§ 2-11. Definitions.

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise indicates:

(a)

Commission means the City Commission of the City of Sunrise, Florida.

(b)

Elected official means any member of the City Commission of the City of Sunrise.

(c)

Expenditure means a payment, distribution, loan, advance, reimbursement, deposit, or anything of value made by a lobbyist or principal for the purpose of lobbying.

(d)

Lobbying or lobbying activities means a communication, by any means, from a lobbyist to a covered individual regarding any item that will foreseeably be decided by a final decision-making authority, which communication seeks to influence, convince, or persuade the covered individual to support or oppose the item. Lobbying does not include communications:

(1)

Made on the record at a duly-noticed public meeting or hearing; or

(2)

From an attorney to an attorney representing the City of Sunrise regarding a pending or imminent judicial or adversarial administrative proceeding against the City of Sunrise.

(e)

Person means any individual, business, corporation, association, firm, partnership, organization, group, or other entity, whether operated for profit or not for profit.

(f)

Lobbyist means a person who is retained, with or without compensation, for the purpose of lobbying; or a person who is employed by another person or entity, on a full-time or part-time basis, principally to lobby on behalf of that other person or entity. "Lobbyist" does not include a person who is:

(1)

An elected official, employee, or appointee of the City of Sunrise, Broward County or of any municipality within Broward County communicating in his or her official capacity;

(2)

An individual who communicates on his or her own behalf, or on behalf of a person or entity employing the individual on a full-time or part-time basis, unless the individual is principally employed by that person or entity to lobby;

(3)

An employee, officer, or board member of a homeowners' association, condominium association, or neighborhood association when addressing, in his or her capacity as an employee, officer, or board member of such association, an issue impacting the association or its members; or

(4)

An employee, officer, or board member of a nonprofit public interest entity (e.g., Sierra Club, NAACP, ACLU) when addressing an issue impacting a constituent of that entity.

(g)

Employer means any person providing or agreeing to provide compensation of any kind to a lobbyist in consideration for his or her performance of lobbying activities.

(h)

Compensation means paying or agreeing to pay or give, directly or indirectly, any money, anything of value, or reimbursement of expenses (in whole or in part), in consideration for the performance of lobbying activities.

(Ord. No. 486-12-A, § 3, 1-10-12)