2.72.120 Reports--Certification and filing.

A. The candidate or campaign treasurer shall file reports of all contributions received, including proceeds of loans, and all expenditures made by or on behalf of such candidate or political committee. In the event that the candidate has received no contributions or made no expenditures, or no expenditures have been made on behalf of such candidate, the candidate shall file a report stating such status. Reports shall be filed fourteen days before and thirty days after any election. These reports shall be complete as of five days prior to the filing date. All reports shall be filed in the office of the city clerk by 5:00 p.m. on the day due. Facsimile copies shall be accepted; provided, that original documents are received by the city clerk within five days.
B. In addition to the requirements of this chapter, every incumbent elected official in office and every candidate elected to public office is subject to the reporting requirements of this section.
C. All reports required by this section shall be filed with the city clerk. These reports are public records and shall be open to inspection by the public during regular business hours.
D. Each report required by this section shall contain the following information:
1. The amount of funds on hand at the beginning of the reporting period:
2. The name and address of each person who has made an aggregate contribution to or for such candidate or political committee within the reporting period in excess of twenty-five dollars or a contribution in kind in excess of one hundred dollars, together with the amount and date of such contribution, or a chronological listing of all contributions and contributions in kind, including the name and address of each contributor;
3. The total sum of all contributions and contributions in kind to or for such candidate or political committee during the reporting period;
4. The name and address of each person to whom expenditures have been made by or on behalf of the candidate or political committee within the reporting period in excess of twenty-five dollars, together with the amount, date and purpose of each such expenditure and the name of and the office sought by each candidate on whose behalf such expenditure was made;
5. The total sum of all expenditures made by such candidate or political committee during the reporting period;
6. The name and address of any bank or other depository for funds used by the candidate or political committee.
E. The reporting provisions of subsection (D) of this section and Section 2.72.090 shall apply to any candidate or political committee which receives contributions or contributions in kind from any person through donations or through events such as dinners, luncheons, rallies or other fund-raising events if such contributions or contributions in kind are intended to be given to another organization or group of persons which in turn distributes or contributes such contributions or contributions in kind to one or more candidates or political committees. The reporting provisions of this section shall also apply to the candidate or political committee receiving such contributions or contributions in kind. (Ord. 1997-16 § 1 (part))