§97-4.5  Lobbyist list.  All lobbyist registration statements shall be posted on the state ethics commission’s website within a reasonable time after filing, and may be removed from the website after four years.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 97-4.5

  • 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 § 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 § 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