HomeMy WebLinkAbout2530-18 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 2018/02/05ORDINANCE NO. 2530-18
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ST. LOUIS PARK
HOME RULE CHARTER SECTION 12.04
REGARDING CAMPAIGN FINANCE CONTRIBUTIONS
PREAMBLE
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 410.12, Subd. 7 the Charter Commission has
recommended to the City Council that the Charter be amended as provided herein; and
WHEREAS, Minn. Stat. § 410.12, Subd. 7 provides that upon recommendation of the Charter
Commission the City Council may enact a Charter Amendment by ordinance.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION 1. The St. Louis Park Home Rule Charter Section 12.04 is hereby amended by
deleting stricken language and adding underscored language:
Section 12.04. Contributions.
(1) A candidate or personal campaign committee may not accept aggregate contributions made
by an individual or committee in excess of two hundred sift. dellafs ($250.00) in any ye
the contribution limits provided for in Minnesota Statutes Section 211A.12.
(2) Every person who receives a contribution or loan for a personal campaign committee shall,
on demand of the treasurer, and in any event, within fourteen (14) days after receipt of the
contribution or loan, furnish the treasurer with the name and, if known, address of the
contributor or lender, the amount contributed or loaned and the date of receipt.
(3) No anonymous contributions in excess of twenty dollars ($20.00) or any anonymous
contributions aggregating in excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00) in any calendar year
shall be retained by the personal campaign committee, but shall be forwarded to the City
Clerk and deposited to the general fund of the City. This subdivision shall not apply to
anonymous contributions aggregating in excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00) arising
from fund raising sales, where in consideration of a contribution or contributions, a person
receives any tangible goods whose value has a reasonable relationship to the contribution.
(4) All contributions of fifty dollars ($50.00) or more shall be made by check, bank draft or
money order.
(5) All monetary contributions received by or on behalf of any candidate or personal campaign
committee shall be deposited within fourteen (14) days after receipt in an account
designated "campaign fund of (name of personal campaign committee)."
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall take effect ninety days after its publication.
Date of Publication Notice of Public Hearing
December 28, 2017
Public Hearing and First Reading
January 16, 2018
Second Reading
February 5, 2018
Date of Publication of adopted Ordinance
February 15, 2018
Date Ordinance takes effect
May 16, 2018
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City Manager
Attest:
by the City Council February 5, 2018
as to Form and Execution:
Soren Mattick, City Attori eye