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 ($200 ) .
(b) No person shall make use of another person in an at-
tempt to conceal the true origin of any campaign contribution.
(c ) No person shall make use of another person in an at-
tempt to circumvent the campaign contribution limitation pro-
vided for in subsection (a) .
SECTION 2. The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding thereto Section 2. 04. 015 to read as follows :
2. 04. 015 Definition of person. For the purposes of this
chapter only, "person" means an individual proprietorship, firm,
partnership , joint venture, syndicate , business , trust , company,
corporation, association, committee , or any other organization
or group of persons acting in concert . Provided further that
nothing contained in this chapter shall prohibit a campaign com-
mittee from acting merely as a conduit for making, soliciting or
accepting contributions from or to other persons .
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after its adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the pas-
sage of this ordinance and cause same to be published within
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fifteen days after adoption in the Huntington Beach News , a
weekly newspaper of general circulation, printed and published
in Huntington Beach, California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the
day of March, 1978.
Mayor
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number
of member$ 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
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