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.
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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
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J O. HECKSCHER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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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
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