(a) This section, in addition to rules or codes adopted by the board of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, shall regulate lobbying of the authority. (b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) âActivity expenseâ means any payment, including any gift, made to, or directly benefiting, any authority official or member of their immediate family, made by a lobbyist, lobbying firm, or lobbyist employer. (2) âAdministrative testimonyâ means influencing or attempting to influence authority action undertaken by any person or entity who does not seek to enter into a contract or other arrangement with the authority by acting as counsel in, appearing as a witness in, or providing written submissions, including answers to inquiries, which become a part of the record of, any proceeding of the authority that is conducted as an open public hearing for which public notice is given. (3) âAuthorityâ means the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and all of its organizational units. (4) âAuthority actionâ means the drafting, introduction, consideration, modification, enactment, or defeat of an ordinance, resolution, contract, or report by the governing board of an organizational unit of the authority, or by an authority official, including any action taken, or required to be taken, by a vote of the members of the authority or by the members of the governing board of an organizational unit of the authority, except those actions relating to Article 10 (commencing with Section 30750) of Chapter 5 of Part 3 of Division 10. (5) âAuthority officialâ means any member of the authority, member of an organizational unit of the authority, or employee of the authority. (6) (A) âContactâ means any communication, oral or written, including communication made through an agent, associate, or employee, for the purpose of influencing authority action, except as provided in subparagraph (B). (B) The following activities are not âcontactsâ for purposes of this section: (i) Attending or participating in a prebid or preproposal conference. (ii) Submitting a response to a solicitation issued by the authority or authority official. (iii) Participating in an interview regarding a solicitation at the request of the authority or authority official. (iv) Responding to a request for information from the authority or authority official regarding a solicitation or existing contract. (v) A representative of a news media organization gathering news and information or disseminating the same to the public, even if the organization, in the ordinary course of business, publishes news items, editorials or other commentary, or paid advertisements, that urge action upon authority matters. (vi) Providing oral or written testimony that becomes part of the record of a public hearing. A person providing testimony pursuant to this clause who has already qualified as a lobbyist under this section and is testifying on behalf of a client shall identify the client on whose behalf the lobbyist is testifying. (vii) A communication from an elected public official acting in their official capacity. (7) (A) âContributionâ means a payment, a forgiveness of a loan, a payment of a loan by a third party, or an enforceable promise to make a payment, except to the extent that full and adequate consideration is received, unless it is clear from the surrounding circumstances that it is not made for political purposes. (B) For purposes of this section, âcontributionâ also includes all of the following: (i) An expenditure made at the behest of a candidate, committee, or elected officer is a contribution to the candidate, committee, or elected officer unless full and adequate consideration is received for making the expenditure. (ii) The purchase of tickets for events such as dinners, luncheons, rallies, and similar fundraising events. (iii) The candidateâs own money or property used on behalf of the
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