§ 24:53 — Registration of lobbyists with the board; compilation of information

§53. Registration of lobbyists with the board; compilation of information
A. Each lobbyist shall register with the board as soon as possible after employment
as a lobbyist or after the first action requiring his registration as a lobbyist, whichever occurs
first, and in any event not later than five days after employment as a lobbyist or not later than
five days after the first action requiring his registration as a lobbyist, whichever occurs first.
He shall electronically file with the board, using forms provided by it, the following
information:
(1) His name and business address.
(2) The name and address of each person by whom he is employed and, if different,
whose interests he represents, including the business in which that person is engaged.
(3)(a) The name of each person by whom he is paid or is to be paid, the amount he
is paid or is to be paid for the purpose of lobbying, and a characterization of such payment
as paid, earned but not received, or prospective.
(b) Amounts required to be disclosed pursuant to this Paragraph shall be reported by
category of value. The categories shall be:
(i) Category I, $24,999 or less.
(ii) Category II, $25,000-$49,999.
(iii) Category III, $50,000-$99,999.
(iv) Category IV, $100,000-$249,999.
(v) Category V, $250,000 or more.
(4)(a) An indication of potential subject matters about which he anticipates lobbying.
(b) Indication of potential subject matters shall be made by choosing from the
following potential subject matter categories:
(i) Aerospace and space technology.
(ii) Agriculture: horticulture; livestock; poultry.
(iii) Agriculture: forestry; timber.
(iv) Alcohol and other beverages.
(v) Arts and entertainment.
(vi) Aquaculture and fisheries.
(vii) Business and private and commercial enterprises.
(viii) Banking, financial, and accounting.
(ix) Charities and social services, faith-based organizations, and community
outreach.
(x) Computers, hardware, software, and intellectual property.
(xi) Construction, contracting, and real estate.
(xii) Educational services: colleges; technical schools; trade schools.
(xiii) Environmental quality, conservation, and wildlife preservation.
(xiv) Gaming.
(xv) Government: local; municipal; parish; state; federal.
(xvi) Health care: hospitals; nursing homes; elderly care; hospice.
(xvii) Health care: physicians; nurse practitioners; nurses.
(xviii) Health care: pharmaceutical and medical devices; research; development;
sales.
(xix) Homeland security.
(xx) Hotels, restaurants, and tourism.
(xxi) Insurance.
(xxii) International trade.
(xxiii) Law and lawyers.
(xxiv) Manufacturing: oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry.
(xxv) Manufacturing: wholesale.
(xxvi) Military and veterans affairs.
(xxvii) Public safety, police, and fire.
(xxviii) Telecommunications.
(xxix) Tobacco industry.
(xxx) Transportation.
(xxxi) Unions, labor issues, and special advocacy groups.
(xxxii) Utilities: electric; gas; water; nuclear.
(xxxiii) Appropriations.
(c) The unintentional omission of a potential subject matter as provided in this
Paragraph shall not be a violation of this Part.
(5) The identity of each legislator or spouse of a legislator with whom he or his
employer has, or has had in the preceding twelve months, a business relationship. For
purposes of this Paragraph, "business relationship" means any transaction, contract, or
activity that is conducted or undertaken for profit and which arises from a joint ownership
interest, partnership, or common legal entity between a lobbyist or his employer and a
legislator or spouse of a legislator when the legislator or spouse owns ten percent or more
of such interest, partnership, or legal entity.
(6) If the registrant was a registered lobbyist during the previous calendar year,
whether the registrant completed the annual training required pursuant to R.S. 42:1170 for
the previous calendar year.
(7) One copy of a two inch by two inch recent photograph of the registrant made
within the prior six months shall be filed with the initial registration form for a legislative
term.
(8) If a lobbyist is compensated for lobbying and nonlobbying services, he shall
reasonably allocate his compensation and report only the amount received for lobbying in the
manner provided in this Part.
B. At the time of the initial registration of a lobbyist the board shall assign the
lobbyist a registration number, which number shall be inscribed on the registration form.
This number shall be inscribed on each supplemental registration form, renewal form, and
expenditure report filed by the lobbyist.
C. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1311, §2.
D. Repealed by Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §9, eff. July 1, 1996.
E. A registration shall expire on December thirty-first of each year unless the
lobbyist submits a renewal on forms provided by the board along with the appropriate fee.
The registrant may file his renewal any time from December first until January thirty-first.
Failure to file the renewal form by January thirty-first each year shall cause the registration
to expire retroactively as of December thirty-first of the preceding year.
F.(1)(a) Within ten days of termination of a registrant's employment or representation
of any person, the registrant shall file a supplemental registration acknowledging the
termination of his employment or representation with the board.
(b) The registrant shall not be required to file a supplemental registration pursuant
to Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph if the termination of employment or representation
occurs after December thirty-first and the lobbyist timely files his renewal form during the
period provided in Subsection E of this Section and the renewal form accurately and
completely lists the lobbyist's employment and representation as of the time the lobbyist files
the renewal form.
(2) Each registrant who ceases activities requiring him to register shall file a
supplemental registration acknowledging the termination of his lobbying activities with the
board.
(3) Each registrant who has terminated his registration must file disclosure reports
for each reporting period during which he was registered.
G. The forms shall be published electronically by the board. Registrations which
have been filed shall be maintained by the board and made available to the public via the
Internet. The filing by a lobbyist of any information required under this Section shall
constitute a certification that the information is true and correct to the best of his knowledge,
information, and belief and that no information required by this Part has been deliberately
omitted.
H.(1) Whenever any information contained in his registration changes, or the
lobbyist begins representing an additional person, a supplemental electronic registration shall
be filed with the board as soon as possible after such change occurs and in any event not later
than five days after such change, using forms provided by the board.
(2) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 543, §3, eff. June 17, 2022.
I. Each lobbyist shall pay a fee of one hundred ten dollars with each registration and
each renewal of registration form filed. No additional fee shall be paid for filing
supplemental registration forms.
J. Each lobbyist at the time of registration or filing a renewal of registration may file
a registration or renewal of registration form that indicates that he is registering or renewing
registration pursuant to this Part and Part IV of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana
Revised Statutes of 1950, relative to lobbying of the executive branch. A lobbyist who
indicates that he is registering pursuant to this Part and Part IV of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of
the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall pay the fee required by this Section and the fee
required by R.S. 49:74.
K. Any person who registers pursuant to this Part and who engages in lobbying on
behalf of a foreign adversary, as defined in R.S. 24:51 shall also register as provided in R.S.
24:53.1.

Legislative History

Acts 1993, No. 965, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 1993; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §§3, 9, eff. July 1, 1996; Acts 1997, No. 1311, §1, 2; Acts 1999, No. 31, §1; Acts 1999, No. 37, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1041, §1; Acts 2008, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 709, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2016, No. 418, §1; Acts 2022, No. 543, §§1, 3, eff. June 17, 2022; Acts 2025, No. 394, §1, eff. Dec. 1, 2025.