• A person who owns, publishes, or is employed by a media outlet. This subsection does not exempt persons whose relation to a media outlet is only incidental to a lobbying effort, or where a position taken or advocated by a media outlet directly affects a County policy in which the media outlet has a direct or indirect economic interest.
• Governmental entities and their agents, provided the communications relate solely to subjects of governmental interest.
• A not-for-profit corporation solely seeking to provide a free service, or financial or in-kind support, for a county program or initiative.
• An attorney or other person whose contact with a County employee or elected official is made solely as part of resolving a dispute with the County, provided that the contact is solely with County employees or officials who do not vote on, or have final authority over, the policy decision.

Additionally, lobbyists do not include those individuals who spend less than 5% of their compensated time lobbying governmental entities on behalf of a specific client; or who perform any of the activities described in the first paragraph without compensation or solely by providing testimony at public meetings; or whose performance of such above-described actions are an incidental and insignificant portion of one’s duties.

• 1. Complete the online Lobbyist Registration Form;
• 2. Complete the online ethics training program found in the linked page;
• 3. Sign/Affirm the online Ethics Certification Form; and
• 4. Pay a $100.00 registration fee.