Sec. 12-98. Termination statement; filing; contents.

   (a)   A committee may terminate only when the committee treasurer files a termination statement with the city clerk.

   (b)   In the termination statement, the committee treasurer shall certify under penalty of perjury that all of the following apply:

      (1)   The committee will no longer receive any contributions or make any disbursements.

      (2)   The committee either:

         a.   Has no outstanding debts or obligations.

         b.   Has outstanding debts or obligations, or both, that are all more than five (5) years old, and that the committee's creditors have agreed to discharge the debts and obligations and have agreed to the termination of the committee.

      (3)   Any surplus monies have been disposed of and that the committee has no cash on hand.

      (4)   All contributions and expenditures have been reported, including any disposal of surplus monies.

   (c)   The city clerk may reject the termination statement if it appears that the requirements in subsection (b) of this section have not been satisfied.

   (d)   After a termination statement is filed, a committee:

      (1)   Is not required to file any subsequent campaign finance reports.

      (2)   Shall have no further receipts or disbursements without filing a new statement of organization.

   (e)   A standing committee may terminate its activities in the City and remain active in other reporting jurisdictions, by filing a statement of that intent with the city clerk.

(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)

Sec. 12-99. Establishment of a restricted election campaign account.

   Pursuant to Tucson Charter Chapter XVI subchapter (b) section 6, the mayor and council shall establish an election campaign account in the general fund into which shall be deposited such sums as may be appropriated from time to time in the annual budget, gifts and donations made to the city for the support of public election campaign financing, and such sums as may otherwise be appropriated to said account. Money in said account shall be restricted, and expended for the purpose of assisting the financing of the public matching funds program.

(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)

Secs. 12-100 – 12-109. Reserved.

ARTICLE VIII. INITIATIVE

   Any proposed ordinance or amendment to the Charter of the City of Tucson may be submitted to the mayor and council by a petition signed by fifteen (15) percent of the qualified electors of the city, computed on the vote for the candidates for mayor at the last preceding general municipal election at which a mayor was elected.

(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)

Sec. 12-110. Application to circulate petitions; filing of statement of organization.

   (a)   A person or persons intending to circulate an initiative petition shall, before causing the petition to be printed and circulated, file with the city clerk an application on a form to be provided by the city clerk, stating an intent to circulate and file a petition. The application shall set forth the names, addresses and signatures of three (3) individuals ("petitioners") who are responsible for the petition and who are to be notified of all proceedings and actions taken in reference to the petition.

   (b)   The application shall be accompanied by the complete title and text of the proposed measure to be initiated.

   (c)   On receipt of the application, the city clerk shall assign an official serial number to the petition, which number shall appear in the lower right-hand corner of each side of each page thereof, and issue that number to the applicant. The serial numbers shall be assigned in numerical sequence. The city clerk shall maintain a record of each application received, the numbers assigned, and the applicant and petitioners to whom issued.

   (d)   The statement of organization required in section 12-84 of this code, and listing the chairperson and treasurer of the committee, shall be filed with the city clerk at the time of application and before circulating petitions. Signatures obtained before the filing of a completed statement of organization with the city clerk are void and shall not be counted in determining the legal sufficiency of any initiative petition(s).

   (e)   The city clerk shall make available to each applicant by electronic means a copy of the text of this chapter governing the initiative and referendum, a copy of A.R.S. Title 19 and all rules adopted by the secretary of state pursuant to that title.

   (f)   The provisions of article VII of this chapter, "Campaign Finance; Candidates, Political Action Committees, and Public Funding Program," shall apply to initiative petitions.

(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)