SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 118370

• Record No: CB 118370
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 118370
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 4/20/2015
• Ordinance No: Ord 124757
• Title: AN ORDINANCE increasing civil assessments for failure to timely file reports; amending Seattle Municipal Code Sections 2.04.330.
• Sponsors: Tim Burgess
• Supporting documents: 1. Fiscal Note, 2. Transmittal Letter, 3. Signed Ord 124757

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/24/2015	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
4/24/2015	1	Mayor	Signed
4/24/2015	1	Mayor	returned
4/21/2015	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
4/20/2015	1	City Council	passed	Pass
4/15/2015	1	Education and Governance Committee	pass	Pass
4/13/2015	1	City Council	referred
4/8/2015	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
4/6/2015	1	City Clerk	sent for review

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE increasing civil assessments for failure to timely file reports; amending Seattle Municipal Code Sections 2.04.330.

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WHEREAS, one of the chief purposes of Seattle's Election Campaign Contributions Code is to provide timely information on the contributions to and expenditures by political committees; and
WHEREAS, the civil assessment for failing to timely file campaign reports has not changed in almost 20 years; and
WHEREAS, the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission believes that the civil assessments are no longer significant enough to deter committees from failing to file timely reports; NOW, THEREFORE;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Seattle Municipal Code Section 2.04.330, last amended by Ordinance 118569, is amended as follows:
2.04.330 - Late filing-Civil assessments.
A. The City Clerk shall stamp, write on, or mark mechanically or electronically on each statement or report filed under this chapter the date and time it is received.
B. Failure to file any statement or report on the date due or mail the same to the City Clerk, postage prepaid, on the date due, shall subject a candidate, campaign treasurer, political committee or officer of a political committee to a late filing penalty, as follows:
1. A civil assessment of ((Ten Dollars ($10))) $50 for each day that the report is due but not filed for failing to make a timely filing;
2. A civil assessment of ((Fifty Dollars ($50))) $150 per day for any statement or report that is due within ((seven (7))) 30 days of an election for each day the statement or report is not filed up to and including election day; and
3. A civil assessment of ((Ten Dollars ($10))) $50 per day that any other statement or report is due and is not filed, and for each day after election day a statement or report in subsection 2.04.330.B.2 is due and remains unfiled.
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