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<baltimore-city-law heading="Part II – Registration Required">
  <section prefix="§" num="8-6" heading="In general.">
    <text>Except as otherwise specified in Part V {“Exemptions”} of this subtitle, a person who engages in any activity described in this Part II must register with the Ethics Board.</text>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Ethics Board	§2-10</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Person	§2-22</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="8-7" heading="Legislative lobbying.">
    <text>A person must register if, during a reporting period, the person:</text>
    <para num="(1)">for the purpose of influencing any legislative action, communicates with a public servant; and</para>
    <para num="(2)">in furtherance of or in connection with all such communications for that or any other legislative action, and all activities relating to those communications:<para num="(i)">expends $100 or more for gifts, including meals, beverages, or special events, to 1 or more public servants;</para>
      <para num="(ii)">incurs any expenses of $500 or more; or</para>
      <para num="(iii)">earns $2,500 or more in compensation.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Compensation	§8-1</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Gift	§2-17</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Legislative action	§8-1</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Person	§2-22</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Public servant	§2-23</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Reporting period	§8-1</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="8-8" heading="Executive lobbying.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">A person must register if, during a reporting period, the person:<para num="(1)">for the purpose of influencing any executive action, communicates with a public servant; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">in furtherance of or in connection with all such communications for that or any other executive action, and all activities relating to those communications, expends $100 or more for gifts, including meals, beverages, or special events, to 1 or more public servants.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Regulations; Executive Orders.">A person must register if, during a reporting period, the person:<para num="(1)">for the purpose of influencing the development, adoption, issuance, or amendment of regulations or of an executive order, communicates with a public servant; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">in furtherance of or in connection with all such communications for that or any other executive action, and all activities relating to those communications:<para num="(i)">expends $100 or more for gifts, including meals, beverages, or special events, to 1 or more public servants;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">incurs any expenses of $500 or more; or</para>
        <para num="(iii)">earns $2,500 or more in compensation.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Procurement.">
      <para num="(1)">A person must register if, during a reporting period, the person:<para num="(i)">for the purpose of influencing executive action on a procurement contract that exceeds $50,000, communicates with a public servant; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">in furtherance of or in connection with all such communications for that or any other executive action, and all activities relating to those communications:<para num="(A)">expends $100 or more for gifts, including meals, beverages, or special events, to 1 or more public servants; or</para>
          <para num="(B)">except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, is compensated for his or her services.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">Paragraph (1)(ii)(B) of this subsection does not apply to a bona fide salesperson or commercial selling agency employed or maintained by an employer for the purpose of soliciting or securing a procurement contract, as long as the person engages in no other acts during the reporting period that require registration.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Business grants or loans.">
      <para num="(1)">A person must register if, during a reporting period, the person:<para num="(i)">for the purpose of influencing executive action to secure for a business entity a grant or loan that exceeds $50,000, communicates with a public servant; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">in furtherance of or in connection with all such communications for that or any other executive action, and all activities relating to those communications:<para num="(A)">expends $100 or more for gifts, including meals, beverages, or special events, to 1 or more public servants; or</para>
          <para num="(B)">except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, is compensated for his or her services.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">Paragraph (1)(ii)(B) of this subsection does not apply to either of the following, as long as the person engages in no other acts during the reporting period that require registration:<para num="(i)">a bona fide full-time official or employee of a business entity that is seeking to secure a grant or loan; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">a person who is seeking a grant or loan for the purpose of locating, relocating, or expanding a business in or into the City.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 06-188</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Compensation	§8-1</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Executive action	§8-1</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Gift	§2-17</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Person	§2-22</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Public servant	§2-23</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Reporting period	§8-1</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="8-9" heading="“Grass roots” lobbying.">
    <text>A person must register if, during a reporting period, the person:</text>
    <para num="(1)">for the purpose of influencing any legislative or executive action, solicits others to communicate with a public servant; and</para>
    <para num="(2)">in furtherance of or in connection with that solicitation, expends $1,000 or more, including expenditures for salaries, contractual employees, postage, telecommunications services, electronic services, advertising, printing, or delivery services.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Executive action	§8-1</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Legislative action	§8-1</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Person	§2-22</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Public servant	§2-23</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Reporting period	§8-1</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="8-10" reserved="true" />
</baltimore-city-law>
