2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 22 - General Assembly
CHAPTER 22-10 - Lobbying
§ 22-10-12 - Lobbying without compliance prohibited.
SECTION 22-10-12
§ 22-10-12 Lobbying without compliance prohibited. – No person shall appear as a lobbyist before any committee of the general assembly or either branch of the general assembly or engage in any lobbying activity unless his or her name appears upon the register for lobbyists. No person, private or public corporation, or association shall directly or indirectly employ any person as a lobbyist unless the name of that person, corporation, or association and the lobbyist are duly entered on the register as provided by this chapter. No person shall be employed as a lobbyist for compensation dependent in any manner upon the passage or defeat of any proposed legislation or upon any other contingency connected with the action of the general assembly, or of either branch or of any committee of the general assembly, or of the governor. Any person, corporation, or association violating this section shall be subject to the penalties set forth in § 22-10-11.
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