{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-11a.211","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 11A.211","heading":"Registration statements for executive agency lobbyists, their employers,","body":"and real parties in interest -- Fee -- Trust and agency account for commission\noperations -- Relationship of registration to state contracts.\n(1) Each executive agen cy lobbyist, employer, and real party in interest shall file with\nthe commission within ten (10) days following the engagement of an executive\nagency lobbyist, an initial registration statement showing all of the following:\n(a) The name, business address, and occupation of the executive agency lobbyist;\n(b) The name and business address of the employer and of any real party in\ninterest on whose behalf the executive agency lobbyist is acting, if it is\ndifferent from the employer. However, if a trade associat ion or other\ncharitable or fraternal organization that is exempt from federal income\ntaxation under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code is the employer,\nthe statement need not list the names and addresses of every member of the\nassociation or organization, so long as the association or organization itself is\nlisted;\n(c) A brief description of the executive agency decision to which the engagement\nrelates;\n(d) The name of the executive agency or agencies to which the engagement\nrelates;\n(e) Certification by the employer and executive agency lobbyist that the\ninformation contained in the registration statement is complete and accurate;\n(f) Compensation paid to, or received by, each executive agency lobbyist,\nemployer, and real party in interest as part of the engagement; and\n(g) Certification that the employer and agent have complied with KRS 11A.236.\n(2) In addition to the initial registration statement required by subsection (1) of this\nsection, each executive agency lobbyist, employer, and real party in interest shall\nfile with the commission, not later than the last day of July of each year, an updated\nregistration statement that confirms the continuing existence of each engagement\ndescribed in an initial registration statement, that lists the specifi c executive agency\ndecisions the executive agency lobbyist sought to influence under the engagement\nduring the period covered by the updated statement, and the compensation paid to,\nor received by, each executive agency lobbyist, employer, and real party i n interest\nas part of the engagement, and with it any statement of expenditures required to be\nfiled by KRS 11A.216 and any details of financial transaction required to be filed\nby KRS 11A.221.\n(3) Compensation paid under subsection (1)(f) of this section shall be reported after it\nis received by, or paid to, each executive agency lobbyist, employer, and real party\nin interest as determined by the terms of the engagement, and shall be listed by the\namount paid or received, the intervals on which the payment  is paid or received,\nand shall include any other compensation received or paid as part of the\nengagement.\n(4) If an executive agency lobbyist is engaged by more than one (1) employer, the\nexecutive agency lobbyist shall file a separate initial and updated registration\nstatement for each engagement and list compensation paid to, or received by each\nexecutive agency  lobbyist, employer, and real party in interest as part of the\nengagement. If an employer engages more than one (1) executive agency lobbyist,\nthe employer shall file only one (1) updated registration statement under subsection\n(2) of this section, which shall contain the information required by subsection (2) of\nthis section regarding all executive agency lobbyists engaged by the employer.\n(5) (a) A change in any information required by subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), (d), or (2)\nof this section shall be refl ected in the next updated registration statement\nfiled under subsection (2) of this section.\n(b) Within thirty (30) days following the termination of an engagement, the\nexecutive agency lobbyist who was employed under the engagement shall file\nwritten notice of the termination with the commission.\n(6) Each employer of one (1) or more executive agency lobbyists, and each real party\nin interest, shall pay a registration fee of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) upon\nthe filing of an updated registration statement. All fees collected by the commission\nunder the provisions of this subsection shall be deposited in the State Treasury in a\ntrust and agency fund account to the credit of the commission. These agency funds\nshall be used to supplement general fund appr opriations for the operations of the\ncommission and shall not lapse. No part of the trust and agency fund account shall\nrevert to the general funds of this state.\n(7) Upon registration pursuant to this section, an executive agency lobbyist shall be\nissued a card annually by the commission showing the executive agency lobbyist is\nregistered. The registration card shall be valid from the date of its issuance through\nthe thirty-first day of July of the following year.\n(8) The commission shall review each regis tration statement filed with the commission\nunder this section to determine if the statement contains all of the required\ninformation. If the commission determines the registration statement does not\ncontain all of the required information or that an execu tive agency lobbyist,\nemployer, or real party in interest has failed to file a registration statement, the\ncommission shall send written notification of the deficiency by certified mail to the\nperson who filed the registration statement or to the person wh o failed to file the\nregistration statement regarding the failure. Any person so notified by the\ncommission shall, not later than fifteen (15) days after receiving the notice, file a\nregistration statement or an amended registration statement that includes  all of the\nrequired information. If any person who receives a notice under this subsection fails\nto file a registration statement or an amended registration statement within the\nfifteen (15) day period, the commission may initiate an investigation of the person's\nfailure to file. If the commission initiates an investigation pursuant to this section,\nthe commission shall also notify each elected executive official and the secretary of\neach cabinet listed in KRS 12.250 of the pending investigation.\n(9) In the biennial report published under KRS 11A.110(13), the commission shall, in\nthe manner and form the commission determines, include a report containing\nstatistical information on the registration statements filed under this section during\nthe preceding biennium.\n(10) If an employer who engages an executive agency lobbyist, or a real party in interest\non whose behalf the executive agency lobbyist was engaged is the recipient of a\ncontract, grant, lease, or other financial arrangement pursuant to which funds o f the\nstate or of an executive agency are distributed or allocated, the executive agency or\nany aggrieved party may consider the failure of the real party in interest, the\nemployer, or the executive agency lobbyist to comply with this section as a breach\nof a material condition of the contract, grant, lease, or other financial arrangement.\n(11) Executive agency officials may require certification from any person seeking the\naward of a contract, grant, lease, or financial arrangement that the person, his or her\nemployer, and any real party in interest are in compliance with this section.","path":["KRS Chapter 11A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57947","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:28Z","sha256":"e10347f66ff184ff7d263bffc46e4c8ca6b0cfa3813a525ecee4ba3e691e4dfe","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-11a.206","next":"us-ky/krs-11a.216"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}