§ 2-351. Definitions.

(a)

Black-out period means the period between (1) the time the invitation for bid or the request for proposal or for information, as applicable, is issued or promulgated and (2) the time the board selects the successful bidder or proposer.

(b)

Board means the Orange County Board of County Commissioners.

(c)

Compensation means fees, retainer, contract payments, salary, wages, any other payment of money, or any other consideration of any kind, either monetary or nonmonetary. Compensation does not include direct reimbursement of actual out-of-pocket expenses.

(d)

County means Orange County, Florida.

(e)

County mayor means the Orange County Mayor.

(f)

Development permit means the same as this term is defined in F.S. § 163.3164.

(g)

Expenditure means the same as this term is defined in F.S. § 112.3215.

(h)

Lobbyist means any person, partnership, corporation or other business entity that receives compensation to lobby on behalf of a principal, or an employee of a principal only when governmental relations, acting as a governmental liaison, or communicating with governmental agencies is a primary or substantial part of the employee's ongoing job responsibilities. Lobbyist does not mean a county official, county employee or any other person affiliated with the county while acting in his or her official capacity.

(i)

Lobbying means:

(1)

To communicate or the act of communicating directly with the county mayor, with any other member of the board, or with any member of a procurement committee; or

(2)

To communicate indirectly with the county mayor or any other member of the board by communicating with any staff member to a county commissioner, any county employee assigned to the county mayor's staff, the county administrator, any deputy or assistant county administrator, the county attorney, any county department director, or any county division manager.

In either case, lobbying seeks to encourage the approval, disapproval, adoption, repeal, rescission, passage, defeat or modification of any ordinance, resolution, agreement, development permit, other type of permit, franchise, vendor, consultant, contractor, recommendation, decision or other foreseeable action of the board. Lobbying shall include all such communications, regardless of whether initiated by the lobbyist or by the person being lobbied and regardless of whether oral, written or electronic.

(j)

Ministerial item means an item presented to the board requiring a mandatory act or duty admitting of no personal discretion or judgment in its performance.

(k)

Principal means the person, partnership, joint venture, trust, association, corporation, governmental entity or other entity which has contracted for, employed, retained or otherwise engaged the services of a lobbyist. For purposes of filing the specific project expenditure report, described at subsection 2-354(b) of this Code, this term shall also include those persons, partnerships, joint ventures, trusts, associations, corporations, limited liability corporations, or other entities where they or their employees do not qualify as a lobbyist under the definition set forth in this chapter but do perform lobbying activities on behalf of a business in which they have a personal interest but shall not include any governmental entity.

(l)

Procurement committee means the committee established pursuant to section 9.01.13 of the county's administrative regulations (or any successor regulation or ordinance) for purposes of evaluating the competitive proposals submitted pursuant to a request for proposal, a request for information, or any other similar solicitation for a particular procurement matter.

(m)

Procurement matter means any specific procurement decision governed, in whole or in part, by article III of chapter 17.

(Ord. No. 94-22, § 1, 11-29-94; Ord. No. 2002-15, § 3, 10-15-02; Ord. No. 2008-14 , § 2, 7-8-08; Ord. No. 2008-20 , § 1, 12-16-08)