Drafter
Clerk 07/30/2002
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to lobbyist disclosure administration, complaints and investigations; and amending Ordinance 13320, Section 2, Ordinance 13320, Section 3 and Ordinance 13320, Section 14.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 13320, Section 2, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Definitions.
For the purposes of this ordinance, certain terms are defined as follows:
A. "Compensation" means anything of economic value, however designated, which is paid, granted or transferred, or is to be paid, granted or transferred for, or in consideration of, personal services to any person, except that minor incidental personal expenses, such as mileage, parking, meals, photocopying, telephone, and facsimiles for persons not employed or retained as lobbyists are not included in "compensation".
A. "Council staff" means any person employed in the legislative branch of King County government.
B. "County employee" means any individual who is appointed as an employee by the appointing authority of a county department, agency, or office. The term "county employee" also includes any person elected at a general or special election to any county elected office and any person appointed to fill a vacancy in any such office. The term "county employee" also includes members of county boards, commissions, committees or other multi-member county bodies established by ordinance or motion.
C. "Department" means the department of ((information and administrative)) executive services.
D. "Expenditure" includes a payment, contribution, subscription, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, gift, contract, promise or agreement to make an expenditure. The term "expenditure" also includes a promise to pay, a payment or a transfer of anything of value in exchange for goods, services, property, facilities or anything of value. For the purposes of this ordinance, agreements to make expenditures, contr...

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