Conn. Agencies Regs. § 1-92-46

Current through June 15, 2024
Section 1-92-46 - Communicator lobbyist shall register as individual, and disclose his firm as well as client

When the registrant is the communicator lobbyist, the individual who will lobby on behalf of the client lobbyist shall register in his or her individual capacity. As part of his or her address, the individual registrant shall indicate the name of any partnership, professional corporation, limited liability company, or corporation in which the individual registrant is a member, or by which the individual registrant is employed. The "name, address and nature of business of any person who compensates or reimburses, or agrees to compensate or reimburse, the registrant" as that phrase is used in section 1-95(a)(1) of the Connecticut General Statutes refers to the client lobbyist, regardless of whether the client lobbyist who is making expenditures in furtherance of lobbying makes payment directly to the individual registrant who is the communicator or to any partnership, professional corporation, or corporation in which the individual registrant is a member, or by which the individual registrant is employed. However, a business organization, other than the client registrant, to which one or more individuals belong may file a single registration form listing each individual who will lobby on behalf of the client. Additionally, in-house communicator lobbyists (i.e., employees of a single client registrant) shall register collectively with their employer on the employer's client registration form. Each such individual registrant shall sign the single form under penalty of false statement. An individual who accepts work as a subcontractor from a communicator lobbyist shall register separately from the communicator lobbyist. Pursuant to section 1-95(a)(1) of the Connecticut General Statutes, at the time of registration the communicator registrant shall disclose the terms of compensation, reimbursement or agreement. Terms of compensation may be expressed generally as "pro rata value of compensation," only if the registrant is a salaried employee. Otherwise, the dollar amount of any fee or retainer should be disclosed at the time of registration. Terms of agreement shall disclose the categories of work to be performed in lobbying and in furtherance of lobbying by the communicator or business organization, i.e., lobbying, polling, advertising, etc. Such terms shall also include the dollar amount of any fee or retainer attributable to each relevant category.

Conn. Agencies Regs. § 1-92-46

Effective June 16, 1993; Amended January 2, 2008; Amended June 24, 2009; amended 5/11/2023