Establishing Fair Campaign Practices within the City of South Bend

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Tomnantr Irpnrt 00 14C Tau mm (founril of tot Tug of t jw# jenD: Your Committee of the Whole to whom was referred AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING FAIR CAMPAIGN PRACTICES WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND. Respectfully report that they have examined the matter and that in their opinion the Ordinance should be recommended favorably to the Common Council, as amended below: Section III (c)(1) to read: a gift, subscription, loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything of value (except a loan of money by any governmentally regulated financial institution in the ordinary course of business), made for the purpose of influencing the nomina- tion for election, or election, of any person to City office. Insert the following paragraph (4) in Section III (e): notwith- standing the foregoing meanings of "Expenditure ", such term does not include any news story, commentary, or editorial distributed through the facilities of any broadcasting station, newspaper, magazine, or other periodical publication unless such facilities are owned or controlled by any political party, political committee, or candidate. In Section V, delete the words "or person" in the fifth line; and the words "solicit" in the seventh and eighth line. Delete Section VI. Insert a new Section VI to read as follows: I... RREO! ......MINE CO.