Appendix 21005. Officeholder accounts.

(a)

Each member of the city council may establish one segregated officeholder account for expenses directly related to assisting, serving, or communicating with constituents, or to carrying out the official duties of the elected officer, provided aggregate contributions to such an account do not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) in any calendar year, and provided further that the balance of funds in such an account that are accrued from contributions does not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) at any time. Expenditures from an officeholder account shall not be made in connection with any campaign for elective office in any jurisdiction or any ballot measure.

(b)

No person shall make, and no member of the city council or his or her officeholder account shall solicit or accept, a contribution or contributions to the member's officeholder account totalling more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) in any calendar year.

(c)

Contributions to an officeholder account shall not be considered to be campaign contributions for the purpose of this chapter.

(d)

Officeholder accounts are subject to the campaign disclosure, reporting, and record-keeping requirements of the political reform act and this chapter. Any funds remaining in an officeholder account when the officeholder leaves office shall be turned over to the General Fund of the City of Agoura Hills within ten (10) calendar days of the date the officeholder leaves office.

(Ord. No. 99-294, § 12, 2-10-99)

Editor's note

See editors note attached to § 21004.