HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-06-23 Ordinance 4424 (2)ORDINANCE NO. 4424
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
AMENDING CHAPTER 2.40 [MUNICIPA', ELECTIONS] OF THE
PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING SECTION
2.40.070 TO ESTABLISH A VOLUNTARY CAMPAIGN
EXPENDITURE CEILING FOR ELECTION TO CITY OFFICES
follows:
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as
SECTION 1. Section 2.40.070 is hereby added to Chapter
2.40 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to read as follows:
2.40.070 Election campaigns, voluntary expenditure ceiling
(a) Pursuant to Government Code Section 85400(c), a
voluntary expenditure ceiling is established for each candidate for
each election to City elective office in the amount of fourteen
thousand dollars ($14,000.00),
(b) Before accepting any contributions, each candidate
for City elective office shall file with the city clerk a statement
of acceptance or rejection of the voluntary expenditure ceiling
established herein.
(c) No candidate for City elective office who accepts
the voluntary expenditure ceiling and no controlled campaign
committee of such a candidate shall make campaign expenditures in
excess of the voluntary expenditure ceiling established in this
Section.
(d) Each candidate who rejects the voluntary expenditure
ceiling shall be subject to the contribution limit set forth in
Government Code section 85301, as the same may be amended from time
to time.
(e) Each candidate who accepts the voluntary expenditure
ceiling shall be subject to the contribution limit set forth in
Government Code section 85402, and not the contribution limit set
forth in Government Code section 85301, as either section may be
amended from time to time. In addition, as to each such candidate,
the city clerk shall provide notification to voters that the
candidate has accepted the voluntary expenditure ceiling
established herein, as required by Government Code section 85602
and applicable regulations.
(f) Except as provided herein, the provisions of the
Political Reform Act of 1974, Government Code Sections 81000, et
seq., and the California Political Reform Act of 1996, Government
Code sections 85100, et seq., and applicable regulations adopted
pursuant to such acts, as the same may be amended from time to
time, shall govern the interpretation and application of this.
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(g) The penalties and remedies for violations of this
Section shall be those set forth in the Political Reform Act of
1974, the California Political Reform Act of 1974, the California
Political Reform Act of 1996, and applicable regulations adopted
pursuant to such acts.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby finds that adoption of
this ordinance does not constitute a project under the California
Environmental Quality Act.
SgCTION 3. This ordinance shall be effective on the
thirty-first day after the date of its adoption.
INTRODUCED: June 2 , 1997
PASSED: June 23, 1997
AYES: ANDERSEN, EAKINS, FAZZINO, HUBER, KNIS5, 1CCOWN, ROSENBAUM, WHEELER
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