[Ord. 00-849A, § 1; Ord. 08-1180, § 1]
The purpose and intent of this chapter is to provide additional campaign finance disclosure to the public that is consistent with the current campaign finance disclosure requirements in Oregon and federal laws. It is the intent of this chapter that it be construed as being a supplement to existing campaign finance regulations.
[Ord. 00-849A, § 1; Ord. 02-967, § 1]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings. Any word not specifically defined herein shall have the meaning defined in ORS 260.005.
CANDIDATE
Means a candidate for a Metro elected office.
LEGISLATIVE OR ADMINISTRATIVE INTEREST
Has the meaning defined in ORS 244.020.
METRO ELECTED OFFICE
Means the seven (7) Metro Council positions and the Metro Auditor.
METRO ELECTED OFFICIAL
Means any person elected or appointed as a member of the Metro Council and the Metro Auditor.
[Ord. 00-849A, § 1; Ord. 02-967, § 1; Ord. 08-1180, § 1; Ord. 11-1251]
(a) 
Every Candidate and every Metro Elected Official who is a candidate for any public office shall file with the Chief Operating Officer an electronic link to any campaign finance report required to be filed pursuant to ORS 260 or any applicable federal law. Campaign finance report electronic links shall be provided to the Chief Operating Officer within two (2) days after they became available from the state or federal filing officer.
(b) 
Prior to taking any action or voting on any matter in which any person who has a legislative or administrative interest has made a campaign contribution of $500 or more in the aggregate to the Metro Elected Official, the Metro Elected Official shall disclose the existence of the contribution on the public record, if the contribution has not been previously made available in a campaign finance report electronic link required to be filed pursuant to (a) above.
(c) 
A Metro Councilor shall make the disclosure of such contributions on the record required by (b) above immediately prior to voting or abstaining from voting on the matter. The Metro Auditor shall disclose such contributions by filing a written notice with the Chief Operating Officer or the Council prior to taking action on any such matter. In all cases, the disclosure shall include the name of the donor, the amount of the contribution and the nature of the donor’s legislative or administrative interest in Metro.
[Ord. 00-849A, § 1; Ord. 02-967, § 1; Ord. 08-1180, § 1; Ord. 11-1251]
The Chief Operating Officer shall cause all campaign finance report electronic links to be posted on Metro's website. Website access to the campaign finance report links shall be maintained on the Metro website until the earlier of the January 1 following the election or the Metro elected official's term ends.