§ 2-2-26. FILING OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORT DATA.

(A)

A candidate, officeholder, or political committee required by the City Code or state law to file a campaign finance report with the city clerk shall, in addition to the required report, also provide to the city clerk a structured data file containing the contents of the campaign finance report. The data file must comply with specifications and be on media determined by the city clerk. The data file must be provided to the city clerk no later than the date that the associated campaign finance report must be filed.

(B)

The city manager, in consultation with the city clerk, shall maintain for the use of the city clerk a Web site that allows public access to a searchable and downloadable database capable of executing queries.

(C)

The city clerk must upload a data file into the database exactly as the file is received, except that the city clerk may not upload a data file that does not comply with the city clerk's technical specifications. A filer who provides a non-compliant data file to the city clerk shall resubmit the data in the required format. A data file that must be resubmitted is timely filed if resubmitted no later than the next business day after the date that the city clerk notifies the filer that the data file is non-compliant.

(D)

The city clerk shall upload the data related to a campaign finance report to the database available from the City's Web site on the first business day after the date that the city clerk accepts the data file. The city clerk shall post a campaign finance report to the City's Web site on the first business day after the date that the city clerk receives the report.

(E)

This ordinance is cumulative of, and does not supersede, another requirement of law regarding the deadline, filing, form, signing, or acknowledgement of a campaign finance report. A person who must file a report under this chapter shall file the report with the city clerk.

(F)

A data file has the same records retention period as the associated campaign finance report.

(G)

The requirement under this section to provide to the city clerk a structured data file containing the contents of each campaign finance report does not apply to a candidate or officeholder running for re-election if:

(1)

the due date for the campaign finance report falls within the campaign period;

(2)

the candidate or officeholder running for re-election has not raised and does not intend to raise more than $10,000 in contributions during the campaign period; and

(3)

the candidate or officeholder running for re-election files a signed statement with the city clerk stating that the candidate or officeholder running for re-election has not raised and does not intend to raise more than $10,000 in contributions during a campaign period.

(H)

If contributions to a candidate or officeholder running for re-election who has signed an exemption statement under this subsection exceed $10,000, the candidate or officeholder running for re-election shall provide to the city clerk:

(1)

a data file for each subsequent campaign finance report that the candidate or officeholder is required to file; and

(2)

a data file for each prior campaign finance report that was due during the campaign period before the contributions to the candidate or officeholder exceeded $10,000, to be provided to the city clerk no later than the next campaign finance report filing deadline after the contributions to the candidate or officeholder exceed $10,000.

(I)

An exemption under this subsection from providing a data file associated with a required campaign finance report does not exempt the candidate from filing the campaign finance report.

Source: Ord. 20080925-079; Ord. 20090521-017; Ord. 20120426-087; Ord. No. 20120927-091, Pt. 1, 10-8-12 ; Ord. No. 20150806-004, Pt. 3, 8-17-15/2-1-16 ; Ord. No. 20160407-006, Pt. 9, 4-18-16 .

Editor's note

Section 2-2-26(B) takes effect on February 1, 2016.