ORDINANCE __________

AN ORDINANCE relating to election campaigns; changing the reporting requirements for independent expeditures, and amending Chapter 2.04 of the Seattle Municipal Code in connection therewith.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Subsection 2.04.270(A)(2) of the Seattle Municipal Code is amended as follows:

2.04.270 Independent expenditures; contributions to out-of-state committees Reports.

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2. Each person who makes an independent expenditure that by itself or when added to all other such independent expenditures made by the same person, in connection with the same position or proposition, equals One Hundred Dollars ($100) or more, or for which no reasonable estimate of monetary value is practicable, shall within five (5) business days of making the independent expenditure or of the date on which the expenditures in the aggregate equal One Hundred Dollars ($100) or more, whichever occurs first, file with the City Clerk an initial report of all independent expenditures made during such campaign prior to and including such date.

Each person who, within twenty-one (21) days before an election makes an independent expenditure that by itself, or when added to all other independent expenditures made previously during those twenty-one (21) days, equals or exceeds One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) shall by 4:30 p.m. the next business day after making each such independent expenditure file electronically with the Commission a special report of that independent expenditure.

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Section 2. The amendment made to Section 2.04.270 of the Seattle Municipal Code by Section 1 of this ordinance shall apply to all reports due on or after July 1, 2002.

Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from and after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten (10) days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.

Passed by the City Council the _____ day of ____________, 2002, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of _________________, 2002.

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President _______ of the City Council

Approved by me this _____ day of _________________, 2002.

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Mayor

Filed by me this _____ day of ____________________, 2002.

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City Clerk

(Seal)

SLG/sg

08/05/02

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