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Ordinance Number 3412M ORDINANCE NO. 341 LIMITATIONS ON CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING LIMITATIONS ON CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND REPEALING ORDINANCES NOS. 245, 246 AND 260 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Intent and Purpose. It is the intent of the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano in enacting 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 constitute municipal affairs, and that the reasonable regulations thereof as herein set forth is not prohibited by the general laws of the State of California. SECTION 2. Campaign Contributions - Limitations. 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. 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. "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 from making, soliciting or accepting contributions from or to other persons. Anonymous Contributions. Total anonymous contributions to any candidate or measure to the extent that they exceed in the aggregate Two Hundred Dollars ($200) with respect to a single election shall not be used for the intended purpose but shall be placed in a special fund of the City to be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of printing and handling Candidates' Statements or otherwise defraying the cost of municipal elections. SECTION 3. Any person, firm or corporation 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 ($500) or imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. -1- SECTION 4. Repeal. Ordinances Nos. 245, 246 and 260 are hereby repealed. SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance relates to an election and shall take effect immediately. SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the same to be posted in the duly designated posting places within the City of San Juan Capistrano within 15 days after its passage. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of November , 1977, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Councilmen Sweeney, Friess, Nash, and Mayor Heckscher NOES: Councilman McDowell ABSENT: None 7 YV,z J O. HECKSCHER, MAYOR ATTEST: CITY CLERK V STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) as. CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO ) I, MARY ANN HANOVER, City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 341 , adopted by the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, at a regular meeting thereon held on the 16th day of November , 1977. (SEAL) – - - MARY ANN {i�`NUVER, CITY CLERK CHECK LIST ORD. N0.__3 RES. NO._.__.... _._..y.... Mayor has signed ........ Clerk has signed _......_– City Seal stamped .... All blanks typed in "Absent" ...... "Noes"___✓✓.Y.lc.,L1Ri_?.i'.(1_..__.._._.... _....___. Typed in Official Record Book .............. Posted to Classified Cards ......._.... Copies sent le,7�:i-c$)_F.c. ..`. yo._....._. _._..b�..K.fJ-,..1167-.......... .._. _. _....._........... _ .... Legal Publication ordered to be published _...__(date) ......... ......_..... ..... _........ .._..... _.... _.... No. Affidavits No. Printed copies required Remarks_.C..�2Y.....L.r?zm:c.r.U�fGe.�).Lm-�7....,... _2_