18 NCAC 12 .0706             DISCLOSURE TO A DESIGNATED INDIVIDUAL OF THE IDENTITY OF THE PRINCIPAL BY THE LOBBYIST FOR A SINGLE PRINCIPAL

Before engaging in lobbying communications or activities with a designated individual, a lobbyist representing a single principal shall identify his or her principal by one or more of the following methods or by a method which provides a similar declaration of the identity of the principal in fact:

(1)           An oral or written communication:

(a)           Using the word "principal"; or

(b)           Using the term "lobbyist for"; and

(2)           An oral or written communication of the identity of the principal in fact by:

(a)           An oral and declarative statement identifying the principal;

(b)           The act of supplying a business card with the name of the principal;

(c)           Stating in correspondence the identity of the principal;

(d)           The act of placing the words "lobbyist for" and the identity of the principal in correspondence; or

(e)           The visible display of a name tag containing the identity of the principal.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 120C-101(a); 120C-200(e); 120C-220; 120C-600; 120C-603;

Eff. December 1, 2007;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. September 23, 2017.