A. No person or committee shall make to any candidate or the candidate’s controlled committee, and no candidate or the candidate’s controlled committee shall solicit or accept, any contribution that will cause the total amount of contribution made by the person or committee to the candidate or the candidate’s controlled committee to exceed $4,900 for any single election. Adjustment to the contribution limits in January of odd numbered years per the consumer price index, rounded to the nearest $100. Except for independent expenditure committees or other committees not controlled by the candidate, no person shall make to any committee, which supports or opposes any candidate or candidates for City Council, and no such committee shall accept from any such person a contribution or contributions totaling more than $4,900 for any single election. Adjustment to the contribution limits in January of odd numbered years per the consumer price index, rounded to the nearest $100.
B. The limitation of this section shall not apply to contributions of a candidate’s personal funds to the candidates’ controlled committee on behalf of his or her own candidacy, but shall apply to contributions made from a candidate’s spouse.
C. No person shall make a contribution to any candidate or a candidate’s controlled committee in the name of another person.
D. No person shall reimburse, pay in advance, or otherwise compensate another person for a contribution made to a candidate or to a candidate’s controlled committee.
E. No person, candidate, or controlled committee for a candidate shall knowingly solicit or accept a contribution in violation of this section.
F. Any contributions in excess or in violation of the applicable contribution limitations established by this section and received by any person, candidate, or candidate’s controlled committee, as applicable, shall be returned to the person or committee making the contribution within 72 hours of the candidate or candidate’
G. The contribution limits set forth in this section do not apply to any contribution received by a candidate or his or her controlled committee if such contribution is used solely to retire campaign debt existing on or before the effective date of this ordinance. If the contribution received is used, in whole or in part, to seek nomination for or election to an elected office of the City of Temple City after the effective date of this ordinance, the contribution limits established in this section shall apply to the entirety of such contribution. (Ord. 22-1063)