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#43195v1 Draft Charter Section 1206.01- Required Disclosures (New) A. Purpose The purpose of this section is to supplement the required disclosures pursuant to the Political Reform Act and to increase transparency regarding campaign contributions to City elected officials, candidates for City elective office, their campaign committees, and other committees formed to support or oppose ballot measures or candidates within the City of Santa Ana. B. Required Campaign Disclosures 1. In addition to the campaign statements required to be filed pursuant to the Political Reform Act, commencing with Government Code Section 81000, candidates, their controlled committees, and independent committees primarily formed to support or oppose candidates in the City of Santa Ana shall file a pre-election statement on the Friday before each election on a form provided by the Clerk of Council. This statement shall have a closing date of the Wednesday immediately preceding the election date and shall cover the period from the last pre-election statement filed pursuant to the Political Reform Act to the Wednesday immediately preceding the election date. “Election” as used in this Section shall include any general municipal election, special municipal election, and recall election. 2. Every City primarily formed recipient committee formed to support or oppose the qualification of an initiative or referendum measure prior to the commencement of the petition drive shall, within 10 calendar days of the commencement of the petition drive, file a statement on a form provided by the Clerk of Council disclosing all contributions of $100 or more received after the closing date of its most recent Fair Political Practices Commission Form 460, or if the primarily formed recipient committee has not previously filed a Form 460, the form shall instead disclose all contributions of $100 or more received since January 1 of that year. a) For purposes of subsection 2, a petition drive commences when the proponent of an initiative or referendum measure begins circulating a petition for signatures. b) The statement shall have a closing date of the day immediately preceding the commencement of the petition drive. 3. Every committee shall file with the Clerk of Council a Statement of Organization within ten (10) days after it is formed as a committee. Every committee that forms during the period between the closing date of the last pre-election statement and the election, shall file with the Clerk of Council, a Statement of Organization no later than the close of the next business day. 4. A candidate or the candidate’s controlled committee must disclose, on a form provided by the Clerk of Council, any campaign-related agreements entered into by the candidate or controlled committee that provide for post-election payments. Such agreements include, but are not limited to, contingency payment or "bonus" payment plans offered by campaign consultants and agreements with persons who will receive compensation after the election for campaign services performed prior to the