(3) For purposes of a special election for the office of mayor or a member of the city council of the city, the term "election cycle" shall mean any period commencing on the date on which the city council calls a special election, and concluding on the last day of the month following the month of that special election. (c) Political Reform Act shall mean the Political Reform Act of 1974, as amended, Government Code Section 81000, et seq., as it may be amended from time to time. Determining Contribution Aggregation Effective January 1, 2020, the Political Reform Act includes the codification of an FPPC regulation that specifies the circumstances under which contributions are aggregated for the purposes of contribution limits and reporting purposes. § 82015.5. Contribution; Aggregation. (a) To determine when contributions are aggregated under this title, “entity” means any person other than an individual . and “majority owned” means ownership of more than 50 percent. (b) If an individual directs or controls an entity’s contributions, the entity’s contributions shall be aggregated with contributions made by both of the following: (1) That individual. (2) Any other entity whose contributions that individual directs or controls. (c) If two or more entities make contributions that are directed or controlled by a majority of the same persons, the contributions of those entities shall be aggregated. (d) Contributions made by entities that are majority owned by a person shall be aggregated with the contributions of the majority owner and all other entities majority owned by that person, unless those entities act independently in their contribution-making decisions. (Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 312, Sec. 5. (AB 902) Effective January 1, 2020.)
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