GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

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HOUSE BILL 642

Short Title:  Chapel Hill Campaign Disclosure.	(Local)

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Sponsors: Representatives Insko; and Hackney (Primary Sponsors).

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Referred to:  Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform.

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March 29, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL TO REQUIRE THE DISCLOSURE OF NAMES OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS AND T0 LIMIT THE AMOUNT THAT A PERSON MAY CONTRIBUTE TO A CAMPAIGN FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE OF THAT TOWN.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Charter of the Town of Chapel Hill, being Chapter 473 of the Session Laws of 1975, is amended by adding  new sections to read:
"Sec. 2.6. Disclosure of Contributors.
(a)	The Town Council may by ordinance require the disclosure by candidates (and their political committees) for elective town office of the names of all contributors to their campaign.  The ordinance may exempt from disclosure contributions below a monetary amount set in the ordinance.
(b)	The ordinance shall apply regardless of the total amount of contributions, loans, or expenditures by the campaign.
(c)	G.S. 163-278.10A does not apply to municipal elections in the Town of Chapel Hill.
"Sec. 2.7. Limitation on Contributions.
Except as provided by G.S. 163-278.13(c), the Town Council may by ordinance limit the amount of contributions which any individual, person, or political committee may contribute to any candidate for town office or to any political committee of that candidate.
"Sec. 2.8. Definitions.  The definitions in Article 22A of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes apply to Sections 2.6 and 2.7 of this Charter."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.