(A) No person shall make a contribution in excess of Two Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($2,600.00) to any candidate committee prior to a primary election.
(B) No person shall make a contribution in excess of Two Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($2,600.00) prior to a runoff primary election to any candidate committee of a candidate whose name will appear on the ballot for a runoff primary election. Provided, however, after the primary election a person who has made a contribution of Two Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($2,600.00) or less to the candidate committee prior to the primary election may make an additional contribution of no more than Two Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($2,600.00) to the candidate committee prior to the runoff primary election.
(C) No person shall make a contribution in excess of Two Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($2,600.00) to any candidate committee prior to a general election. Provided, however, after the primary election or runoff primary election, whichever is the last for determining a political party’s nominee, a person who has made a contribution of Two Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($2,600.00) or less prior to the primary election or runoff primary election, or both, may make an additional contribution of no more than Two Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($2,600.00) to a candidate committee of a candidate whose name will appear on the general election ballot.
(D) After the general election, a person who has made no contribution or a contribution of less than Two Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($2,600.00) in the aggregate under the provisions of subsections (A), (B) or (C) may make an additional contribution or contributions to a candidate committee in an amount or amounts that, aggregated with any prior contributions, do not exceed Two Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($2,600.00).
(E) No person shall make a total contribution to a candidate committee in excess of the aggregate contribution limits of subsections (A), (B) and (C) or in excess of Two Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($2,600.00) to the candidate committee of a candidate who is unopposed for election.
(F) No candidate committee shall make to another candidate committee, and the receiving candidate committee shall not accept, a total contribution in excess of Two Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($2,600.00) in the aggregate for all three elections or for the benefit of a candidate who is unopposed for election.
(G) For purposes of this section, “contribution” shall include multiple contributions, the amounts of which shall be aggregated.
(H) Beginning no earlier than January 1, 2015, and no later than July 1, 2015, and every two years thereafter, the limitations in subsections (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) of this section shall be increased by the percent difference between the price index for the twelve (12) months preceding the beginning of the calendar year during which the adjustment is made and the price index for 2014. If the adjusted limitation amount is not a multiple of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), the limitation shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). For purposes of this section, “price index” shall mean the average over a calendar year of the Consumer Price Index (all items — United States city average) published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The adjusted limitations shall be published on the Commission’s Internet website and shall be otherwise communicated as the Commission determines appropriate. The adjusted limitations shall apply to the primary, runoff primary and general elections in 2016 and every two (2) years thereafter as well as to any special primary, runoff primary or general elections that occur after the limitations are adjusted but before the regular primary, runoff primary or general elections.
(I) If a candidate files a statement of organization for a
candidate committee with the Commission for one state office and accepts one or more contributions for that candidate committee, then files a statement of organization for a candidate committee for a different state office prior to the filing period for that office, contributions to the two committees shall be aggregated for purposes of maximum contribution amounts for the second candidate committee.
Promulgated by Ethics Commission January 10, 2014; effective upon Legislature’s sine die adjournment May 23, 2014; operative January 1, 2015.
Amendment promulgated by Ethics Commission January 9, 2015; effective upon sine die adjournment of the Legislature May 22, 2015; operative May 22, 2015.