Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 04-19-2016
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Office of the City Attorney
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Consideration, discussion and possible preview of an ordinance amending Chapter 7.7 Campaign Financing, Section 7.7-1 Short Title; Section 7.7-2 Intent; Section 7.7-3 Administration; Section 7.7-4 Definitions; Section 7.7-5 Duties of municipal clerk; Section 7.7-6 Filing contribution and expenditure reports by candidates for the city council; Section 7.7-7 Appeal; Section 7.7-8 Hearing; findings; assessment; Section 7.7-9 Contributions and expenditures by candidates or committees; Section 7.7-10 Statement of registration for committees; Section 7.7-11 Procedural requirements for committees and officers of committees; Repealing Section 7.7-12 Campaign contributions and expenditures reports; forms; certification; statements of inactivity' interest earned; dissolution procedures; filing of report forms; Repealing Section 7.7-13 Time for filing reports of contributions and expenditures or statements of inactivity; Repealing Section 7.7-15, Requirement to file reports and penalties for violation; Repealing Section 7.7-16, Suspected violation, Repealing Section 7.7-17, Disclosure of affidavit, Repealing Section 7.7-18, Withdrawal of affidavit; Repealing Section 7.7-19 Abstention for conflict of interest; and Repealing Section 7.7-20, Individual of family contributions, of the Broken Arrow Code; specifically including language to comply with the Municipal Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act; repealing all ordinances to the contrary and declaring an emergency
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Background:
The Municipal Finance and Financial Disclosure Act compiled by the Oklahoma Ethics Commission, 74 O.S. ?4258.1, 4261, 4262 and 74 O.S. ? 56-101 through 56-110 significantly reformed the obligations for local campaign financing. The most significant changes of the Municipal Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act include the Campaign Committee's dut...
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