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2.14.030 Registration for Political Consultants.

City Code Section

(Amended by Ordinance 191552 and 191973, effective January 1, 2025.)

  1. A.  Within 15 days after providing any political consulting services to a City elected official, a political consultant must register with the Auditor.The registration must include at least the following information:
    1. 1.  The name, address and contact information of the political consultant, including the organization, if applicable, with which the political consultant is associated and the address and contact information of that organization if different than that of the political consultant. 
    2. 2.  If the political consultant is an entity, the names, addresses and contact information of principals, employees and contractors that provide political consulting services to a City elected official. 
    3. 3.  If an entity registers, the individual employees or contractors of the entity do not need to register separately.
    4. 4.  The name of the City elected official to whom the political consultant provides political consulting services, and the date when services commenced.  
    5. 5.  If services are provided to a City elected official in support of a City referred measure under Chapter 2.04, then the name of the City elected official, identification of the measure, the date when services commenced and all information in Subsections A.1.-3.
  2. B.  A political consultant must update their registration information within 15 days if any previously reported information changes.
  3. C.  If a person for whom political consulting services has been provided later becomes a City elected official, whether by election, appointment, or succession, and the political consultant has provided services for the City elected official in the calendar quarter of the City elected official’s election, appointment, or succession, a political consultant must register within:
    1. 1. Fifteen days after the end of the calendar quarter in which the elections results were certified, if the political consultant provided services to a person who was elected to the position of City elected official, or
    2. 2. Fifteen days after the end of the calendar quarter in which the person became a City elected official, if the political consultant provided services to a person who was appointed or succeeded to the position of City elected official.

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