Attachment 1
Proposed Amendments to Sections of the Chula Vista Municipal Code Chapter 2.52
2.52.040 Campaign contribution limits.
A. No person, other than a candidate, shall make a contribution in excess of $ 410440.00 to a candidate for a single election contest. No candidate shall solicit or accept a contribution in excess of $410440.00 from a person for a single election contest. A candidate may receive up to $ 410440.00 from a person in each of the general and special elections. The contribution limit in this sub section shall be adjusted biannually pursuant to subsection (D) of this section.
B. No political party committee, as that term is defined in California Government Code Section 85205, shall make a contribution in excess of $1,4101,530 to a candidate for a single election contest.
No candidate shall solicit or accept a contribution in excess of $1,4101,530 from a political party committee for a single election contest. A candidate may receive up to $1,4101,530 from a political party committee in each of the general and special elections. The contribution limit in this subsection shall be adjusted biannually pursuant to subsection (D) of this section.
[Subsections 2.52.040 C through I remain unchanged]
2.52.050 Loans.
[Subsection 2.52.050 A remains unchanged]
B. A loan or extension of credit shall be considered a contribution from the maker of the loan or extender of credit and shall be subject to the contribution limit of $ 410440.00 per person, pursuant to CVMC 2.52.040. The $ 410440.00 contribution limit does not apply to loans made to a candidate for the purpose of a campaign by himself or herself or by a commercial lending institution in the lender’s regular course of business on terms available to members of the general public for which the candidate is personally liable. (Ord. 3499 § 1, 2021; Ord. 3452 § 1, 2019; Ord. 3399 § 1, 2017; Ord. 3340 § 1, 2015; Ord. 3179 § 1, 2011; Ord. 3086 § 1, 2007).
2.52.100 Written solicitations by candidates.
Any candidate making a written solicitation for a contribution for his or her campaign for City elective office shall include the following written notice in no less than six -point type on each such solicitation:
NOTICE
The City of Chula Vista Municipal Code limits contributions to campaigns for City e lective office to four hundred ten forty dollars per person.*
*The dollar amount to be included in this notice shall be amended biannually to reflect any CPI adjustment to the contribution limit made pursuant to CVMC 2.52.040(D).