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Ordinance
File Number: 10-00004
City Hall
3500 Pan American
Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
2/ARTICLE VI OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED,
ENTITLED "ADMINISTRATION/LOBBYISTS," MORE PARTICULARLY BY
AMENDING SECTION 2-654 TO PROVIDE THAT FAILURE TO REGISTER MAY
SUBJECT THE ACTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO BE INVALIDATED,
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Chapter 2/Article VI of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended, is further
amended in the following particulars: {1}
"CHAPTER 2
ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE VI. LOBBYISTS
Sec. 2-654. Registration; fee; disclosure requirements; log of registered lobbyists; exemptions from
payment of fee; failure to register
(a) A person may not lobby a city official, a city board member, the city manager or city staff, until
such person has registered as a lobbyist with the city clerk and submitted a certificate of completion, of
an ethics course provided by the Miami -Dade County Commission on Ethics Public Trust or the City of
Miami completed no more than one (1) year prior to registering Such registration shall be due upon
initially being retained as a lobbyist by a principal, prior to any type of lobbying activity, and shall be
renewed on a yearly basis thereafter. The annual registration fee for each lobbyist shall be $500.00 as
an initial registration fee, plus an additional fee of $100.00 for each principal represented for each
issue lobbied on behalf of any one principal. The registration fees required by this section shall be
deposited by the city clerk into a separate account and shall be expended for purposes of recording,
transcription, administration and/or any other associated costs incurred in maintaining these records
for availability to the public. The city commission may, in its discretion, waive the registration fee in
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demonstrated instances of financial hardship. Regardless of the date of the initial registration, all
lobbyists' registrations shall expire December 31 of each calendar year, and shall be renewed on a
calendar year basis. If any person who is a lobbyist but has not registered as a lobbyist is found to
have lobbied the city commission related to a resolution, ordinance, or contract on which the city
commission acts, the action on the resolution, ordinance, or contract may be declared void by the city
commission, regardless of any rights that have accrued to any party.
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Section 2. If any section, part of section, paragraph, clause, phrase or word of this ordinance is
declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this ordinance shall not be affected.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor. {2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS
JULIE O. BRU
CITY ATTORNEY
Footnotes:
{1} Words/and or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored words and/or figures shall be
added. The remaining provisions are now in effect and remain unchanged. Asterisks indicate omitted
and unchanged material.
{2} This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within ten
days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Ordinance, it shall become
effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission or upon the effective date
stated herein, whichever is later.
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