Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5835 – Financial reports by lobbyists
(a) On or before the twentieth day of the month following each calendar quarter, each lobbyist shall file electronically a report covering the immediately preceding calendar quarter and containing the information required by this section.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5835
- Employer: means any person on whose behalf a lobbyist acts. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5831
- General Assembly: includes any member, committee or subcommittee of either House of the General Assembly. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5831
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Lobbyist: means any individual who acts to promote, advocate, influence or oppose any matter pending before the General Assembly by direct communication with the General Assembly or any matter pending before a state agency by direct communication with that state agency, and who in connection therewith either:
- Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- State agency: means any office, department, board, commission, committee, school district, board of education and all public bodies existing by virtue of an act of the General Assembly or of the Constitution of the State, excepting only political subdivisions of the State, their agencies and other public agencies not specifically included in this definition that exist by virtue of state law and whose jurisdiction:
(b) A lobbyist shall file separate reports for each employer which the lobbyist represents. Each report shall contain the total expenditures during the reporting period for all direct expenditures, costs or values, whichever is greater, provided for members of the General Assembly or for employees or members of any state agency for the following:
(1) Food and refreshment;
(2) Entertainment, including the cost of maintaining a hospitality room;
(3) Lodging expenses away from home;
(4) Fair value of travel if the trip exceeds 100 miles;
(5) Recreation expenses; and
(6) Gifts or contributions, excluding political contributions as defined in Chapter 80 of Title 15.
(c) The information shall be reported electronically and shall show the total expenditures for the reporting period and shall also list the recipient any time the expenditures exceed $50 per diem. The lobbyist shall also affirm that the lobbyist has provided the recipient of any gift in excess of $50 with a representation as to the value of the gift. The records shall be retained for a period of 4 years from the date of filing.
69 Del. Laws, c. 467, § ?28; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 78 Del. Laws, c. 401, § ?4; 80 Del. Laws, c. 393, § ?1;