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Regulations Update
Amendments to the OSE’s regulations became effective on June 24, 2009. Among other things, the amendments:
- Include retirement from public service or state employment as a major life event;
- Define “dependent relative” throughout the Codes;
- Clarify the conflict of interest reporting procedure when an individual has no immediate supervisor;
- Remove the requirement of communicator lobbyists to also register as client lobbyists in subcontracting arrangements; and
- Clarify that lobbyists under audit are not exempt from regular filing requirements.
The amendments are available in full in the Statutes and Regulations section of this site.
Lobbyist Audit Ceremony and Lobbyist Information
On Thursday, July 23, 2009, the Chairman of the Citizen’s Ethics Advisory Board will randomly select 40 lobbyists to be audited by the OSE. This audit selection ceremony will be part of the Board’s regular meeting, the details of which are available on this site.
The lobbyists are selected from a pool of all registered client lobbyists. A client lobbyist is the party paying for lobbying services on its behalf. In other words, the client lobbyist is expending or agreeing to expend the registration threshold of $2,000 in a calendar year for lobbying.
Please visit our new Lobbying Fact Sheet for more information on the definition of a lobbyist and the registration and reporting requirements.
Have a safe and enjoyable summer!
Sincerely,
Carol Carson
Executive Director
July 2009
