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Amending Chapter 20-1000 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Political Contributions and Expenditures," by providing that if a candidate for Mayor makes contributions of his or her own resources in excess of a specified amount to his or her own campaign, then no contribution limits will apply to candidates for Mayor, provided that contributions that otherwise would have been prohibited must be immediately reported to the City Commissioners and the Board of Ethics; all under certain terms and conditions.

AI summary

This lapsed bill would have changed Philadelphia’s campaign contribution rules when a candidate used large amounts of personal money for their own campaign. If a candidate contributed at least $250,000, contribution limits for other candidates for the same city office would have doubled; for mayoral candidates contributing more than $2 million, all mayoral contribution limits would have been removed, with otherwise prohibited contributions reported to the City Commissioners and Board of Ethics within 24 hours.

File details

Status
LAPSED
Introduced
February 1, 2007
Sponsors
JFJames F. KenneyDJDaniel J. SavageCarol Ann CampbellFJFrank J. DiCiccoMarian B. TascoDarrell L. ClarkeJLJoan L. KrajewskiJKJack KellyJFJuan F. RamosDRDonna Reed Miller
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 20-1000 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

CHAPTER 20-1000. POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES.

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§20-1002. Contribution Limitations.

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(6)

The limitations imposed by this Chapter shall not apply to contributions from a candidate's personal resources to the candidate's candidate political committee

(“Candidate's Own Contributions”)

.

(a)

[However, if such contributions]

If a Candidate's Own Contributions

total $250,000 or more (regardless of the time period over which such contributions are made), then the contribution limits set forth in this Section for all other candidates for that City elective office shall double.

(b) With respect to candidates for Mayor only, if a Candidate's Own Contributions total more than $2,000,000 (regardless of the time period over which such contributions are made), then no contribution limits shall apply to candidates for Mayor, notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, provided that any contribution that would have been prohibited but for this subsection (6)(b) must be reported to the City Commissioners and the Board of Ethics within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt.

SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect immediately.

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File history

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  1. Council actionCommittee on Law and Government

    Hearing held

    Council actionCommittee on Law and Government

    Recessed

    Council actionCommittee on Law and Government

    Hearing notices sent

  2. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced

    Pass
    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Referred