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(a) Any person who serves as (i) a non-clerical employee of the Office of the Mayor, or (ii) a department head, shall be prohibited from lobbying the City of Chicago or any city department, board or other city agency for a period of two years after leaving that position.
(a-1) Starting on January 1, 2014, an alderman shall be prohibited from lobbying the City of Chicago or any city department, board or other city agency for a period of one year after leaving that position.
(b) Any employee who holds an exempt position in a City department, board or other city agency on or after May 16, 2011, other than a person described in subsection (a) of this section, shall be prohibited from lobbying the department, board or agency in which he or she was employed for a period of two years after that employment ends.
(c) Any person who is appointed by the Mayor to the board of any board, commission, authority or agency, on or after May 16, 2011, shall be prohibited from lobbying that board, commission, authority or agency for a period of two years after the date on which his or her service on the board ends.
(d) The prohibitions on lobbying set forth in this section shall not apply to any person who (i) occupied the position before May 16, 2011, and (ii) resigned from that position before November 16, 2011. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a person from lobbying on behalf of, and while employed by, another government agency.
(Added Coun. J. 7-28-11, p. 4941, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 2-13-13, p. 46730, § 1)