2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 42 - State Affairs and Government
CHAPTER 42-139 - Executive Branch and Public Corporation Lobbying
§ 42-139-3 - Register – Information shown – Public records.

SECTION 42-139-3

   § 42-139-3  Register – Information shown – Public records. – The secretary of state shall prepare and keep in conformity with the provisions of this chapter a register for executive branch and public corporation lobbyists. The register, required to be maintained under this section, may, in the discretion of the secretary of state, be incorporated into and/or made part of the register required to be maintained under § 22-10-5. In this register shall be entered the name and business address of the employer, and the name, residence, and occupation of the persons employed for any lobbying purpose regarding the executive branch or public corporations, the date of the employment or agreement therefore, the length of time the employment is to continue, if such time can be determined, and the subject matter regarding which contact is to be made. Each such register shall be a public record and open to the inspection of any citizen upon demand at any time during regular business hours of the office of the secretary of state. Within ten (10) days of any filing, the secretary of state shall forward a list of lobbyists in the register on executive branch and public corporation matters to the governor and to the chief executive of each public corporation.