A. Any person or committee meeting the criteria of subsection D of this section, which makes independent expenditures in excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00) in any calendar year, shall file an independent expenditure report with the city clerk.
B. Independent expenditure reports required hereunder shall be in a form provided by the city clerk, and shall contain all of the following:
1. The name, street address, and telephone number of the person or committee making the expenditure and of the committee’s treasurer;
2. If the report is related to a candidate, the full name of the candidate and the office for which the candidate seeks nomination or election;
3. The total amount of expenditures related to the candidate during the period covered by the report made to persons who have received less than one hundred dollars;
4. The total amount of expenditures related to the candidate during the period covered by the report made to persons who have received one hundred dollars or more;
5. For each person to whom an expenditure of one hundred dollars or more related to the candidate has been made during the period covered by the report, or for each person who has provided consideration to the maker of the independent expenditure for an expenditure of one hundred dollars or more during the period covered by the report:
a. His or her full name,
b. His or her street address,
c. If the person is a committee, the name of the committee, the number assigned to the committee by the Secretary of State, or if no number has been assigned, the full name and street address of the treasurer of the committee,
d. The date of the expenditure,
e. The amount of the expenditure,
f. A brief description of the consideration for which each such expenditure was made and the value of the consideration if less than the total amount of the expenditure,
g. The cumulative amount of expenditures to such person over the period covered by the report.
6. A list of all the filing officers with whom the committee filed its most recent campaign statement.
C. The independent expenditure reports required hereunder shall be filed semiannually. On January 31st a report shall be filed for the period covered July 1st through December 31st of the preceding year. On July 31st, a report shall be filed for the period covering January 1st through June 30th of that year. A supplemental independent expenditure report shall also be filed for any independent expenditure which totals in the aggregate one thousand dollars or more and is made for or against any specific candidate for city office, after the closing date of the prior semiannual report period. Such supplemental independent expenditure report shall be in a form provided by the city clerk, and shall be filed within twenty-four hours of the making of the independent expenditure.
D. The independent expenditure reporting requirements herein shall apply only to candidates for city office, their controlled committees, committees formed or existing primarily to support or oppose the candidacy of a candidate for city office, to committees formed or existing primarily to support or oppose the qualification of, or passage of, a local ballot measure which is being voted on only in the city, and to city general purpose committees, and to other committees active only within the city.
(Ord. 2014-04-1469 §1 (part): Ord. 94-01-1176 § 1)