Section 120C-300 - Contingency fees prohibited(a) No individual shall act as a lobbyist and receive payment for lobbying that is dependent upon the result or outcome of any legislative or executive action.(b) This section shall not apply to an individual doing business with the State who is engaged in sales with respect to that business with the State whose regular remuneration agreement includes commissions based on those sales. For purposes of this subsection, the term "regular remuneration" means any money, thing of value, or economic benefit conferred on or received by the individual in return for services rendered or to be rendered by that individual or another.(c) Any payment to a lobbyist in violation of this section is subject to forfeiture and shall be paid into the Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120C-300
Renumbered from Chapter 163A by 2018 N.C. Sess. Laws 146, s. 3.1-a, eff. 1/31/2019.Amended by 2010 N.C. Sess. Laws 169, s. 17.(f), eff. 1/1/2011.Amended by 2008 N.C. Sess. Laws 213, s. 16, eff. 8/15/2008.Added by 2006 N.C. Sess. Laws 201, s. 18, eff. 1/1/2007.