Official:Amending Title 20 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Officers and Employees," by adding a new Chapter requiring the registration of lobbyists and their principals, and requiring disclosure of lobbying expenditures, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Tasco
Introduced: March 4, 2010
Signed: June 3, 2010
: Committee of the Whole
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This law requires lobbyists and their principals to register with the city and disclose lobbying expenditures. Lobbyists are people who try to influence government decisions in exchange for money or favors.
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