North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 120C Lobbying

Article 1 - General Provisions.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-1 through 120C-99. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-100. Definitions
(a) As used in this Article, the following terms mean: (1) Commission. - The State Ethics Commission under Chapter 138A of the General Statutes....
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-101. Rules and forms
GS_120C-101 120C-101. Rules and forms. (a) The Commission shall adopt any rules or definitions necessary to interpret the provisions of this Chapter and adopt...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-102. Request for advice
(a) At the request of any person, State agency, or governmental unit affected by this Chapter, the Commission shall render advice on specific questions...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-103. Lobbying education program
(a) The Commission shall develop and implement a lobbying education and awareness program designed to instill in all designated individuals, lobbyists, and lobbyists' principals...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-104. Chapter applies to candidates for certain offices
For purposes of this Chapter, the term "legislator" as defined in G.S. 120C-100(7) and the term "public servant" as defined in G.S. 138A-3(30)a. shall...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-105 through 120C-199. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 2 - Registration.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-200. Lobbyist registration procedure
(a) A lobbyist shall file a separate registration statement for each principal the lobbyist represents with the Secretary of State before engaging in any...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-201. Lobbyist's registration fee
(a) A fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) is due and payable to the Secretary of State at the time of each lobbyist...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-202. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-203. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-204. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-205. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-206. Lobbyist principal's authorization
(a) A written authorization signed by the lobbyist principal authorizing the lobbyist to represent the principal shall be filed with the Secretary of State...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-207. Lobbyist principal's fees
(a) A fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) is due and payable to the Secretary of State at the time the principal's first...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-208. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-209. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-210. Resignation and termination
(a) A registration of a lobbyist under G.S. 120C-200 and the written authorization of that lobbyist principal under G.S. 120C-206 are terminated upon the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-211. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-212. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-213. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-214. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-215. Other persons required to register
(a) A person not otherwise required to register under this Chapter shall register and report when the total expense incurred for solicitation of others...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-216. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-217. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-218. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-219. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-220. Publication and availability of registrations
(a) The Secretary of State shall make available as soon as practicable the registrations of the lobbyists and liaison personnel in an electronic, searchable...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-221 through 120C-299. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 3 - Prohibitions and Restrictions.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-300. Contingency fees prohibited
(a) No individual shall act as a lobbyist and receive payment for lobbying that is dependent upon the result or outcome of any legislative...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-301. Election influence prohibited
(a) No person shall attempt to influence the action of any designated individual by the promise of financial support of the designated individual's candidacy,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-302. Recodified as G.S. 163-278.13C, by Session Laws 2007-347, s. 5(a), effective August 9, 2007
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-303. Gifts by lobbyists and lobbyist principals prohibited
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no lobbyist or lobbyist principal may do any of the following: (1) Knowingly give...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-304. Restrictions
(a) No legislator or former legislator may register as a lobbyist under this Chapter: (1) While in office. (2) Before the later of the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-305. Prohibition on the use of cash or credit of the lobbyist
No lobbyist or another acting on the lobbyist's behalf shall lobby by permitting a designated individual, or that designated individual's immediate family member, to...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-306 through 120C-399. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 4 - Reporting.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-400. Reporting of reportable expenditures
(a) For purposes of this Chapter, all reportable expenditures made for lobbying shall be reported, including the following: (1) Reportable expenditures benefiting or made...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-401. Reporting generally
(a) Reports shall be filed whether or not reportable expenditures are made and shall be due 15 business days after the end of the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-402. Lobbyist's reports
(a) Each lobbyist shall file quarterly reports under oath with the Secretary of State with respect to each lobbyist principal. (b) The report shall...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-403. Lobbyist principal's reports
(a) Each lobbyist principal shall file quarterly reports under oath with the Secretary of State with respect to each lobbyist principal. (b) The report...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-404. Solicitor's reports
(a) Each solicitor shall file quarterly reports under oath with the Secretary of State. (b) The report shall include all of the following: (1)...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-405. Report availability
(a) All reports filed under this Chapter shall be open to public inspection upon filing. (b) The Secretary of State shall coordinate with the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-406 through 120C-499. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 5 - Liaison Personnel.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-500. Liaison personnel
(a) All agencies and constitutional officers of the State, including all boards, departments, divisions, constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina, community colleges,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-501. Applicability of Chapter on liaison personnel
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this Chapter shall not apply to liaison personnel. (b) G.S. 120C-200 shall apply to liaison personnel....
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-502. Local government liaison equivalents
(a) An individual who is an employee of a governmental unit whose principal duties, in practice or as set forth in that individual's job...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-503 through 120C-599. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 6 - Violations and Enforcement.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-600. Powers and duties of the Secretary of State
(a) The Secretary of State shall perform systematic reviews of reports required to be filed under Articles 4 and 8 of this Chapter on...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-601. Powers and duties of the Commission
(a) The Commission may investigate complaints of violations of this Chapter and shall refer complaints related solely to Articles 2, 4, or 8 of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-602. Punishment for violation
(a) Whoever willfully violates any provision of Article 2 or Article 3 of this Chapter shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, except...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-603. Enforcement by district attorney and Attorney General
(a) The Commission or the Secretary of State, as appropriate, may investigate complaints of violations of this Chapter and shall report apparent violations of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-604 through 120C-699. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 7 - Exemptions.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-700. Persons exempted from this Chapter
Except as otherwise provided in Article 8, the provisions of this Chapter shall not be construed to apply to any of the following: (1)...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-701 through 120C-799. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 8 - Miscellaneous.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-800. Reportable expenditures made by persons exempted or not covered by this Chapter
(a) If a designated individual accepts a reportable expenditure made for lobbying with a total value of over two hundred dollars ($200.00) per calendar...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-801 through 120C-899. Reserved for future codification purposes

Last modified: March 23, 2014