the General Statutes for a campaign for election as a member of the General Assembly.

(d)       (Applicable to appointments made on or after January 1, 2007) A legislative or executive lobbyist shall not be eligible for appointment by a State official to any body created under the laws of this State that has regulatory authority over the activities of a person that the lobbyist currently represents or has represented within 60 days after the expiration of the lobbyist's registration representing that person. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit appointment by any unit of local government.

(e)       No legislative or executive lobbyist or another acting on the lobbyist's behalf shall permit a covered person, legislative employee, executive branch officer, or that person's immediate family member, to use the cash or credit of the lobbyist for the purpose of lobbying unless the lobbyist is in attendance at the time of the expenditure. (2005‑456, s. 1.)