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§ 2.06.030 Campaign contributions—Limitations.
A. No person shall make a contribution to any candidate or the controlled committee of such a candidate, and no candidate or the candidate's controlled committee shall accept from each such person a contribution or contributions totaling more than eight hundred dollars for any election period.
B. No person shall make a contribution to any committee which makes independent expenditures to support or oppose any candidate, and no such committee shall accept from any person a contribution totaling more than eight hundred dollars during an election period.
CB. The candidate's own money or property used in the furtherance of the candidate's campaign shall not be subject to the contribution limits of this chapter. § 2.06.040 Aggregation of contributions.
For the purpose of the contribution limitations in Section 2.06.030, contributions from persons shall be aggregated as follows:
A. If the same person or a majority of the same persons in fact directs and controls the decisions of two or more entities to make contributions to support or oppose a candidate or candidates for elective office, those affiliated entities shall be considered one person.
B. Business entities in a parent-subsidiary relationship and business entities with the same controlling (more than fifty percent) owner shall be considered one person, unless the business entities act completely independently in their decisions to make contributions to support or oppose candidates for elective office.
C. No committee which supports or opposes a candidate shall have as officers individuals who serve as officers on any other committee which supports or opposes the same candidate. No such committee shall act in concert with, or solicit or make contributions on behalf of, any other committee.
DC. Nothing in this section shall be construed as to limit the right of individuals in joint tenancy of a savings or checking account from each making a contribution to a campaign in accordance with the limitations of this chapter. § 2.06.050 Loans and unpaid debts to vendors.
A. Every loan to a candidate or committee shall be by written agreement and shall be filed with the candidate's or committee's campaign statement on which the loan is first reported.
B. Loans shall not be subject to the contribution limitations of this chapter except in special elections, where loans are considered to be contributions and subject to the limits established in Section 2.06.030.
C. Except in special elections, fFailure to repay a loan within one year of the election date shall cause the loan to be considered a contribution and to the extent such contribution exceeds the contribution limitation established in Section 2.06.030 it shall be a violation of this chapter and subject to the enforcement provisions of Sections 2.06.100 or 2.06.110, et seq.
D. Debts owed by a candidate or committee to a vendor for goods or services rendered shall be considered campaign contributions for the purposes of this chapter if such debts are not repaid within one year following the election, unless the vendor has made a good faith effort to collect. A good faith effort shall consist of contracting with a collection agency for action, or the filing of a legal action to collect. To the extent such contribution exceeds the contribution limitation established in Section 2.06.030 it shall be a violation of this chapter, and subject to the enforcement provisions of Sections 2.06.090, 2.06.100, and 2.06.110, et seq.