2.08.060 Application of requirements.
(a) The requirements imposed by this Chapter shall not apply to any person whose employment or term of
office terminates prior to the effective date of this Chapter, except that any such person who returns to employment or
office with the City on or after the effective date of this Ordinance shall thereafter be covered thereby.
(b) Nothing in this Chapter is intended to prevent former employees or officials of the City of Santa Monica
from acting as an agent, representative, or attorney or from giving aid, advice, counsel, consultation, or assistance in any
proceeding before the Rent Control Board, or any of its departments, if the former employee was not employed by the Rent
Control Board within two (2) years of leaving City employment or, if an official, within twenty-four (24) months of leaving
office, and if the former employee or official did not participate in the proceeding while employed by the City of Santa
Monica.
(c) Nothing in this Chapter is intended to prevent former employees or officials of the Rent Control Board
from acting as an agent, representative, or attorney, or from giving aid, advice, counsel, consultation, or assistance in any
proceeding before any department, board, commission, or official body of the City of Santa Monica, if the former employee
was not employed by the City of Santa Monica within two (2) years of leaving City employment or, if an official, within
twenty-four (24) months of leaving office, and if the former employee did not participate in the proceeding while employed
by the Rent Control Board. (Prior code § 2155; amended by Ord. No. 1517CCS, adopted 3/13/90; Ord. No. 1670CCS §
1 (part), adopted 2/23/93)