HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 21-87 Campaign ContributionORDINANCE NO. 21 -87
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
REGULATING ELECTION CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND
REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBERS 01-84 and 03-84
The City Council of the City of Dublin does ordain as followS:
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL
Section 1. FINDING AND PURPOSE. Pursuant to the authority
granted to the City Council of the City of Dublin in Government
Code'Section 81013 permitting the imposition of additional local
requirements to the Political Reform Act of 1974, the City Council
hereby finds that it is in the public interest to place realistic
and enforceable limits on the amounts which may be contributed to
political campaigns in municipal elections.
Section 2. DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this ordinance,
definitions codified in the Political Reform Act, beginning at
Government Code Section 82000, et seq., shall apply with the
addition of (a) below:
(a) "Election period" shall mean that period of time
commencing July 1, preceding the date of any municipal election,
and ending June 30, immediately following such municipal election.
There shall be a separate "election period" for each municipal
election.
Section 3. LIMITATIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS.
(a) No person shall, during an election period, make any
contribution or contributions to a candidate or committee which
exceed the cumulative amount of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00);
nor shall any such contribution or contributions which exceed the
cumulative amount of $300.00 be accepted by any candidate or
committee from any person.
(b) The prohibitions stated in subsection (a) above shall
not apply to contributions made or received in. support of, or in
opposition to, a ballot measure, nor shall said prohibition apply
to contributions made by a candidate to his or her campaign.
Section 4. FILING OF VERIFIED DECLARATION.
(a) To insure full compliance with this ordinance, each
candidate shall execute a declaration under penalty of perjury on
a form provided by City stating that such candidate did not
receive any contribution or contributions ~totaling more than Three
Hundred Dollars ($300.00) from any person during any election
period.
(b) The declaration required by subsection (a) shall be
filed with the City Clerk with each pre-election statement filed
pursuant to State law and with the semi-annual statements required
to be filed pursuant to State law.
Section 5. PENALTIES. Violation of any provision of this
ordinance is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed Five
Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment for a term not exceeding
six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Whether or not a violation is inadvertent, negligent, or
deliberate in the presence or absence of good faith, shall be
considered in applying the penalt~ of this ordinance.
Section 6. REPEAL. Dublin Ordinance Numbers 01-84 and 03-84 are
hereby repealed.
Section 7. EFFECTIVE DATE AND POSTING OF ORDINANCE. This
Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from
and after the date of its passage. The City Clerk of the City of
.
Dublin shall cause this Ordinance to be posted in at least three
(3) public places in the City of Dublin in accordance with Section
36933 of the Government Code of the State of California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Dublin
on this 23rd day of March , 1987, by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers Hegarty, Moffatt and Vonheeder
NOES:
Councilmember Snyder and Mayor Jeffery
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: