Lobbying firm definition
Lobbying firm means any business entity, including an individual contract lobbyist, which meets either of the following criteria:
Lobbying firm means a business entity, including an individual contract lobbyist, that receives or becomes entitled to receive any compensation for the purpose of lobbying, where any partner, owner, officer, or employee of the business entity is a lobbyist.
Lobbying firm means any business entity, including an individual lobbyist, which meets either of the following criteria: (1) The business entity receives or becomes entitled to receive any compensation, other than reimbursement for reasonable travel expenses, for the purpose of influencing METRO action on behalf of any other person, and any partner, owner, officer, or employee of the business entity is a lobbyist; or (2) The business entity receives or becomes entitled to receive any compensation, other than reimbursement for reasonable travel expenses, to communicate directly with any METRO official for the purpose of influencing METRO action on behalf of any other person, if a substantial or regular portion of the activities for which the business entity receives compensation is for the purpose of influencing METRO action.
Examples of Lobbying firm in a sentence
Failure on the part of the Contractor or any County Lobbyist or County Lobbying firm retained by the Contractor to fully comply with the County’s Lobbyist Ordinance shall constitute a material breach of this Master Agreement, upon which the County may in its sole discretion, immediately terminate or suspend this Master Agreement.
More Definitions of Lobbying firm
Lobbying firm means any business entity, including an individual contract lobbyist, that receives or becomes entitled to receive any compensation for the purpose of lobbying and where any partner, owner, officer, or employee of the business entity is a lobbyist. “Lobbying firm” does not include an entity that has employees who are lobbyists if the entity does not derive compensation from principals for lobbying or if such compensation is received exclusively from a subsidiary or affiliate corporation of the employer. As used in this paragraph, an affiliate corporation is a corporation that directly or indirectly shares the same ultimate parent corporation as the employer and does not
Lobbying firm means any business entity, including an individual contract lobbyist,
Lobbying firm means any firm, corporation, partnership or other business entity that regularly supplies lobbying services to others for compensation;
Lobbying firm means any entity, including an individual lobbyist, which receives or becomes entitled to receive
Lobbying firm means any business entity which receives or becomes entitled to receive any compensation, other than reimbursement for reasonable travel expenses, for the purpose of influencing any proposed or pending governmental action of the City on behalf of any other person or entity, and any partner, owner, officer, or employee of the business entity is a local governmental lobbyist. “Lobbying firm” does not include a bona fide trade, labor or membership organization which is ongoing in nature and whose membership services are not limited to influencing governmental action of the City.
Lobbying firm means a business entity that receives compensation for lobbying.
Lobbying firm means any entity, including an individual lobbyist, which receives or becomes entitled to receive $1,000 or more in monetary or in-kind compensation for engaging in lobbying activities (either personally or through its agents) during any consecutive three-month period, for the purpose of attempting to influence municipal legislation on behalf of any other person, provided any partner, owner, shareholder, officer or employee of the entity qualifies as a lobbyist. Compensation does not include reimbursement of or payment for reasonable travel expenses. An entity receives compensation within the meaning of this definition whether or not the compensation is received solely for activities regulated by this article or is received for other activities as well; however, only that portion of compensation received for the lobbying activities shall count toward the qualification threshold. An entity "becomes entitled to receive compensation" when the entity agrees to provide services regulated by this Article, or performs those services, whether or not payment is contingent on the accomplishment of the client's purposes.