HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-07-13 - ORDINANCES - CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION REGS (2)ORDINANCE NO. 10-8
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 7.02 OF TITLE 7,
OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO THE
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION REGULATIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Amendments of Chapter 7.02. Chapter 7.02 of Title 7 of the City of Santa
Clarita Municipal Code is amended and restated to read as follows:
7.02.030 Contribution Limits.
A. Contributions. No person shall make, and no candidate for elective office or campaign
treasurer shall solicit or accept, any contribution which would cause the total amount
contributed by that person to that candidate or committees controlled by that candidate to
exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per election contest.
B. Disclosure of Contributors. Candidates shall report the names and addresses of all persons
who contribute one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more to their campaign. Such disclosure
shall also include the name. and address of the contributor's employer. If the contributor is
self-employed, the candidate shall report the name and address of the conthbutor's business.
C. Loans. No person shall make, and no candidate for elective office .or campaign -treasurer
shall solicit or accept, any loan which would cause the total amZiunt coniributed to the
candidate or committees controlled by the candidate to exceed =one , thousand dollars
($1,000.00) per election contest. -
D. Anonymous Contributions. No person shall make an anonymous` coIhtribution or
contributions to a candidate, political committee, broad-based political committee, ballot
measure committee or any other person. An anonymous contribution received by a candidate '
or such a committee shall not be kept by the intended recipient,. but instead shall be paid
promptly to the Treasurer of the City. No candidate for elective office or campaign treasurer
shall solicit or accept anonymous contributions from any sources.
E. Extension of Credit. No person shall extend credit, and no candidate for elective office or
campaign treasurer, or political committee, broad-based political committee or ballot
measure committee shall solicit or accept any extension of credit which will extend beyond
ninety (90) days from the date upon which the debt is incurred by the candidate, or political
committee, broad-based political committee, or ballot measure committees.
F. Personal Funds. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a candidate's contributions
of his or her personal funds to his or her own campaign contribution account.
G. Commercial Loans. The provisions of this chapter regarding loans shall not apply- to loans
made by a commercial lending institution in the lender's regular course of business on terms
available to members of the general public and for which. the loan recipient is personally
liable.
SECTION 2. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision will not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each and
every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional
without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid
or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3. Publication. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance
and shall cause the same to be published as required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of July, 2010.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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MAYOR
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA . )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Sarah P. Gorman, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 10-8 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the 22nd day of June, 2010. That thereafter, said
Ordinance was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 13th day
of July, 2010, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Ferry, Ender, McLean, Weste
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Kellar
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the foregoing is the original of Ordinance No. 10-8
and was published in The Signal newspaper in accordance with State Law (G.C. 40806).
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CI CLERK
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
CERTIFICATION OF
CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE
I, , City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby
certify that this is a true and correct copy of the original Ordinance No. 10-8, adopted by the City
Council of the City of Santa Clarita, CA on July 13; 2010, which is now on file in my office.
Witness my hand and seal of the City of Santa Clarita, California, this day of
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City Clerk
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By
Deputy City Clerk