HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-05-16; City Council; NS-800; Amending Municipal Code regarding Cash Contributions...is!
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ORDINANCE NO. NS-800
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA AMENDING
SECTION 1.13.030 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL
CODE TO BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH
GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 84300te).
The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California does
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: That section 1.13.030 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code
is amended to read as follows:
"1.13.030 Cash contributions prohibited.
No candidate in a city municipal election shall accept a cash
contribution of one hundred dollars or more. All such contributions shall be made
by check. A candidate is required to make a copy of each such check received
prior to negotiating it."
A cash contribution shall not be deemed received if it is not
negotiated or deposited and is returned to the contributor before the closing date
of the campaign statement on which the contribution would otherwise be reported.
If a cash contribution, other than a late contribution, as defined in Section 82036,
is negotiated or deposited, it shall not be deemed received if it is refunded within
72 hours of receipt. In the case of a late contribution, as defined in Section 82036
(the Political Reform Act), it shall not be deemed received if it is returned to the
contributor within 48 hours of receipt."
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty days
after its adoption, and the City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and
cause it to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the
City of Carlsbad within fifteen days after its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the
Carlsbad City Council on the 9th day of May. 2006, and thereafter
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PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of
the City of Carlsbad on the 16th day of May , 2006, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Lewis, Hall, Kulchin, Packard, Sigafoose
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
RONALD R. BALL, City Attorney
CtAD'D
ATTEST
, Mayor
LORRAINE M. WOOD, City Clerk
(SEAL)