Ordinance No. 6105`
ORDINANCE NO. 610
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CYPRESS AMENDING URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 608 PLACING
A LIMITATION ON THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF CAMPAIGN CONTRI-
BUTIONS IN ANY SINGLE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Intent and Purpose
It is the intent of the City Council of the City of Cypress in enact-
ing this ordinance to place reasonable limits upon campaign contributions
in municipal elections to assure that the amount of money contributed
by any person does not materially influence the outcome of any election.
The City Council finds, in this regard, that municipal elections consti-
tute municipal affairs, and that the reasonable regulation thereof as here-
in set forth is within the jurisdiction of the Charter city of the City of
Cypress.
SECTION 2. Campaign Contributions - Limitations
(a) No person shall make to or solicit or accept from any other
person, any contribution, gift, subscription, loan, advance, deposit,
pledge, promise of money, or any other thing of value in excess of One
Hundred Dollars ($100) in aid or support of the election or defeat of
any single candidate in any single election for any municipal office
during the calendar year of, prior to, or subsequent to the year in
which the election is held.
(b) No person shall make to or solicit or accept from any other
person, any contribution, gift, subscription, loan, advance, deposit,
pledge, promise of money, or any other thing of value in excess of One
Hundred Dollars ($100) in aid or support of the passage or defeat of any
municipal ballot measure or proposition in any single election during the
calendar year of, prior to, or subsequent to the year in which the election
is held.
(c) "Person" means an individual, proprietorship, firm, partnership,
joint venture, syndicate, business, trust, company, corporation, association,
committee, or any other organization or group of persons acting in concert.
Provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall prohibit a campaign
committee acting merely as a conduit for making, soliciting or accepting
contributions from or to other persons.
(d) Nothing in this ordinance shall be interpreted to prohibit a
candidate from contributing to his /her own election in amounts greater
than the amounts stated herein.
SECTION 3. Relation to Political Reform Act of 1974
This ordinance is intended to be a supplement to and not in conflict
with the Political Reform Act of 1974. Unless otherwise defined in this
ordinance, words and phrases shall have the same meaning herein as when
they are used in Title 9 of the California Government Code, in which the
Political Reform Act of 1974 is codified.
SECTION 4. Violation
Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed
Five Hundred Dollars ($500) or imprisonment in the County Jail for a period
not to exceed six months, or by both fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 5. Finding of Urgency
This ordinance is adopted as an urgency ordinance pursuant to
Government Code §36934 and shall take effect immediately upon adoption
in order to preserve the public health, safety, and welfare of the
citizens and community of the City of Cypress; in that campaigning
for the office of council member for the March 1978 election must be
carried on in a manner which is most apt to guarantee the election of
future council members who will not be materially influenced by any
single campaign donor.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at
a regular meeting held on the 9th day of ,4anuary 1978.
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MAYOR OF THE( CITY OF CYPRESS
ATTEST:
CITY LE OF THE CI OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the
said City Council held on the 9th day of January 1978; by the following
roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCILMEN: Evans, Lacayo, MacLain, Sonju and Hudson
NOES: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS