§ 4-8-7. PROHIBITIONS.

(A)

A registrant or client, or a person acting for a registrant or client, may not give to a City official, a relative of the City official within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity, or a person living in the City official's household, a gift or series of gifts that exceed $100 in value in the aggregate in a calendar year. This subsection does not permit or provide an exception for a gift that is otherwise prohibited by law, including § 2-7-62 ( Standards of Conduct ).

(B)

A registrant or client, or a person acting for a registrant or client, may not knowingly make a false or misleading statement or misrepresentation to a City official, or cause a copy of a document the person knows to contain a false statement to be received by a City official without notifying the official in writing of the truth.

(C)

A person may not retain another person to lobby, or engage in an activity directly related to lobbying, on a contingent fee basis. A person may not accept employment to lobby, or engage in an activity directly related to lobbying, on a contingent fee basis. It is an affirmative defense to this subsection that:

(1)

a person's compensation was contingent on the occurrence of an event other than the outcome of a municipal question; and

(2)

a contingent fee is a standard and customary method of payment for the employment of a person in that profession.

Source: Ord. No. 20160922-005, Pt. 1, 6-1-17 .

Editor's note

Ordinance No. 20160922-005 takes effect on June 1, 2017.