CITY OF NORTHAMPTON

MASSACHUSETTS
In the Year Two Thousand and Fifteen
Upon the Recommendation of Councilor Ryan R. ODonnell, Council President William
H. Dwight and Councilor Gina-Louise Sciarra.

ORDINANCE
An Ordinance of the City of Northampton, Massachusetts. Be it ordained by the City
Council of the City of Northampton, in City Council assembled, as follows:
That the following chapter be added to the Code of Ordinances:
CHAPTER 151 CAMPAIGN FINANCE
1. No candidate or candidates committee shall accept campaign contributions
from any individual if the aggregate of all such contributions by that
individual for the benefit of that candidate or that candidates committee
exceeds in any calendar year a sum equal to one-half of the maximum
aggregate individual contribution allowed per calendar year as specified in
MGL Chapter 55, Section 7A.
2. Candidates for Mayor shall provide the City Clerk with a copy of their
reports that have been filed with the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and
Political Finance.
3. The City Clerk shall within 15 days inspect all statements and reports of
municipal candidates or candidates committees. If upon examination of the
records it appears that any candidate or political committee has reported the
receipt of contributions in excess of the limits defined in Section 1, the City
Clerk shall, in writing, notify that candidate. Candidates shall have 15 days
to purge all excess contributions by returning them to the individual who
made them or donating them to a local charity operating in the City of
Northampton. Any person failing to purge excess contributions within such
time shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $300.

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