Is a person engaged in lobbying if the person represents a client who is the successful bidder on a city land sale request for proposal and meets with a city employee who is required to file an SEI to discuss the need for zoning or design changes on the property?
Unless otherwise exempt from the lobbying ordinance, the person is engaged in lobbying because the person is attempting to influence legislative or administrative actions and is required to register as a lobbyist if his or her total time lobbying for the client equals or exceeds 2 hours within a single reporting period, regardless of whether any one meeting lasts 2 hours or more. See ss.305-43-4 and 6, 305-45-1 and 305-51.
Related Questions
- Is a person engaged in lobbying if the person represents a client who is the successful bidder on a city land sale request for proposal and meets with a city employee who is required to file an SEI to discuss the need for zoning or design changes on the property?
- Is a person engaged in lobbying if that person appears on behalf of a client before the Board of Zoning Appeals, City Plan Commission or Historic Preservation Commission to answer questions about a project seeking the approvals of those bodies?
- Is a person engaged in lobbying if that person is a county official and contacts a city official urging support for an intergovernmental cooperation agreement? Who would be the principal?
