HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 18-14 Campaign Contributions Muni Code Amend ORDINANCE NO. 18 - 14
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
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AMENDING SECTION 2.28.030 OF THE DUBLIN MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
The City Council of the City of Dublin does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1. Section 2.28.030 of the Dublin Municipal Code is amended to read as
follows:
"2.28.030 Limitations on contributions.
A. No person shall make any contribution or contributions to a candidate or
committee which exceeds the cumulative amount of five hundred dollars ($500),
nor shall any such contribution or contributions which exceed the cumulative
amount of five hundred dollars ($500) be accepted by any candidate or committee
from any person with respect to a single election.
B. The prohibitions stated in subsection A of this section shall not apply to
contributions made or received in support of, or in opposition to, a ballot measure,
nor shall said prohibitions apply to contributions made by a candidate to his or her
campaign.
C. A candidate may transfer campaign funds from one committee controlled by
the candidate to a campaign committee for elective city office controlled by the
same candidate. Contributions transferred shall be attributed to specific
contributors using a "last in, first out" or "first in, first out" accounting method, and
these attributed contributions when aggregated with all other contributions from
the same contributor shall not exceed the limits set forth in subsection A of this
section. A committee transferring funds must designate in its records at the time
of its first transfer whether it elects the "last in, first out" or a "first in, first out"
method of accounting for the current and future transfers. This designation is
irrevocable. Candidates and committees shall comply with the accounting,
recordkeeping and disclosure requirements set forth in section 18536 of Title 2 of
the California Code of Regulations, except that references therein to state
contribution limits shall be deemed to refer to the requirements of this chapter.
The prohibitions stated in this subsection shall not apply to contributions made by
a candidate to his or her campaign."
Section 2. This Ordinance shall, upon its effective date, supersede any previously
adopted urgency ordinance amending Chapter 2.28 of the Dublin Municipal Code.
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Section 3. Severability. The provisions of this Ordinance are severable and if any
provision, clause, sentence, word or part thereof is held illegal, invalid, unconstitutional, or
inapplicable to any person or circumstances, such illegality, invalidity, unconstitutionality, or
inapplicability shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, clauses, sentences,
sections, words or parts thereof of the ordinance or their applicability to other persons or
circumstances.
Section 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be enforced thirty (30)
days following its adoption.
Section 5. Posting. 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, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of September, 2014, by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Biddle, Gupta, Hart, Haubert, and Mayor Sbranti
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Mayor
ATTEST:
raAX
City Clerk
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