* Editor's Note: Ordinance 4424, establishing this section, was suspended from enforcement by City Council on June 15, 1999.
(a) Pursuant to Government Code Section 85400(c), a voluntary expenditure ceiling is established for each candidate for each election to city elective office in the amount of $14,000.00.
(b) Before accepting any contributions, each candidate for city elective office shall file with the city clerk a statement of acceptance or rejection of the voluntary expenditure ceiling established herein.
(c) No candidate for city elective office who accepts the voluntary expenditure ceiling and no controlled campaign committee of such a candidate shall make campaign expenditures in excess of the voluntary expenditure ceiling established in this section.
(d) Each candidate who rejects the voluntary expenditure ceiling shall be subject to the contribution limit set forth in Government Code Section 85301, as the same may be amended from time to time.
(e) Each candidate who accepts the voluntary expenditure ceiling shall be subject to the contribution limit set forth in Government Code Section 85402, and not the contribution limit set forth in Government Code Section 85301, as either section may be amended from time to time. In addition, as to each such candidate, the city clerk shall provide notification to voters that the candidate has accepted the voluntary expenditure ceiling established herein, as required by Government Code Section 85602 and applicable regulations.
(f) Except as provided herein, the provisions of the Political Reform Act of 1974, Government Code Sections 81000, et seq., and the California Political Reform Act of 1996, Government Code Sections 85100, et seq., and applicable regulations adopted pursuant to such acts, as the same may be amended from time to time, shall govern the interpretation and application of this section.
(g) The penalties and remedies for violations of this section shall be those set forth in the Political Reform Act of 1974, the California Political Reform Act of 1974, the California Political Reform Act of 1996, and applicable regulations adopted pursuant to such acts.
(Ord. 4424 § 1, 1997)