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City of Wildwood, MO
St. Louis County
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[R.O. 1997 § 105.070; Ord. No. 198 § 1, 1-8-1996]
For purposes of this Article, the definitions set forth in Section 130.011, RSMo., as amended, are hereby adopted and incorporated herein as if fully set forth.
[R.O. 1997 § 105.080; Ord. No. 198 § 2, 1-8-1996; Ord. No. 457 § 1, 8-24-1998]
Every committee for any candidate for any elected public office in the City of Wildwood, and every other committee whose primary or incidental purpose is to influence the vote on an issue placed on the ballot by the City of Wildwood, that shall be required to file committee organization reports, exemption reports, and disclosure reports pursuant to Sections 130.016, 130.021, 130.041, and 130.046, RSMo., shall file a copy of such report with the City Ethics Commission. The reports shall be filed with the City on or before each date that such report is required to be filed with the Election Board. In addition to these reports, any candidate which has or will have an aggregate of contributions received and expenditures made on behalf of any candidate in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) shall file a supplemental disclosure report not later than 12:00 P.M. on the last Friday before the election, containing the information required by Section 130.041.1(1) through (10), RSMo., for the period commencing the 11th day prior to the election and closing the last Wednesday before the election.
[R.O. 1997 § 105.090; Ord. No. 198 § 3, 1-8-1996; Ord. No. 1014 § 1, 10-27-2003]
A. 
The amount of contributions made by or accepted from any person, other than the candidate, to elect an individual to any City office in any one (1) election shall not exceed three hundred twenty-five dollars ($325.00).
[Ord. No. 2387, 8-27-2018]
B. 
No anonymous contribution of more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be made by any person, and no anonymous contribution of more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be accepted by any candidate or committee. If any anonymous contribution of more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) is received, it shall be returned immediately to the contributor, if the contributor's identity can be ascertained, and if the contributor's identity cannot be ascertained, the candidate, committee Treasurer or Deputy Treasurer shall immediately transmit that portion of the contribution that exceeds twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to the State Treasurer and it shall escheat to the State.
C. 
The maximum aggregate amount of anonymous contributions that shall be accepted in any calendar year by any committee shall be the greater of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or one percent (1%) of the aggregate amount of all contributions received by that committee in the same calendar year. If any anonymous contribution is received that causes the aggregate total of anonymous contributions to exceed the foregoing limitation, it shall be returned immediately to the contributor, if the contributor's identity can be ascertained and, if the contributor's identity cannot be ascertained, the committee Treasurer, Deputy Treasurer or candidate shall immediately transmit the anonymous contribution to the State Treasurer to escheat to the State.
[R.O. 1997 § 105.100; Ord. No. 198 § 4, 1-8-1996]
No contribution to any candidate or committee shall be made or accepted and no expenditure shall be made or incurred directly or indirectly in a fictitious name, in the name of another person, or by or through another person in such a manner as to conceal the identity of the actual source of the contribution or the actual recipient or purpose of the expenditure.
[R.O. 1997 § 105.105; Ord. No. 1017 § 1, 11-10-2003]
Without limitation to any other enforcement procedure or remedy, any person claiming a violation of Article III, Campaign Finance Requirements, of this Chapter may file a complaint with the City Ethics Commission who may hear and act on any such allegations and who may refer to the City's Prosecuting Attorney for further action or review all such violations believed by the Commission to be intentional.
[R.O. 1997 § 105.110; Ord. No. 198 § 5, 1-8-1996; Ord. No. 1607 § 1, 3-23-2009]
Violation of any provision in Sections 105.080, 105.090 or 105.100 of this Article shall constitute an offense, punishable by a fine and imprisonment as set out in Section 100.140 of this Code.
[R.O. 1997 § 105.115; Ord. No. 1120 § 1, 10-11-2004]
The office of Special Prosecutor is hereby created for investigation and prosecution of all complaints relating to the violation of Article III, Campaign Finance Requirements, of this Chapter. The Special Prosecutor shall be appointed and removed as provided for by Section 4.7 of the City Charter and shall be compensated in the same manner as established for the office of Assistant Prosecuting Attorney. The Special Prosecutor shall be a Missouri licensed attorney and qualified to serve as a municipal prosecutor but shall not be the person then serving as the Prosecuting Attorney. Any complaint referred from the City Council or by any aggrieved party or other person qualified to file a complaint of violation of Article III of this Chapter shall be referred to the Special Prosecutor who shall be the exclusive City officer charged with investigating and prosecuting such offenses. The Special Prosecutor shall also be responsible for any other special prosecution matters as may be submitted by the Council.