SEC. 1.120. CONTRIBUTION LIMITS - POST-ELECTION LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
§ 1.120
During post-election recounts, contests, or legal proceedings, contributors are limited to an additional $100 per candidate beyond normal contribution limits, but lawyers providing in-kind legal services to candidates or committees are exempt from contribution limits. Treasurers must refund contributions that exceed these limits to the city.
When there's a recount or legal challenge after an election, people can give candidates up to an extra $100 on top of the normal contribution limits. However, lawyers who help candidates or groups supporting/opposing candidates by providing legal work don't have to count that help toward contribution limits—they can help as much as they want. If someone gives more money than allowed, the campaign treasurer has to send the extra money to the city.
- Controversial:Contribution limits during elections are a subject of ongoing public debate about campaign finance, money in politics, and fair access to the electoral process.
- Could be simpler:The phrase 'in addition to the contribution limit contained in Sections 1.114' could be clearer by stating the actual dollar amount of the normal limit or explicitly defining what section 1.114 contains.
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Official text
SEC. 1.120. CONTRIBUTION LIMITS – POST-ELECTION LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
All provisions of this Chapter, unless specified otherwise herein, shall be applicable in any post-election recounts, election contests or other proceedings held pursuant to law. In addition, the following provisions shall be applicable in any such post-election legal proceedings:
(a) No person other than a candidate shall make, and no candidate shall solicit or accept, any contribution which will cause the total amount contributed by such person in post-election legal proceedings to any candidate to exceed, in addition to the contribution limit contained in Sections 1.114, $100.00.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter to the contrary, for the purposes of conducting post-election recounts, election contests or other proceedings held pursuant to law, the delivery of in-kind legal services by lawyers in support of or in opposition to candidates, including in-kind contributions to committees supporting or opposing candidates, shall not be subject to any contribution limitations set forth in this Chapter.
(c) If any person violates this Section, each campaign treasurer who received part or all of the contribution or contributions which constitute the violation shall pay promptly the amount received from such person in excess of the amount permitted by this Section to the City and County Treasurer for deposit in the General Fund of the City and County.
(Added by Ord. 71-00, File No. 000358, App. 4/28/2000; amended by Proposition O, 11/7/2000; Ord. 3-06, File No. 051439, App. 1/20/2006)