ORDINANCE NO. 09-24
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE AMENDING SECTION 2.10.090
OF THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE REMOVING
PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OF
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CANDIDATE
CONTROLLED COMMITTEES TO CITY
CANDIDATE COMMITTEES AND COMMITTEE
CONTROLLED BY CITY CANDIDATE OR ELECTED
OFFICER MAKING A CONTRIBUTION TO
ANOTHER COMMITTEE SUPPORTING OR
OPPOSING A CITY CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I:
Section 2.10.090 of the Orange Municipal Code, “ Contributions from Committees ,” is hereby amended to read as follows:
2.10.090 – Contributions from Committees.
A. Contributions Transferred from Committees. Contributions from candidate controlled committees to a City Candidate Committee are permitted.
B. Contributions Transferred Between Controlled Committees by the Same City Candidate. If a City Candidate has more than one cont rolled committee, any transfers into the City Candidate's City Candidate Committee shall be governed by the following rules:
1. Transferred contributions shall be deemed contributed during the election cycle in which they are transferred to the receiving City Candidate Committee.
2. Transferred contributions shall be attributed to each contributor on a last in -first out (LIFO) basis and shall be aggregated with any contributions made by such contributor directly to the City Candidate Committee in the same election cycle and shall be subject to the contribution limits of this chapter. Transferred contributions shall be itemized on Schedule A of Form 460 or any successor form, and shall identify the transferor committee for those contributions being transferred.
3. A one -time transfer shall be made at the time the City Candidate forms his/her controlled committee. Subsequent contributions received by the transferor committee 2 on or after the date the City Candidate formed a committee to run for City office may not be transferred to the transferee committee established for that City office.
C. No person or committee shall accept or make any contribution that is conditioned upon all or part of the contribution being transferred to a City Candidate Committee or otherwise violates Government Co de Section 84301. Any contributions received in violation of this subsection shall be paid by the City Candidate to the City's general fund within 60 days of discovery of the violation.
ADOPTED this day of , 2024.
Daniel R. Slater, Mayor, City of Orange
ATTEST:
Pamela Coleman, City Clerk, City of Orange
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF ORANGE )
I, PAMELA COLEMAN, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at the regular meeting of the City Council held on the ___ day of _____________, 2024, and thereafter at the regular meeting of said City Council duly held on the ___ day of ____________, 2024 was duly passed and adopted by the fol lowing vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:
Pamela Coleman, City Clerk, City of Orange