2.41.050 Definitions.

The following definitions used in this ordinance shall have the meanings set forth below.

"Candidate" shall be defined as set forth in the Political Reform Act provided that the term shall be limited to candidates for city office.

"Committee" means any person or combination of persons who, directly or indirectly, does any of the following: (1) receives contributions totaling two thousand dollars or more in any calendar year; or (2) makes independent expenditures totaling two thousand dollars or more in any calendar year. A person or combination of persons that becomes a committee shall retain its status as a committee until such time as that status is terminated pursuant to California Government Code Section 84214. A "committee" includes, but is not limited to, "controlled committee," "independent committee," and "general purpose committee."

"Contribution" means the same as that defined at Government Code Section 82015.

"Controlled committee" means a committee which is controlled directly or indirectly by a candidate or which acts jointly with a candidate or controlled committee in connection with the making of expenditures. A candidate controls a committee if he or she, his or her agent, or any other committee such candidate controls has a significant influence on the actions or decisions of the committee.

"Election" and/or "city election" means any primary, general, special or recall election held in the city.

"Election cycle" means the period of time commencing ninety days prior to an election and ending on the date of the election.

"General purpose committee" means a committee to support or oppose candidates or measures voted on in the city.

"Independent committee" means all committees other than controlled committees.

"Independent expenditure" means an expenditure made by any person including a payment of public moneys by a state or local governmental agency, in connection with a communication which expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate or the qualification, passage or defeat of a clearly identified measure, or taken as a whole and in context, unambiguously urges a particular result in an election but which is not made to or at the behest of the affected candidate or committee.

"Person" means an individual, proprietorship, firm, partnership, joint venture, syndicate, business trust, company, corporation, limited liability company, association, committee, and any other organization or group of persons acting in concert. A "person" shall include, but is not limited to, a committee or candidate.

"Political Reform Act" means the California Political Reform Act of 1974 (Government Code Section 81000 et seq., as amended).