Marin County Municipal Code Ch. 2.03 Voluntary Campaign Expenditures for Candidates Running for County Offices

The ordinance codified in this chapter is adopted pursuant to Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution, and Sections 85400 of the California Government Code to implement the Political Reform Act of 1996 by adding Chapter 2.03 to Title 2 of the Marin County Code.

(Ord. 3253 § 1 (part), 1997)

It is the intent of the Marin County board of supervisors to adopt a voluntary campaign expenditure limit for candidates running for offices in the county of Marin which will be in accord with California Government Code Section 85400(c).

(Ord. 3253 § 1 (part), 1997)

Marin County adopts the following voluntary expenditure limits for each election for candidates for Marin County offices as follows:

A. For the office of supervisor on the board of supervisors, the voluntary campaign expenditures ceiling shall be ninety cents per resident in each supervisorial district.

B. For candidates for any county office, including judicial offices, other than for the office of supervisor on the board of supervisors, the voluntary campaign expenditures ceiling shall be forty cents per resident of the county of Marin.

C. Residential population shall be determined by the most recent population figures made available to the county from the state of California, Department of Finance. The population for each supervisorial district shall be deemed to be one-fifth of the population of the entire county of Marin.

D. The expenditure limits contained herein shall be adjusted in January of every even numbered year, beginning in the year 2000, to reflect any increase or decrease in the California Consumer Price Index for the preceding two years rounded to the nearest one thousand dollars for the limitations on expenditures (calculated by multiplying the adjusted expenditure ceiling by the number of residents in the electoral district).

(Ord. 3253 § 1 (part), 1997)

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter is for any reason held to be unconstitutional and invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this chapter. The board of supervisors declares that it would have passed this chapter, and every section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid.

(Ord. 3253 § 1 (part), 1997)

This chapter shall automatically be repealed in the event a California Court of Appeal or the California Supreme Court rules that the provisions of the Political Reform Act of 1996 regarding a local jurisdiction's ability to adopt voluntary expenditure ceilings, including but not limited to California Government Code Sections 85400(c) and 85706, are invalid.

(Ord. 3253 § 1 (part), 1997)