Registration.
San Antonio City Code § 2-65
in effectSec. 2-65. - Registration.
(a) Separate registrations. A person or entity required to register as a lobbyist under section 2-63 (persons required to register as lobbyists) must file a separate registration form for each client. A registrant who makes more than one lobbying contact for the same client shall file a single registration form covering all lobbying contacts for that client. Each registration form must be signed under oath. If the registrant is not an individual, an authorized officer or agent of the registrant shall sign the form.
(b) Initial registration. An initial registration form relating to a client must be filed by a person required to register under section 2-63 (persons required to register as lobbyists) within ninety (90) days after the start of lobbying activity for that client. However, in no event shall a registrant knowingly fail to register, or knowingly fail to disclose such registration to relevant city officials, prior to official city action relating to the subject matter of the lobbying activity.
(c) Subsequent annual registration. Except as provided in subsection (f) (termination of registration) subsequent registration forms must be filed annually in January for each client for whom a registrant previously filed, or was required to file, an initial registration form.
(d) Consolidated registration for firms/organizations. An individual, firm or organization that registers as a lobbyist and that employs agents or employees who engage in lobbying activity on behalf of the registrant's clients may include the agents or employees within the registrant's initial and annual registration, by identifying the agents or employees and disclosing lobbying activity as required under subsection (e) by each agent or employee.
(e) Required disclosures. Initial or subsequent registration shall be on a form prescribed by the city clerk and shall include, to the extent applicable:
(1) The full name, telephone number, permanent address, email address and nature of the business of:
a. The registrant;
b. The client;
c. List any other person, on whose behalf the registrant has been engaged by the client to lobby;
d. Any person, other than the client, who is known by the registrant to contribute financially to the compensation of the registrant, or which, in whole or in major part, plans, supervises, or controls the registrant's lobbying activities on behalf of the client;
e. Any lobbying firm for which the registrant is an agent or employee with respect to the client; and
f. Each employee or agent of the registrant who has acted or whom the registrant expects to act as a lobbyist on behalf of the client;
(2) A statement of all municipal questions on which the registrant or its agents or employees have lobbied for the client in the year preceding the filing of the registration or foreseeably will lobby;
(3) A list of any positions held by the registrant or its agents or employees as an official or employee of the city, as those terms are defined in section 2-42 (definitions) during the past two (2) years;
(4) If the registrant or an agent or employee is a former city official or employee, a statement that the registrant's lobbying activities have not violated and will not foreseeably violate subsections 2-56(a) or (b) or section 2-57 (former city officials and employees) of this ethics code.
(f) Termination of registration. A registrant shall file a notice of termination of registration with the city clerk if the registrant is no longer required to register by section 2-63 (persons required to register as lobbyists). A filing under this subsection does not relieve the registrant of reporting requirements imposed by section 2-66 (quarterly activity reports) for the reporting period in question.
(g) Fee. At the time of initial or subsequent annual registration with respect to a client, a registrant shall pay to the city, and the city clerk shall collect, a fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the registrant and five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each agent or employee of the registrant that engages in lobbying activity on behalf of the registrant's clients. All lobbyist registration fees shall be deposited into a separate account within the general fund, which account shall be used to offset the costs of administering the city's lobbying ordinance and the costs of handling disclosure filings.
(h) Ethics code briefing. During the registration process, the compliance auditor shall offer a briefing to each new registrant on division 5 (lobbyists) of the ethics code and each shall be provided with information regarding the lobbyist provisions of the ethics code.
(Ord. No. 2013-05-09-0317, § 2(Att. B), 5-9-13; Ord. No. 2018-06-21-0491, § 1(Att. A), 6-21-18)
Source: City of San Antonio, City Code, City Charter and Unified Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/san_antonio/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH2AD_ARTIIICOET_DIV5LO_S2-65REFetched: 10/27/2026