SEC. 1.520. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ETHICS COMMISSION.
§ 1.520
The Ethics Commission must provide registration forms and numbers for campaign consultants, compile and share quarterly financial reports, preserve records for five years as public documents, distribute relevant laws and conduct codes to consultants, provide advice on compliance, and adopt implementing rules under the Charter.
The Ethics Commission creates forms that campaign consultants fill out when they register and report money they handle. The Commission gives each consultant a registration number, makes sure they get copies of the campaign rules and a code of conduct, and keeps all their reports on file for five years so the public can look at them. The Commission also puts together quarterly summaries of what consultants reported and sends them to the Board of Supervisors and Mayor. Finally, the Commission can give advice to people who need help understanding the rules and can make its own regulations to carry out these responsibilities.
- Could be simpler:Subsection (f) references an external Charter provision by number only; adding a parenthetical note describing the general subject (e.g., 'advisory opinions') would help non-lawyers understand the Commission's advisory role without cross-referencing another document.
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Official text
(a) The Ethics Commission shall provide forms for the reporting of all information required by this Chapter.
(b) The Ethics Commission shall issue a registration number to each registered campaign consultant.
(c) At the time of initial registration and reregistration, the Ethics Commission shall provide the campaign consultant with a copy of the City's campaign and lobbyist laws, the Code of Conduct specified in Section 1.530, and any related material which the Commission determines will serve the purposes of this Chapter. Each campaign consultant must sign a statement acknowledging receipt of these materials.
(d) The Ethics Commission shall compile the information provided in registration and quarterly reports filed pursuant to this Chapter as soon as practicable after the close of each quarter and shall forward a report of the compiled information to the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor.
(e) The Ethics Commission shall preserve all original reports, statements, and other records required to be kept or filed under this Chapter for a period of five years. Such reports, statements, and records shall constitute a part of the public records of the Ethics Commission and shall be open to public inspection.
(f) The Commission shall provide formal and informal advice regarding the duties under this Chapter of a person or entity pursuant to the procedures specified in San Francisco; Charter Section C3.699-12.
(g) The Ethics Commission shall have the power to adopt all reasonable and necessary rules and regulations for the implementation of this Chapter pursuant to the procedure specified in Charter Section 15.102.*
(Added by Ord. 71-00, File No. 000358, App. 4/28/2000) (Derivation: Former Administrative Code Section 16.544; added by Proposition G, 11/4/97)
Editor's note
*The Ethics Commission's authority to adopt rules and regulations was previously codified as Charter Section 3.699-9. Under Proposition E, adopted by the San Francisco voters on November 7, 1995, Charter Section 3.699-9 was recodified as Charter Section 15.102. Accordingly, references to Section 3.699-9 have been changed to Section 15.102.