Capitola Municipal Code Ch. 1.40 Limitations on Campaign Contributions

Words and phrases used herein shall have the same meaning as defined in the Political Reform Act of 1974, as amended, Title 9, California Government Code (Sections 81000 et seq.) as it now exists or may hereafter be amended. (Ord. 948 § 1, 2010)

A. Commencing with the November 2010 Capitola general municipal election, no person shall make a contribution to any candidate for city elective office or to any such candidate’s committee, nor shall any candidate for city elective office or his or her committee accept, any contribution in aid of the election of a candidate to a city elective office which will cause the total given by such person with respect to that candidate’s election campaign to exceed the sum of two hundred dollars. This section shall not apply to amounts given by a candidate to his or her own campaign.

B. No person shall make to any independent committee that expressly advocates support of or opposition to any candidate or candidates for city elective office, nor shall any independent committee that expressly advocates support of or opposition to any candidate or candidates for city elective office accept, any contribution in connection with said candidate or candidates’ election campaign(s) in excess of the sum of two hundred dollars.

C. Individual contributions by two spouses shall be treated as separate contributions and shall not be aggregated. Contributions by children under eighteen years of age shall be treated as contributions attributed equally to each parent or guardian. (Ord. 948 § 1, 2010)