2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 1 - Provisions of General Application
Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics
Section 1-94 - Lobbyist registration with the Office of State Ethics.
A lobbyist shall register with the Office of State Ethics pursuant to this part if it or he:
(1) Receives or agrees to receive compensation or reimbursement for actual expenses, or both, in a combined amount of three thousand dollars or more in a calendar year for lobbying, whether that receipt of compensation or reimbursement or agreement to receive such compensation or reimbursement is solely for lobbying or the lobbying is incidental to that person’s regular employment; or
(2) Makes or incurs an obligation to make expenditures of three thousand dollars or more in a calendar year for lobbying.
(P.A. 77-605, S. 5, 21; P.A. 79-615, S. 4, 10; P.A. 81-339, S. 2, 7; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-1, S. 10, 22; P.A. 96-11, S. 3, 5; P.A. 05-183, S. 19; P.A. 15-15, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 79-615 changed emphasis of section to require registration as lobbyist prior to actually serving as such; P.A. 81-339 increased monetary thresholds from $300 to $500; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-1 substituted $1,000 for $500 and numbered the Subdivs. instead of lettering them; P.A. 96-11 changed registration threshold from $1,000 to $2,000, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 05-183 replaced “commission” with “Office of State Ethics”, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 15-15 changed registration thresholds from $2,000 to $3,000, effective January 1, 2016.
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