SEC. 2.130. EMPLOYMENT OF UNREGISTERED PERSONS.
§ 2.130
It is illegal to knowingly pay a contact lobbyist to communicate with a city official unless that lobbyist is already registered as required by the lobbyist registration law.
You cannot pay someone to lobby city officials for you if that person is supposed to be registered as a lobbyist but hasn't registered. If someone needs to register as a lobbyist, they must do so before you can legally hire them to contact city officials.
- Complex:The section's enforceability depends on understanding the cross-referenced lobbyist registration requirements, deadlines, and exemptions elsewhere in the Chapter—a reader cannot fully understand this rule in isolation.
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Official text
It shall be unlawful knowingly to pay any contact lobbyist to contact any officer of the City and County of San Francisco, if said contact lobbyist is required to register under this Chapter and has not done so by the deadlines imposed in this Chapter.
(Added by Ord. 71-00, File No. 000358, App. 4/28/2000; amended by Ord. 235-09, File No. 090833, App. 11/10/2009; Prop. C, App. 11/3/2015, Oper. 2/1/2016; re-enacted by Proposition D, 3/5/2024, Eff. 4/12/2024, Oper. 10/12/2024)