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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2271 ORDINANCE NO. aa'I AN ORDINANCE OF THE- CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTION. 2. 04. 050 AND BY ADDING SECTION 2. 04. 015 PERTAINING TO CAMPAIGN CON- TRIBUTIONS The City Council of the' City of Huntington Beach does ordain as follows : SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending Section 2. 04. 050 to read as follows : 2. 04 . 050 Contributions--Limitation. (a) No person other than a candidate shall make, solicit or accept any contribution, gift , subscription, loan, advance, de- posit , pledge or promise of money or anything of value in aid of the nomination or election of a candidate which will cause the total amount contributed by such person with respect to a single election in support of such candidate to exceed two hundred dollars ($200 ) . (b) No person shall make use of another person in an at- tempt to conceal the true origin of any campaign contribution. (c ) No person shall make use of another person in an at- tempt to circumvent the campaign contribution limitation pro- vided for in subsection (a) . SECTION 2. The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding thereto Section 2. 04. 015 to read as follows : 2. 04. 015 Definition of person. For the purposes of this chapter only, "person" means an individual proprietorship, firm, partnership , joint venture, syndicate , business , trust , company, corporation, association, committee , or any other organization or group of persons acting in concert . Provided further that nothing contained in this chapter shall prohibit a campaign com- mittee from acting merely as a conduit for making, soliciting or accepting contributions from or to other persons . SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days after its adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the pas- sage of this ordinance and cause same to be published within ro MT:ahb 1. 711 %E N fifteen days after adoption in the Huntington Beach News , a weekly newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in Huntington Beach, California. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the day of March, 1978. Mayor ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Clerk City A t t 6 rney INITIATED AND APPROVED: I Cit Administrator eat ry T¢ 0 TA K E N 2. -d. No. STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss: CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ) I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of member$ of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the day of 19 and was again read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the day of 19 and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council. AYES: Councilmen: NOES: Councilmen: ABSENT: Councilmen: City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California s