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• ORDINANCE NO. 77-2867 • 7
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCES NO. 75-2783 and
77-2826, THE IOWA CITY MUNICIPAL ELECTION CAM-
PAIGN FINANCE ORDINANCE BY REQUIRING DISCLOSURE
OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO AND EXPENDITURES BY A POLI-
TICAL COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING
OR OPPOSING A BALLOT ISSUE AND BY IMPOSING LIMI-
TATIONS ON THE AMOUNT AN INDIVIDUAL OR COMMITTEE
CONTRIBUTES TO A POLITICAL COMMITTEE FOR THE
PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING A BALLOT
ISSUE.
BE IT ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF 1014A CITY, IOWA:
Section 1. Purpose, The purpose of this ordinance
;s to amend the Iowa City Municipal Election Cam-
paign Finance Ordinance by extending the requirements
for disclosure of contributions and expenditures to
ballot issues and to impose limitations on the
amount an individual or committee may contribute to
a political committee for the purpose of supporting
or opposing a ballot issue.
Section 2. Amendment. A. That Section I of the
Iowa City Municipal Election Campaign Finance Ordi-
nance be amended by substituting the following lan-
guage:
Section I. Purpose. The purpose of this ordi-
nance is to promote the general welfare of the
citizens of Iowa City, Iowa, by requiring public
disclosure of contributions received by candi-
dates and political committees, the names and
addresses of contributors to such candidates or
political committees, and the purpose and amounts
of expenditures in political campaigns for candi-
dates and ballot issues in municipal elections;
and providing penalties for violation of this
ordinance.
B. That Section III, Definitions, is amended by sub-
stituting the following language:
Section III. Definitions.
c Contribution means:
1. A gift, loan, advance, deposit, rebate,
refund, or transfer of money or a gift in kind.
2. The payment, by any person other than
a candidate or political committee, of compen-
sation for the personal services of another
person which are rendered to a candidate or
political committee for any such purpose.
"Contribution" shall not include a person's
time donated to promote a candidate's nomination
for election or to support or oppose a ballot
issue. "Contribution" shall not include refresh-
ments served at a campaign function so long as
such refreshments do not exceed fifty dollars in
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valuer transportation provided to acandidate
so long as its value computed at a rate of ten
cents per mile does not exceed fifty dollars in
value,
(e) "Political committee" means a committee,
but not a candidate's committee, which shall
consist of persons organized for the purpose
of accepting contributions, making expendi-
tures, or incurring indebtedness in the aggre-
gate of more than one hundred dollars in any
one calendar year for the purpose of support-
ing or opposing a candidate for public office
or ballot issue.
C. That Section IV, Reporting, is amended by sub-
stituting the following language:
Sect ,
a comots
required to make disclosure
reports under Chapter 56, Code of Iowa (1977),
as amended, with regard to elections to fill
a municipal public office or a municipal ballot
issue, shall file with the City Clerk a copy
of all disclosure reports required to be filed
by the said Chapter 56, Code of Iowa (1977),
as amended. The time deadlines and other
requirements of Chapter 56, Code of Iowa (1977),
as amended, shall apply to all disclosure re-
ports required to be filed by this section.
(b) All committees required by subsection (a)
of this section to file reports with the City
Clerk shall, in addition to those reports,
file with the City Clerk a detailed and exact
account of the name and address of every per-
son making contributions of ten dollars ($10.00)
or more, and the date, amount and kind of the
contribution. Committees supporting or oppos-
ing candidates for municipal public office or
municipal ballot issues shall file reports five
days prior to any election in which the name of
the candidate or ballot issue which they
support or oppose appears on the printed ballot
and thirty days following the final election
in a calendar year in which the candidate's
name or ballot issue appears on the ballot. A
committee supporting or opposing a ballot issue
shall continue to file disclosure statements
every thirty days until it dissolves. These
reports shall be current to five days prior to
the filing deadline.
(c) Each candidate shall submit a list of all
committees recognized by the candidate as work-
ing in his or her behalf. This list shall be
submitted at least five days prior to any elec-
tion for which the candidate's name appears on
the printed ballot. The candidate shall notify
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th9i,ty Clerk of any changes in theist with-
in seventy-two hours of the effective date of
the change,
(d) The requirements of this ordinance shall
apply to nonprofit organization or corpora-
tion which solicits, uses or accepts contri-
butions and any part thereof to support or
oppose a ballot issue.
D. That Section V, Limitations on Campaign Contri-
butions by Persons, is amended by substituting the
following language:
Section V. Limitations on Campaign Contributions
y ersons.
With regard to elections to fill a municipal
public office or for a ballot issue.
No person shall make, and no candidate or
committee shall solicit or accept, any con-
tribution which will cause the total amount
contributed by any such contributor with re-
spect to a single election in support of or
opposition to such candidate or ballot issue
including contributions to political com-
mittees supporting or opposing such candidate
or ballot issue to exceed fifty dollars
($50,00).
E. That Section VI, Committees Supporting Two or
More Candidates, is amended by substituting the
following language:
Section VI. CommitteesSuppqrtinq Two or More
Candidates or Ballot Issues.
Contributions made to a committee and expen-
ditures made by a committee which supports
the election to municipal public office of
two or more candidates or which supports or
opposes ballot issues shall be prorated
equally among said candidates and issues.
Section 3. Repealer. All ordinances and parts of
or finances in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 4. erability. If any section, provision
or paro theSevOrdinance shall be adjudged to be
invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall
not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole
or any section, provision or part thereof not ad-
judged invalid or unconstitutional,
Section 5. Effective Date, This Ordinance shall be
in effect after its final passage, approval and pub-
lication as required by law,
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Passed9d adopted this 25th day of Oct, 1977.
N ULx . C. ' AdlUaL.Ue,
MARY C. N HAUSER, MAYOR
ATTEST:, C - �
AB STOLFUS, CITY/CLERK
It was moved by Perret and seconded
by deProsse that thedi
Ornance be
adopted, and upon roll call there were:
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
x Balmer
x deProsse
x Foster
x Neuhauser
T— Perret
_ x Selzer
x Vevera
lst consideration 10/11/77
Vote for passage: yes: deProsse, Foster, Neuhauser, Perret.
Nays: Selzer, Balmer. Absent: Vevera.
2nd consideration
Vote for passage:
Date of Publication
10/18/77
Ayes: Neuhauser, Perret, deProsse, Foster
Nays: Selzer, Vevera, Bahner
RECE-1110 k A; P`r.0'i ED
BY THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT