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Home My WebLink AboutORDINANCES - 02141992 - 92-1 ORDINANCE NO. 92- (Reporting Requirements for Committees supporting or opposing the qualification of a local ballot measure) The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows (omitting the parenthetical footnotes from the official text of the enacted or amended provisions of the County Ordinance Code) . SECTION I . SUMMARY. This Ordinance amends the Fair Campaign Ordinance (Ordinance Code Sections 530-2 . 222, 530-2 . 802 , 530- 2 . 804 and 530-2 . 806 ) , to extend the existing campaign disclosure requirements to, and to add reporting requirements for, committees supporting or opposing the qualification of local ballot measures voted on only in Contra Costa County. This Ordinance also adds Section 530-2 . 213 , a definition of " local ballot measure. " SECTION II . Section 530-2 . 213 is added to the County Ordinance Code to add a definition of "local ballot measure" , to read : 530-2 . 213 Local Ballot Measure. "Local ballot measure" means any proposition which is submitted to popular vote at an election by action of the -Board of Supervisors, or any proposition which is submitted or intended to be submitted to _a_ popular vote at an election by initiative or referendum as provided for in California Elections Code, Division 5,- Cha2ter. 2 "County Elections " , Articles 1 and 2, Sections 3700 - 3755 . 5 or by recall procedure for a county office, whether or not the proposition qualifies for the ballot . (Ords . 92- 1 § 2 . ) SECTION III . Section 530-2 . 222 of the County Ordinance Code is .amended, to apply to committees supporting or opposing the qualification of local ballot measures to be voted on only in Contra Costa County, to read: 530-2 . 222 Limitations on filing requirements . Notwithstanding any other provisions in this chapter, all filing requirements found in this chapter which are additional to or different from those set forth in Chapter 4 of the Political Reform Act (Government Code Sections 84100 et seq. ) shall apply only to candidates seeking election in Contra, Costa County, their controlled committees or committees formed primarily to support or oppos e their candidacies, and to committees formed primarily to support or oppose the qualification of , or passage of , a local ballot measure which is being voted on only in Contra Costa County. -1- ORDINANCE NO. 92- A (Ords . 92-1 § 3 , 8648 . ) 4 SECTION IV. Section 530-2 . 802 of the County Ordinance Code is amended, to add reporting requirements for committees supporting or opposing the qualification of local ballot measures voted on only in Contra Costa County, to read: 530-2 . 802 Candidate and Committee Reports . Each candidate,-each committee supportingor opposing a candidate for county office, and each committee supporting pporting or opposing a local ballot measure which is being voted on only in Contra Costa County shall file a campaign statement in the county clerk- election division office, on every date a statement is required by the Political Reform Act covering the same time period as the statement filed pursuant to state law and an additional statement by 12 : 00 noon on the last Friday before the election covering the period between the previous statement filed and 12 : 00 midnight of the last Thursday before the election . This filing must be timely received by the filing officer and is not accomplished by deposit in the mail . This statement shall include, in addition to all matters required by this section, the same disclosures required for the last campaign statement before the election by the Political Reform Act . (b) Each committee supporting or opposing the qualification . of a local ballot measure to be voted on only in Contra Costa County shall file in the county clerk' s elections division office, a statement of organization and a campaign statement on every date such statements are required by the Political Reform Act covering the same time period as the statement filed pursuant to state law, and additional campaign statements on the fifth day after filing the statement of organization and the fifth day of every month thereafter until petitions are filed or the deadline for filing petitions , whichever is earlier. The closingdatefor the period covered by an additional campaign statement shall be five days prior to the deadline for filing the statement . (Ords . 92- 1 § 4 , 91-10, 84-14 , 84-9 . ) SECTION V . Section 530-2 . 804 of the County Ordinance Code is amended to apply to committees supporting or opposing the qualification of local ballot measures to be voted on only in Contra Costa County, to read: 530-2 . 804 Campaign Statement . Each county campaign statement required to be filed by candidates for county office, committees supporting or opposing a candidate for county office, or committees supporting or opposing the qualification of , or passage of , a local ballot measure which is being voted on only in Contra Costa County shall contain: -2- ORDINANCE NO. 92- 1 • ( 1 ) (a ) The total amount of all contributions received during the period covered by the campaign statement that equalled twenty-five dollars, or more, and (b) the total of all contributions of less than that cumulative amount . ( 2 ) If the cumulative amount of contributions from a person is more than twenty-five dollars and less than one hundred dollars and a contribution has been received from that person during the period covered by the campaign statement, the statement shall include the date and amount of each contribution, the name of the contributor and the type of contribution, such as monetary or nonmonetary (in-kind contribution ) . In the case of in-kind contributions , the fair market value shall be reported . If the value is unknown, a written valuation shall be obtained from the donor and this valuation reported . ( 3 ) If the cumulative amount of contributions from a person is one hundred dollars or more and a contribution has been received from that person during the period covered by the campaign statement, the statement shall contain the same disclosures required by Government Code section 84211 ( f ) . ( 4 ) Candidates and committees need not duplicate any reports of contribution and/or loan required by state law but may certify that reports made pursuant to this section are in addition to those made pursuant to state law. (Ords . 92- 1 § 5 , 91-10,-84-9 . ) SECTION VI . Section 530-2 . 806 of the County Ordinance Code is amended to apply to committees supporting or opposing the qualification of a local ballot measure which is being voted on only in Contra Costa County, to read: 530-2 . 806 Out-of-county committee reports . Committees domiciled outside this county which make independent expenditures or contributions for or against any candidate for county office for or against the qualification of , or passage of any local ballot measure which is being voted upon only in Contra Costa County shall file a report with the county clerk' s elections division, in the time and manner required by Government Code sections 84200 ff . for committees domiciled in this county which either support or oppose a candidate for county office or support or oppose a local ballot measure which is being voted on only in this county. (Ords . 92- 1 § 6 , 91-10 , 84-9 . ) SECTION VII . EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance- becomes effective 30 after passage, and within 15 days after passage shall be published once with the names of supervisors voting for and -3- ORDINANCE NO. 92- 1 against it in the Martinez News Gazette,a newspaper published in this County. PASSED on January 23 , 1992 by the following vote: AYES : Supervisors Powers , Fanden, Schroder, Torlakson, McPeak NOES : None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board and County Administrator Deputy Board Chair J [SEAL] MAN,/j h FB3a:a:\ba11ot.agr -4- ORDINANCE NO. 92- 1