§97-3  Contributions and expenditures;
statement.  (a)  The following persons shall file a statement of
expenditures with the state ethics commission on March 31, May 31,
and January 31 of each year:



(1)  Each lobbyist.



(2)  Each person who spends $750 or more of the
person's or any other person's money in any six-month period for the purpose of
attempting to influence legislative or administrative action or a ballot issue
by communicating or urging others to communicate with public officials;
provided that any amounts expended for travel costs, including incidental meals
and lodging, shall not be included in the tallying of the $750.



(3)  Each person who employs or contracts for the
services of one or more lobbyists, whether independently or jointly with other
persons.  If the person is an industry, trade, or professional association,
only the association is the employer of the lobbyist.



(b)  The March 31 report shall cover the
period from January 1 through the last day of February.  The May 31 report
shall cover the period from March 1 through April 30.  The
January 31 report shall cover the period from May 1 through
December 31 of the previous year.



(c)  The statement shall contain the following
information:



(1)  The name and address of each person with respect
to whom expenditures for the purpose of lobbying in the total sum of $25 or
more per day was made by the person filing the statement during the statement
period and the amount or value of such expenditure;



(2)  The name and address of each person with respect
to whom expenditures for the purpose of lobbying in the aggregate of $150 or
more was made by the person filing the statement during the statement period
and the amount or value of such expenditures;



(3)  The total sum or value of all expenditures for
the purpose of lobbying made by the person filing the statement during the
statement period in excess of $750 during the statement period;



(4)  The name and address of each person making
contributions to the person filing the statement for the purpose of lobbying in
the total sum of $25 or more during the statement period and the amount or
value of such contributions; and



(5)  The subject area of the legislative and
administrative action which was supported or opposed by the person filing the
statement during the statement period.



(d)  The receipt or expenditure of any money
for the purpose of influencing the election or defeat of any candidate for an
elective office or for the passage or defeat of any proposed measure at any
special or general election is excluded from the reporting requirement of this
section. [L 1975, c 160, pt of §1; am L 1979, c 91, §11; am L 1980, c 129,
§1(d); am L 1982, c 105, §4; gen ch 1985; am L 1991, c 238, §1; am L 1995, c
220, §6]