City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2009-1327

• File #: 2009-1327
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 4/21/2009
• In control: Committee on Finance and Law
• Final action: 5/5/2009
• Enactment date: 5/5/2009
• Enactment #: 9
• Effective date: 5/12/2009
• Title: Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title One, Administrative, Article VII, Procedures, Chapter 161 Contracts, by adding a new section 161.37 entitled “Lobbyist Registration.”
• Sponsors: William Peduto, Reverend Ricky V. Burgess, Bruce A. Kraus, Theresa Kail-Smith, Douglas Shields, Tonya D. Payne, Jim Motznik, Darlene M. Harris, Patrick Dowd
• Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 01 - ADMINISTRATIVE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/12/2009	1	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
5/5/2009	1	City Council	Passed Finally	Pass
4/29/2009	1	Committee on Finance and Law	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
4/21/2009	1	City Council	Read and referred

Title
Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title One, Administrative, Article VII, Procedures, Chapter 161 Contracts, by adding a new section 161.37 entitled “Lobbyist Registration.”

Body
Be it resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title One, Administrative, Article VII, Procedures, Chapter 161, Contracts, is hereby supplemented by adding a new section 161.37 entitled “Lobbyist Registration.”

§161.37 Lobbyist Registration

A) Legislative Intent
1. City Government functions to serve the needs of all citizens.

2. The citizens of the City of Pittsburgh have a right to know the identity of interests which attempt to influence decisions of City government.

3. All persons engaged in compensated lobbying activities aimed at influencing decisions by City government must, when so engaged, be subject to the same regulations, restrictions and requirements, regardless of their background, training or other professional qualifications or license.

4. Complete public disclosure of the full range of activities by and financing of lobbyists and those who employ their services is essential to the maintenance of citizen confidence in the integrity of local government.

5. It is in the public interest to adopt these amendments to the City's regulations of lobbyists to ensure adequate and effective disclosure of information about efforts to lobby City government.

B) Definitions

"Client" - (1) the person who compensates a lobbyist or lobbying firm for the purpose of attempting to influence municipal legislation and (2) the person on whose behalf a lobbyist or lobbying firm attempts to influence such municipal legislation, even if the lobbyist or lobbying firm is compensated by another person for such representation. However, if a lobbyist or lobbying firm represents a membership organization and individual members of that organization, an individual member is not a c...