§ 21-5-73. Disclosure Reports
Each lobbyist registered under this article shall file disclosure reports as provided for in this Code section in the electronic format specified by the commission. A person who is required to register under this article and lobbies to promote or oppose the passage of any legislation by the General Assembly, or any committee of either […]
§ 21-5-74. Postemployment Restrictions on Lobbyists
A lobbyist shall not be eligible for executive appointment to any board, authority, commission, or bureau created and established by the laws of this state which regulates the activities of a business, firm, corporation, or agency that the lobbyist represented until one year after the expiration of the lobbyist’s registration for that business, firm, corporation, […]
§ 21-5-75. Postemployment Restrictions on Public Officers
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, on and after January 8, 2007, persons identified in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (22) of Code Section 21-5-3 and the executive director of each state board, commission, or authority shall be prohibited from registering as a lobbyist or engaging in lobbying under this […]
§ 21-5-76. Contingent Fees for Lobbying Prohibited; Unauthorized Persons on the Floor While the General Assembly Is in Session
No person, firm, corporation, or association shall retain or employ a lobbyist for compensation contingent, in whole or in part, upon the passage or defeat of any legislative measure, upon the adoption or decision not to adopt any state agency rule or regulation, or upon the granting or awarding of any state contract. No lobbyist […]
§ 21-5-42. Contribution to Campaign Committee Deemed Contribution to Candidate; Rules for Construction
For purposes of this article, a contribution to a campaign committee of a candidate for any public office shall be deemed to be a contribution to such candidate. If during any calendar year there occur both a special election including a special primary, special primary runoff, and special election runoff as appropriate and a general […]
§ 21-5-43. Accounting for and Expenditure of Campaign Contributions
A candidate or campaign committee may separately account for contributions for each election in an election cycle for which contributions are accepted. If no contributions are accepted for an election, no corresponding accounting shall be required. Subject to the contribution limits of this chapter, contributions so separately accounted for may be accepted at any time […]
§ 21-5-44. Contribution to Campaign Committee Deemed Contribution to Candidate; Rules for Construction
Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2000, p. 1491, § 4, effective January 1, 2001, redesignated the former provisions of this Code section as Code Section 21-5-42.
§ 21-5-50. Filing by Public Officers; Filing by Candidates for Public Office; Filing by Elected Officials and Members of the General Assembly; Electronic Filing
Except as modified in subsection (c) of this Code section with respect to candidates for state-wide elected public office, each public officer, as defined in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (22) of Code Section 21-5-3, shall file with the commission not before the first day of January nor later than July 1 of each […]
§ 21-5-51. Inspection and Copying of Financial Disclosure Statements
Financial disclosure statements filed pursuant to this article shall be public records and shall be subject to inspection and copying by any member of the public as provided by law for other public records. History. Code 1981, § 21-5-51 , enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 957, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 297, § […]
§ 21-5-70. Definitions
As used in this article, the term: “Expenditure”: Means a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, or conveyance of money or anything of value made for the purpose of influencing the actions of any public officer, specifically including any such transaction which is made on behalf of or for the benefit of a public employee […]