| (a) A registrant is required to file each report electronically
by using the Internet to transmit the report, by using the web-based
filing application provided by the commission, unless the registrant
files with the commission an affidavit stating that:
(1) the registrant does not use a computer or mobile
device, including a tablet or smartphone with access to the Internet;
(2) no person acting as an agent or consultant of the
registrant and no person with whom the registrant contracts uses a
computer or mobile device, including a tablet or smartphone with access
to the Internet;
(3) the registrant does not intend to be compensated
or reimbursed for lobby activity in the calendar year covered by the
registration;
(4) the registrant was not compensated for lobby activity
in either of the previous two calendar years;
(5) the registrant does not intend to make lobby expenditures
during the calendar year covered by the registration; and
(6) the registrant did not make lobby expenditures
in either of the previous two calendar years.
(b) The commission has the discretion to exempt from
the electronic filing requirement a registrant who is not eligible
to file under subsection (a) of this section if a registrant submits
an affidavit to the commission stating the basis for the inability
to filing electronically.
(c) A registrant who is eligible to file under subsection
(a) of this section must file an affidavit under subsection (a) of
this section with each report filed under Chapter 305 of the Government
Code and this chapter.
(d) A registrant who during a calendar year becomes
ineligible to file on paper based on the criteria listed in subsection
(a) of this section must file electronically beginning on the date
on which the next report is due under §305.007 of the Government
Code.
(e) For purposes of this section, "lobby expenditure"
means expenditures required to be reported under Chapter 305 of the
Government Code and this chapter.
(f) For purposes of this section, a "report" includes
any document required to be filed by a registrant under Chapter 305
of the Government Code and this chapter except that it does not include
notices and statements required to be filed under §305.028 of
the Government Code.
(g) For purposes of this section, a "report" includes
the confidential social security information required to be filed
by a lobbyist in compliance with §231.302(c)(1) of the Family
Code.
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