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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:49:73",
  "title_number": "49",
  "section_number": "73",
  "citation": "R.S. 49:73",
  "heading": "Persons to whom applicable; exceptions",
  "text": "Except as otherwise provided in this Part relative to a principal or employer of a lobbyist, the provisions of this Part shall apply only to persons who are lobbyists as defined in R.S. 49:72. The provisions of this Part shall not apply to an elected or appointed public official or any designee of such an official, when such designee is a public employee and when such elected or appointed official or public employee is acting in the performance of his or her official public duties.",
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      "number": "49",
      "name": "STATE ADMINISTRATION"
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      "number": "1",
      "name": "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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      "number": "IV",
      "name": "EXECUTIVE BRANCH LOBBYING"
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      "act_year": 2004,
      "act_number": 116,
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      "act_year": 2008,
      "act_number": 769,
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      "effective_date": "2008-07-06",
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      "role": "amendment"
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 2004, No. 116, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Acts 2008, No. 769, §2, eff. July 6, 2008. NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 116, §§4 and 5, re implementation, administration, and effectiveness.",
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