2002-3364 ORD
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ORDINANCE NO. 2002-3364
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING MIAMI BEACH CITY
CODE CHAPTER 2, DIVISION 3 ENTITLED "LOBBYISTS" BY
CREATING SECTION 2-485A ENTITLED "PROHIBITED LOBBYING
ACTIVITIES" PROSCRIBING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS OF THIRD
PARTIES BY CITY LOBBYISTS; PROVIDING FOR REPEALER,
SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. That Miami Beach City Code Chapter 2 entitled "Administration'" Division 3 entitled
"Lobbyists", is hereby amended via the creation of a Section 2-485A entitled "Prohibited lobbying
activities" to read as follows:
Sec. 2-485A. Prohibited lobbyio2 activities.
Any person or entity retained as a lobbyist by the City of Miami Beach is prohibited from
lobbyin~ any City officer. de,partmental personnel or employee in connection with allY iudicial or
other proceedin~. ap,plication, RFP. RFQ. RFLl. bid. request for rulin~ or other determination,
contract or controversy on behalf of a third party for the length of the contract or other agreement
between the lobbyist and the City of Miami Beach. __
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SECTION 2.
REPEALER
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 3.
SEVERABILITY
If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is held to be invalid or
unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, then said holding shall in no way affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
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SECTION 4.
CODIFICATION.
It is the intentio.n o.fthe Mayo.r and City Co.mmissio.n o.fthe City o.fMiami Beach, and
it is hereby o.rdained that the provisio.ns o.fthis o.rdinance shall beco.me and be made a part o.fthe
Co.de o.f the City o.f Miami Beach, Flo.rida. The sectio.ns o.f this o.rd.inance may be renumbered o.r
relettered to. acco.mplish such intention, and the wo.rd "o.rdinance" may be changed to. "sectio.n",
"article," or o.ther appro.priate wo.rd.
. SECTION 5.
EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall take effect the 18th day o.f
May
,2002.
PASSED and ADOPTED this ~ day o.f
,2002.
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
(Requested by Commissio.ner Matti Bo.wer and Co.-spo.nso.red by Co.mmissio.ners Simo.n Cruz, Jo.se
Smith and Richard Steinberg)
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MURRAY H. DUBBIN
City Attorney
Telephone:
Telecopy:
(305) 673-7470
(305) 673-7002
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
DATE: MAY8,2002
SUBJECT:
MAYOR DAVID DERMER,
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION
MURRAYH.DUBBIN _l~\V
CITY ATTORNEY ~ ~
AMENDMENTS TO MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, CHAPTER 2, DIVISION 3,
GOVERNING "LOBBYISTS".
SECOND READING
PUBLIC HEARING
TO:
FROM:
Pursuant to discussion held by the Miami Beach City Commission at its March 20, 2002 meeting,
attached are three proposed amendments to the City Code governing lobbyists. Specifically, these
proposals would 1) require the annual disclosure of lobbyists' compensation; 2) prohibit certain
representations by lobbyists of third parties; and 3) prohibit lobbyist contingency fees.
The attached ordinances are in proper form and ready for City Commission review.
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