(a) An issue committee or independent expenditure committee may not make a contribution to a recall defense committee, or political committee, other than an independent expenditure committee. A candidate, candidate committee, recall defense committee, or political committee, other than an independent expenditure committee, may not solicit or accept a monetary or nonmonetary contribution from an issue committee or independent expenditure committee.

(b) A candidate committee or recall defense committee may not make a contribution to a political committee, issue committee, or another candidate's candidate committee or recall defense committee of another candidate. A political committee, issue committee, recall defense committee, or candidate committee may not solicit or accept a contribution from a recall defense committee or another candidate's candidate committee.

(c) Neither an issue committee nor an independent expenditure committee may make a contribution to a candidate committee.

(d) No contribution is made through a candidate's personal participation or physical presence at an organizational, planning, policy, or strategy meeting or fundraising or other event for any candidate or issue committee or, with the exception of coordinated expenditures described in subsection (1) of the definition of "coordinated expenditure" in section 54-2, an independent expenditure committee or independent spender that makes an electioneering communication or or independent expenditure.

(e) No committee may accept any contribution in cash, currency, or coin that exceeds $100.00. (Ord. No. 2021-35, § 2, 9-27-2021)