§ 2-8-16. Aggregation of contributions.

(a)

All contributions made by a sponsored committee to a city candidate or to a city council member (or to a committee controlled by such a candidate or council member) shall be combined with those contributions made by the sponsor or sponsors of the committee, and the combined amount shall not exceed $1,000.00 for any city election.

(b)

Two or more entities shall be treated as one person when any of the following circumstances apply:

(1)

The entities share the majority of members of their boards of directors.

(2)

The entities share two or more officers.

(3)

The entities are owned or controlled by the same majority shareholder or shareholders.

(4)

The entities are in a parent-subsidiary relationship.

(c)

An individual and any general or limited partnership in which the individual has a ten percent or more share, or an individual and any corporation in which the individual owns a controlling interest (50 percent or more), shall be treated as one person.

(d)

No committee which supports or opposes a candidate for city office shall have as a majority of its officers individuals who serve as the majority of officers on any other committee which supports or opposes the same candidate. No such committee shall act in concert with, or solicit or make contributions on behalf of, any other committee. This subdivision shall not apply to treasurers of committees if these treasurers do not participate in or control in any way a decision on whether the candidate or candidates receive contributions.

(e)

Contributions by a husband and wife shall be treated as separate contributions and shall not be aggregated.

(f)

Contributions by children under 18 years of age shall be treated as contributions by their parents and attributed proportionally to each parent (one-half to each parent or the total to a single custodial parent).

(Ord. No. 94-71, § 1, 2-15-94; Ord. No. 2003-130, § 1, 6-3-03)