A fee-based public official is an individual who receives and retains remuneration directly from the public. An individual who receives payment for services from government funds in the form of a wage or salary is not a fee-based public official, even if the compensation is called a fee.

My husband has a regular salary from the city government. But he also gets a 1099 for work he does for a district other than his own. Is that considered fee-based?

@car418 

"But he also gets a 1099 for work he does for a district other than his own."

Then he didn't work for the Public. A district paid him as an independent contractor.

I think you are lost on the internet. Did you intend to ask the TurboTax people? They are at this other link:

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/discussions/discussion/03/302