RELATES TO: KRS 6.611, 6.666(6)-(13), 6.807, 6.821, 6.824,
6.827, 6.829(3)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 6.666(5) and (6)
require the commission to promulgate administrative regulations to implement
KRS 6.601 to 6.849 and to prescribe required forms. KRS 6.807(3) requires each
employer or legislative agent registered with the Legislative Ethics Commission
to file periodic updated registration forms. KRS 6.829(3) requires the
commission to prescribe appropriate forms to file the information required by
KRS 6.807. This administrative regulation establishes the short forms to be
used by an employer or legislative agent if there is no expenditure or expense
to be reported.
Section 1.
(1) The Legislative Agent's Updated
Registration Statement, Short Form may be filed by a legislative agent if,
during a reporting period, the legislative agent did not:
(a) Expend sums for lobbying activities;
and
(b) Engage in a financial
transaction governed by KRS 6.824.
(2) The Employer's Updated Registration
Statement, Short Form may be filed by an employer if, during a reporting
period, the employer:
(a) Did not:
1. Expend sums for lobbying activities;
and
2. Engage in a financial
transaction governed by KRS 6.824; and
(b) Paid only compensation to a legislative
agent.
(3) The
Legislative Agent's Updated Registration Statement, Short Form shall include:
(a) Name;
(b) Address;
(c) Telephone number;
(d) Name of employer; and
(e) The bills, resolutions, or administrative
regulations lobbied on during the reporting period.
(4) The Legislative Employer's Updated
Registration Statement, Short Form shall include:
(a) Name;
(b) Address;
(c) Telephone number;
(d) Name and position of person completing
the form;
(e) Source of funds and
financial resources;
(f) Name(s) of
individual legislative agent(s) and compensation accrued for each reporting
period;
(g) Bills, resolutions, or
administrative regulations lobbied on during the reporting period;
and
(h) Names of legislative agents
terminated since last reporting period.
Section 2. The completed Legislative Agent's
Updated Registration Statement, Short Form and Legislative Employer's Updated
Registration Statement, Short Form shall be filed electronically at
www.klec.ky.gov unless the employer or legislative agent is unable to use
electronic filing. If electronic filing is not possible, the forms shall be
mailed or delivered to the Legislative Ethics Commission at 22 Mill Creek Park,
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601. All forms shall be filed in accordance with the
schedule set out in KRS 6.807(3).
Section
3. Incorporation by Reference.
(1) The following material is incorporated by
reference:
(a) "Legislative Agent's Updated
Registration Statement, Short Form", 10/16; and
(b) "Employer's Updated Registration
Statement, Short Form", 10/16.
(2) This material may be inspected, copied,
or obtained, subject to applicable copyright law, at the Kentucky Legislative
Ethics Commission, 22 Mill Creek Park, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, Monday
through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
