Los Angeles Municipal Code

SEC. 49.7.31. DISCLOSURE OF INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMUNICATIONS.

SEC. 49.7.31. DISCLOSURE OF INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMUNICATIONS. (Amended by Ord. No. 183,236, Eff. 10/30/14.) A. A person shall notify the Ethics Commission of an independent expenditure communication when either of the following occurs: 1. The person makes or incurs expenditures with an actual or fair market value of $1,000 or more for one or more communications; or 2. The person makes or incurs expenditures with an actual or fair market value of $100 or more for one or more communications and distributes the communications to the following number of persons: a. 200 or more persons, if the distributor is a person who qualifies as a committee under the Political Reform Act. b. 1,000 or more persons, if the distributor is not a person who qualifies as a committee under the Political Reform Act. Once a notification threshold is met, every subsequent $100 in expenditures made or incurred regarding that measure or candidate shall also be disclosed as required by Subsections B. and C. B. The notification shall be submitted to the Ethics Commission within the following time frames: 1. From the first date an individual may file a Declaration of Intention to Become a Candidate with the City Clerk through the date of the associated general election, or during the 90 days prior to an election if no City candidates will be on the ballot, within 24 hours after making or incurring the expenditures. (Amended by Ord. No. 182,362, Eff. 1/30/13.) 2. At all other times, within five business days after making or incurring the expenditures provided, however, in no event later than the first date an individual may file a Declaration of Intention to Become a Candidate. C. The notification shall include the following: 1. A declaration under penalty of perjury signed by the person and, if applicable, the committee treasurer, specifying the following: a. Each candidate or measure supported or opposed by the communication; b. The dates and amounts of the expenditure and the amount spent to support or oppose each candidate or measure; c. For disclosure under Subsection A.2., the number of distributions; d. Whether each candidate or measure was supported or opposed; e. That the communication was not behested by any of the candidates who benefited from it; f. The dates the communication was distributed or displayed, if applicable; g. A description of the type of communication; h.