HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12151987 - 2.4 TO' BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Phil Batchelor Contra
County Administrator
Costa
DATE'. December 7 , 1987 C0
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SUBJECT: vel „�
Amended County Election Campaign Ordinance
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) 'OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION-
Consider the introduction of the attached Ordinance which
broadens the exemptions from the limits on campaign contributions
to include the receipt and spending of money for charitable,
nonprofit, civic and educational organizations and purposes. If
the Board wishes to adopt this Ordinance, the Board should
introduce it, waive reading, and fix January 5, 1988 for
adoption.
BACKGROUND: .
Attached is an Ordinance prepared by County •Counsel which would
amend the County election campaign ordinance. .
The Ordinance amends Section 530-2 ..214 of the election campaign
ordinance by broadening the terms and applications of the
exemption from the limits on campaign contributions (Article
530-2 . 4) . Under current Section. 530-2. 214, the exemption is
generally not available with respect to a controlled committee' s
receipt and spending of money for charitable, nonprofit, civic,
and educational organizations and purposes. The amended Section
530-2. 214 would allow a controlled committee. to receive and spend
money for charitable, nonprofit, civic, and educational
organizations and purposes. The amended Section 530-2. 214 would
allow certain controlled committees to raise, receive, and spend
money for donations to charitable and nonprofit organizations;
memberships in civic organizations (Chamber of Commerce, NAACP,
Boys ' Club, etc. ) ; education scholarships; subscriptions to
newspapers; reimbursement for meals, transportation, and
accommodations for governmental meetings; purchase of space in
program inserts for events benefiting charitable and nonprofit
organizations; and compensation for contract. staff work of a
non-campaign nature.
There appears to be merit in adopting the proposed amendment of
Section 530-2 .214 , in that good causes will be benefited.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT. X YES SIGNATURE:
X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
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ACTION. OF BOARD ON — December l5i -1-937L. APPROVED AS RECQMMENDED OTHER X
REFERRED to Internal Operations Committee.
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES. AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF .SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator AT
COUnty ns SSe1ElectPHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
District
Attorney
Supervisor. , SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
District Attorney
Board Members
BY DEPUTY
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ORDINANCE NO. 87-
(Exemption under Election Campaign Ordinance )
The Contra Costa Countu Board of Supervisors ordains as
foIIows (omitting the parenthetical footnotes from the official
text of the enacted or amended provisions of the County Ordinance
Code ) :
SEC'T'ION I . SUMMARY . This ordinance amends Division 530 ,
,Lection Campaign , Chapter 530-2 , Fair Campaigns , Article 530-
2 . 2 . , General , to broaden the terms and applications of the
exemption under the County Ordinance Code , in order to permit
controlled committees to raise , receive and spend money for
non-proFi.t , charitable , civic , and educational organizations and
purposes not directly related to a campaign for County office .
SECTION II . Section .530-2 . 214 Exemptions is amended to read :
530-2 . 214 Exemptions . Notwithstanding any other
provision in this chapter , it does not apply to contributions
placed in a controlled committee ( s ) of an incumbent of a
County office where ,
( 1 ) that incumbent designates the committee as a
committee to collect funds for purposes other than a campaign
for County office .
( 2 ) those funds are not used for any purpose related to
a campaign by that incumbent ; and
( 3 ) those funds are not transferred to or used for any
ethercommittee controlled by that incumbent which raises or
receives or spends money for the purposes related to a
campaign for a County office .
When a controlled committee of an incumbent of a County
office is designated by the incumbent to collect , and the
committee collects and uses , funds for the following
purposes , such funds are not collected or used for purposes
of a campaign for. County office , nor_ related to a campaign by
the incumbent :
( 1 ) donations to charitable and non-profit
orc�zations ;
( 2 ) memberships in civic organizations ;
( 3 ) education scholarships ;
( 4 ) subscriptions to newspapers ;
( 5 ) reimbursement for meals , transportation , and
accommodations for governmental meetings ;
( 6 ) purchase of space in program inserts For events
benefitting charitable and non-profit organizations ; or
( 7 ) compensation for contract staff work of a non-
campaign nature .
(Ord. 84-9 . )
SECTION III . EFFECTIVE DATE . This ordinance becomes
effective 30 days after passage , and within 15 days after passage
shall be published once with the names of supervisors voting for
and against it in the , a
newspaper published in this County. ( fig 25123 & 25134 )
PASSED ON by the following vote :
AYES : Supervisors
NOES : Supervisors
ABSENT : Supervisors
ABSTAIN: Supervisors
ATTEST : PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of
the Hoard and County Administrator
Bv •
Deputy Boa�7d Chair.
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ORDINANCE NO. 87--