§ 18-72. Persons required to register.  


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  • (a)

    A person must register with the city secretary under this article if the person communicates directly with a member of the legislative or executive branch to influence municipal legislation or administrative action and:

    (1)

    Makes or reasonably expects to make a total expenditure of $200.00 or more in a calendar quarter, or $800.00 or more in a calendar year, not including the person's own travel, food, or lodging expenses or the person's own membership dues, on activities described in section 18-75 of this Code to communicate directly with one or more members of the legislative or executive branch to influence municipal legislation or administrative action; or

    (2)

    Receives or may reasonably expect to receive from another person compensation or reimbursement, not including reimbursement for the person's own travel, food, or lodging expenses or the person's own membership dues, of $200.00 or more in a calendar quarter, or $800.00 or more in a calendar year, to communicate directly with one or more members of the legislative or executive branch to influence municipal legislation or administrative action; or

    (3)

    As part of the person's regular employment, communicates directly with one or more members of the legislative or executive branch to influence municipal legislation or administrative action on behalf of the employer by whom the person is compensated or reimbursed, whether or not the person receives any compensation for the communication in addition to the salary for that regular employment.

    (b)

    A person otherwise required to register under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) who communicates directly with a member of the executive branch to influence administrative action is not required to register if:

    (1)

    The person is performing an act that may be performed only by a licensed attorney; or

    (2)

    The person is a representative of a city employee union whose only direct communication concerning administrative action is on behalf of an individual member of the union; or

    (3)

    The person is an owner as defined in section 18-71 of this Code.

(Ord. No. 98-732, § 2, 8-26-98; Ord. No. 2011-47, § 19, 1-12-2011; Ord. No. 2011-107, § 4, 2-9-2011)