Hawaii Revised Statutes 97-2.5 – Renewal of registration
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 97-2.5
- Lobbyist: means any individual who:
(1) Receives or expects to receive, either by employment or contract, $1,000 or more in monetary or in-kind compensation in any calendar year for engaging in lobbying, either personally or through the lobbyist's agents; or
(2) For pay or other consideration, on behalf of another person:
(A) Engages in lobbying in excess of five hours in any month of any reporting period described in section 97-3;
(B) Engages in lobbying in excess of ten hours during any calendar year; or
(C) Makes expenditures of $1,000 or more of the person's or any other person's money lobbying during any reporting period described in section 97-3;
provided that an employee of a nonprofit organization who spends fewer than ten hours in any month lobbying on a grant application submitted pursuant to chapter 42F is not a lobbyist if the employee does not engage in lobbying on matters that are unrelated to the grant application. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 97-1
Each registered lobbyist shall renew the lobbyist’s registration biennially by filing a registration and authorization form with the state ethics commission within ten days of the opening of the 1983 regular session of the legislature and on every odd-numbered year’s session thereafter.