Ordinance No. 618ORDINANCE NO. 618
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CYPRESS ADDING ARTICLE X, "CAMPAIGN REFORM"
TO THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS, PLACING
A LIMITATION ON THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTIONS 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
enacting this Ordinance to place reasonable limits upon campaign con-
tributions 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 muni-
cipal elections constitute municipal affairs, and that the reasonable
regulation thereof as herein set forth is within the jurisdiction of
the charter City of the City of Cypress.
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Cypress does hereby
add Article X to Chapter 2 of the City Code to read as follows:
Chapter 2
Administration
Article X. Campaign Reform
Sec. 2 -95. 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.
Sec. 2 -96. Relation to Political Reform Act of 1974
This Article 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.
Sec. 2 -97. Violation.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Article
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.
FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the City Council of said
City held on the day of and finally adopted and
ordered posted at a regular meeting of said Council held on the
day of
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY 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 day of by the following
roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN:
NOES: COUNCILMEN:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN:
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
NOTE: THIS ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED BY THE VOTERS AT THE MARCH 7, 1978
GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
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