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OHDINANCE NO. lJ06(CC:S
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA BONICA AMENDING SECTION 11209
OF THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING
TO LIMITATIONS ON CAMPAIGN COl\JTRIBUTIONS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAinA MONIC1\. DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
Section 11209 of the Santa Monica
Municipal Code, relating to limitations on campaign contri-
butions, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(a) No person other than a candidate when
contributing to his own campaign shall
make, and no campaign treasurer shall solicit
or accept any contribution which will cause
the total amount contributed by such person
with respect to each election item, to exceed
two (2) cents multiplied by the voting age
population.
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(b) Except as provided in Section 11210, no
contribution shall be permitted except when the
legal name of the person or organization who
offers the contribution is disclosed. Contri-
butions under assu~ed names or contributions
offered by individuals who are acting as con-
duits or agents for other individuals or
interests are prohibited.
(c) A business entity, including, but not
limited to corporation, firm, partnership,
sole proprietorship, association, or labor
union, may contribute to campaigns to the
same extent as a natural person. The holder
of a Santa Monica business license may con-
tribute to the same extent as a natural per-
son for each license held.
SECTION 2.
If any section, subsection, sentence,
clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held
to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions of the ordin-
ance. The City Council hereby delcares that it would have
passed this ordinance and each section, subsection, clause
or phrase hereof, irrespec~ive of the fact that anyone or
more section, subsections, clauses or phrases be declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3. The Mayor shall slgn and the City Clerk
shall attest to the passage of this ordinance. The City
Clerk shall cause same to be published once in the official
newspaper within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. This
ordinance shall take effect upon adoption pursuant to
Section 619 of the Charter of the City of Santa Monica.
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 24tLc1ay of
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STATE OF CALIFOru~IA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ss.
CITY OF SANTA rlONICA
I do hereby certify that the foregoing or ordin-
ance was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the
City Council on the 26th
day of
September
, 1978i that
thereafter the ordinance vas duly adopted at a ueeting of the
City Council on the 24th day of
October
, 1978, by the
. following vote:
AYES:
Councilr.12mber: Bambrick, Cohen,
Scott, Trives,
van den Steenhove
NOr:: S :
Councilmember: Reed
ABSENT:
Councilmember: Swink