D. Dispute resolution. An attorney or other person whose contact with a City official is made solely as part of resolving a dispute with the City, provided that the contact is solely with City officials who do not vote on or have final authority over any municipal question involved. Sec. 1-7-105. Registration. A. Separate registrations. A person required to register as a lobbyist under Section 1-7-103 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 1-7-103 within 30 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 paragraph E of this Section, subsequent registration forms must be filed annually each January for each client for whom a registrant previously filed, or was required to file, an initial registration form. D. 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, phone number, permanent address, and nature of the business of: a. The registrant; b. The client; c. Any person, other than the client, 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 has lobbied for the client in the year preceding the filing of the registration or foreseeably will lobby; and
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