(a) Any person who personally appears before any city official or employee with the intent to influence that person in performance of his or her official duties, and who, in connection with such intent expends or reasonably expects to expend in excess of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) on any one occasion or in a given calendar year in excess of one hundred fifty ($150) dollars on food, entertainment or other gifts for each such official and/or employee shall file a registration statement with the commission not later than January 15th of the calendar year or within five (5) days after first making these appearances.
(b) The registration statement shall include complete identification of the registrant and any other person on whose behalf the registrant acts. It shall also identify the subject matter on which the registrant proposes to make these appearances, and shall cover a defined registration period not to exceed one calendar year.
(c) Registrants under this section shall file a report within thirty (30) days after the end of any calendar year during which they were registered, disclosing the value, date and nature of any food, entertainment or other gift provided to any city official or employee. When a gift to a single official or employee exceeds seventy-five dollars ($75.00) in value, or a combination of gifts in any given calendar year exceeds one hundred fifty dollars ($150) in value, the official or employee shall also be identified.
(d) The registrations and reports filed pursuant to this section shall be maintained by the commission as public records available for public inspection and copying. (Ord. No. G-83-32, § 1, 7-14-83; Ord. No. G-01-32, § 1, 8-16-01)