Get TX Lobbyist Registration Form - City Of Irving 2014-2024

Chapter 305 of the Government Code requires a person who crosses either a compensation or expenditure threshold to register with the Commission and to file periodic reports of lobbying activity.

File the lobbyist registration form. Pay the annual $500 registration fee with your registration form (except for nonprofits)

What Are Lobbying Contacts? The registration threshold of making two or more lobbying contacts on behalf of a paying client is not limited to any specific time period.

File a Lobby ID Request/Name Change Form with TEC in order to obtain a File ID number necessary for filing a registration. File a lobby registration electronically, unless you qualify to file on paper, with the TEC no later than five days after the date you make the communication that requires you to register.

Once a filer reaches the $2,500 threshold that triggers electronic filing, all subsequent filings are required to be filed electronically. These reports include those filed by lobbyist employers, lobbying coalitions, lobbying firms, and persons spending $5,000 or more to influence legislative or administrative action.

Lobbying firms are required to file a separate registration for each client. A lobbying firm is exempt from registration for a particular client if its total income from that client for lobbying activities does not exceed and is not expected to exceed $3,000 during a quarterly period.

What does it mean to be a registered lobbyist? Any lobbyist hired to represent an organization must register to lobby with the federal government. They must submit identical forms to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House within 45 days of being employed by the group.

$5,000 filers must file a report electronically for each calendar quarter in which they make payments totaling $5,000 or more. Reports are not required for any calendar quarter in which they do not spend $5,000, or if all of their payments are “activity expenses.”