Sec. 3. Expenditure limitations.
   (a)   A candidate who signs a campaign contract in accordance with section 1 of the [this] subchapter shall not, during the campaign period, make expenditures exceeding the aggregate amount of forty cents ($0.40) per City of Tucson registered voter for the office of mayor or twenty cents ($0.20) per City of Tucson registered voter for the office of city council.
   (b)   Independent expenditures, as defined by this chapter, shall not be included in the computation of a candidate's expenditures.
   (c)   The expenditure amounts per City of Tucson registered voter shall be adjusted by the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index as reported by the U.S. Department of Commerce or its successor agency.
   (d)   No more than seventy-five (75) percent of the eligible expenditure limitation shall be spent through the day of the primary election.
(Ord. No. 6300, § 1, eff. 3-4-86)