Mammoth Lakes Municipal Code Ch. 2.06 Campaign Disclosure and Economic Interest Statements

(a) Any elected officer, candidate, commission, committee, or other person required to file statements, reports, or other documents required by the Political Reform Act, Government Code § 84100 et seq. (Chapter 4) shall file those statements, reports, or other documents online or electronically with the Town Clerk, unless exempt from the requirement to file online pursuant to Government Code § 84615(a) because the officer, candidate, or committee receives less than $2,000.00 in contributions and makes less than $2,000.00 in expenditures in a calendar year. All other individuals required to file statements of economic interest according to the Town's adopted conflict of interest code must file electronically using an online system specified by the Town Clerk.

(b) Any person holding a position listed in Government Code § 87200 or designated in the Town's local conflict of interest code adopted pursuant to Government Code § 87300, shall file any required statement of economic interest reports (Form 700) online or electronically with the Town Clerk. Any elected officer, candidate, or committee who has electronically filed a statement using the online system specified by the Town Clerk is not required to file a copy of that document in paper format with the Town Clerk, except that if the online system is not capable of accepting a statement due to technical difficulties, an elected officer, candidate, or committee shall file that statement in paper format with the Town Clerk.

(c) In any instance in which an original statement, report or other document must be filed with the Secretary of State and a copy of that statement, report or other document is required to be filed with the Town Clerk, the filer may, but is not required to, file the copy electronically.

(d) The online filing system shall ensure the integrity of the data transmitted and shall include safeguards against efforts to tamper with, manipulate, alter, or subvert the data.

(e) The online filing system shall only accept a filing in the standardized record format that is developed by the Secretary of State pursuant to Government Code § 84602(a)(2) and that is compatible with the Secretary of State's system for receiving an online or electronic filing.

(f) The online filing system shall include a procedure for filers to comply with the requirement that they sign statements and reports under penalty of perjury pursuant to Government Code § 81004.

(g) The Town Clerk shall issue an electronic confirmation that notifies the filer that the statement was received. The notification shall include the date and the time that the statement was received and the method by which the filer may view and print the data received by the Town Clerk. The date of filing for a statement filed online shall be the day that it is received by the Town Clerk.

(h) The online filing system shall enable electronic filers to complete and submit filings free of charge.

(Ord. No. 23-02, § 3(2.80.010), 3-15-2023)

(a) The system specified by the Town Clerk shall make all the data filed available on the Town's webpage in an easily understood format that provides the greatest public access. The data shall be made available free of charge and as soon as possible after receipt. The data made available on the Town's webpage shall not contain the street name and building number of the persons or entity representatives listed on the electronically filed forms or any bank account number required to be disclosed by the filer. The Town Clerk's office shall make a complete, unredacted copy of the statement, including any street names, building numbers, and bank account numbers disclosed by the filer, available to any person upon request.

(b) The Town Clerk's office shall maintain, for a period of at least ten years commencing from the date filed, a secured, official version of each online or electronic statement which shall serve as the official version of that record for the purpose of audits and any other legal purpose.

(Ord. No. 23-02, § 3(2.80.020), 3-15-2023)