2.50.071 Reporting by lobbyist.
(1) Any lobbyist registered under SCC 2.50.070 shall file with the county auditor semi-annual reports of their activities signed by the lobbyist. The reports shall be made in the form and manner prescribed by the county auditor; PROVIDED, That a registered lobbyist may use the forms as prescribed by the state Public Disclosure Commission pursuant to RCW 42.17.170. The reports shall cover the periods from January 1st through June 31st and July 1st through December 31st and shall be filed within 15 days after the last day of the calendar month covered by the report.
(2) Each such periodic report shall contain:
(a) The totals of all expenditures for lobbying activities made or incurred by such lobbyist or on behalf of such lobbyist by the lobbyist’s employer during the period covered by the report. Such totals for lobbying activities shall be segregated according to financial category, including compensation; food and refreshments; living accommodations; advertising; travel; contributions; and other expenses or services. Each individual expenditure of more than $25.00 for entertainment shall be identified by date, place, amount, and the names of all persons in the group partaking in or of such entertainment including any portion thereof attributable to the lobbyist’s participation therein but without allocating any portion of such expenditure to individual participants. However, if the expenditure for a single hosted reception is more than one hundred dollars per person partaking therein, the report shall specify the per person amount, which shall be determined by dividing the total amount of the expenditure by the total number of persons partaking in the reception.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, lobbyists are not required to report the following:
(i) Unreimbursed personal living and travel expenses not incurred directly for lobbying;
(ii) Any expense incurred for his or her own living accommodations;
(iii) Any expenses incurred for his or her own travel to and from hearings of the council:
(iv) Any expense incurred for telephone, and any office expenses, including rent and salaries and wages paid for staff and secretarial assistance.
(b) In the case of a lobbyist employed by more than one employer, the proportionate amount of such expenditures in each category incurred on behalf of each of their employers.
(c) An itemized listing of each such expenditure in the nature of a contribution of money or of tangible or intangible personal property to any candidate, elected official, or officer or employee of any agency, or any political committee supporting or opposing any ballot proposition, or for or on behalf of any candidate, elected official, or officer or employee of any agency, or any political committee supporting or opposing any ballot proposition. All contributions made to, or for the benefit of, any candidate, elected official, or officer or employee of any agency, or any political committee supporting or opposing any ballot proposition shall be identified by date, amount, and the name of the candidate, elected official, or officer, or employee of any agency, or any political committee supporting or opposing any ballot proposition receiving, or to be benefited by each such contribution.
(d) The subject matter or proposed legislation or other legislative activity or policy adoption and the county agency considering the same, which the lobbyist has been engaged in supporting or opposing during the reporting period.
(e) Such other information relevant to lobbying activities as the ethics commission shall by rule prescribe. Information supporting such activities as are required to be reported is subject to audit by the ethics commission. (Added by Ord. 92-007, Feb. 19, 1992; Amended by Amended Ord. 95-056 § 8, July 19, 1995, Eff date Oct. 25, 1995; Amended by Ord. 03-067, June 18, 2003, Eff date June 30, 2003).