§ 42-139-3 - Register – Information shown – Public records. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 42-139-3

   § 42-139-3  Register – Informationshown – Public records. – The secretary of state shall prepare and keep in conformity with the provisionsof this chapter a register for executive branch and public corporationlobbyists. The register, required to be maintained under this section, may, inthe discretion of the secretary of state, be incorporated into and/or made partof the register required to be maintained under § 22-10-5. In thisregister shall be entered the name and business address of the employer, andthe name, residence, and occupation of the persons employed for any lobbyingpurpose regarding the executive branch or public corporations, the date of theemployment or agreement therefore, the length of time the employment is tocontinue, if such time can be determined, and the subject matter regardingwhich contact is to be made. Each such register shall be a public record andopen to the inspection of any citizen upon demand at any time during regularbusiness hours of the office of the secretary of state. Within ten (10) days ofany filing, the secretary of state shall forward a list of lobbyists in theregister on executive branch and public corporation matters to the governor andto the chief executive of each public corporation.