Form 635

Report of Lobbyist Employer or Report of Lobbying Coalition

Description

Form 635 is the quarterly disclosure statement filed by a lobbyist employer or a lobbying coalition. For employers and lobbying coalitions filing on paper, a separate Form 615 must be completed for each in-house lobbyist and attached to Form 635. Electronic or online filers file these as separate documents. This form is also used as a quarterly disclosure statement for a client of a firm which has no in-house lobbyist (also referred to as a non-registered employer).

Sections

Form 635 has 8 sections.

Name
Part 1, Legislative or State Agency Administrative Actions Actively Lobbied During the Period (p. 2)
Part 2, Partners, Owners, and Employees whose "Lobbyist Reports" (Form 615) are Attached to this Report (p. 4)
Part 3, Payments Made in Connection with Lobbying Activities, Section A, Payments To In-house Employee Lobbyists (p. 4)
Part 3, Payments Made in Connection with Lobbying Activities, Section B, Payments To Lobbying Firms (p. 4)
Part 3, Payments Made in Connection with Lobbying Activities, Section C, Activity Expenses (p. 6)
Part 3, Payments Made in Connection with Lobbying Activities, Section D, Other Payments to Influence Legislative or Administrative Action (p. 6)
Part 3, Payments Made in Connection with Lobbying Activities, Section E, Payments in Connection with Administrative Testimony in Ratemaking Proceedings Before The California Public Utilities Commission (p. 6)
Part 4, Campaign Contributions Made (p. 8)

CAL-ACCESS files

This form populates the following 11 CAL-ACCESS files.

Name Description
EFS_FILING_LOG_CD Logs from the Electronic Filing Subsystem, which accepts and validates electronic filings.
CVR_LOBBY_DISCLOSURE_CD The cover page of lobbying-disclosure forms.
CVR2_LOBBY_DISCLOSURE_CD Extra information from the cover sheets of lobbyist-disclosure form.
F690P2_CD Amendments to lobbying-disclosure filings.
LEXP_CD Lobbying activity expenditures.
LCCM_CD Lobbyist campaign contributions.
LPAY_CD Payments made or received by lobbying firms.
FILER_FILINGS_CD An index that links filers to their filings.
SMRY_CD Summary totals from filings.
TEXT_MEMO_CD Text memos attached to electronic filings.
RECEIVED_FILINGS_CD Undocumented.

Sample

An example of Form 635.