{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-82039.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 82039.5","heading":"","body":"“Lobbyist employer” means any person, other than a lobbying firm, who:\n(a) Employs one or more lobbyists for economic consideration, other than reimbursement for reasonable travel expenses, for the purpose of influencing legislative or administrative action, or\n(b) Contracts for the services of a lobbying firm for economic consideration, other than reimbursement for reasonable travel expense, for the purpose of influencing legislative or administrative action.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 9. POLITICAL REFORM [81000. - 91014.]","CHAPTER 2. Definitions [82000. - 82054.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"9dfe08f2773d441d66fc8f8c7c5b6dbd3aecebe44f628ff7d478db374126f066","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-82039","next":"us-ca/gov-82041"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}