Colorado Code
Part 3 - Regulation of Lobbyists
§ 24-6-301. Definitions - Legislative Declaration

As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1.5) "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 .
(1.7) "Covered official" means:

(2.3) "Fiscal year" means the period commencing July 1 of a calendar year and concluding June 30 of the following calendar year.
(2.5) "Gross income for lobbying" means the total amount received from a client, including compensation for services, fees, and similar payments, before any deductions are made, by a professional lobbyist for lobbying or by a lobbying firm.

(3.6) "Lobbying firm" means a person or entity employing one or more professional lobbyists to lobby on behalf of a client that is not the person or entity. "Lobbying firm" includes a self-employed professional lobbyist.
(3.7) "Lobbyist" means either a professional or a volunteer lobbyist.

(5.5) Repealed.

Source: Initiated 72. L. 73: p. 1662, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 3-37-301. L. 77: (1) amended, (1.5), (1.7), (1.9), (3.5), (6), and (7) added, and (3) repealed, pp. 1147, 1154, §§ 1, 12, effective July 1. L. 79: (6) amended, p. 1638, § 37, effective December 29. L. 84: (3.5)(a)(II) repealed, p. 1121, § 22, June 7. L. 87: (6) amended, p. 923, § 1, effective July 3. L. 89: IP(1.9)(a) amended and (1.9)(b)(III) added, p. 1018, §§ 1, 2, effective March 15. L. 90: (4) amended, p. 447, § 9, effective April 18. L. 96: (1.9)(a)(VI) amended and (2.5) added, p. 1081, § 1, effective August 7. L. 98: (1.9)(a)(IV) amended, p. 952, § 7, effective April 27. L. 2000: IP(1.9)(a) and (1.9)(a)(IV) amended, p. 128, § 11, effective March 15. L. 2004: (3.5)(d) amended, p. 431, § 1, effective August 4. L. 2006: (1.9)(a)(X) amended and (1.9)(a)(XI), (1.9)(a)(XII), and (5.5) added, p. 2051, §§ 2, 1, effective July 1. L. 2010: (1.9)(a)(I), (1.9)(a)(III), (1.9)(a)(IV), (1.9)(a)(VIII), (1.9)(b)(II), and (3.5)(b)(I) amended and (2.3) and (3.7) added, (SB 10-087), ch. 407, p. 2010, § 1, effective June 10. L. 2012: (1.9)(a)(IV) and (1.9)(a)(V) amended, (HB 12-1070), ch. 167, p. 584, § 2, effective August 8. L. 2013: (1.7)(a) amended, (HB 13-1300), ch. 316, p. 1681, § 50, effective August 7. L. 2014: (1), (1.9)(a)(I), (1.9)(a)(X), (1.9)(a)(XI), (2.5), and (6) amended and (1.3) and (3.6) added, (SB 14-217), ch. 398, p. 2001, § 1, effective July 1, 2015; (5.5)(b) added by revision, pp. 2001, 2006, §§ 1, 7. L. 2015: (1.7)(a) amended and (3.5)(a)(II.5) added, (HB 15-1057), ch. 198, p. 679, § 7, effective March 26, 2016. L. 2019: (1) amended, (HB 19-1248), ch. 232, p. 2320, § 2, effective May 20. L. 2020: (3.5)(a)(II.5) amended, (HB 20-1416), ch. 232, p. 1126, § 6, effective November 1.
Editor's note: Subsection (5.5)(b) provided for the repeal of subsection (5.5), effective July 1, 2015. (See L. 2014, pp. 2001, 2006.)
Cross references: For the short title ("Lobbyist Transparency Act") in HB 19-1248, see section 1 of chapter 232, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.