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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 09-24 TRANSFER CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CANDIDATE CONTROLLED COMMITTEESORDINANCE NO. 09-24 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE AMENDING SECTION 2.10.090 OF THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE REMOVING PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CANDIDATE CONTROLLED COMMITTEES TO CITY CANDIDATE COMMITTEES AND COMMITTEE CONTROLLED BY CITY CANDIDATE OR ELECTED OFFICER MAKING A CONTRIBUTION TO ANOTHER COMMITTEE SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING A CITY CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I: Section 2.10.090 of the Orange Municipal Code, "Contributions from Committees," is hereby amended to read as follows: 2.10.090—Contributions from Committees. A. Contributions Transferred from Committees. Contributions from candidate controlled committees to a City Candidate Committee are permitted. B. Contributions Transferred Between Controlled Committees by the Same City Candidate. If a City Candidate has more than one controlled committee, any transfers into the City Candidate's City Candidate Committee shall be governed by the following rules: 1. Transferred contributions shall be deemed contributed during the election cycle in which they are transferred to the receiving City Candidate Committee. 2. Transferred contributions shall be attributed to each contributor on a last in-first out LIFO)basis and shall be aggregated with any contributions made by such contributor directly to the City Candidate Committee in the same election cycle and shall be subject to the contribution limits of this chapter.Transferred contributions shall be itemized on Schedule A of Form 460 or any successor form, and shall identify the transferor committee for those contributions being transferred. 3. A one-time transfer shall be made at the time the City Candidate forms his/her controlled committee. Subsequent contributions received by the transferor committee on or after the date the City Candidate formed a committee to run for City office may not be transferred to the transferee committee established for that City office. C. No person or committee shall accept or make any contribution that is conditioned upon all or part of the contribution being transferred to a City Candidate Committee or otherwise violates Government Code Section 84301. Any contributions received in violation of this subsection shall be paid by the City Candidate to the City's general fund within 60 days of discovery of the violation. 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. aniel R. Slater, Mayor, City of Orange ATTEST: Pamela Coleman, City Clerk, City of Orange APPROVED AS TO FORM: j)..A. L ..... __, Mike Vigliotta, City Attorney 2 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: Dumitru, Tavoularis, Bilodeau, Gyllenhammer NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Slater, Barrios ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Gutierrez ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: N Pamela Coleman, City Clerk, City of Orange I