2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 147-54.41. (Effective January 1, 2007) Expenditures made by persons exempted or not covered by this Article.

§ 147‑54.41.  (Effective January 1, 2007) Expenditures made by persons exempted or not covered by this Article.

(a)       If an executive branch officer accepts an expenditure made for the purpose of lobbying valued over two hundred dollars ($200.00) from a person or group of persons acting together, exempted or not otherwise covered by this Article, the person, or group of persons, making the expenditure shall report the date, a description of the expenditure, the name and address of the person, or group of persons, making the expenditure, the name of the executive branch officer accepting the expenditure, and the estimated fair market value of the expenditure.

(b)       If the person making the expenditure in subsection (a) of this section is outside North Carolina, and the executive branch officer accepting the expenditure is also outside North Carolina at the time the person accepts the expenditure, then the person accepting the expenditure shall be responsible for filing the report using available information.

(c)       If an executive branch officer accepts a scholarship valued over two hundred dollars ($200.00) from a person, or group of persons, acting together, exempted or not otherwise covered by this Article, the person, or group of persons, granting the scholarship shall report the date of the scholarship, a description of the event involved, the name and address of the person, or group of persons, granting the scholarship, the name of the executive branch officer accepting the scholarship, and the estimated fair market value.

(d)       If the person granting the scholarship in subsection (c) of this section is outside North Carolina, the covered person or legislative employee accepting the scholarship shall be responsible for filing the report.

(e)       This section shall not apply to any of the following:

(1)       Lawful campaign contributions.

(2)       Any gift from a family member to a covered person or legislative employee.

(3)       Gifts associated primarily with the executive branch officer's or that person's immediate family member's nonexecutive employment.

(4)       Gifts, other than food, beverages, travel, and lodging, received by an executive branch officer which are received from a person who is a citizen of a country other than the United States or a state other than North Carolina and given during a ceremonial presentation or as a custom.

(5)       A thing of value that is paid for by the State.

(6)       Gifts accepted by an executive branch officer in the name of or on behalf of the State.

(f)        Reports required by this section shall be filed within 10 business days after the end of the quarter in which the expenditure was made, with the Secretary of State in a manner prescribed by the Secretary of State, which may include electronic reports. (2005‑456, s. 2.)