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Ordinance: 13141
File Number: 10-00004
City Hall
3500 Pan American
Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 2/11/2010
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
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registration fee in 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.
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}
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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