BB&T hired Don Beason for more than lobbying.
A spokeswoman for the Winston-Salem-based bank said that Beason was hired for both "lobbying and legislative review" in 2007.
"The bulk of it was legislative review," said media relations manager A.-C. McGraw.
Under a loophole in the state lobbying law, money paid to lobbyists for non-lobbying work does not have to be reported to the Secretary of State's office.
Beason's contract with BB&T was exactly one-tenth what he earned from Catawba County during that same time frame.
As a government agency, the county's entire contract would have been public anyway, meaning it would not benefit from using the loophole.
Previously: IBM and Progress Energy say they hired Beason for more than lobbying; AT&T North Carolina refused to comment.
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