2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 147-54.40. (Effective January 1, 2007) Persons exempted from provisions of Article.

§ 147‑54.40.  (Effective January 1, 2007) Persons exempted from provisions of Article.

Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the provisions of this Article shall not be construed to apply to any of the following:

(1)       An individual solely engaged in expressing a personal opinion on an executive action and not acting as an executive lobbyist.

(2)       A person appearing before a committee, commission, board, council, or other collective body whose membership includes one or more executive branch officers at the invitation or request of the collective body or a member thereof and who engages in no further activities as an executive lobbyist in connection with that or any other executive action.

(3)       A duly elected or appointed official or employee of the State, the United States, a county, municipality, school district, or other governmental agency, when appearing solely in connection with matters pertaining to the office and its public duties.

(4)       A person performing professional services in advising and rendering opinions to clients, or to executive branch officers on behalf of clients, as to the construction and effect of proposed or pending executive action where the professional services are not otherwise connected with executive action.

(5)       A person who owns, publishes, or is employed by any news medium while engaged in the acquisition or dissemination of news on behalf of the news medium.

(6)       A person responding to inquiries from an executive branch officer and who engages in no further activities as an executive lobbyist in connection with that or any other executive action.

(7)       A person appearing before an executive branch agency or department on behalf of another person, on an individual application for a license or permit, or a disciplinary action on a license or permit.

(8)       A person appearing before an executive branch officer on behalf of another person with respect to a proposed sale or lease of real property, goods or services to the State, or construction of property by the State.

(9)       An employee who represents the employer's interests in executive action for no more than nine hours during a six‑month reporting period, provided that neither the employee nor the employer make any expenditure as defined in G.S. 147‑54.31.

(10)     A person appearing before an executive branch agency or department or an executive branch officer on behalf of another person or entity in connection with an application for a grant, loan, determination or eligibility, or certification. (2005‑456, s. 2.)