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City Council Meeting 12-14-82 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1266
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
AMENDING SECTION 11209 OF THE
SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE,
RELATING TO LIMITATIONS
ON CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
Section 11209 of the Santa Monica Municipal
Code is amended to read as follows:
SECTION 11209. LIMITATIONS ON CON-
TRIBUTIONS.
(a) No
person
other
than
a
candidate when contributing to his or her
own campaign shall make, and no campaign
treasurer shall solicit or accept, any
contribution to the campaign of a
candidate for election which will cause
the total amount contributed by such
person to such candidate to exceed two
(2) cents multiplied by the voting age
population.
Nothing in this section or
in this Code shall limit the right of any
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person to make or accept contributions to
ballot measure campa1gns.
(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 contri-
bution is disclosed. Contributions under
assumed names or contributions offered by
individuals who are acting as conduits or
agents for other individuals or interests
are prohibited.
SECTION 2. Any provision of the Santa Moni ca Municipal
Code or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of
this ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no
further, are hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary
to effect the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 3.
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 any competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of the ordinance. The City Council hereby
declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each and
every section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase not
declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether
any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
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SECTION 4.
The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall
attest to the passage of this ordinance.
This City Clerk shall
cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper
within 15 days after its adoption.
The ordinance shall become
effective upon adoption pursuant to City Charter Sections 619(a)
and 6l9(d) in that it relates to an election and in that an
emergency exists because it is necessary for persons interested
in the April, 1983, municipal election to understand the
limitations imposed on campa1gn contributions prior to the
commencement of campa1gns.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Robert M. Myers
City Attorney
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED THIS
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DAY
OF
De cembe r
, 1982.
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MAYOR I C:'
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I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE,
NO. 1266
(CC5), WAS DULY AND REGULARLY INTRODUCED AT A
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 21
DA Y OF December
1982; THAT THE SAID ORDINANCE WAS THEREAFTER DULY ADOPTED
AT A MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE
1982 BY THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL VOTE:
21 DAY OF December
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Conn) Edwards) Jennlngs)
Press) Reed and Mayor Vannatta
Goldway
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Zane
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ATTEST:
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