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Form REG - Instruction Guide
LOBBY REGISTRATION
FORM REG - INSTRUCTION GUIDE
These instructions provide general information about lobby registration and detailed instructions for
completing the Lobby Registration Form (FORM REG) to be filed with the Texas Ethics Commission. Copies
of chapter 305 of the Government Code (the lobby statute), the commission rules, and a guide titled
LOBBYING IN TEXAS: A GUIDE TO THE TEXAS LA Ware available from the Ethics Commission or on the
Ethics Commission's website at http://www.ethics.state.tx.us on the Internet.
Ifyou have specific questions concerning lobby registration or how to complete this form, please call the
Texas Ethics Commission at (512) 463-5800.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Electronic Filing. Beginning with filing for 2005, lobbyist registration reports and lobby activity
reports are required to be filed electronically unless the lobby registrant is eligible to claim an
exemption. Please check the Texas Ethics Commission's website at
http://www.ethics.state.tx.us/whatsnew/elf info_lobby.htm for information about the Ethics
Commission's electronic filing software and for information about exemptions from the electronic
filing requirement.
Who Must Register. In the Texas lobby law, "to lobby" means to communicate directly with any
officer or employee of the legislative or executive branch of state government to influence legislation
or administrative action.
Under Texas law, a person (individual or entity) must register as a lobbyist if that person either:
* receives, or is entitled to receive under an agreement under which the person is retained
or employed, compensation or reimbursement of more than of $1,000 in a calendar
quarter, not including reimbursement for the person's own travel, food, lodging, or
membership dues, to lobby; or
* makes expenditures of the type listed in Government Code section 305.006(b) of more
than $500 in a calendar quarter, not including expenditures for the person's own travel,
food, lodging, or membership dues, to lobby.
The expenditures listed in Government Code section 3 05.006(b) are expenditures for transportation,
lodging, food, beverages, entertainment, gifts, awards, mementos, and expenditures for the
attendance of officers or employees of the legislative or executive branch of state government at
political fundraisers or charity events.
For detailed information about calculating the registration thresholds, refer to the Ethics Commission
guide titled "LOBBYING IN TEXAS: A GUIDE TO THE TEXAS LAW."
A person must register no later than five days after the lobby communication that requires the personto register.
Revised 09/20/2013
Texas Ethics Commission
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Texas Ethics Commission. Form REG Instruction Guide: Lobby Registration, review, September 20, 2013; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth639255/m1/3/: accessed June 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.