2004-03
ORDINANCE NO. 2004-03
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF A VENTURA,
FLORIDA; AMENDING THE CITY CODE BY
AMENDING ARTICLE VI "LOBBYING ACTIVITIES"
OF CHAPTER 2 "ADMINISTRATION," BY
REPEALING ALL OF ARTICLE VI, CONSISTING OF
SECTION 2-371 THROUGH AND INCLUDING
SECTION 2-377, EXCEPT FOR SECTION 2-375
"PENALTIES," AND ADOPTING A NEW ARTICLE
VI "LOBBYING ACTIVITIES" TO CONSIST OF
SECTION 2-371 "LOBBYISTS" AND SECTION 2-375
"PENALTIES" OF CHAPTER 2
"ADMINISTRATION," BY ADOPTING SECTION 2-
11.1(S) OF THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY CODE
CONCERNING LOBBYING, AS MODIFIED HEREIN;
PROVIDING FOR RELATED FEES AND OTHER
PROVISIONS CONCERNING LOBBYISTS;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING
FOR INCLUSION IN CODE; PROVIDING FOR
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Miami-Dade County (the "County") Commission has recently
comprehensively revised the County lobbyist ordinance (the "County Lobbying Ordinance") as
set forth in Section 2-11.I(s) of Miami-Dade County Code (the "County Code"); and
WHEREAS, the staff of the County Ethics Commission has recommended that the
revised County Lobbying Ordinance be adopted and followed by municipalities within the
County; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission desires to adopt and follow the provisions of the
County Lobbying Ordinance as described herein, along with the modifications and other
requirements specified herein.
IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF A VENTURA, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Recitals AdoDted. That each of the above stated recitals is hereby
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adopted and confirmed.
Section 2. Repeal. That the City Code of the City of Aventura, Florida, is
hereby amended by repealing Article VI "Lobbying Activities," consisting of Section 2-
371 through and including Section 2-377 of Chapter 2 "Administration," except for
Section 2-375 "Penalties," which reads as set forth in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and
incorporated herein. Any fees owed to the City under the repealed provisions shall be
due and owing to the City until paid in full.
Section 3. Code Amended. That the City Code of the City of Aventura, Florida,
is hereby amended by creating Article VI "Lobbying Activities" to consist of existing
Section 2-375 "Penalties" and new Section 2-371 "Lobbyists" of Chapter 2
"Administration," to read as follows:
Section 2-371. Lobbyists. The provisions of Section 2-l1.1(s)
"Lobbying," of the Miami-Dade County Code (the "County
Lobbying Ordinance") as it currently exists, as set forth in Exhibit
"X," attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby adopted
and shall apply within the City, except that in lieu of the fee for
annual lobbyist registration which is specified by Section 2-
11.l(s)(2)(b) of the County Lobbying Ordinance, the fee payable
to the City for registration of each lobbyist for the representation of
each principal of the lobbyist shall be One Hundred ($100.00)
Dollars (per principal represented), and the fee payable to the City
for annual lobbyist registration for each lobbyist shall be Two
Hundred ($200.00) Dollars. References in the County Lobbying
Ordinance to County personnel shall be deemed to be references to
City personnel who serve in comparable capacities to the County
personnel referred to. References in the County Lobbying
Ordinance to the County Commission or to a "County board or
committee" shall be deemed to be references to the City
Commission or to the City's boards as applicable. This Section 2-
371 shall prevail over any conflicting provision of the City Code.
Section 4. Severability. That the provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be
severable and if any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance shall for any
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reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining sections, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this Ordinance but they shall
remain in effect, it being the legislative intent that this Ordinance shall stand
notwithstanding the invalidity of any part.
Section 5. Inclusion in the Code. It is the intention of the City Commission,
and it is hereby ordained that the provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made
a part of the Code of the City of A ventura; that the sections of this Ordinance may be
renumbered or relettered to accomplish such intentions; and that the word "Ordinance"
shall be changed to "Section" or other appropriate word.
Section 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon
adoption on second reading.
