§ 2-307. Electronic filing of campaign finance reports.

(a)

Candidates for mayor or city council and officeholders will electronically file and update campaign finance reports required under the Texas Elections Code with the Office of the city clerk. The city clerk shall notify candidates and officeholders of technical difficulties and permit paper filing, if necessary. No exemptions are required if the clerk has provided notice to candidates and officeholders of technical difficulties.

(b)

In addition to the reports required by the Texas Election Code, candidates for mayor or city council or a specific-purpose political action committee registered with the city of San Antonio and formed for the purpose of supporting or opposing a candidate for mayor or city council shall electronically file additional quarterly campaign finance reports reflecting contributions and expenditures for the respective preceding three (3) months due no later than 5:00 pm on the date listed below:

(1)

During general election years, on the fifteenth day of October; and

(2)

During non-election years, on the fifteenth of April and October; and

(3)

For candidates in a special November election, on the fifteenth of April.

Campaign finance reports shall include the principal occupation/job title, and employer of the person giving the campaign contribution for contributions of one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more, in the aggregate per contribution cycle.

If this deadline falls on a weekend or a city holiday, the report will be due no later than 5:00 pm on the next business day.

(c)

The city will provide access to computer equipment for candidates to file the electronic reports. A candidate, officeholder, or political action committee that is required to file electronic reports under this chapter may apply for an exemption if:

(1)

The candidate, officeholder, or campaign treasurer of the committee files with the office of the city clerk an affidavit stating that the candidate, officeholder, or committee, an agent of the candidate, officeholder, or committee, or a person with whom the candidate, officeholder, or committee contracts does not use computer equipment to keep the current records of political contributions, political expenditures, or persons making political contributions to the candidate, officeholder, or committee; and

(2)

The candidate, officeholder, or committee does not, in a calendar year, accept political contributions that in the aggregate exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) or make political expenditures that in the aggregate exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00).

(d)

The city will post the campaign finance reports through a designated elections website.

(e)

Knowingly failing to timely file a report required by this section is a violation hereof, as is the knowingly filing of a report with incorrect, misleading, or incomplete information. If an individual inadvertently files an incorrect, misleading, or incomplete report, it is his or her responsibility to file an amended report as soon as possible, though no later than ten (10) business days after notification of or discovery of the error.

(f)

An amended campaign finance report, properly filed with the city clerk, does not constitute a violation of this Code.

(Ord. No. 2013-05-09-0317, § 1(Att. A), 5-9-13; Ord. No. 2018-06-21-0491 , § 1(Att. B), 6-21-18, effective 1-1-19)