A. Required: No person or persons shall receive any contributions on behalf of a candidate for elected office of the city or make any expenditures for political purposes for the candidate either directly or indirectly other than through a personal campaign committee, whose authority to act shall be filed as provided by this chapter.
B. Appointment: A candidate shall appoint no more than one personal campaign committee to consist of one or more persons, or the candidate individually who may constitute the committee.
C. Contributions; Secretary: No candidate shall solicit contributions or authorize expenditures in furtherance of his or her candidacy except through such candidate's personal campaign committee. If the personal campaign committee consists of only one person, such person is deemed the secretary. If the candidate acts as personal campaign committee, the candidate is deemed the secretary.
D. Registration: Before the personal campaign committee makes any expenditure for political purposes on behalf of the candidate, or incurs any obligation, express or implied, to make an expenditure in the candidate's behalf, the candidate or committee shall register the committee by filing with the city recorder a written statement, signed by the candidate setting forth that the candidate's personal campaign committee has been appointed or elected, and giving the name and address of each member and the secretary of the committee.
E. Changes; Withdrawal: Any candidate may revoke the selection of any member of such candidate's personal campaign committee by a revocation in writing filed with the city recorder. Any individual may voluntarily withdraw from a committee by filing a written notice with the city recorder. The date of withdrawal is the date the notice is received by the city recorder. A candidate may fill any vacancy. A candidate shall be deemed the secretary until a replacement is appointed.
F. Endurance Of Committees: A personal campaign committee registered by a candidate after June 2, 2009, shall be deemed to endure in existence, and shall remain subject to the requirements of this chapter, until it permanently ceases operations and files a termination report. Any personal campaign committee registered before June 2, 2009, shall for purposes of this chapter be deemed to have terminated on or before June 2, 2009, without the necessity of filing a termination report.
(Ord. 2009-39, 6-9-2009)