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The New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA) is an employer association that provides information, services, and advocacy for its member companies. [1] It is the nation's largest state employer association with 20,000 member companies, as of 2015.
Ministry of Development (MR) – Central Registration and Information on Business (CEIDG) [70] – company register for natural persons trading as sole traders or their civil law partnerships (searchable); such companies are prohibited from performing certain activities (e.g. operating a life insurance company), and proper agricultural activity ...
From 1998 to 2001, he was the Director of the California Department of Parks and Recreation. He is a principal at California Strategies, a public affairs and lobbying firm. Areias and two other employees of California Strategies were fined in 2013 for seeking to influence state government decisions without registering as lobbyists. [5]
States are moving in the direction of greater disclosure and transparency regarding lobbying activities. California has an online database called Cal-Access although there were reports that it has been underfunded. [136] [137] Money collected from registration fees are often used to pay for the disclosure services such as Cal-Access. [138]
The Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) of California is a five-member independent nonpartisan commission that has primary responsibility for the impartial and effective administration of the Political Reform Act of 1974. The commission's objectives are to ensure that public officials act in a fair and unbiased manner in the governmental ...
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Taxpayer-funded lobbying by local political subdivisions can take two main forms: direct and association. [12] [13] [14] In the first type, local political subdivisions of the state, such as, cities, counties, and school districts, use public funds to contract directly with a lobbyist to lobby on their behalf at the state or federal legislature.