QUESTION
Is every statement of registration and retainer agreement filed by lobbyists reviewed annually, even if not selected for audit?
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The Committee Counsel confirms that every single statement of registration and retainer agreement filed by every lobbyist is reviewed each year, regardless of whether they are selected for audit or not. The information in these registrations is checked for completeness, and entities are notified to correct any missing information.
- 45 entities undergo detailed examinations every year.
- Even registrations not audited have their information checked.
- Entities missing information are served notice to provide corrections.
Lincoln Restler
1:47:12
We're still at 45 audits a year despite significant increase in the amount of logging activity.
1:47:16
And it's a staff capacity issue,
Blair Horner
1:47:18
but Correct.
Lincoln Restler
1:47:18
We would benefit from clearly having more audits in place.
1:47:22
And I
UNKNOWN
1:47:22
Oh, just counsel, excuse me, chairperson, just to add, we review every single statement of registration and retain your agreement filed by every single lobbyists, even if they're not selected for audit.
1:47:35
And we do that every year.
1:47:37
So even everyone else is still their the information in their registrations is still being checked.
1:47:42
Anything that's missing is their served notice to secure as to correct it and provide So the end, you know, it's not as goal.
1:47:50
There are 45 entities that are being examined in everywhere.
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No.
Lincoln Restler
1:47:53
No.
1:47:53
No.
1:47:53
I I appreciate it.
1:47:54
You're looking at everything, but find the 45 audits you're doing, you're identifying, on average, 1 to 3 findings that require action.
1:48:02
That's a not insignificant amount.
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Annually.
1:48:06
And, you know, we've seen a great increase in the amount of lobbying, and it probably would be helpful if we had capacity to it would clear be helpful if we'd capacity to conduct more audits.