§ 2-250.17. Restricted activities.

(a)

Limitation on gifts. A person who lobbies or engages another person to lobby, or any other person acting on behalf of such persons, shall not give to a city official or his or her immediate family gifts that exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) in aggregate value in any calendar year.

(b)

False statements. A person who lobbies or engages another person to lobby, or any other person acting on behalf of such persons, shall not knowingly or willfully make any false or misleading statement of fact to any city official, or, knowing a document to contain a false statement, cause a copy of such document to be received by a city official without notifying such official in writing of the truth.

(c)

Contingent fees. A person shall not accept employment to lobby on a contingent fee basis or in any manner engage in lobbying activities on a contingent fee arrangement. This restriction shall not apply to a person whose compensation is to be paid upon events other than the passage or defeat of a municipal question and whose contact with municipal officials on municipal questions is incidental to the primary purpose (which is for other than lobbying) of the person's employment, provided that a contingent fee is a standard and customary method of payment for the employment of such person.

(d)

Failure to correct erroneous statement. A registrant who learns that a statement contained in a registration form or activity report filed by the registrant during the past three (3) years is false shall not fail to correct that statement by written notification to the city secretary within thirty (30) days of learning of the falsehood.

(e)

Personal obligation of city officials. A person who lobbies or engages another person to lobby, or any other person acting on behalf of such person, shall not do any act, or refrain from doing any act, with the express purpose and intent of placing any city official under personal obligation to such lobbyist or person.

(f)

Improper influence. A registrant shall not cause or influence the introduction of any ordinance, resolution, appeal, application, petition, nomination, or amendment thereto for the purpose of thereafter being employed as a lobbyist to secure its granting, denial, confirmation, rejection, passage, or defeat.

(g)

False appearances. A registrant or client shall not cause any communication to be sent to a city official in the name of any fictitious person or in the name of any real person, except with the consent of such real person.

(h)

Prohibited representations. A registrant shall not represent, either directly or indirectly, orally or in writing, that the registrant can control or obtain the vote or action of any city official.

(Ord. No. 06-22, § 1(part E, § 7), 9-5-2006)