COUNTY_OF_ORANGE_CAMPAIGN_CONTRIBUTION_DISCLOSURE_INFORMATION.pdf

COUNTY OF ORANGE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION DISCLOSURE

INFORMATION

The attached Campaign Contribution Disclosure Form must be completed by applicants for, or persons who are the subject of, any proceeding involving a license, permit, or other entitlement for use, including most contracts and franchises, pending before the Board of Supervisors (“Board”) of the County of Orange or any of its affiliated agencies.

The attached Campaign Contribution Disclosure Form must be completed by applicants for, or persons who are the subject of, any proceeding involving a license, permit, or other entitlement for use, including most contracts and franchises, pending before the Board of Supervisors (“Board”) of the County of Orange or any of its affiliated agencies.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Government Code section 84308 (also known as the “Levine Act”) contains requirements that are summarized generally as follows:

A. If you are an applicant for, or the subject of, any proceeding involving a license, permit, or other entitlement for use, you are prohibited from making a campaign contribution of more than $250 to any member of the Board of Supervisors or other County official who may participate in your proceeding. This prohibition begins on the date your application is filed or the proceeding is otherwise initiated, and the prohibition ends 12 months after a final decision is rendered by the Board of Supervisors or other County officer. In addition, no Board member or other County official who may participate in your proceeding alternate may solicit or accept a campaign contribution of more than $250 from you during this period.

B. These prohibitions also apply to your agents, and, if you are a closely held corporation, to your majority shareholder as well. These prohibitions also apply to your subcontractor(s), joint venturer(s), and partner(s) in this proceeding. Also included are parent companies and subsidiary companies directed and controlled by you, and political action committees directed and controlled by you.

C. You must file the attached disclosure form and disclose whether you or your agent(s) have in the aggregate contributed more than $250 to any Board member or other County officer who may participate in your proceeding during the 12-month period preceding the filing of the application or the initiation of the proceeding.

D. If you or your agent have in the aggregate contributed more than $250 to any individual Board member or other County officer who may participate in your proceeding during the 12 months preceding the decision on the application or proceeding, that Board member or other County officer must disqualify himself or herself from the decision. However, disqualification is not required if the Board member or other County official returns the campaign contribution within 30 days from the time the member or official knows, or should have known, about both the contribution and the fact that you are a party in the proceeding. The Campaign Contribution Disclosure Form should be completed and filed with your application or proposal, or with the first written document you file or submit after the proceeding commences.

COUNTY OF ORANGE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION DISCLOSURE

INFORMATION

1. A proceeding involving “a license, permit, or other entitlement for use” includes all business, professional, trade and land use licenses and permits, and all other entitlements for use, including all entitlements for land use, all contracts (other than competitively bid, labor or personal employment contracts), and all franchises.

2. Your “agent” is someone who represents you in connection with a proceeding involving a license, permit or other entitlement for use. If an individual acting as an agent is also acting in his or her capacity as an employee or member of a law, architectural, engineering, consulting firm, or similar business entity, both the business entity and the individual are “agents.”

3. To determine whether a campaign contribution of more than $250 has been made by you, campaign contributions made by you within the preceding 12 months must be aggregated with those made by your agent within the preceding 12 months or the period of the agency relationship, whichever is shorter. Contributions made by your majority shareholder (if a closely held corporation), your subcontractor(s), your joint venturer(s), and your partner(s) in this proceeding must also be included as part of the aggregation. Campaign contributions made to different Board of Supervisors members or other County officer who may participate in your proceeding are not aggregated.

4. A list of the Board of Supervisors members and other County officials is attached.

This notice summarizes the major requirements of Government Code section 84308 of the Political Reform Act and California Code of Regulations, Title 2 sections 18438.1-18438.8.