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| Advisory Opinion 19-02Companies or businesses that apply for, receive, or have received economic incentives are considered to be "doing business with or being regulated by" the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development as long as the agreements between the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development and the companies or businesses are still active. |
| Advisory Opinion 19-10As long as the meetings are initiated by the executive branch agency and are open to any interested stakeholders in the resultant executive agency decision, the participation of members or representatives of interest groups and their legal counsel in regulation development stakeholder meetings initiated by Kentucky executive branch agencies would not qualify as “executive agency lobbying activity” as defined in KRS 11A.201, as amended by the Kentucky General Assembly on June 27, 2019.
As long as the contact is limited to attending the open meetings of the executive branch agency, entities that send representatives to attend meetings initiated by executive branch agencies are not required to register as employers of executive agency lobbyists and their representatives are not required to register as executive agency lobbyists pursuant to KRS 11A.211.
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| Advisory Opinion 13-04According to the Executive Branch Code of Ethics, “executive agency lobbying” occurs when, after initial contact with a private firm to express interest in a new business relationship is initiated by the staff of an executive branch agency rather than by the staff of the private firm, the private firm chooses to respond to the executive branch agency’s expressed interest in the new business relationship. |
| Advisory Opinion 09-10Legislative agents on the public affairs staff of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce are not required to register as executive agency lobbyists since the activities described do not meet the definition of executive agency lobbying as outlined in KRS 11A.201. |
| Advisory Opinion 09-07The Governor's Chief of Staff may sell his interest in an office condominium to his co-owner, who is a registered executive and legislative branch lobbyist, but he is required to abstain from any official decision involving either the real property or the lobbyist for a reasonable time after the sale of the property. |
| Advisory Opinion 06-05Pharmaceutical manufacturer employees must register as lobbyists when one of the main purposes of their job duties includes attempting to influence decisions regarding the Medicaid formulary list. |
| Advisory Opinion 05-34Before accepting assistance from a trust set up to assist employees with the payment of legal fees, an employee should ascertain that the donors to a fund or sub-trust set up on his behalf are not doing business with, regulated by, seeking grants from, or in any way seeking to influence the state agency for which the employee works or over which he has supervisory authority. The trust should not be established by anyone registered as an executive agency lobbyist, holding a contract with, or attempting to influence the actions of any of the agencies which employ the employee beneficiaries of the fund. Employees who are officers must disclose on their annual statement of financial disclosure the source of any legal assistance received if the value is over $200. |
| Advisory Opinion 05-26Recipients of single county coal severance grants administered by the Governor’s Office for Local Development are not required to file an economic incentive disclosure statement pursuant to KRS 11A.233. Persons attempting to obtain single county coal severance grants may be required to register as executive agency lobbyists. |
| Advisory Opinion 04-30Campaign contributions are not required to be reported by executive agency lobbyists as expenditures or financial transactions. |
| Advisory Opinion 02-08Pharmaceutical manufacturer employees must register as lobbyists if they are attempting to influence decisions of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics advisory committee concerning recommendations for drug approvals. |
| Advisory Opinion 02-25A state employee may accept outside employment with a business that is registered to lobby the executive branch agency where the employee is employed, but an appearance of a conflict may exist even if the employee has no involvement in decision-making responsibilities for the agency. |
| Advisory Opinion: 01-27A student legislative coordinator foe a student government association a Kentucky public university may serve as a student member on the Council on Postsecondary Education provided he is not engaged in lobbying activity. |
| Advisory Opinion 99-51University employees on loan to a partnership must register as executive agency lobbyists when attempting to influence decisions on behalf of the partnership. Board members and employees of a partnership must register as executive agency lobbyists if attempting to influence decisions regardless as to whether they are paid by the partnership or the company employing the partnership. |
| Advisory Opinion 99-38The Executive Director of the Kentucky Wood Products Competitiveness Corporation is not required to register as an executive agency lobbyist because he is an employee of a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. |
| Advisory Opinion 99-21An individual must register as an executive agency lobbyist if he is lobbying an executive agency decision that will benefit him or his business. |
| Advisory Opinion 97-25An executive secretary of regulatory board may not serve as legislative contact for private association if such contacts will require registration as a lobbyist. |
| Advisory Opinion 95-09In KRS 11A.040(7), the term "lobbyist" refers to executive agency lobbyist as well as legislative agent. |
| Advisory Opinion 94-04This opinion addresses a series of questions concerning executive agency lobbying as it applies to attorneys. |
| Advisory Opinion 94-53An investment firm employee who meets with employees of bond-issuing state agency must register as an executive agency lobbyist. |
| Advisory Opinion 94-11Volunteers, if paid by nonprofit organizations on behalf of an association, must register as executive agency lobbyists. |
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