EAO 162

The fact that a person is named as an assistant on another person’s lobby registration does not relieve the assistant of the requirement to register as a lobbyist if he independently meets one of the registration thresholds. A lobby registrant is not required to report lobby expenditures made by an assistant if the assistant is himself registered as a lobbyist and reports the expenditures. A registrant who establishes a temporary residence in Austin is not required to report expenditures for the registrant’s basic living expenses unless the expenses are directly connected with communications to influence. Whether an expenditure is made in order to communicate to influence is generally a fact question.