employees. For the purposes of this item, direct business association does not include: (a) ownership interests held by a lobbyist or a lobbyist’s principal and a member of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of their employees in the same corporation or partnership unless the interest of each exceeds five percent of the total shares outstanding or partnership interests in the entity; (b) an interest held by a member of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of their employees in a partnership or corporation represented by a lobbyist or a lobbyist’s principal if the interest is less than five percent of the total shares outstanding or partnership interests in such entity; or (c) any commercial transaction between a lobbyist or lobbyist’s principal and a member of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of their employees in which the fair market value of the goods transferred or services rendered is paid; (8) any contribution, as defined by Section 8131300(7), made by the lobbyist’s principal to any candidate or public official, including an itemization of: (a) the name and address of the public official or candidate to whom the contribution was made; (b) the amount of the contribution; (c) the date of the contribution; (9) in the case of a voluntary membership organization, dues, fees, or amounts payable to the organization during any calendar year from a member need be recorded only if the contribution to the organization is more than five hundred dollars and more than twenty percent of the total contributions of the organization during that calendar year.” SECTION 5. Section 21740 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: 21740. (A) Each state agency or department must, no “Section later than June thirtieth July tenth and January thirtyfirst January tenth of each year, file a report with the State Ethics Commission covering that agency’s lobbying during that filing period. The
employees. For the purposes of this item, direct business association does not include: (a) ownership interests held by a lobbyist or a lobbyist’s principal and a member of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of their employees in the same corporation or partnership unless the interest of each exceeds five percent of the total shares outstanding or partnership interests in the entity; (b) an interest held by a member of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of their employees in a partnership or corporation represented by a lobbyist or a lobbyist’s principal if the interest is less than five percent of the total shares outstanding or partnership interests in such entity; or (c) any commercial transaction between a lobbyist or lobbyist’s principal and a member of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of their employees in which the fair market value of the goods transferred or services rendered is paid; (8) any contribution, as defined by Section 8131300(7), made by the lobbyist’s principal to any candidate or public official, including an itemization of: (a) the name and address of the public official or candidate to whom the contribution was made; (b) the amount of the contribution; (c) the date of the contribution; (9) in the case of a voluntary membership organization, dues, fees, or amounts payable to the organization during any calendar year from a member need be recorded only if the contribution to the organization is more than five hundred dollars and more than twenty percent of the total contributions of the organization during that calendar year.” SECTION 5. Section 21740 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “Section 21740. (A) Each state agency or department must, no later than June thirtieth July tenth and January thirtyfirst January tenth of each year, file a report with the State Ethics Commission covering that agency’s lobbying during that filing period. The
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