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ORDINANCE NO. 1482
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDZNG
SECTZONS 1.623 AND 1 . 629 OF ARTICLE 6 , CHAPTER 1,
OF THE CHULA VISTA CITY CODE RELATING TO LIMITATIONS
ON CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES AND THE SELECTION OF A
FAIR ELECTION COMMITTEE
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as
follows :
SECTION 1: That Sections 1. 623 and 1. 629 of Article 6 ,
Chapter 1 , of the Chula Vista City Code, be and the same are hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1. 623 . Campaign Expenditures - Limitations .
No candidate for nomination or election to a City
office shall incur aggregate campaign expenses to further
the election or nomination of such candidate, including
expenses incurred by persons or organizations subject to
his control, in excess of the following amounts multiplied
by the number of registered voters in the City as certi-
fied by the Registrar of Voters of the County of San Diego
twenty-five (25) days prior to any municipal election:
Incumbent Officeholders
For Mayor - ten cents ($0 . 10) X '�(,GOO = 3�00.
For City Councilman - ten cents ($0 . 10) _
Non-Incumbent Officeseekers
For Mayor - twelve cents ($0 . 12) x 3G�`�"a = y3Zo
For City Councilman - twelv.e cents ($0. 12)
No committee for or against any measure shall incur
aggregate campaign expenses to further the passage or
defeat of said measure, including expenses incurred by
persons or organizations subject to its control, in excess
of the following amount multiplied by the number of
registered voters in the City as certified by the Registrar
of Voters of the County of San Diego twenty-five (25) days
prior to any municipal election:
For or Against Measures - twelve cents ($0 . 12) ,� 3 y�
Sec. 1 .629 , Fair Election Committee: Created Duties.
There is hereby created a Fair Election Committee which
� shall consist of seven (7) members, being the members of
� the Board of Ethics of the City of Chula Vista as said Board
may be constituted at the time the City Council may call
any general or special municipal election, The Board of
Ethics shall serve in the capacity of a Fair Election
Committee for six (6) months following any such election.
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The Chairman of the Board of Ethics shall be responsible
for calling the Committee together in order to carry out
the duties set forth herein.
The Fair Election Committee shall:
(a) Enforce the provisions of this ordinance.
(b) Cooperate with the City Clerk in preparing
the design and content of appropriate forms for
campaign statements and declarations required by
this ordinance.
(c) Cooperate with the City Clerk in the preparation
and publication of written instructions explaining
the duties of persons and committees under this ordin-
ance.
(d) Determine whether required statements and
declarations have been filed as required and, if so,
whether they conform with the requirements of this
ordinance.
(e) The Fair Election Committee shall exercise
extreme discretion in order to prevent unsubstantiated
politically motivated charges from being publicly aired
prior to an election. The Committee shall be subject
to the same requirements and the filing of charges as
the Board of Ethics is presently obligated. All charges
must be in writing and signed, and no anonymous charges
will be investigated as provided herein.
SECTION 2 : This ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force on the thirty-first day from and after its approval and shall
remain in full force and effect to and until the 30th day of June, 1974
at which time said ordinance shall be repealed by operation of law
unless the City Council shall have taken contrary action to reinstate
or amend the ordinance.
Presented by Approved as to form by
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Georg D. Lindberg, City Att rney Georg . Lindberg, City Att ney
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF. THE CITY
OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA, this �th day of Augusc . ' �
19'P , by the folloking vote , to-wit :
AYES : CounC�tkmEn Scott, Hobel, Hamilton, Egdahl
NAYES : CouvtC-i.2m2n None
ABSENT : COUnc�.Pm2n Hyde
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ST�TE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
� I , JENNIE M. fULASZ , C.�xy CCeih os .the C�..ty o5 Chu.�a V�,a.ta,
CaE.t6onn�.a, DO N�REBy CERTIFV .tha�t .the above and �oh.ego�.ng �,e a pukk,
.tn.ue and conaee.t copy o5
and .tha.t .the dame haa no.t been amended o2 2epeaked.
DATED: " "
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