2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 147-54.34. (Effective January 1, 2007) Authorization from lobbyist\'s principal; fee from principal.

§ 147‑54.34.  (Effective January 1, 2007) Authorization from lobbyist's principal; fee from principal.

(a)       Each executive lobbyist or principal shall file with the Secretary of State within 10 days after the executive lobbyist's registration a written authorization signed by the lobbyist's principal authorizing the lobbyist to represent the principal.

(b)       The form of the authorization shall be prescribed by the Secretary of State and shall include the principal's full name, complete address and telephone number, name and title of the official signing for the principal, and the name of each lobbyist registered to represent the principal. The Secretary of State shall make available as soon as practicable the authorization of the lobbyists' principals in an electronic, searchable format.

(c)       An amended authorization shall be filed with the Secretary of State no later than 10 days after any change in the information supplied on the previous authorization. Each supplementary authorization shall include a complete statement of the information that has changed.

(d)       Except as provided for in subsection (e) of this section, a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) is due and payable to the Secretary of State at the time the principal's first authorization statement is filed each calendar year for an executive lobbyist. The fee for the executive lobbyist's authorization shall be seventy‑five dollars ($75.00) if an authorization for the principal to be represented by a legislative lobbyist is filed at the same time. No additional fee is due for additional authorizations filed for executive lobbyists.

(e)       The fee in subsection (d) of this section shall be reduced to a total of twenty‑five dollars ($25.00) if the principal had annual revenues in its most recent fiscal year of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) or less and is represented by no more than two different lobbyists. This reduced fee covers authorizations filed for the principal's legislative and executive lobbyists. (2005‑456, s. 2.)