Code of Colorado Regulations
1505 - Department of State
1505 - Secretary of State
8 CCR 1505-8 - RULES CONCERNING LOBBYIST REGULATION
1 - Definitions

1.1 "Contract" means a written or verbal agreement between a client and a person for lobbying services including communicating directly or indirectly with a redistricting commission, as defined under Rule 1.9 , for the purposes of aiding or influencing such commission in their constitutionally prescribed duties on behalf of a client.

1.2 "Contribution" means a gift, subscription, loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything of value and includes a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable, to make a contribution. "Contribution" also includes the compensation and reimbursement for expenses of a person required to file a disclosure statement under section 24-6-302, C.R.S.

1.3 "Division" means the division within the office of the Secretary of State responsible for administering the State's laws governing lobbying.

1.4 "Fiscal Year" means the period beginning July 1 of a calendar year and ending June 30 of the following calendar year.

1.5 "Legislation" means any bill, resolution, amendment, nomination, report, or any other matter whether or not in writing, pending, or proposed for consideration by either house or committee of the general assembly, whether or not the general assembly is in session.

1.6 "Monitoring" status means that a registered lobbyist is not currently communicating support or opposition, or influencing or attempting to influence a covered official on the drafting, introduction, sponsorship, consideration, debate, amendment, passage, defeat, approval, or veto of any bill, resolution, amendment, nomination, appointment, or report, pending or proposed.

1.7 "Professional lobbyist" means a person, a business entity, including a sole proprietorship, or an employee of a client, who is compensated by a client, another professional lobbyist, or lobbying firm for lobbying services.

1.8 "Rate" means a ratio of valuation, percentage, percentage change, annual adjustment, or an amount charged for a good or service, adopted by a state agency having rulemaking authority.

1.9 "Redistricting commission" means the independent congressional redistricting commission and the independent legislative redistricting commission, as created under sections 44 and 46 of article V of the Colorado Constitution. For the purposes of these rules, "redistricting commission" includes the commission as a whole, an individual member of the commissions, their staff, or persons contracted by the commissions.

1.10 "Redistricting commission lobbyist" means a person who is contracted or compensated to communicate directly or indirectly, including through providing public comment, with a redistricting commission to advocate for the adoption or rejection of any map, amendment to a map, mapping approach, or manner of compliance with any of the mapping criteria specified in Article V, Sections 44.3 and 48.1 of the Colorado Constitution, or to otherwise aide or influence such commission in their constitutionally prescribed duties. A person representing a client on an uncompensated basis for the purposes listed above is a redistricting commission lobbyist.

1.11 "Respondent" means the person or entity against whom a complaint is filed.

1.12 "Session" means a regular or special session of the general assembly, and, where applicable, when any measure adopted by the general assembly in regular session is pending before the governor for approval or disapproval.

1.13 "Standard" means a criterion measuring acceptability, quality, accuracy, weight, or an amount, or a threshold for agency jurisdiction adopted by a state agency having rulemaking authority.

1.14 "State Liaison" means the one person designated by each principal department of state government who is responsible for any lobbying by a state official or employee on behalf of the principal department.