Sec. 2-954. Quarterly financial report.*
(a) Reports required. A financial report shall be filed each annual quarter with the city clerk by each lobbyist. The report shall be filed no later than the fifteenth day of April for the first quarter of the year, fifteenth day of July for the second quarter of the year, fifteenth day of October for the third quarter of the year, and fifteenth day of January for the last quarter of the previous year, and each subsequent quarter in which the lobbyist receives any income or makes any expenditures for lobbying.
(b) Form of report. The city clerk shall prepare forms for the quarterly financial report and other information required to be filed by this article and furnish such forms and information for use by persons subject to the requirements herein.
(c) Information required. Each quarterly financial report shall contain the following information:
(1) The lobbyist's full name, business or occupation, business mailing address, business telephone number, and name of employer, if applicable;
(2) The name of and total gross income for lobbying received from each client or other for whom the lobbyist lobbied during the previous quarter; and
(3) A statement of expenditure directly benefitting a covered official. When a lobbyist reports an expenditure for lobbying a covered official, the following information shall be provided:
a. An itemized list and the estimated value of any gift, entertainment, or direct expenditure equal to or in excess of $89.00 to, on behalf of, or benefitting the covered official for lobbying purposes, including, but not limited to: monies, tickets, gratuities, expressed agreements, or any tangible thing of value of any amount;
1. The $89.00 amount set forth in subsection (c)(3)(a) of this section shall be adjusted by an amount based upon the percentage change over a four-year period in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for Denver-Boulder-Greeley, all items, all consumers, or its successor index, rounded to the nearest lower dollar. The first adjustment shall be done in the first quarter of 2024 and then every four years thereafter.
b. The name of the client or employer on whose behalf money is expended;
c. The name and title of the covered official lobbied; and
d. The date lobbied and the official action on which the covered official was lobbied.
(d) Attorney as lobbyist. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, an attorney who is a lobbyist is required to disclose information about the clients for whom he or she lobbies in accordance with this article to the same extent as a lobbyist who is not an attorney.
*Code reviser's note: Effective April 1, 2024, the amounts in this section have been updated pursuant to section 2-954(c)(3)(a)(1).
(Ord. No. 2021-08, § 1, 3-22-2021)