Lobbyists Sample Clauses

Lobbyists. Contractor must comply with Chapter 2-156 of the Municipal Code. Contractor acknowledges that any Agreement entered into, negotiated or performed in violation of any of the provisions of Chapter 2-156, including any contract entered into with any person who has retained or employed a non-registered lobbyist in violation of Section ▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇ of the Municipal Code is voidable as to the City.

Lobbyists. Consultant must comply with Chapter 2-156 of the Municipal Code. Consultant acknowledges that any Agreement entered into, negotiated or performed in violation of any of the provisions of Chapter 2-156, including any contract entered into with any person who has retained or employed a non-registered lobbyist in violation of Section ▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇ of the Municipal Code is voidable as to the City.

Lobbyists. Employees must ensure that any vendor who submits bids and/or responses to request for proposals, submits an application for a certificate of need, or seeks confirmation of status, letter of non-reviewability, or opposition has certified on forms prescribed by the Department that any lobbyist employed or retained by the vendor has registered with the Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission and made the appropriate disclosures.

Lobbyists. 35.1 CITY OF FREDERICTON represents and warrants that it and any person lobbying on its behalf to obtain Funding has been, is, and will continue to remain in compliance with the Lobbying Act. 35.2 CITY OF FREDERICTON represents and warrants that it has not and will not make any payment to any individual or entity that is in whole or in part contingent upon the solicitation of the Funding or the negotiating/signing of this Agreement or any amendment hereto.

Lobbyists. Where lobbyists are used, the Foundation must ensure that the lobbyists are registered in accordance with the Lobbyist Registration Act, that no actual or potential conflict of interest exists, that the Foundation does not pay lobbyists on a contingency fee basis, and in circumstances where the Foundation contracts with the lobbyists to assist them when seeking grants from federal government entities, fees paid to lobbyists cannot be related to the value of the grants received.

Lobbyists. 25.8.1 The Recipient warrants that it and any person lobbying on its behalf to obtain Funding has been, is, and will continue to remain in compliance withthe Lobbying Act. 25.8.2 The Recipient warrantsthat it hasnot and will not make any payment to anyindividual that is in whole or in partcontingentuponthesolicitationoffundsorthenegotiating/signingofthisAgreementorany amendment hereto.

Lobbyists. The Lessor and each County lobbyist or County lobbying firm as defined in Los Angeles County Code Section 2.160.010, retained by the Lessor, shall fully comply with the County Lobbyist ordinance, Los Angeles County Code Chapter

Lobbyists. Gramercy anticipated a lobbying strategy from the outset of its speculation on agrarian reform bonds.58 Accordingly, “▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ has enlisted lobbying heavyweights such as the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Group, the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Group [affiliated with the ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ firm] and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Associates,” as reported by the Washington Post,59 as well as Cogent Strategies (which includes former ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ personnel). Lobbying records reveal payments to those firms of over US$ 1.5 million dollars from 2015 through the first quarter of 2018 for work related to “international finance issues” and activities directed at USTR, Senate, House of Representatives, Department of State and Department of Agriculture, among others.60 The registration forms for those firms reference Gramercy, and in some instances, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’s counsel. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Associates explained to the Washington Post that its “principal task” was “to make sure the new [Peru] administration … was aware of this issue and was baking it into their going forward plans.”61 A ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ representative awkwardly gave a Peruvian Minister a business card at a public event seeking an “off the record conversation.”62 More recently, “[t]he bondholders have hired Frontline Strategies” in an effort “to force Peru to pay up,”63 and the strategist for a related political action committee placed an op-ed in The Hill calling on the U.S. to take action against Peru based on inaccurate statements about the bonds.64 54 PABJ, 2015 Annual Franchise Tax Report, Delaware, 5 February 2016 (Doc. R-104). 55 See e.g. ABDA, Datos Peru (Doc. R-220); see also Letter from Gramercy to Peru, 21 April 2014 (Doc. R-76); Interview with ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, representative of the association of bondholders of the agrarian debt, APJ Website, 13 April 2015 (Doc. R-80). (“▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, representative of the Association of Bondholders of the Agrarian Debt”); People expropriated by agrarian reform claim they will only be paid for 0.5% of the value of their land, Gestión, 6 April 2015 (Doc. R-79); Siege of Bonds, Caretas, 25 October 2012 (Doc. R-72) (identifying ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ as “current representative of Gramercy”); ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Know what’s happening with Peru’s agrarian bonds, América Economía, 5 April 2016 (identifying ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ as “spokesman” for ABDA) (Doc. R-116). 56 Speculative bonds put pressure on MEF, Poder, 27 October 2015 (Doc. R-94); see also Flyer, PABJ, 16 April 2016 (Doc. R-33).

Lobbyists. 32.1 The Council represents and warrants that it and any person lobbying on its behalf to obtain Funding has been, is, and will continue to remain in compliance with the Lobbying Act. 32.2 The Council represents and warrants that it has not and will not make any payment to any individual or entity that is in whole or in part contingent upon the solicitation of funds or the negotiating/signing of this Agreement or any amendment hereto.