§ 2.190.110. Attorney's fees fund.

A.

Any person who holds county office or who is or was a candidate for county office may maintain a fund, separate from campaign funds and any officeholder account, to pay attorney's fees to defend actions related to holding county office or running for county office, or for the purpose of obtaining advice regarding the administration of this or other campaign laws. There shall be no expenditure limit on any such fund, but no person maintaining such a fund may accept as a contribution to such fund more than $1,500.00 per calendar year from any person. Unspent campaign funds related to an election to county office which were accumulated prior to November 5, 1996, may be transferred by the candidate to his or her attorney's fees fund, and any such transfer will not count toward the contribution limits in this section.

B.

Any person who holds county office or who is or was a candidate for county office who chooses to maintain an attorney' s fees fund shall report contributions to, expenditures from, and other activities of that fund in accordance with the requirements for the filing of campaign statements as set forth in Government Code Section 84200 et seq., as it is currently written or as it may be amended.

(Ord. 2011-0040 § 5, 2011: Ord. 2001-0094 § 6, 2001: Ord. 96-0041 § 1 (part), 1996.)