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Disclosure Report Filing Instructions
Professional Lobbyist
Contents
Step 1: Log in to Filing System Step 2: Income Step 3: Expenses Step 4: Subjects and Bills Step 5: Subcontactor Payments Step 6: Direct Business Association Step 7:Review and File Step 8: View and Print
Step 1: Log
in to the Filing System
- From the Lobbyist home page, under File Reports, click on “Log in to eFile”.
- Enter
your user name and password.
- Under
Lobbyist Filing Center, click on “Disclosure Reporting”. (Fig. 1)
- On
the Disclosure Report page, under Reporting Month, click on the name of the month for the report that you need to file.(Fig. 2)
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 Fig. 1
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 Fig. 2
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Step 2: Income
On the Disclosure Report Summary page, under
Disclosure Report Items, click on “Income Items”. (Fig. 3)
For each income entry:
- On
the Income page, click on “Add”.
- Enter
the income information (principal, date received and amount). (Fig. 4)
- Click
on “Save”.
- To edit any income entries, click on the
name of the principal.
Once all income has
been entered, click
on “Report Summary".
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Step 3: Expenses
On the Disclosure Report Summary page, under
Disclosure Report Items, click on “Expense Items” (Fig. 5)
For each expense entry:
- On
the Expenses page, click on “Add”.
- Select
the Type of Expense (media, gift & entertainment, or other). (Fig. 6) What is considered an expense?
- Enter
the expense information, including the name of the person whom the gift was for (if applicable), date of
expense and amount. (Fig. 7)
- Click
on “Save”.
- To edit any expense entries, click on
the amount.
Once all
expenses have been entered, click
on “Report Summary”.
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 Fig. 5
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Step 4: Subjects
and Bills These need to be entered each fiscal
year. They cannot be transferred from the previous year.
On the Disclosure Report Summary page, under
Disclosure Report Items, click on “Subjects and Bills”. (Fig. 8)
Import Subjects and Bills from the
previous month’s report:
- On
the Subjects and Bills page, click on “Import Prev Bills”.
Add Subjects and Bills:
For each Subject and Bill:
- On
the Subjects and Bills page, click on “Add a Bill”.
- Enter
the subject and bill information and position. (Figs. 9 & 10)
- Click
on “Save & Add More” or click on "Save" when you are done.
Once all
subjects and bills have been entered, click
on “Previous Page” to review all entries on the Subjects and Bills Summary
page.
To edit any subjects and bills entries,
click on the Bill ID.
Click
on “Report Summary”.
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 Fig. 8
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 Fig. 9
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Step 5: Subcontractor
Payments
On the Disclosure Report Summary page, under
Disclosure Report Items, click on “Subcontractor Payments” (Fig. 11).
For each subcontractor payment entry:
- On
the Subcontractor Payments page, click on “Add”.
- Enter the name of the Subcontractor that you paid (Fig. 12), then click on “Search”.
- On
the Subcontractor Search Results page, click on the correct Lobbyist ID.
- Enter
the subcontractor payment information (date of payment, amount paid and
the name of the principal that the subcontractor represented). (Fig. 13)
- Click
on “Save”
- To edit any subcontractor payment
entries, click on the name.
Once all
subcontractor payments have been entered, click
on “Report Summary”
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 Fig. 11
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Step 6: Direct Business Associations
On the Disclosure Report Summary page, under
Disclosure Report Items, click on “Direct Business Associations” (Fig. 14).
On the Direct Business Association page, enter a detailed description of each direct business association (if any) in the box. (Fig. 15).
What is a "direct business association"?
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 Fig. 14
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Step 7: Review and File
- From the Disclosure Report Summary page, click
on “File Report”
- If you did not enter any bills, you will be asked to affirm that you were not retained in connection with any legislation or indicate that the report does not cover a period during a regular or special session of the General Assembly.
Mark the appropriate box (Fig. 16), then click on "File Report".
- On
the Disclosure Report Confirmation page, click on “Continue”
Your monthly Disclosure Report has been
filed.
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Step 8: View
and Print
On the Disclosure Report page, under the
Status column, click on “Filed” for the report month you want to view.
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