§ 2-149. Lobbying regulated.

(a)

No former county officer or employee shall, within two years following vacation of office or termination of employment, lobby on behalf of any other person or business entity in any formal or informal appearance before, or with the intent to influence, make any oral or written communication on behalf of any other person or business entity, to:

(1)

Any board, commission, authority, or advisory body of the county; or

(2)

Any department, division, special district or bureau of the county, in connection with current or future procurement of goods and/or services.

(b)

This section shall not apply in the case of collective bargaining or to officers or employees in the employ of the county on the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived. This section shall also not apply to any officer holding an elected office, or to an officer holding an appointment to any board, commission, or authority, on the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived except that, if such officer is elected or appointed for another term of office, which term commences after the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived, then this section shall apply.

(Code 1979, § 2-528; Ord. No. 10-1990, § 2; Ord. No. 20-1990, § 1)