The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Commissioner Grossman, who moved
its adoption on first reading. This motion was seconded by Commissioner Holzberg and
upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner lev Auerbach
Commissioner Ken Cohen
Commissioner Bob Diamond
Commissioner Manny Grossman
Commissioner Harry Holzberg
Vice Mayor Jay R. Beskin
Mayor Jeffrey M. Perlow
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Commissioner Cohen who moved its
adoption on second reading. This motion was seconded by Commissioner Diamond and
upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner lev Auerbach
Commissioner Ken Cohen
Commissioner Bob Diamond
Commissioner Manny Grossman
Commissioner Harry Holzberg
Vice Mayor Jay R. Beskin
Mayor Jeffrey M. Perlow
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
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PASSED AND ADOPTED on first reading this 6th day of January, 2004.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on second reading this 3rd day of February, 2004.
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
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CITY ATTORNEY
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(.) Ethics CO/lU1¡¡",on 10 "..der opi/li01ls on
req'ml. Whenever any person ind"ded in the
to:rm. dofuwd in B"b.ection (11)(1) 01 rou gh (6) and
subsection (b)(9) is in doubt as \'0 the proper
intorprctation Or applicntioo of this conflict of
interest and Code of Ethic.. Ordinance .s to
hÜns.lf or horself, or whenever any person who
renders sarviees to the COlUtty is in dollbt ns to
the applicability of the said ordinance os to him.
self or herself, he or she mny <ubmit to tho Ethics
C"mmi,.ion a full written sbtcment of the fnct"
nIld qu.stiDl1S he or sho has. The Ethics ComInis.
.i"o shall theo render an opinion to such person
<\rId shall publish these opinions wiU10ut use of
the name of the person advised ullless such por.
scn requests the "se of his or her naine. (Ord. No.
711-26, f 1, 3-2(}.73; Ord. No. 77-13, § 4, 3.1.77;
Ord. No. 97-105, § 2, 7-8-91)
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MJAMI-)AlJE CDüN'rY C()DE
Inspector Goneral shall verify the accu-
racy of each affidavit executed by former
coullty oillcers, department,,] persoru1el
or employees,
(6) My individual who is found to be in
vi.olation of this Subsection (q) Bhnll be
subject to the penalties provided it.1 either
Sub_oction (~I)(l)or Subsection lu)(2), lOrd.
No. 72-82, § 1, 11.21-72; Ord. No. 11.13,
§ 4, 3-1-17: Ord. No. 99-2, í 1, 1.21.99)
(s) Lobbyil'l{!.
(1) (0) A. used in this soction, "County per-
sonnel" means those Collnty officer.
and employecs specified in Section
2.11.1(i)(2) ofthc Miami-Dnde County
Cmu1ìcl ofInterest and Cod. ofEth-
ics OrdinAnce.
(b) ^" "",d in this scction, "Lobbyist"
means all persons, firms, or eorporo.
l1ons employed or retoined by n prin.
cipal who seeks to encourage the
pnssago, dofent. or modifications of
(1) ordinance, resolution, ac¡jon or
decision of the County Commission;
(2) any action, decision. recommen-
dation of the County Manager or any
County board or committee; or (3)
any action, decision or recommenda.
tion of County personll.! durin¡: the
time period of the entire deci.ion.
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making process on such acti"", deci.
sion or reconuue1ldatioo which
foresccably will b. heard l>r reo
viewed by the County Commi.sion,
or a County board or committee.,
"Lobbyist" specifion!\y includos the
principal as well os any employee
whose normn! scope of employment
includeslobbyin¡; activities. Tho term
"Lohbyist" specifically excludes the
following persons: attorneys or other
representatives retained 01' omployed
solely for the purposo of represent.
;'1gindividuals, corpI>ration. or other
entities durin!; pl1hhl'ly noticed quasi-
judicial proceedinc' where 0,< low
prohibits ex-parte cornn11mications;
expert witnesses who provide only
scientific, technical or other special-
ized information oc testimony in pub.
lie meetings; any person who only
appears as a repre..ntotivo of a
neighborhood association without
compensation or reimbursement for
the appearance. whether direct, in-
direct or coutin!:"nt, to expr.ss sup-
port of or opposition to any item; nny
person wbo only appe.rs as n repre-
s.ntative of" not-for-profit commu.
nity based orgnnization for the pur-
p"se of requesting a ~.nt without
special compen.<;ation or reimburse-
ment for the appear.nce; and em-
ployees of a principal whoso normal
seopo of employment does not in.
clude lobbying activities.
