No contribution of money or any other thing of value, including
in-kind contributions, made by a professional business entity to any
municipal candidate for Mayor or Council or municipal or county party
committee or PAC referenced in this chapter shall be deemed a violation
of this section, nor shall an agreement for property, goods or services
of any kind whatsoever be disqualified thereby, if that contribution
was made by the professional business entity prior to the effective
date of this section.
A professional business entity or municipal candidate or officeholder or municipal or county party committee or PAC referenced in this chapter may cure a violation of §
47A-1 of this chapter if, within 30 days after contribution, the professional business entity notifies the Municipal Council in writing and seeks and receives reimbursement of a contribution from the municipal candidate or municipal or county political party or PAC referenced in this chapter.
All other ordinances of the Borough, or parts thereof, which
are in conflict with this chapter are hereby repealed to the extent
of such conflict.
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase,
or word contained in this chapter shall be declared invalid for any
reason whatsoever, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions
of this chapter, which shall remain in full force and effect, and,
to this end, the provisions of this chapter are hereby declared to
be severable.
This chapter shall take effect upon passage and publication
as required by law.