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(a) A petition drive political committee applying for the issuance of a petition serial number, and not previously registered with the city clerk as a political action committee, shall file a statement of organization pursuant to sections 12-83 and 12-84 of this code, with the city clerk at the same time the committee files the application for a petition serial number. No petition drive political committee shall receive any contribution, or make or promise to make any expenditure prior to filing a statement of organization.
(b) The petition drive political committee shall file an amended statement of organization reporting any change in the information prescribed in this article within ten (10) days after the change.
(c) The name of each petition drive political committee shall include the name of any sponsoring organization and the official serial number for the petition, if assigned.
(d) A petition drive political committee shall have a chairperson and treasurer. The position of chairperson and treasurer of a single petition drive political committee may not be held by the same individual.
(e) On the filing of a statement of organization, a petition drive political committee shall be issued a city identification number.
(f) Before any petition drive political committee accepts a contribution or makes an expenditure it shall also designate one (1) or more state banks, federally chartered depository institutions or depository institutions the deposits or accounts of which are insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation or the national credit union administration as its campaign depository or depositories. The petition drive political committee shall notify the city clerk of the designation of the financial institution either at the time of filing its statement of organization or within ten (10) business days after opening an account.
(g) All petition drive political committees shall preserve all their financial records for two (2) years following the end of the election cycle.
(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)
(a) In addition to filing campaign finance reports required under section 12-94 of this code, the petition drive political committee that applied for the petition serial number shall also file campaign finance reports with the city clerk no later than:
(1) Sixty (60) days after the date of issuance of the serial number by the city clerk, or on the date of filing the petition, whichever is earlier.
(2) At the time of filing a petition filed more than sixty (60) days after the date of issuance.
(3) Thirty (30) days after the filing of the petition.
(b) In addition to filing campaign finance reports required under section 12-94 of this code, all other political action committees intending to influence the outcome of the petition drive, shall also file campaign finance reports with the city clerk no later than thirty (30) days after the filing of the petition to which the petition drive political committee's activities relate.
(c) The opening reporting date to be included in any campaign finance report filed pursuant to this section is the date on which the first previously unreported contribution or expenditure was received or made.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12-94 of this code, the closing reporting date to be included in any campaign finance report filed pursuant to this section is ten (10) days prior to the filing of the report.
(e) In the case of any petition not filed with the city clerk within the deadline for filing established by the Tucson Charter or this code, all petition drive political committees shall file campaign finance reports twenty (20) days after the expiration of said deadline.
(f) A campaign finance report filed pursuant to this section shall show the aggregate sum of all contributions received, and of all expenditures made,
between the opening reporting date and the closing reporting date, and shall itemize all expenditures and those contributions with a monetary value of more than fifty dollars ($50), showing the specific amount and the identification of the contributor.
(g) Each campaign finance report required to be filed pursuant to this section shall be signed by the political committee's treasurer and shall contain a certification by the committee treasurer, issued under penalty of perjury, that the contents of the report are true and correct.
(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)
(a) In addition to the requirements relating to election contributions prescribed in section 12-184 of this code, a petition drive political committee and a political action committee intending to influence the outcome of the petition drive, shall give notice to the city clerk of any contribution or group of contributions to the committee that is made from a single source less than twenty (20) days before the day of the election if it exceeds two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
(b) In addition to the requirements in section 12-184 of this code, a petition drive political committee and a political action committee intending to influence the outcome of the petition drive shall give notice to the city clerk each time any of the following occurs:
(1) The committee has received contributions totaling ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more.
(2) The committee has made expenditures totaling ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more.
(3) The committee has received contributions totaling ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more from a single source.
(4) The committee has received contributions totaling ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more from different additional single sources.
(c) The notices prescribed by this section shall be filed within twenty-four (24) hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays. All notices shall include the identification of the contributors, the dates of receipt and the amounts of the contributions or the date, amount, recipient and purpose of the expenditures. Contributions subject to the notification requirements of this section shall be included in the next report filed pursuant to section 12-184 of this code.
(d) For the purposes of this section, "single source" includes principals of the same partnership, corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership or association.
(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)
(a) The city clerk is authorized and directed to promulgate regulations for the administration of this article.
(b) It is the intent of this article that the procedures for reporting shall, to the extent possible, be consistent with those found in A.R.S. Title 16, Chapter 6 or any successor provision(s).
(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)
(a) If a political committee fails to file a report in a timely manner as required by section 12-184 of this code, the report is not signed, or a good faith effort is not made to complete the report, it shall be a failure to file and penalties shall be assessed pursuant to section 12-95 of this code.
(b) Where a political committee has failed to file, improperly filed, or refused to file any notice as required by section 12-185 of this code, it shall be liable in a civil action for a civil penalty up to three (3) times the amount improperly reported or unreported. Additionally, the political committee shall not continue its activities, receive contributions, or make or promise to make any expenditure until the required notice is filed properly.
(c) It shall be a civil infraction for any person or political committee to make any statement or report required by this article, and therein knowingly misrepresent, misstate or fail to fully disclose the facts of any contribution or expenditure required to be reported pursuant to this article. Penalties shall be pursuant to Article VII of this chapter.
(d) The provisions of this section supplement, and do not supersede, any civil or criminal penalties provided under state law, and are in addition to any other rights or remedies available to the city.
(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)
Secs. 12-188 – 12-190. Reserved.
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