ORDINANCE 1248ORDINANCE NO. 1248
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 2,
CHAPTER 29 OF THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE BY
ADDING SECTION 2.29.025 ENTITLED "POLITICAL
ACTIVITY WHILE IN UNIFORM ", SECTION 2.29.055
ENTITLED "POLITICAL ACTIVITY WHILE IN UNIFORM
- NONMERIT SYSTEM EMPLOYEES ", SECTION 2.29.060
ENTITLED "SOLICITATION OF POLITICAL
CONTRIBUTIONS" AND SECTION 2.29.070 ENTITLED
"SOLICITATIONS - ALL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES."
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. A new section 2.29.025 of Chapter 29 of Title 2 of
the El Segundo Municipal Code is hereby added to read as follows:
"2.29.025 POLITICAL ACTIVITY WHILE IN UNIFORM.
No officer or employee of the city whose position is
covered by the personnel merit system shall participate
in political activities of any kind while in uniform."
SECTION 2. A new section 2.29.055 of Chapter 29 of Title 2 of
the El Segundo Municipal Code is hereby added to read as follows:
"2.29.055 POLITICAL ACTIVITY WHILE IN UNIFORM - NONMERIT
SYSTEM EMPLOYEES.
No officer or employee of the city enumerated in
Section 2.29.030 shall participate in political
activities of any kind while in uniform."
SECTION 3. A new section 2.29.060 of Chapter 29 of Title 2 of
the El Segundo Municipal Code is hereby added to read as follows:
"2.29.060 SOLICITATION OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS
(a) An officer or employee
or indirectly, solicit a
officer or employee of the
employment list of the city,
from whom the contribution
employee of the city.
of the city shall not, directly
)olitical contribution from an
city, or from a person on an
with knowledge that the person
is solicited is an officer or
(b) A candidate for elective office of the city shall not,
directly or indirectly, solicit a political contribution from
an officer or employee of the city, or from a person on an
employment list of the city, with knowledge that the person
from whom the contribution is solicited is an officer or
employee of the city, or is a person on an employment list of
the city.
(c) This section shall not prohibit an officer or employee
of the city, or a candidate for elective office in the city,
from requesting political contributions from officers or
employees of the city if the solicitation is part of a
solicitation made to a significant segment of the public which
may include officers or employees of the city.
(d) Violation of this section is punishable as a
misdemeanor. The district attorney shall have all authority
to prosecute under this section.
(e) For purposes of this section, the term "contribution"
shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 82015 of the
California Government Code, as may be amended from time to
time."
SECTION 4. A new section 2.29.070 of Chapter 29 of Title 2 of
the El Segundo Municipal Code is hereby added to read as follows:
"2.29.070 SOLICITATIONS - ALL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
The provisions of Section 2.29.060 shall apply to every
officer and employee of the city who is compensated for a
full -time or part -time basis whose position is permanent or
temporary, includina elected officials, members of the
planning commission, members of the recreation and parks
commission and employees whose positions are covered by the
personnel merit system and are regulated by Sections 2.29.010
and 2.29.020."
SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, subdivision,
paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or any part
thereof is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of
this ordinance or any part thereof.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this Ordinance; shall cause the same to be entered in the book of
original ordinances of said City; shall make a notice of the
passage and adoption thereof in the records of the meeting at which
the same is passed and adopted; and shall within 15 days after the
passage or adoption thereof cause the same to be published or
posted as required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of 1�1rQh, 1996.
ATTEST: '
dy Mor,e en, eity clerk (seal)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Lela d C. Dolley, City Att rney
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Ca -rl
Jacobson, Mayor
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1248 was duly
adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the
5th day of March, 1996, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS : Mayor Jacobson, Mayor ProTem Weston,
Councilman Switz, Councilman Robbins, Councilwoman
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS : Friedkin.
None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS : None �!
CITY CLERK
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