There is hereby established in the Annual County Budget a Campaign Reform Budget Unit to be administered by the Registrar of Voters pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(SCC 672 § 1, 1986; SCC 683 § 1, 1987)
A. 
During any Fiscal Year which contains either a General Election Period or Primary Election Period, the Board of Supervisors shall, in its final budget, appropriate from the General Fund the sum of one dollar ($1.00) for each one dollar ($1.00) estimated by the Administration and Finance Agency to be paid to candidates and the sum estimated by the Administration and Finance Agency necessary to make all other payments authorized by the provisions of this chapter. In the event that insufficient funds were appropriated in the Final Budget to pay said sums, the Board of Supervisors shall, upon the request of the Registrar of Voters, transfer sufficient moneys from the Appropriation For Contingencies to the Campaign Reform Budget Unit to make all payments authorized by the provisions of this chapter.
B. 
In the event that a special election or special runoff election is held for a County elective office and there are not sufficient funds in the Campaign Reform Budget Unit to pay the sum of one dollar ($1.00) for each one dollar ($1.00) paid to a candidate from the Campaign Reform Budget Unit, and all other expenses authorized for payment from the Campaign Reform Budget Unit pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the Board of Supervisors shall, upon the request of the Registrar of Voters, transfer sufficient moneys from the Appropriation for Contingencies to the Campaign Reform Budget Unit to make all payments authorized by the provisions of this chapter.
(SCC 672 § 1, 1986; SCC 683 § 1, 1987; SCC 1642 § 13, 2019)
All administrative expenses incurred by the Registrar of Voters and Auditor-Controller, including, but not limited to, salaries, benefits, supplies and overhead, shall be charged to, and paid from, the Campaign Reform Budget Unit.
(SCC 672 § 1, 1986; SCC 683 § 1, 1987)
A. 
During an election year, the Registrar of Voters shall advise the Board of Supervisors and each candidate on the fifth (5th) of each month following a month in which payments were made from the Campaign Reform Fund of the following:
1. 
The candidates who received funds from the Campaign Reform Fund;
2. 
The amount received by each candidate from the Campaign Reform Fund; and
3. 
The cumulative amounts received by each candidate from the Campaign Reform Fund.
B. 
Within four months following each final election in which funds are provided from the Campaign Reform Fund, the Registrar of Voters shall submit a final report to the Board of Supervisors reporting the amount of funds paid to each candidate from the Campaign Reform Fund.
(SCC 672 § 1, 1986; SCC 683 § 1, 1987; SCC 1642 § 14, 2019)
A. 
A candidate shall have no more than one campaign committee.
B. 
Each candidate accepting funds from the Campaign Reform Fund shall establish two checking accounts out of which all campaign expenditures shall be made. All money provided to a candidate from the Campaign Reform Fund shall be deposited in and strictly segregated in one checking account which shall be designated the "public account." All campaign contributions and other funds shall be deposited in a second checking account which shall be designated the "private account."
C. 
A candidate shall only expend funds from the public account on direct campaign expenditures. Funds from the private account may be expended on direct or indirect campaign expenditures.
(SCC 672 § 1, 1986; SCC 683 § 1, 1987; SCC 1642 § 14, 2019)
All surplus funds, including funds in both the public account and the private account, remaining after all obligations are met by a candidate shall be returned to the Campaign Reform Fund, not to exceed the amount paid to the candidate from the Campaign Reform Fund, as follows:
A. 
In the case of a primary or special election where one candidate does not receive a majority of the votes cast, all candidates, except those two candidates who will appear on the ballot in a run-off election, must return surplus funds within 90 days after the primary or special election.
B. 
In the case of a primary or special election where one candidate does receive a majority of the votes cast, and in general and special runoff elections, all candidates must return surplus funds within 90 days after the election.
(SCC 683 § 1, 1987; SCC 1642 § 14, 2019)