A. Declaration of Candidacy. No person may make, and no candidate for city of Murrieta elective office and the controlled committee of that candidate may solicit, accept or receive, any campaign contribution until a FPPC Form 501, Candidate Intention Statement, has been filed. However, Form 501 is not required if no contributions are received and the only expenditure is from personal funds for the candidates statement in the sample ballot.
B. Contribution Limit.
1. Candidates or controlled committees may accept contributions of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) from any single source in any single election. This contribution will be adjusted annually following the November, 2006 election in accordance with Section 2.05.040B.2.
2. The contribution limit established in this subsection shall be automatically adjusted annually, following the November, 2001 election, based on the Consumer Price Index for "all urban consumers" from April to April among U.S. West and/or Los Angeles, Long Beach, Anaheim metropolitan area. Such adjustments shall be rounded to the nearest ten and no/100ths dollar ($10.00) amount.
C. Return of Contributions. A contribution will not be considered to be received or accepted if it is not cashed, negotiated, or deposited, and is returned to the donor before the closing date of the campaign statement on which the contribution would otherwise be reported.
D. Family Contributions. Contributions by a husband and wife shall be treated as contributions by separate persons and shall not be aggregated. Contributions by children under eighteen (18) years of age are presumed to be a contribution from the parent or guardian of the child.
E. Personal Funds. The limitations of this subsection shall not apply to contributions of a candidate's personal funds to his or her controlled campaign committee on behalf of his or her own candidacy, but shall apply to contributions from the candidate's spouse. (Ord. 502 § 3, 2015; Ord. 301 § 1-3, 2004; Ord. 231 § 1 (part), 2001)