Ordinance No. XXXX
ORDINANCE NO. XXXX
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCKLIN ADDING CHAPTER 2.68 TO THE ROCKLIN MUNICIPAL CODE
ESTABLISHING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 2.68 - CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION REGULATIONS
The City Council of the City of Rocklin does ordain as follows:
Section 1. Purpose and Intent.
A. It is the purpose and intent of this Ordinance to adopt rules and regulations consistent with the State Legislature’s adoption in 2019 of Assembly Bill 571 (“AB 571”) to allow campaign contribution transfers and carryovers, and for redesignations of controlled committees and campaign bank accounts, subject to the rules set forth herein.
B. The terms used in this Ordinance shall have the same definitions as specified in the Political Reform Act of 1974 (the "Act"), as amended from time to time, and Regulations of the Fair Political Practices Commission (the "FPPC Regulations"), as amended from time to time.
Section 2. Default State Campaign Contribution Limits Apply. Consistent with Government Code section 85301(d), and the City’s authority under Government Code section 85702.5(a), the City’s local campaign contribution limits shall be the default limits under the Act and FPPC Regulations, as amended from time to time.
Section 3. Transfers of Non-Surplus Campaign Funds. A candidate for elective city office may transfer non-surplus campaign funds, within the meaning of Government Code section 89519, from one controlled committee to another committee controlled by the same candidate for the same or a different state, county, or city elective office. Contributions transferred shall be attributed to specific contributors using a “last in, first out” or “first in, first out” accounting method, and these attributed contributions when aggregated with all other contributions from the same contributor shall be subject to the same default limitations on contributions of any contributor to any candidate or controlled committee as established in the Act and FPPC Regulations, as amended from time to time.
Section 4. Carryover of Non-Surplus Campaign Contributions. A candidate for elective city office may carry over non-surplus campaign contributions, within the meaning of Government Code section 89519, raised in connection with one election for elective city office to pay for campaign expenditures incurred in connection with a subsequent election for the same elective city office if the carry over contribution complies with Title 2, California Code of Regulations, Section 18537.1.
Section 5. Redesignation of Controlled Committees and Campaign Bank Accounts. A controlled committee and campaign bank account established for a local elective office may be redesignated as a campaign bank account for a future election if:
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1) The future election is for the same elective office; 2) The funds in the campaign bank account/committee are not considered “surplus campaign funds” as defined in Government Code section 89519; 3) The candidate amends the Statement of Organization for the committee to reflect the redesignation for the future election;
4) The candidate files a new statement, signed under penalty of perjury, of intention to be a candidate for the specific future election; and
5) Redesignation of committees/bank accounts is not otherwise prohibited by law.
Section 6. Consistency with State Regulations. It is the intent of this Chapter that transfers and carryovers of a candidate’s campaign funds, and redesignations of controlled committees and the establishment of campaign bank accounts be consistent with the provisions of law set forth in Government Code sections 85301, 85306, and 85317, and Title 2, Sections 18521, 18536 and 18537.1 of the California Code of Regulations.
Section 7. Applicability of Other Laws.Nothing in this article shall exempt any person from, or excuse such person’s noncompliance with, applicable provisions of any other laws of the state or any other jurisdiction. The default campaign contribution limits adopted herein shall not be construed to render any provision of law inapplicable or inoperable, including but not limited to Government Code sections 85305, 85307, 85315, 85316, and 85318, which shall expressly remain operative to the extent applicable to candidates for elective city office.
Section 8. Severability. If any sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance or any part hereof or exhibit hereto is for any reason held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or any part thereof or exhibit thereto. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that anyone or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraph, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid.
Section 9. Publication. Within fifteen (15) days of the passage of this ordinance, the City Clerk shall cause the full text of the ordinance, with the names of those City Council members voting for and against the ordinance, to be published in the Placer Herald. In lieu of publishing the full text of the ordinance, the City Clerk, if so directed by the City Attorney and within fifteen (15) days, shall cause a summary of the ordinance, prepared by the City Attorney and with the names of the City Council members voting for and against the ordinance, to be published in the Placer Herald, and shall post in the office of the City Clerk a certified copy of the full text of the ordinance, along with the names of those City Council members voting for and against the ordinance. The publication of a summary of the ordinance in lieu of the full text of the ordinance is authorized only where the requirements of Government Code section 36933(c)(1) are met.
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Section 10. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty days after its adoption.
INTRODUCED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rocklin held on February 25, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
NOES: Councilmembers:
ABSENT: Councilmembers
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rocklin held on __________, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
NOES: Councilmembers:
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers:
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Jill Gayaldo, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Avinta Singh, City Clerk
First Reading: 02.25.2025
Second Reading:
Effective Date:
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