§ 2.190.050. Voluntary expenditure limit.

A.

For each primary and for each general election for each county office, there shall be a voluntary expenditure limit on total campaign expenditures by each candidate. At least 60 days prior to the close of candidate filing for each primary election, the registrar-recorder shall calculate and make available to all interested persons the amount of the voluntary expenditure limit for each county office which will be on the primary election ballot. The amount so calculated shall be the amount of the voluntary expenditure limit for each candidate in the primary election. If there is a need for a general election, there shall be a separate voluntary expenditure limit for that election, but the dollar amount of the voluntary expenditure limit for the general election shall be the same as that applicable to the primary election. The amount of the voluntary expenditure limit which shall be applicable separately to each primary and each general election shall be calculated as follows:

1.

For each county-wide office the voluntary expenditure limit shall be $.25 per resident of the county as shown in the most recent federal decennial census.

2.

For supervisor the voluntary expenditure limit shall be $.75 per resident of the applicable supervisorial district as shown in the most recent federal decennial census.

B.

No later than the close of filing for a primary election, and no later than thirty days after the primary election for a general election, each candidate shall file with the registrar-recorder a declaration signed under penalty of perjury stating whether the candidate agrees to be bound by the voluntary expenditure limit for the applicable primary or general election campaign of that candidate.

C.

If a candidate agrees to be bound by the voluntary expenditure limit for a primary or for a general election campaign, the total expenditures by that candidate and his or her controlled committee for the applicable primary or general election campaign shall not exceed the voluntary expenditure limit.

(Ord. 2001-0094 § 2, 2001: Ord. 96-0041 § 1 (part), 1996.)