HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 08-24 INCREASE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITSORDINANCE NO. 08-24
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE AMENDING SECTION 2.10.050
OF THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE TO
INCREASE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I:
Section 2.10.050 of the Orange Municipal Code, "Contribution Limitations," is hereby
amended to read as follows:
2.10.050—Contribution Limitations.
A. No person shall make,and no City Candidate or treasurer of a controlled committee of a City
Candidate shall solicit or accept any contribution aggregating more than: (1) $1,500.00 per
mayoral election cycle;(2)$1,500.00 per City Council,City Clerk,or City Treasurer election
cycle; (3) $1,500.00 per recall election cycle; or(4) $1,500.00 per special election cycle.
B. The contribution limitations set forth in Section 2.10.050(A) shall also apply to any
committee which is formed for the purpose of making expenditures in support of or
opposition to the recall of an Elective City Officer, and to contributions received by such
Elective City Officer,during a recall election cycle as defined in Section 2.10.070(C)of this
chapter.
C. The contribution limitations of this section shall not apply to a City Candidate's contribution
of his or her separate or community property funds to his or her own City Candidate
Committee or campaign. Contributions by a spouse from separate property shall be subject
to the limitations set forth in this section.
SECTION II:
If any section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for
any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed
this Ordinance, and each section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause and phrase thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one(or more) section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase had been declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION III:
The City Clerk is hereby directed to certify the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the
same to be published as required by law. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty(30) days from
and after the date of its final passage.
ADOPTED this 28th day of May 2024.
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el R. Slater, Mayor, City of Orange
ATTEST:
Pamela Coleman, City Clerk, City of Orange
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Mike Vigliotta, City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF ORANGE
I, PAMELA COLEMAN, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at the regular meeting of the City Council held on the
14th day of May, 2024, and thereafter at the regular meeting of said City Council duly held on the
28th day of May, 2024 was duly passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Slater, Barrios, Dumitru, Tavoularis, Bilodeau,
Gyllenhammer
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Gutierrez
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: ne
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Pamela Coleman, City Clerk, City of Orange
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