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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 90F r ODIUM NO. ZO �` ` l • t , , ; n All OQ 1 MIICt OF TMt CITY OF PALM 0181 M CALIlORMA IINTMIM "MAItCIPAL >1LECTION CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION kW KXPWDITURK CONTROL ORDINANC2." Tht City Council of the City of Pats Desert, California. dose oreain as followsl 81'CTION 1. tN=4T AND PURPOSI! tt.is the intent of the City Council of the City of Palm Desert in enacting this Ordinance to place realistic and enforceable listits on the.amount individuals may con- tribute to political campaigns in municipal elections as - well as limit the amount which a candidate can expend on his campaign to be elected to municipal office for the purpose of preventing the exercise by campaign contributors of potential undue or impropper influence over elected officials and to insure against a candidate being elected to office based primarily on the amount he expended on his ca sign. The City Council finds, in this reggard, that sun cipal elections constitute municipal affaire, and that the reasonable regulation thereof as herein set forth is not prohibited by the general laws of the State of California. SECTION 7. CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS - LIMITATIONS. A. Contribution by Persons. No person other than a can - ate shalL make, solicit or accept any contribution, gift, subscription, loan, advance, depositpledge, or promise of money or anything of value in aid of the nomination or election of a candidate which will cause the total amount contributed by such person with respect to a single election in support of such can- didate to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100). "Person" C for the purposes of this subsection shall include and mean any individual, corporation, partnership, founda- tion, political, religious, or social organization, committee, or association. B. Anonymous Contributions. Total anonymous contributions to a candidate which exceed in the aggregate One Hundred Dollars ($100), with respect to a single election shall not be used by the candidate for whom it was intended. The total anonymous contributions exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100), will be placed in the General Fund of the City, earmarked to be used to defray the costs of municipal elections. C. Campaitn Expenditures - Limitations. No candidate shall recur aggregate campaign expenses to further the election or nomination of such a candidate, including expenses incurred by persons or organizations subject to the immediate control of and working directly for the election or nomination of such a candidate, in excess of Thirty-five Cents ($0.35), multiplied by the number of registered voters residing in the City at the proceeding general election. The total contributions exceeding that author- ized will be placed in the General Fund of the City and earmarked to be used to defray the costs of municipal elections. SCCTTOW 3. CAMPAIGN STATEN►.NT. A. Statements Required. gash candidate for municipal AMEHDEO AMENDEO By ORDINAKE I ..... /�,I,,,,,, OY ORDINMZE .........» DAno.- _-M A0'76 DATED:...... .!) : ��......»..»«.. .1. e1!ie e�fies shall file at a public record with the t� Clark, two cwsulative verified statements naming �e reon as that tots is herein defined, from whom a am ributten or contributions have been received that total Fifty Dollars ($50), or mors, and that have been or vey be expanded on behalf of his campaign, together with the specific amounts contributed by otach person. (7 anon "a contributions its excess of fifty Dollars (s30), shall also be listed. In addition each candi- date he list any amount over Fifty Dollars (450), of his own money personally contributed by hiss to his caegtaign., E. CamDaitn Statement Contents. Each campaign statement eftaLL costa n t e iZL nama and complete mailing address of any person from whom a contribution or con- tributions totaling Fifty Dollars ($50), or more have been received, together with the total amount contributed by each such person. C. Time for Filing. Statements required shall be filed at the o ow ng times: 1. Between 10 and 15 days prior to the election. 2. Between 20 and 25 days after the election. SECTION 3. EXPENDITURES STATEMENT. Elected candidates to municipal public office shall file with the City Clerk a written declaration of his total campaign expenditures within 25 days after the election, or not later than the day preceding the day upon which the candidate takes office, whichever occurs first. An elected candidate for municipal public office need not file an expenditure statement if the lawful receipts and expenses of his campaign do not exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100). However, elected candidates shall file a written declaration With the City Clerk to that effect if their campaign receipts and expenses do not exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100). SECTION 4. VIOLATION. EFFECT OF: A. Violation. It shall be unlawful for any person to know- n-giy+volate any provision or to knowingly fail to comply with any of the requirements of this Ordinance. Any person who knowingly violates any of the provisions or who knowingly fails to comply with any of the require- mants of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. S. Effect of Violation. If after his election a candidate s conv cte o a olation of any provision of this Ordinance, the election to office of such candidate shall be void and such office shall become vacant immediately thereupon. In such event the vacancy shall be filled in accordance -with Section W12 of the Government Code. If a candidate is convicted i:f a vio- lation of any of the provisions of this Ordinance at any time prior to his election, his candidacy shall be terminated immediately and he shall no longer be eligible for election. Any person convicted of a violation of this Ordinance shall be ineligible to hold City elective office for a period of five (5) rears from and alter the date of that persons conviction. SECTION 5. UNAUTHORIZED EXPENSE. No person shall expand money, service or other things of 020 VOISO ie aid of the nomination or election of a candidate, Withost the "therisation, express or implied, of the saadidate, The City Clark sball aertif to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause tKs sane to be published once in the Pals Desert Post, a newspaper of teneral circulation, printed, same shall bo circulated eetand effecttthirtya(30) days$afterthe its adoption. Pi1SSED, APPROVED and'ADOPTED this 133tth_ day offtyr6ar , 1975, by the City Council of Palle Desert, California, by the following notes AYESI BEN", BRUSH, NCPHERSON : CLARK NOES: NONE ABSENTt ASTON ATTEST: MV� C �� . C-it I Mer- City of Palm Desert, California .3.