Sec. 2-304. - Outstanding debt retirement and reporting.

(a)

Any elective county officer or indebted former candidate, or any controlled committee of any such officer or candidate, accepting any contribution(s) for the purpose of retiring outstanding debt from a prior county election and required by state law to report such contributions on appropriate schedules and forms provided by the Fair Political Practices Commission, shall, at the time required for the reporting of such contributions on the appropriate schedules and in addition to any other reporting requirements under state law, clearly designate on said schedules which contributions were received for the purpose of retiring outstanding debt and for which prior county election such contributions were received.

(b)

Any contribution accepted for the purpose of retiring outstanding debt from a prior county election shall be expended to reduce or retire said outstanding debt no later than thirty (30) days of receipt or the end of the reporting period in which such contribution was accepted, whichever is later. The application of any contribution to retire outstanding debt from a prior county election (i.e., repayment of outstanding loans and payment of accrued expenses) shall be itemized and identified on the appropriate schedules and forms provided by the Fair Political Practices Commission.

(c)

No elective county officer or indebted former candidate, or any controlled committee of any such officer or candidate, shall use any contributions received for the purpose of retiring outstanding debt from a prior county election for any purpose other than for the retirement of outstanding debt remaining from the prior county election for which such contribution was received.

(Ord. No. 6389, § I, 8-30-2022)