HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013/04/16 Item 03SECOND READING AND ADOPTION
ORDINANCE NO.
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2.52.040 (A) TO
ADJUST THE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMIT TO
$310.00 FOR ANY ELECTION HELD ON OR AFTER
JANUARY 1, 2014
WHEREAS, Chula Vista Municipal Code section 2.52.040 (D) requires the City Clerk to
adjust the campaign contribution limit every odd-numbered year to reflect any changes in the
Consumer Price Index for the San Diego area for the two-year period ending on December 3151
of the previous year, and requires these adjustments to be rounded to the neazest $10.00; and
WHEREAS, the Consumer Price Index for the San Diego area for the periods ending
December 2010 and December 2012 were 245.464 and 256.961, respectively, demonstrating an
increase of 4.68 percent; and
WHEREAS, the contribution limit was previously set at $300.00 by Chula Vista
Municipal Code section 2.52.040 (A); and
WHEREAS, based on applying the percentage of change in the Consumer Price Index
and rounding to the neazest $10, the City Clerk adjusted the contribution limit to $310.00; and
WHEAEAS, the City Clerk published the Notice of Campaign Contribution Limit
Adjustment in the Staz News, and had the notice translated into Chinese, Filipino, Spanish, and
Vietnamese and published in covered language-specific newspapers as required by the Federal
Voting Rights Act.
NOW THEREFORE the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
Section L Chula Vista Municipal Code section 2.52.040 (A) is hereby amended to adjust
the Campaign Contribution limit to $3I0.00 for any election held on or after January 1, 2014,
and shall read as follows:
2.52.040 Campaign contribution limits.
A. No person, other than a candidate, shall make a contribution in excess of $310.00 to a
candidate for a single election contest. No candidate shall solicit or accept a contribution in
excess of $310.00 from a person for a single election contest. A candidate may receive up to
$310.00 from a person in each of the general and special elections. The contribution limit in this
subsection shall be adjusted biannually pursuant to subsection (D) of this section.
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Section II. Severability
If any portion of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, is for
any reason held to be invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional, by a court of competent
jurisdiction, that portion shall be deemed severable, and such invalidity, unenforceability or
unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining portions of the
Ordinance, or its application to any other person or circumstance. The City Council of the City of
Chula Vista hereby declazes that it would have adopted each section, sentence, clause or phrase
of this Ordinance, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other secfions, sentences, clauses
or phrases of the Ordinance be declazed invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional.
Section III. Construction
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista intends this Ordinance to supplement, not to
duplicate or contradict, applicable state and federal law and this Ordinance shall be construed in
light of that intent.
Section IV. Effective Date
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force on the thirtieth day after its final passage.
Section V. Publication
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause
the same to be published or posted according to law.
Presented By:
Donna R. Norris
City Clerk ~/
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