(2) All lobbyists shall register with the Clerk
of the Boord of Connty Commissioners
within five (5) bu.in.., days of br,in¡;;
retnined as a lobbyist or befor. eng,,¡¡ing
in any lobbyjn~ activities. whichever shall
came first. ~:vory pers"n required to so
register sholl:
(a) Rel'ister 011 fom,s prepnrcd by the
C1erk;
(b) State tinder oath hi< or her l1ame,
busi~o", adùre.. and the namo ,nd
business addrrss of each penon or
ontity which ha< employed said reg.
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(c)
istrant to 10bby, If the lobbyi9t rep-
resenLs 8 corporation, the corpora'
tion sonll also be identified. Without
limiting the fo«going, the lobbyist
shall also identify .11 perBOM hold.
ing, directly or indirectly, a fivo (5)
pcrcent or morc ownership interest
in sueh corporation, partn.robip, or
trust. Rogistration of all lobbyists;
shall ùerequit't'd prior to Jnnuary 15
of .a.h year and each pcnon who
withdTawS as a lobbyist for a pllrlic.
ular client shall file an appropriate
notke of withdrawal. Tbe fee for
ann\1¡¡j registrntion shall be fa", hun-
dred snd ninety dollars ($490.00),
Every registrant shall be required to
state the exl.ot of any hwiness or
professional relation-,hip with nny
CUTreo, person described in sub«c.
Hon (bXI). The re¡¡ïstratioo fees re-
Quired by thi, subsection shal1 be
deposited by the Clerk into a sepa.
rate account nnd shall be expended
for the purpose of recording, tran-
scribing, administrntion and other
costs inC\1rred in maintaioing theS<i
records for nv.nability to the public.
There shall ù. no fee required for
filings notice of withdrawal and thc
Board of County Conlntis.ioo.n may,
in ito discretion, wnive the registra.
tion roc upon 8 finding of finaneial
hardship.
Prior to conducting nny lobbyio¡, nl1
principals ml1,t file a form with the
Clerk of thc Doord of County Com-
missioner., signed by the principnl
or the priJ\ojpnl', ropr.sentative, stat.
ing that the lobbyist is 4\1thori.ed to
«present the principal. Failure of 0
principal to file tho f"rm required by
tho preceding sentcnce may be <"n.
sidered in the evaluation of a bid or
proposal It:! e,'idence that a propo.er
or bidder is n"t a responsible contrac-
tor. Each principal shall file a form
with tho Clerk of the Board at the
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point in time nt which a lobbyist ia
no long-er nuthorized to represeut
the princípat
(3) fa) Any public officer, employee or ap-
pointee who only appears in his or
her officinl capßÓ.ty shall not be re-
Quired to regi.ter as a lobùyist.
(b) Any pt'rson who only appears in his
or her illdividu..1 capacity for the
purpose of self.ropœ.entation with.
out eoo1pensati"D or reimbursement
",hether diroct, indirect Or eootin'
gent, to expr... support of l1r oppo-
sition to ony item, ,hon not be re-
quired to register a. a 10bbyiBt.
(41 Any per.on who only opp.ar. us a repre-
sentative of n not-for-profit corporation or
entity (such os a charitable or~anizotioo,
or a trnde ""sociation or trade union)
without special compensation or reimbW1le:
ment for the appearance, whether direL1:,
indirect or contjn~ent, to exprees support
of or opposition to any item, shall register
with the Clerk e. required by Ws subeec-
\ion, but, upon requ""t, .halJ not b. reo
qtrired to pay any regist,...lion fees,
(5) Any person who appears n, n representa.
tive for an individual or firm for an oral
presentation before n county certification,
evaluation, seJection, wchnical review or
similar eolJ\rnittoe, .halllist on an affida-
vit provided by the County, an individ\1nls
who may mnke a presentntion, The affi.
rlavitshnl! be filed by atstrwith lh. Clurk's
office at the time the propesa! is submit-
ted. For the purpose of th;s s\1b.ection
only. the listed members of the preocnta.
tion teRm ,h;ùl not be ll!quired to pay any
registration fees. No person shall appear
before nny oommittee on behalf of an
individual or firm unle.. he or she ha.
been listed ns part of Ute Ii",,', preeenta-
tion team pursuant to thie p,usgraph or
unless he or she i. registered with the
Clerk's office and haa paid all applicable
fees.
