A. All spokespersons shall register with the cable administrator before engaging in any activities as a spokesperson.
B. Any applicant may register on behalf of all spokespersons who are full-time employees of itself and of any parent, subsidiary or affiliated corporation. Each applicant shall be responsible for informing all its spokespersons of the provisions of this chapter in a timely manner, and for ensuring that all its spokespersons comply with the provisions of this chapter.
C. Registration shall consist of filing with the cable administrator a written statement, subscribed under oath before a notary public by the spokesperson (or by the applicant in the case of spokespersons who are its full-time employees), publicly disclosing the following information:
1. The name, mailing address, email address, and business phone number of the spokesperson;
2. The name, mailing address, email address, and business phone number of any firm or other business or professional association with which an individual spokesperson is employed or otherwise affiliated, or, in the case of a spokesperson which is a firm or other entity, the names and addresses of any individuals who perform or will perform any activities as spokesperson;
3. The name, mailing address, email address, and business phone number of any applicant on whose behalf the spokesperson acts or will act;
4. The name, mailing address, email address, and business phone number of any person employing, retaining or paying the spokesperson to act on behalf of the applicant;
5. All expenditures by the spokesperson on behalf of the applicant, at any time during the application period, itemized by category and amount and identifying the person to whom each amount of money or other expenditure was directly or indirectly paid;
6. All communications by the spokesperson, on behalf of the applicant, with a city employee, family member of a city representative or person with whom a city representative maintains a close economic association, at any time during the application period.
D. Additional registration statements supplementing the information initially filed shall be filed on the date of the applicant's application for a franchise or transfer of ownership of a franchise and on the last day of each month until the award of any franchise or approval of transfer of ownership for which the applicant applied. If the spokesperson made no expenditures or communications on behalf of the applicant subsequent to those previously disclosed, the spokesperson need not file such supplemental statement. A spokesperson who no longer acts or is authorized to act as a spokesperson shall file written notice of such termination, including therewith a report of all expenditures and communications not previously reported.
(Prior code § 113.2-6; Amend Coun. J. 5-16-90, p. 15716; Amend Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 11-17-10, p. 106597, Art. VIII, § 1)