HomeMy WebLinkAbout2794 Contribution SpendingORDINANCE NO. ~ 7 ~L/
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2.41 TO REDUCE
CONTRIBUTION LIMITS BY POLITICAL COMMITTEES AND TO
DELETE CONTRIBUTION AND SPENDING LIMITS FOR CITY
MEASURES
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 2.41.010.B.1 of the Ashland Municipal Code is amended to read:
B. Except as provided in section 2.41.020,
1."Contribute" or "contribution" includes:
a. The payment, loan, gift, forgiving of indebtedness, or
furnishing-without equivalent compensation or
consideration, of money, services other than
personal services for which no compensation is
asked or given, supplies, equipment or any other
thing of value:
i. For the purpose of influencing an election for
public office or of reducing the debt of a
candidate for election to public office or the
debt of a political committee; or
ii. To or on behalf of a candidate, political
committee; and
SECTION 2. Section 2.41.010.D of the Ashland Municipal Code is amended to read:
Except as provided in section 2.41.020, "expend" or "expenditure"
includes the payment or furnishing of money or any thing of value
or the incurring or repayment of indebtedness or obligation by or
on behalf of a candidate, political committee or person in
consideration for any services, supplies, equipment or other thing
of value performed or furnished for any reason, including in
support of or in opposition to a candidate, political committee, or
for reducing the debt of a candidate for election to public office.
"Expenditure" also includes contributions made by a candidate or
political committee to or behalf of nay other candidate for public
office or political committee.
SECTION 3. Section 2.41.010.G of the Ashland Municipal Code is deleted.
SECTION 4. Section 2.41.010.1 of the Ashland Municipal Code is amended to read:
"Political committee" means a combination of two or more
individuals, or a person other than an individual, that has received
a contribution or made an expenditure for the purpose of:
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SECTION 5.
to read:
Supporting or opposing a candidate; or
Making independent expenditures in support of or in
opposition to a candidate.
Sections 2.41.030. B and C of the Ashland Municipal Code are amended
2.41.030 Contribution Limits. With respect to a single election:
A. A person or political committee shall not contribute an aggregate
amount exceeding $50 to a candidate or principal campaign
committee of a candidate for election to the office of mayor, city
councilor, park commissioner, municipal judge or recorder.
For candidates and political committees who adopt the
expenditure limits as defined in section 2.41.040, a person or
political committee shall not contribute an aggregate amount
exceeding $100 to a candidate or principal campaign committee of
a candidate for election to the office of mayor, city councilor, park
commissioner, municipal judge or recorder.
SECTION 6. Section 2.41.050.B of the Ashland Municipal Code is deleted.
SECTION 7. Section 2.41.050.D of the Ashland Municipal Code is amended to read:
A candidate or political committee described in subsections A and
B of this section who have filed a declaration under this section
stating that the candidate or committee will not make attributable
expenditures with respect to the special, primary and general
election in excess of the limits described in subsections A and B of
this section shall not be bound by the declaration if any opposing
candidate or political committee for the same public office at the
same election has not filed a declaration indicating that the
candidate or political committee will limit expenditures or has filed
the statement but has made expenditures exceeding the
applicable limit.
SECTION 8. Section 2.41.060.B of the Ashland Municipal Code is amended to read:
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The recorder shall prescribe forms for the filing of the
information required by this section. The forms shall also
include the name of the candidate by which the candidate is
commonly known and by which the candidate transacts
important private or official business.
SECTION 9. Section 2.41.090.C of the Ashland Municipal Code is amended to read:
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The recorder or city attorney shall exempt any candidate or
political committee from the imposition of civil penalties under
subsections A and B of this section if the recorder or the city
attorney finds the candidate or political committee has exceeded
the applicable expenditure limit by a minimal amount. The recorder
shall adopt by rule standards and procedures for exempting any
candidate or political committee from the imposition of civil
penalties under subsections A and B of this section. The rule shall
apply in the same fashion to all candidates and political
committees for the same office.
SECTION 10. Section 2.41.110.B of the Ashland Municipal Code is amended to read:
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If a candidate or political committee described in section 2.41.050
has agreed to limit expenditures, but is not bound by the
agreement because an opponent or opposing political committee
of the candidate or political committee for the same office at the
same election has not agreed to limit expenditures or has
exceeded the applicable expenditure limit, the published statement
described in subsection 2.41.110.A. 1 shall indicate that the
candidate or political committee has agreed to limit expenditures
and that the candidate or political committee is not bound by the
agreement because an opponent of the candidate or opposing
political committee for the same office at the same election has
not agreed to limit expenditures or has exceeded the applicable
spending limit.
The foregoing ordinance was first read by title only in accordance with Article X,
Section 2(C) of the City Charter on the ,.~ / day of January, 1997, and duly
PASSF__~D and ADOPTED this .z/Z day of February, 1997.
Barbara Christensen, City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this ~' day of
Catherine M. Golden, Mayor
A~,,~roved as to form:
Paul N'ol~e, City Attorney
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