(6) (a) Commencing July I, 1986, ond on
July 1 or eaeh y.or thereoll.er, the
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lobbyist shan submit to the Clerk of
(I.e Board of C"unty Commissioners
a signed statement under oath, as
provided hercin, bating an lobbying
expenditures in excess oftwenty-five
doUars ($25.00) for the preceding
ealendar ycar. A statement sh.n he
filed even if there have been no ex-
penditures during the repùrtin~ pe.
riod. The stntemeot shan bat in de-
tail ench expenditure by category,
including food and beverage, enter-
tainment, re,eareh, eOllllUl1IÚcotio",
merlin advertising, publications,
trave\. lodging nnd special events.
(b\ The Clerk of the Board of County
Commissioners shnll notif¡l1U1Y lob-
hyist who fails to timely fiJ. an ex-
pendit\1re report. In addition to ""y
other penalties which may be im-
posed ns providcd in subsection (s)(9),
a fine offifty dol1a" \$50.00) per dny
shall be aesossed for reports filed
a(1;er the due date. Where 11 fine of
fifty donnrs ($50.001 per dny is ns-
sessed, the Ethics Commission shan
not impoeo a fine as provided in
subaection (z). Any lobbyist who Ülil,
to file the req\1lred expellditure re-
pert by September 1st shol1 be auto-
maticoUy suspellded from lobbying
until aU fines are paId unle.. the
fine has beell appealed to thc ~;thics
Commission,
(c) The Clerk of the Doard of County
CommIssioners ,hall notify the Com-
mission on Ethics and Public Trust
of the fa.ilure of n lobbyjst or princi-
p,ll to file a report ondlor pay the
assessed fines after notification.
(d) A lobbyist or principal may nppeal a
fine and tOny request a hearing ba-
fore the Commi..ion an Bthies nnd
Public Trust. A request for n henrjl1~
an thc fine must be filed with the
Commissioo on Ethics and Public
Trust wi1..hn fifteen (15) calendar
days of receipt of the notification of
the failure to file the required diac10-
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sure form. The Commission an Eth.
ics and Public 1'rusl .hall have the
authority to waive the [me, in whole
or part, based on good cnuse S¡'OWII,
The Commi..ion on Ethics and Pub-
Hc Trust sh.11 have the o\1t.hority to
adopt ruks of procedure regordin~
"ppenls fronl the Clerk of the Board
of County Commi,>ioaers.
(7) No person may, in whole or in part. pay,
give or a¡:rec to payor give a eolltingellcy
fee to another persoll. No person may, ;n
whole Dr in part, receive or ogr.e to re-
ceive n contingency fee. As used hcrdn,
"colltingency fee" means a fee, bonus. com-
mission, or not1lnonetory b.nefit a' com-
pensntion which is depend_llt on or In 'my
way contingent on the passage, defeat, Or
modification of: (1) !\r1 ordinance, resolu-
tion, artion or decision of the County
Commission; \2) any action, decisio" nr
recommcndotioo of the County Mnnnzer
or any County bonTd Dr comnlittee; or (3J
any nction, decision or recommendation of
County personnel during the time period
of the elltire decision-mak.ing proce.. re-
¡:¡1tding such nction, decision or recom-
me"datio" which forese.ably will be heard
or reviewed by the CoWlty Commission,
or n County board or committee,
(8) 'l'he Clerk shall publish Jogs on a quar-
terly olld nn annual basis ren.ding the
lobbyist reg¡stratious which h:1ve been
mad in occordaoce with lhis subsection
(9), All log> req\1ired by U.is ordinance
shall be prepared in a manner substan.
tially similar to tho lngs prepared for the
~'loridn Le¡¡;'slature pursunnt to Sccìiol1
11.04.'5. l11orida Stntutes.
(9) The Ethics Commission shan investigate
nny person engaged in lobbyin¡: activities
who may be in violation of this subsedion
Ie). In the event that a violntion is found
to ha<e b..n committed th. Ethics Com.
mission may, in ndditi"n to the pcMlties
set forth ill subsection [.1, prohibit. such
person from lobbying before the County
Commission or any committee, board or
personnel o[(h. County as provided herein.
