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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 8-21 Contents – Business transactions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="8-21" heading="Contents – Business transactions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Scope of section.">
      <para num="(1)">This section applies to an individual who:<para num="(i)">is a lobbyist under § 8-7 {“Legislative lobbying”} or &lt;cite data-path="|8|§8-8"&gt;§ 8-8 {“Executive lobbying”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">engages in a business transaction with:<para num="(A)">any of the following officials:<para num="1.">the Mayor;</para>
            <para num="2.">the City Comptroller;</para>
            <para num="3.">the President of the City Council;</para>
            <para num="4.">a member of the City Council;</para>
            <para num="5.">the head of any department; or</para>
            <para num="6.">the head of any bureau or division within a department; or</para>
          </para>
          <para num="(B)">any of the following related persons:<para num="1.">the spouse, parent, child, or sibling of an official listed in subitem (A);</para>
            <para num="2.">a business entity in which an official listed in subitem (A) is a proprietor or partner; or</para>
            <para num="3.">a business entity in which an official listed in subitem (A) has an ownership interest of 10% or more.</para>
          </para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">This section does not apply to:<para num="(i)">an individual who is a lobbyist solely under &lt;cite data-path="|8|§8-9"&gt;§ 8-9 {“‘Grass roots’ lobbying”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the person who employs a lobbyist.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Disclosure required.">Each report of a lobbyist subject to this section must disclose any business transaction or series of business transactions that:<para num="(1)">was with a person listed in subsection (a)(1)(ii) of this section;</para>
      <para num="(2)">occurred during the reporting period; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">involved consideration of:<para num="(i)">$1,000 or more for a single transaction; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">$5,000 or more for a series of transactions.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Contents.">The disclosure required by this section must include:<para num="(1)">the date or dates of the transaction or series of transactions;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the name and title of the official who was involved in the transaction or series of transactions;</para>
      <para num="(3)">the nature of the transaction or series of transactions; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">the nature and value of anything exchanged in the transaction or series of transactions.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Business entity	§2-4</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Interest	§2-19</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Lobbyist	§2-20</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Official	§2-21</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Person	§2-22</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Reporting period	§8-1</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
