2021 Georgia Code
Title 21 - Elections
Chapter 5 - Ethics in Government
Article 4 - Public Officials' Conduct and Lobbyist Disclosure
§ 21-5-72.1. Regulation of Certain Contact Between Lobbyists and Members of the General Assembly; Making or Acceptance of Certain Expenditures

Universal Citation: GA Code § 21-5-72.1 (2021)
  1. No person who is required by the law of this state to register as a lobbyist shall meet at the state capitol, Coverdell Legislative Office Building, or other state government facility with any member of the General Assembly to discuss the promotion or opposition of the passage of any legislation by the General Assembly, or any committee of either chamber or a joint committee thereof, or the override of a veto unless such person either is wearing his or her valid official registered lobbyist badge or is a resident of the House or Senate district which such member represents.
    1. No person who is registered as a lobbyist under Code Section 21-5-71 shall make any expenditure.
    2. No public officer shall with actual knowledge accept any expenditure from a person who is registered as a lobbyist under Code Section 21-5-71.

(Code 1981, §21-5-72.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 540, § 6/HB 142.)

Law reviews.

- For article on the 2013 enactment of this Code section, see 30 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 129 (2013).

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