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Every lobbyist who i9 found to be in vio,
lation of this section shall be prohibitcd
from re¡:i<tering as a lobbyist Or lobbying
in ncco.dance with tho followin~ schedule:
I,L violation for a period of 90 days from
the date of determination of vio13tioo;
2"" violation for. period of one (1) year
from the date of doterminatiol1 or viola-
tion;
3'. violation for a period of flve (5) years
from the dete of determination of vio).-
tion;
A bidder or propO$cr shaJl be sl1bjoct to
the deborment pr"vi.inns of Section 10-38
of the Code of Miami-Dade County as if
the bidder or propo.er were a contrac-tor
where the bidder or proposer has violated
this seclioo, either directly or iJ1direotly
or any cornbil1ntion thereof, on three (3) or
more occasion8. As used herein, a "direct
violation" shall mean n violation commit-
ted by the bidder or proposer and an
"indirect violation" shall mean a violation
committed by a 1obbyist ,"pre.entin~ said
bidder or proposer. Acontrect entered into
in violation of this section shall 01,0 ren-
der the contract viodable, The C01u1ty
Manager ,hnn include the provisions of
this subsection in :.II County bid docu-
mont., RFP, RFQ, CBO and CDBG appli-
cations; provided, however, the failure to
do so shan not render any contract en-
tered into os the resl1lt of 9\1ch fnilure
illecnl per se.
(10) All m~mbcr< of the County Commission,
and all County pereonnal, shall be dili-
gent to oscertain whether person. re-
q\1ired to register pursuant to this Sttbsec-
tion have been complied. Commissioners
or County personnel mny not knowingly
permit a parson who is not registered
pursunnt to tlUs <ubsoetion to lobby the
Cornnùssioner, or the relevant committee,
bonrd or County personnel.
(11) Except 08 otherwise provided in s"bse.c-
tion (s)(9), the validity of any action or
determination of the Board of County
Comml."ioners or County personnel, board
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or committee shall not he af'foctecl bv the
failure of any person to comply witi, the
provisions of this subsaction(s).
lOrd. No. 00-19, § 1, 2-8-00; Ord. No. 01-93, § 1,
~22-01; Ord. No. 01-162, § 1, 10-23-01JC dJ -/"1)
(tl Cone of SUcn«.
1.
Contracts for the provision of ~oods ;tnd
service other than audit and independent
private sector inspector general (IPSIG)
conlrnets.
(a) "Cone of SiJeoce" is hereby definod to
mean a prohibition on, (i) ""y com-
mumc.tion regarding a particular
RFP, RFQ or bid between n potential
vendor, service provider, bidder. lob-
byiat, or consl1lt.<utt and the Co\1nty's
professional staff ¡ncl\1ding, but not
limited to, the County Msnagor wId
his or ho. staff; (ii) any cDmn1unieu-
lion re¡;ardinll a particl1lor RFP, RFQ
or bid between the Mayor, County
Commissione... Or their respective
staffs and any member of tho County's
profession3.l 9tafi' incloding, but not
limited to, the Councy Manager and
hi, or her staff; (iii) any communico-
tion regarding a particu tar RFP, RFQ
or bid between a potential vendor,
service provider, bidder, lobbyist. or
consultant and any member of the
selection committee theref"r; (iv) any
communication regarding a particu-
lar RFP, RFQ or bid between the
Mayor, County Commissioners or
their respect,ive .taff. and any mem-
ber of the .election committe. there-
for; (vJ nny communication regard-
ing a po.rticuJar RFP, RFQ or bid
between a potential vendor, service
provider, bldfier, lobbyist, or consult.
ant nnn tho Mayor, County Contmis-
sioner" and their respective staffs;
al1d (vi) 11l1Y communicntion re¡;ard-
ing a particular RFP, RFQ or bid
between any mombor the County's
profos<ion.lstslT I>tld any member of
the selection committee therefor, The
County Manager end the Chairper-
son of the .election committee may
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ARTICLE VI. LOBBYING ACTIVITIES'
Sec. 2-371. Definitinn<.
The fol1owing words. teTrOS and p}¡rascs, when \1sed in this "rlid.., sho1\ have the meanings
ascribed to them in this Mction, except where the context deor1y indic~te8 a different meaning:
ADeney means the City, inclnding a11 elected and appointed officials, C'.mpJoyees nnd persons
acting on behnlf of the agency.
Lobbyist.
11) Lobbyist melU1.$ Imy peroon who, for eompensetiôn or remuneration, direct or indirQct,
seeks to influence the governmental dedsion-mclcing of the ngency or <celtS to
encour~g(' tho passage, defeat Or modifir.ation of any ordinance, r~so]utio1, contract,
bid award, proposal, reconunendòtion, action or decision of tho "concy.
Lobbyist does not mean:
(2)
n,
A City employee whoa acting in his official capacity.
Ar.y porson, or Its full-time employee, officer or ow,,"r, who IIllpeors before the
City Commission, a City Board or committee, or the City M"",'¡:er or staff in nn
individual capacity for t.ho purpose of self-representation or for the representa-
tion of others without compensatiOll or reiU1bursemcnt to express support of or in
h.
"Cro.'s refere"ee-Quasi-judicia] matters for planning and zoning, * ~j4-3l et '"'I.
State law reference-Lobbyist rcg-istrat;joo "nd reportillg, 1'.8. §§ 11.04.5 ct se'1., 112.32] 5
et seq.
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°Plm.ition to nny ùrdinnnce, resolution, decision or action of the City Commis-
,ion, or any resolutiOll, action, recommendation or decision of nny City Bonrd,
~¡:ency or eommittee, or any :lotion, decision or rccommcndalioI1 of the City
Manager.
Person includes iI1dividnals, finns, associntioM, joint ventures, general nnd limited parL-
nerships, c,stntes, trusts, business trus\.¡;, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporaUOJ\5, and "an other
groups or eombin.tioos.
(Ord. No. 97-05, ~ I, 2-4-97; Ord. No. 99-05, § 1, 4-G-99)
Cl"OSS yr.fcrcnce-D"linitions generally, § 1-2.
Sec. 2-372. Regi"t~~tion l"equi~ed,
Alllobbyi'l.s shall, before engaging in any lobhyin~ ndivities, rÐI.~ster with the City Clcrk.
(Ord. No. 97-05, § 2,2-4-97)
Sec. 2.373. Re¡:jstntioll infol"mation.
Every perSOI1 rollJir.d to registor as n lobbyist sh:ill do so on forms prepared by the City
Clerk and shl"]] .tate under onth his name :>Ild lmsiItess addro,q" the name aI1d business
address of each person which has employed the rc[istrnnt w lobby, and the .pecifie i55l1e on
which he h"s been employed to lobby. Separatn re¡;istratíons shall be required for cach specific
issue 3l1d for ..ch "",player.
(Ora. No. 97-05, § 3, 2-4-97)
Set:. 2-374. Annual. statement of expenditure~,
On Jnnllary I of eoch year, an lobbyists registered pursuant to this article shaU submit to
the City Clerk n si¡:l1ed st"tement under oath listing .11 lobbying expendJtw-es for the
preceding calendnr yeW". A .tnterð.ent shan be filed even if tbero hnve l1een no expenditures
duriI1g the roporting pcriod. Annual statements shall b~ required until such time as tile
lobbyist files a noLico of withdrawal of lobbying activities with the City Clerk.
(Ord. No. 97.05, § 1, 2-4-97)
See, 2-375, Penalties,
[a) Whenever a vio],tion of t.his o.rtiele exists, the City Commission mny publicly T('prj.
mnnd, cet1sure and/or pmbihit such lobhyist from lobbying before the City for" poriod of up to
bllt not to exceed two ye"ro, '
(b) Tho penalties provided in. this section are cumuJ/Itive in nature. Nothing conloined in
this "rtiele shall prevent the City from p\1rsuing any other Temedies aviJibblc to the City
under the City's Code and/or State low for the enforcement of its ordinnnres.
(Ord. No. 97.05, § 5, 2.4-97)
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See, 2-376. Re¡:istration forms and disclosure statements to be public rceord5.
All registrcÜ.ion forms "nd annual disc!osur. st"tements rcquir"d by u,is ar~.iclo sh~ll be
public records '\1bject t" i11Spectioo nnd e~,'rnjnntion as provided for in )7,S. § 119.07,
(Ord. No. 97-05, § 6, 2.1-97)
Sec. 2-377, ltegistration fee-
An aIUtUallobbyist registration fee in the ,.mount of $100.00 per calendar year for eaeh
lobbyist shan be paid to the City Clerk at the time the lobbyist files a reg;stTntiol1 form. This
foe is necessary to cover the administrativc expenditures required by this nrtide.
(Ord. No. 97-05, § 7, 2-4-97)
Secs. 2-378-2-390, Reserved.
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