Sec. 602.701. Prohibited receipt of gifts.

(a) No officer or employee of the City, or any other person on his or her behalf, shall knowingly accept, directly or indirectly, any one gift with a value greater than one hundred ($100.00) dollars or an accumulation of gifts in any one calendar year that exceeds two hundred fifty ($250) dollars from any person or business entity that the recipient knows is:
(1) A lobbyist who lobbies the recipient's agency or executive department;
(2) Any principal or employer of a lobbyist who lobbies the recipient's agency or executive department;
(3) A person or business entity which is doing business with, or has made written application within the previous six months, to do business with an agency of which he or she is an officer or employee;
(4) A person or business entity which is subject to the permit approval of an agency of which he or she is an officer or employee.
For purposes of the $250 annual accumulation of gifts, gifts of food and beverage not exceeding $25.00 on any given day shall not be included.
(b) No officer or employee of the city, or any other person on his or her behalf, shall knowingly accept, directly or indirectly, any one gift with a value greater than one hundred ($100.00) dollars, or an accumulation of gifts in any one calendar year that exceeds two hundred fifty ($250) dollars, from any person or business entity, when the gift is given as a result of the officer or employee's official position, or as a result of the business relationship developed as a result of the officer or employee's position or employment. For purposes of the $250 annual accumulation of gifts, gifts of food and beverage not exceeding $25.00 on any given day shall not be included.
(c) The Mayor and the Council Secretary shall identify a mayoral and a council representative who will be officers or employees responsible for the receipt of and distribution of business related gifts to the city through its executive and legislative branches. Registries shall be established wherein gifts will be identified by date, donor, type, purpose, and city officer or employee carrying out the purpose; and shall be posted on a city internet site. (Examples of gifts covered by this subsection include, but are not limited to, tickets or travel to events where city official or employee presence is requested, or travel and per diem to inspect products and equipment, or gifts of personal property to the city.)
(d) It shall be unlawful and a class A offense for any officer or employee of the city, or any person on his or her behalf, to violate subsections (a) and (b) of this section.

It is unlawful and a Class A offense for a lobbyist, or principal or employer of a lobbyist, or any person or entity listed in Section 602.701, to knowingly offer a gift to an officer or employee of the City which would cause a violation of Section 602.701 if accepted.

(a) All officers appointed employees, procurement related employees, permitting employees, and zoning employees (reporting individuals) who receive a gift in excess of one hundred ($100) dollars shall report that gift. Those persons required to report said gifts under state law shall report those gifts in the manner provided by state law, Section 112.3148.Any person required to file a report under this Code, who is not required to file a report under state law, shall file the report with the Chief of Human Resources who shall place it in the reporting person's personnel file. A copy of the report of all reports filed with the Chief of Human Resources shall be submitted to the City Ethics Office.
(b) The annual statement of a reporting individual shall be filed in compliance with state law. Where this Chapter requires a person to file a report and that person is not required to file a report pursuant to state law, the report shall be on a form which is substantially the same in content as that required by state law, and the form shall be submitted annually, by July 1, to the Human Resources Chief, copy to the City Ethics Office.

(a) A reporting individual is prohibited from soliciting an honorarium which is related to the reporting individual's public office or duties.
(b) A reporting individual is prohibited from knowingly accepting an honorarium from a political committee or committee of continuous existence, as defined in F.S. § 106.011, from a lobbyist or from the employer, principal, partner, or firm of such a lobbyist.
(c) A political committee of continuous existence, as defined in F.S. § 106.011, a lobbyist or the employer, principal, partner or firm of a lobbyist is prohibited from giving an honorarium to a reporting individual.
(d) A person who is prohibited by subsection (c) from paying an honorarium to a reporting individual but who provides a reporting individual or reporting individual and his or her spouse, with expenses related to an honorarium event, shall provide to the reporting individual, no later than 60 days after the honorarium event, a statement listing the name and address of the person providing the expenses, a description of the expenses provided each day, and the total value of the expenses providing for the honorarium event.
(e) A reporting individual who receives payment or provision of expenses related to any honorarium event from a person who is prohibited by subsection (c) from paying an honorarium to a reporting individual shall publicly disclose on an annual statement the name, address, and affiliation of the person paying or providing the expenses; the amount of the honorarium expenses; the date of the honorarium event; a description of the date of the expenses paid or provided on each day of the honorarium event; and the total value of the expenses provided to the reporting individual in connection with the honorarium event. The annual statement of honorarium expenses shall be filed by July 1 of each year for such expenses received during the previous calendar year. The reporting individual shall attach to the annual statement a copy of each statement received by him or her in accordance with subsection (d) regarding honorarium expenses paid or provided during the calendar year for which the annual statement is filed. Such attached statement shall become a public record upon the filing of the annual report. The annual statement of a reporting individual shall be filed in compliance with state law. Where this Chapter requires a person to file a report and that person is not required to file a report pursuant to state law, the report shall be on a form which is substantially the same in content as that required by state law, and the form shall be submitted annually, by July 1, to the Human Resources Director.