§ 2-250.13. Persons required to register as lobbyists.

(a)

Not all lobbyists are required to register. Except as provided by section 2-205.14, a person who engages in lobbying must register with the city secretary if, with respect to any client, the person:

(1)

Receives compensation of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) or more in a calendar half for lobbying; or

(2)

Expends twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) or more in a calendar half for lobbying.

(b)

Compensation which has not yet been received in considered to be received on the date on which the contract or agreement for compensation is made, or on the date lobbying commences, whichever is first.

(c)

The date on which an expenditure is incurred is determined according to generally accepted accounting principles. As used in this section, the term "expenditure" does not include the cost of photocopying city documents, if those costs are the only expenditures made by the person in question on lobbying activities.

(Ord. No. 06-22, § 1(part E, § 3), 9-5-2006)