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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 7 of 1991
(Campaign Financing Disclosure)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 2.46.050 and 2.46.080, SALT
LAKE CITY CODE, RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCING DISCLOSURE.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of Salt
Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That Section 2.46.050, Salt Lake City Code,
relating to limitations on contributions to candidates, be, and
the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
2.46.050 Contributions to candidates --Limitations.
A. No person shall make cash contributions during any one
reporting period as set forth in this chapter, to any candidate
or his or her authorized personal campaign committee, or to any
political committee with respect to any election for city office,
which exceeds S50; however, there shall be no limit as to the
amount contributed by a person to a personal campaign committee
or a political committee if that contribution is made in the form
of a personal or certified check or bank draft.
B.
SECTION 2. That Section 2.46.080, Salt Lake City Code,
relating to filing dates for financial statements, be, and the
same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
2.46.080 Financial statements --Filing dates.
A. Each political committee and personal campaign
committee shall file with the city recorder a verified financial
statement containing the information required in this chapter, on
the following dates:
1. On the fifteenth day prior to any election;
2. Not later than thirty days after the date of the
general election; and
3. On the fifteenth day of February of every year unless a
termination report has been filed with the city recorder as
provided by subsection G of this section 2.46.080 or its
successor.
B. Candidates for elective office who are eliminated at a
primary election shall file a signed campaign financial statement
containing the information required by this section not later
than thirty days after the primary election.
C. The statement shall contain all expenditures and
contributions within the reporting period. The closing date for
each statement shall be the date on which the statement must be
filed. Each financial statement shall contain:
1. A summary of contributions, expenditures, loans and
debts reported in previously filed financial statements;
2. A list of each contribution in excess of fifty
dollars received by the committee, the name and address of each
contributor, and the date on which each such contribution was
received;
3. An aggregate total of all contributions of fifty
dollars or less received by the committee;
4. A list of all expenditures made and obligations
incurred but not paid during the reporting period, the name and
address of every recipient to whom disbursement was made, and the
purposes of the expenditure made or obligation incurred.
D. Each statement shall be certified by the secretary or
by the chairperson of the committee certifying to the effect that
all contributions and expenditures not heretofore reported have
been reported and that there are no bills or obligations
outstanding and unpaid except as set forth in the report.
E. In the event the committee had no contributions or
expenditures during the reporting period the statement shall
state that no contributions have been received nor any
expenditures made.
F. Within thirty days after distribution of any surplus
and/or the payment or compromise of all debts, a political
committee or personal campaign committee shall file a financial
statement with the city recorder. The financial statement shall
state the amount of such surplus and the name and address of any
recipient of such surplus, and shall identify any debt which was
paid or compromised and the name and address of any person to
whom any debt was paid or compromised.
G. In the event a political committee or personal campaign
committee has permanently ceased operations, the secretary or
chairperson of the committee shall file a termination report with
the city recorder certifying that the personal or political
committee has permanently ceased operations.
H. The requirements of this chapter shall not be construed
to abrogate the necessity of complying with any other reporting
or disclosure required by law.
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall become
effective upon the date of its first publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this
12th day of February , 1991.
CHAIRPERSON
ATTEST:
C 'T ; ORDER
ransmitted to the Mayor on February 12, 1991
Mayor's action: XX Approved Vetoed.
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Bill No. 7 OF 1991.
Published: February 15, 1991
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