A. The city council may maintain on behalf of the city, or a candidate or other resident of the city may maintain on their own behalf, a civil action to recover personally from a candidate any contributions received by the candidate in excess of the contribution limitations established by this article, any contributions which a candidate fails or refuses to remit to the city clerk or return to the donor pursuant to Section 2.14.050, any campaign expenditures made in excess of the expenditure limitations established by Section 2.14.050, and any funds received by the candidate from the Campaign Reform Fund in violation of any provision of this article.
B. Any money recovered in any action maintained pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Campaign Reform Fund.
C. The city council may maintain an action pursuant to this section only after the election in which a candidate is election to the city elective office for which the election is held. A candidate or other city resident may maintain an action pursuant to this section at any time during an off-election year, election year or thereafter. (Ord. 2003-046 § 1)