KRS 6.807: Registration statements for legislative agents -- Penalties.

(1) Each legislative agent and employer, within seven (7) days following engagement of

a legislative agent, shall file with the commission an initial registration statement

listing the following:

(a) The name, business address and telephone number, and occupat ion of the

legislative agent;

(b) The name, brief description of the nature of the business, nature and identity

of the organized association, coalition, or public interest entity, business

address and telephone number of the employer, and the real party i n interest

on whose behalf the legislative agent is lobbying, if it is different from the

employer. For the purposes of this section, if a trade association or other

charitable or fraternal organization that is exempt from federal income

taxation under Sec tion 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code is the employer,

the statement shall not list the names and addresses of each member of the

association or organization, if the association or organization itself is listed;

(c) The name, bill number, or a brief des cription of the legislative action for

which the legislative agent is or will be engaged in lobbying on behalf of their

employer or as a representative of the organized association, coalition, or

public interest entity;

(d) The date on which the legislative agent was engaged; and

(e) Certification by the employer and legislative agent that the information

contained in the registration statement is complete and accurate.

(2) The registration shall be valid through the next thirty -first day of December of an

odd-numbered year, unless previously terminated.

(3) (a) In addition to the initial registration statement required by subsection (1) of

this section, each legislative agent and employer shall file an updated

registration statement with the commission to b e received by the commission,

not later than 4 p.m. on the fifteenth day of January, February, March, April,

May, and September of each year, for the period since the end of the period

covered by the previous report until the last day of the month precedin g the

filing date. The commission may grant a reasonable extension of time for

filing the updated registration statement for good cause shown.

(b) The updated registration statement shall confirm the continuing existence of

each engagement described in an initial registration statement, and list the

specific bills or resolutions on which the agent lobbied under that engagement

during the period covered by the updated statement. Any statement of

expenditures required to be filed by KRS 6.821 and any details of financial

transactions required to be filed by KRS 6.824 shall be filed with the updated

registration statement.

(4) If a legislative agent is engaged by more than one employer, the agent shall file a

separate initial and updated registration statement for each engagement. If an

employer engages more than one (1) legislative agent, the employer shall file only

one (1) updated registration statement under subsection (3) of this section, which

shall contain the information required by subsection (3) of thi s section regarding all

legislative agents engaged by the employer.

(5) (a) A change in any information required by subsection (1)(a), (b), or (c) of this

section shall be reflected in the next updated registration statement filed under

subsection (3) of this section.

(b) Within thirty (30) days after the termination of an engagement, the legislative

agent who was employed under the engagement shall file written notice of the

termination with the commission.

(c) If the termination of a legislative agent leaves an employer without the

engagement of any legislative agents, within thirty (30) days after the

termination, the employer shall file written notice with the commission of its

intent to terminate its current registration.

(6) Upon registration pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the legislative agent

shall be issued a card by the commission, showing that the legislative agent is

registered. The registration card shall be valid from the date of its issu ance through

the next thirty-first day of December of an odd-numbered year.

(7) Any legislative agent or employer who fails to file the initial registration statement

or updated registration statement, or who fails to remedy a deficiency in any filing

in a timely manner, may be fined by the commission an amount not to exceed one

hundred dollars ($100) per day, up to a maximum total fine of one thousand dollars

($1,000) without the necessity of a complaint being filed, notwithstanding KRS

6.686(1)(a), but only after notice has been given to the alleged violator of the intent

of the commission to impose a fine, including the amount of the fine, and an

opportunity has been afforded the alleged violator to appear before the commission

or otherwise offer evidence as he may choose in mitigation of the imposition of the

fine.

(8) Any legislative agent or employer who intentionally fails to register shall be guilty

of a Class D felony.