§ 2.190.020. Purpose and declaration of intent.

The purpose of the ordinance codified in this chapter is to reduce the opportunity for corruption of the political process by establishing rules for the conduct of political campaigns for county offices. In recognition that the courts have limited the ability of the government to place mandatory ceilings on either overall campaign expenditures or the expenditure by a candidate of his or her personal funds, it is the intent of the ordinance codified in this chapter to establish voluntary limits on such expenditures. This chapter also establishes mandatory limits on the amount any one person can contribute to a campaign, the level of which varies based upon the extent to which the candidates for a particular office have agreed to be bound by the voluntary expenditure limits. It is not the intent of the ordinance codified in this chapter that it have any impact, or place any limits, on recall election campaigns.

(Ord. 96-0041 § 1 (part), 1996.)