§ 120C-601 – Additional powers and duties of the Commission.
120C-601. Additional powers and duties of the Commission. (a) The Commission may investigate complaints of violations of this Chapter and shall refer complaints related solely to Articles 2, 4, or 8 of this Chapter to the Secretary of State. (b) The Commission may petition the Superior Court of Wake County for the approval to issue […]
§ 120C-602 – Punishment for violation.
120C-602. Punishment for violation. (a) Whoever willfully violates any provision of Article 2 or Article 3 of this Chapter shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, except as provided in those Articles. In addition, no lobbyist who is convicted of a violation of the provisions of this Chapter shall in any way act as […]
§ 120C-603 – Enforcement by district attorney and Attorney General.
120C-603. Enforcement by district attorney and Attorney General. (a) The Commission or the Secretary of State, as appropriate, may investigate complaints of violations of this Chapter and shall report apparent violations of this Chapter to the district attorney of the prosecutorial district as defined in G.S. 7A-60 of which Wake County is a part, who […]
§ 120C-700 – Persons exempted from this Chapter.
120C-700. Persons exempted from this Chapter. Except as otherwise provided in Article 8, the provisions of this Chapter shall not be construed to apply to any of the following: (1) An individual solely engaged in expressing a personal opinion or stating facts or recommendations on legislative action or executive action to a designated individual and […]
§ 120C-800 – Reportable expenditures made by persons exempted or not covered by this Chapter.
120C-800. Reportable expenditures made by persons exempted or not covered by this Chapter. (a) If a designated individual accepts a reportable expenditure made for lobbying with a total value of over two hundred dollars ($200.00) per calendar quarter from a person or group of persons acting together, exempted or not otherwise covered by this Chapter, […]
§ 120C-500 – Liaison personnel.
120C-500. Liaison personnel. (a) All agencies and constitutional officers of the State, including all boards, departments, divisions, constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina, community colleges, and other units of government in the executive branch shall designate liaison personnel to lobby for legislative action. This subsection shall not apply to units of local government, […]
§ 120C-501 – Applicability of Chapter on liaison personnel.
120C-501. Applicability of Chapter on liaison personnel. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this Chapter shall not apply to liaison personnel. (b) G.S. 120C-200 shall apply to liaison personnel. No registration fee shall be required for registration under this subsection. (c) Liaison personal designated under this Article shall file reports under G.S. 120C-402. […]
§ 120C-502 – Local government liaison equivalents.
120C-502. Local government liaison equivalents. (a) An individual who is an employee of a governmental unit whose principal duties, in practice or as set forth in that individual’s job description, include lobbying for legislative action shall register under G.S. 120C-200. (b) G.S. 120C-501 shall apply to an individual required to register under subsection (a) of […]
§ 120C-600 – Powers and duties of the Secretary of State.
120C-600. Powers and duties of the Secretary of State. (a) The Secretary of State shall perform systematic reviews of reports required to be filed under Articles 4 and 8 of this Chapter on a regular basis to assure complete and timely disclosure of reportable expenditures. The Secretary of State shall refer to the Commission any […]
§ 120C-305 – Prohibition on the use of cash or credit of the lobbyist.
120C-305. Prohibition on the use of cash or credit of the lobbyist. No lobbyist or another acting on the lobbyist’s behalf shall lobby by permitting a designated individual, or that designated individual’s immediate family member, to use the cash or credit of the lobbyist unless the lobbyist is in attendance at the time of the […]