To provide for registration of persons employed to advocate or
oppose legislative measures, and to regulate the method of
such advocacy or opposition.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1. Any person, firm, corporation, or associa-
tion, or any officer or employe of a corporation or associa-
tion acting for or on behalf of such corporation or associa-
tion, who or which directly or indirectly employs any per-
son or persons, firm, corporation or association to promote,
advocate, amend or oppose in any manner any matter pend-
ing or that might legally come before the general assembly or
either house thereof, or a committee of the general assembly
or of either house thereof, shall within one week from the
date of such employment furnish in a signed statement to
the secretary of state the following information, to-wit:
1. If an individual, his full name, place of residence,
and place of business.
2. If a firm, its correct firm name, place of business,
and the full name and place of residence of each partner.
3. If a corporation or association, its full name, the
location of its principal place of business, whether a cor-
poration or voluntary association, whether a domestic or
foreign corporation, and the names and the places of resi-
dence of each of its officers.
4. The nature and kind of his, their, or its business,
occupation or employment.
5. The full name, place of residence and occupation of each person, firm, corporation or association so employed, together with the full period of employment.
6. The exact subject-matter pending or that might legally come before the general assembly or either house thereof or before any committee thereof with respect to which such person, firm, corporation or association is so employed.
7. When any change, modification or addition to such employment or the subject-matter of the employment is made, the employer shall within one week of such change, modification or addition furnish in writing full information regarding the same to the secretary of state.
The secretary of state shall immediately enter all such information, appropriately indexed so as to show all em