[Adopted 12-16-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-13]
No contribution of money or any other thing of value, including
in-kind contributions, directly or indirectly, made by a business
entity to any candidate for County Executive, Commissioner, County
Clerk, Sheriff or Surrogate, or municipal or County party committee,
or PAC referenced in this article, shall be deemed a violation of
this section, nor shall an agreement for property, goods, or services,
of any kind whatsoever, be disqualified thereby, if that contribution
was made by the business entity prior to the effective date of this
section.
If any sentence, paragraph or section of this article, or the
application thereof to any persons or circumstances shall be adjudged
by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, or if by legislative
action any sentence, paragraph or section of this article shall lose
its force and effect, such judgment or action shall not affect, impair
or void the remainder of this article.
This article shall become effective on February 1, 2005. The
Office of the Mercer County Inspector General is hereby charged with
the implementation of this article by the effective date.
[Adopted 12-16-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-14]
No contribution of money or any other thing of value, including
in-kind contributions, directly or indirectly, made by a professional
business entity to any candidate for County Executive, Commissioner,
County Clerk, Sheriff or Surrogate, or municipal or County party committee
or PAC referenced in this article shall be deemed a violation of this
section, nor shall an agreement for property, goods, or services,
of any kind whatsoever, be disqualified thereby, if that contribution
was made by the professional business entity prior to the effective
date of this article.
If any sentence, paragraph or section of this article, or the
application thereof to any persons or circumstances shall be adjudged
by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, or if by legislative
action any sentence, paragraph or section of this article shall lose
its force and effect, such judgment or action shall not affect, impair
or void the remainder of this article.
This article shall become effective on February 1, 2005. The
Office of the Mercer County Inspector General is hereby charged with
the implementation of this article by the effective date.