A. No candidate for city council or mayor, or candidate committee, or council member or mayor shall solicit or accept any contribution, including any "in-kind" contribution, that will cause the total contributions to that candidate from any person to exceed two hundred dollars during any election cycle. The receipt of any contribution which would cause the total amount of contributions to a candidate from a single person to exceed two hundred dollars shall promptly return any such excess to the donor. The provisions of this section shall not apply to contributions by a candidate for city council or mayor of his or her own funds to his or her own controlled committee. Contributions by the spouse of a candidate for city council or mayor from such spouse’s separate property shall be subject to the contribution limits.

B. Elective Council Members and Candidates with Outstanding Debt from Prior Election. No person shall make, and no mayor or city council member or indebted former candidate, or treasurer of any controlled committee of any mayor or city council member or indebted former candidate, shall solicit or accept any contributions for the purpose of retiring outstanding debt from a prior city election which would cause the total amount contributed by such person to such mayor or council member or indebted former candidate or to his or her controlled committee, to exceed two hundred dollars for the election in which the outstanding debt was incurred, regardless of when the contribution(s) is made or received.

C. Recall Elections. The contribution limitations set forth in subsection A above shall also apply to any committee which collects contributions for the purpose of making expenditures in support of or opposition to the recall of a mayor or city council member, and to contributions received by such mayor or city council member during a recall election cycle as defined in Section 1.30.035.

D. Candidate’s Personal Funds. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a candidate’s contribution of his or her personal funds to his or her own controlled committee. Contributions by the spouse of a candidate from such spouse’s separate property shall be subject to the contribution limitations set forth in subsection A.