Prohibited contractor contributions.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 18-36
in effectSec. 18-36. - Prohibited contractor contributions.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any contractor to contribute or offer any contribution to a candidate, or for any candidate to solicit or accept any contribution from a contractor during a contract award period. In the event that a candidate unknowingly accepts a contribution in contravention of the foregoing provision, it shall be the duty of the candidate to return the contribution within ten days after he becomes aware of the violation.
(b) Each request for proposal or other document, notice or advertisement for a contract shall contain a notice regarding this section in a form approved by the city attorney. Each contractor shall be required to submit with any proposal or other submission for the award of any contract a complete list of the persons included in the term "contractor" as defined in this chapter in a form prescribed by the city attorney. It shall be the duty of each city department director to immediately forward each contractor list received to the city secretary who shall compile and maintain a log of persons who are required to be reported. In addition, the city secretary shall compile, maintain and post, by the 14th day after a city council meeting, a list of contracts awarded at such council meeting by city council, including on such list, the date of the initial posting of the request for council action relative to each specific contract, the name of the contractor, a short description of the contract and the date occurring 30 days after the award of the contract or the determination by city council or the mayor that the contract would not be awarded to a contractor.
(c) As used in this section the term contract award period shall mean the period commencing at the time of posting of the city council meeting agenda including an item for the award of the contract and ending upon the 30th day after the award of the contract by city council or a determination by city council or the mayor that the contract will not be awarded to a contractor.
(d) As used in this section the term contractor shall not include a subcontractor.
(Ord. No. 92-1245, § 5, 9-16-92; Ord. No. 00-690, § 4, 7-26-00; Ord. No. 05-91, § 1, 1-25-05; Ord. No. 2011-47, § 15, 1-12-2011; Ord. No. 2016-528, ;ss; 4, 6-29-2016, eff. 7-1-201)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH18ETFIDI_ARTIVLISOCO_S18-36PRCOCOFetched: 10/26/2026