A. During the four-year period immediately preceding a municipal election held for the purpose of electing one or more members of the city council, no person shall make to any city council candidate a contribution or contributions that, in total, exceed the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars for all such contributions.
B. During the four-year period immediately preceding a municipal election which is held for the purpose of electing one or more members of the city council, no candidate at that election shall accept from any person a contribution or contributions which, in total, exceed the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars. All contributions made by a person to a candidate’s controlled committee, whether or not made at the behest of the candidate or the committee, are contributions to that candidate for the purpose of the aggregate contribution limit established by this section. As used in this section, “controlled committee” means a committee that is controlled directly or indirectly by a candidate or that acts jointly with a candidate or controlled committee in connection with the making of expenditures. A candidate controls a committee if the candidate, or the candidate’s agent, or any other committee the candidate controls has a significant influence on the actions or decisions of the committee.
(Ord. 1751 §1 (part), Ord. 2251, Ord. 2274) Ord. 2421 §2)