2005 Idaho Code - 67-6618 — EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION

                                  TITLE  67
                      STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS
                                  CHAPTER 66
                       ELECTION CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
                        AND EXPENDITURES -- LOBBYISTS
    67-6618.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION. The following persons and
activities shall be exempt from registration and reporting under sections
67-6617 and 67-6619, Idaho Code:
    (a)  Persons who limit their lobbying activities to appearances before
public sessions of committees of the legislature or to appearances or
participation in public meetings, public hearings or public proceedings held
or initiated by executive officials or their employees.
    (b)  Persons who are employees of an entity engaged in the business of
publishing, broadcasting or televising, while engaged in the gathering and
dissemination of news and comment thereon to the general public in the
ordinary course of business.
    (c)  Persons who do not receive any compensation for lobbying and persons
whose compensation for lobbying does not exceed two hundred fifty dollars
($250) in the aggregate during any calendar quarter, including persons who
lobby on behalf of their employer or employers, and the lobbying activity
represents less than the equivalent of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) of the
employee's time per calendar year quarter, based on an hourly proration of
said employee's compensation.
    (d)  Elected state officers and state executive officers appointed by the
governor subject to confirmation by the senate; elected officials of political
subdivisions of the state of Idaho, acting in their official capacity.
    (e)  A person who represents a bona fide church (of which he is a member)
solely for the purpose of protecting the constitutional right to the free
exercise of religion.
    (f)  (1) Employees of a corporation, if such corporation:
         (i)   Has registered as a lobbyist pursuant to chapter 66, title 67,
         Idaho Code, and
         (ii)  Has designated one (1) or more of its employees as its official
         lobbyist, and
         (iii) The person so designated by the corporation has also registered
         as a lobbyist.
    (2)  The corporation and the lobbyist designated pursuant to this
    subsection shall fully and accurately report all expenditures made by
    employees who are exempt hereunder, in the manner and at the times
    required by section 67-6618, Idaho Code, and, in addition thereto, shall
    report the names of all employees who make or authorize expenditures in
    the aggregate sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) or more during any calendar
    year on behalf of the corporate lobbying activities.