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(a) No elected official or employee may represent, or derive any income or compensation from the representation of any person other than the city in any formal or informal proceeding or transaction before any city agency in which the agency's action or non-action is of a nonministerial nature; provided that nothing in this subsection shall preclude any employee from performing the duties of his employment, or any elected official from appearing without compensation before any city agency on behalf of his constituents in the course of his duties as an elected official.
(b) No elected official or employee may derive any income or compensation from the representation of any person, in any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding before any administrative agency or court in which the city is a party and that person's interest is adverse to that of the city.
(c) No appointed official may represent any person in the circumstances described in subsection (a) or (b) unless the matter is wholly unrelated to the official's city duties and responsibilities.
(Prior code § 26.2-9; Added Coun. J. 5-16-90, p. 16204; Amend Coun. J. 7-25-12, p. 31123, § 1)