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Title 12 — ETHICS AND OPEN GOVERNMENT PROVISIONS

Part 6 — SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

San Jose Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-29 · San Jose

12.06.600 - Special municipal elections.

A.

Except as otherwise provided by this Part 6, the provisions of Chapter 12.06 shall apply to special municipal elections. This Part 6 of Chapter 12.06 shall only apply to special municipal elections which do

not exceed a six-month period from the call of the special municipal election to the date of a special municipal run-off election if any.

B.

The prohibition on transfers of any city campaign funds to any other person's city campaign fund in Section 12.06.410 shall apply to any special municipal election.

C.

The prohibition on transfers of any city campaign funds to any other candidate's noncity campaign fund in Section 12.06.410 shall apply to any special municipal election.

D.

The disclosure requirements for transfers of city campaign funds to a candidate's own city and noncity campaign in Section 12.06.420 shall apply to any special municipal election.

(Ords. 26239, 26440, 28212, 29642, 30768.)

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12.06.610 - Campaign contribution collection periods.

A.

The campaign contribution collection period for a special municipal election and a special municipal run-off election shall:

Begin on the date that the special municipal election is set by the city council and begin the day after the special municipal election for any run-off election.

End at 11:59 p.m. on the day before the election and any run-off election.

B.

The Debt Retirement Contribution period for the special municipal election and for any run-off election shall:

Begin on the date of the special municipal election and the date of the special municipal run-off election, if a run-off is required.

End at 11:59 p.m. on the sixtieth day from the date of the special municipal election and the date of the special municipal run-off election, if a run-off is required.

C.

The Election Contest or Recount contribution period for the special municipal election and for any run-off election shall:

Begin on the date of the special municipal election and the date of the special municipal run-off election, if a run-off is required.

End at 11:59 p.m. on the one hundred eightieth day from the date of the special municipal election and the date of the special municipal run-off election, if a run-off is required.

(Ords. 26239, 26440, 28213, 28985, 29642, 29793, 30768.)

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12.06.620 - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. 29642, § 4, adopted Nov. 17, 2015, repealed § 12.06.620, which pertained to voluntary campaign expenditure limits program - special election, and derived from Ords. 26239 and 26440.

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