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SEC. 48.03. EXEMPTIONS.
   (Title and Section Amended by Ord. No. 169,916, Eff. 8/10/94.)
 
   The following persons are exempt from the requirements of this article:
 
   A.   Any public official acting in his or her official capacity, and any government employee acting within the scope of his or her employment.
 
   B.   A newspaper or other regularly published periodical, radio or television station or network, including any individual who owns, publishes or is employed by such newspaper, periodical or station or network, when, in the ordinary course of its business, it publishes or broadcasts news, editorials or other comments, or paid advertising, which directly or indirectly attempts to influence action on municipal legislation. This exemption does not apply to any other action by any such newspaper, periodical, station or network, or by any such person, to attempt to influence municipal legislation, if such activity is otherwise regulated by this article.
 
   C.   A person acting without any compensation or consideration other than reimbursement or payment of reasonable travel expenses.
 
   D.   Any person whose only activity is submitting a bid on a competitively bid contract, submitting a written response to or participating in an oral interview for a request for proposals or qualifications, or negotiating the terms of a written agreement with any City agency if selected pursuant to that bid or request for proposals or qualifications. Except with regard to persons covered by Subsections E and F, this exemption shall not apply to any person who attempts to influence the action of the Mayor or Mayor’s staff, any member of the City Council or their staffs, or any board or commission member with regard to any such contract.
 
   E.   Any organization exempt from federal taxation pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, which receives funding from any federal, state or local government agency for the purpose of representing the interests of indigent persons and whose primary purpose is to provide direct services to those persons, if the individual or individuals represented by the organization before any City agency provide no payment to the organization for that representation. This exemption shall not apply to direct contacts with a City official in other than a publicly noticed meeting, for the purpose of attempting to influence a City decision with regard to any City funding which the organization is seeking.
 
   F.   Any person employed by an organization described in Subsection E with respect to his or her activities as an employee of the organization.