Title 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
Chapter 2.72 ELECTIONS
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))