Georgia Code
Article 4 - Public Officials’ Conduct and Lobbyist Disclosure
§ 21-5-73. Disclosure Reports

shall file a monthly disclosure report, current through the end of the preceding period, on or before the fifth day of each month; provided, however, that such monthly reports shall not be filed during any period that the lobbyist files a semimonthly report pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section.
(1.1) In any case where lobbying expenditures are reported pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of this subsection for an identifiable group not listed in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (4.1) of Code Section 21-5-70, the lobbyist shall certify on the disclosure report that no lobbying expenditure made on behalf of or for the benefit of any individual public officer exceeded $75.00;
History. Code 1981, § 21-5-73 , enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1075, § 16; Ga. L. 1994, p. 258, §§ 15, 16; Ga. L. 2005, p. 859, § 22/HB 48; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1173, § 22/SB 17; Ga. L. 2011, p. 19, § 9/HB 232; Ga. L. 2011, p. 569, § 4/SB 160; Ga. L. 2013, p. 540, § 7/HB 142; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 21/SB 52.
The 2019 amendment, effective May 12, 2019, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, in paragraph (e)(1.1), substituted “this subsection” for “this Code section” and “subparagraph (D) of paragraph (4.1)” for “subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1)”.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2013, a semicolon was substituted for the period at the end of paragraph (e)(1.1).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2005, p. 859, § 28/HB 48, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the Act shall not apply to any violation occurring prior to January 9, 2006.
Ga. L. 2010, p. 1173, § 1/SB 17, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘ Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Act of 2010.’ ”
Ga. L. 2010, p. 1173, § 30/SB 17, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment to this Code section applies to all reports filed on and after January 10, 2011.
Ga. L. 2011, p. 19, § 10/HB 232, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval. It is the express intention of the General Assembly that this Act be applied retroactively to January 10, 2011, as well as prospectively.” This Act became effective March 15, 2011.
Law reviews.
For article on the 2005 amendment of this Code section, see 22 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 119 (2005).
For article on the 2013 amendment of this Code section, see 30 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 129 (2013).

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