A. 
Except as set forth in subsection B of this section, any elected officer, candidate, committee other person required to file specified statements, reports, forms, or other documents with the Temecula city clerk as required by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 84100) of Title 9 of the California Government Code, also known as the Political Reform Act, and that has received contributions or made expenditures of two thousand dollars or more in a calendar year, may electronically file such statement using the city's online system according to procedures established by the city clerk. However, to ensure reporting continuity, once a statement, report, form, or other document is filed electronically on behalf of any elected officer, candidate, or committee, all future statements, reports, forms, and other documents filed on behalf of that officer, candidate or committee must be filed electronically.
B. 
An elected officer, candidate, committee or other person may choose not to use the electronic filing system by filing all original statements, reports, forms, or other documents in paper format with the city clerk, until such time as the city council determines that electronic filing is mandatory for all filers.
(Ord. 21-02 § 1)
Any elected officer, candidate, committee or other person who has electronically filed a statement, report, form, or other document using the city's online system is not also required to file a copy of that document in a paper format with the city clerk.
(Ord. 21-02 § 1)
In any instance in which an original statement, report, form, or other document must be filed with the Secretary of State or other agency, and a copy of that document is required to be filed with the city clerk, the filer may electronically file a copy with the city clerk, or may file in a paper format.
(Ord. 21-02 § 1)
If, for technical reasons, the city's system is not capable of accepting a particular type of statement, report, form or other document, an elected officer, candidate, committee or other person shall timely file that document in paper format with the city clerk.
(Ord. 21-02 § 1)
The city clerk shall ensure that the city's system makes all filed statements, reports, forms, or other documents available on the city's internet website in an easily understood format that provides the greatest public access. Within seventy-two hours of each applicable filing deadline, the statements, reports, forms, or other documents, whether filed electronically or in paper format, shall be available and posted on the city's internet website. If the final day of the seventy-two-hour period is a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, the period is extended to the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday. Before posting, the city clerk shall redact the street name and building number of the persons or entity representatives listed on any statement, report, or document, or any bank account number required to be disclosed by the filer. Providing a link on the city's internet website to the statement, report, or other document satisfies this requirement. The data shall be made available free of charge. The city clerk's office shall also make a complete, unredacted copy of the statement, report, form, or other document available to the Fair Political Practices Commission for Government Code Section 87200 filers.
(Ord. 21-02 § 1)
The city clerk's office shall maintain records according to the city's records retention schedule and applicable state law commencing from the date filed, a secured, official version of each online or electronic statement, report, form, or other document, which shall serve as the official version of that record.
(Ord. 21-02 § 1)