16-948. Controls on participating candidates'
campaign accounts.
(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies)
A. A participating candidate shall conduct all financial activity through a single
campaign account of the candidate's campaign committee. A participating candidate shall
not make any deposits into the campaign account other than those permitted under sections
16-945 or 16-946.
B. A candidate may designate other persons with authority to withdraw funds from
the candidate's campaign account. The candidate and any person so designated shall sign
a joint statement under oath promising to comply with the requirements of this title.
C. The candidate or a person authorized under subsection B of this section shall
pay monies from a participating candidate's campaign account directly to the person
providing goods or services to the campaign and shall identify, on a report filed
pursuant to article 1 of this chapter, the full name and street address of the person and
the nature of the goods and services and compensation for which payment has been
made. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, a campaign committee may establish one or
more petty cash accounts, which in aggregate shall not exceed one thousand dollars at any
time. No single expenditure shall be made from a petty cash account exceeding one
hundred dollars.
D. Monies in a participating candidate's campaign account shall not be used to pay
fines or civil penalties, for costs or legal fees related to representation before the
commission, or for defense of any enforcement action under this chapter. Nothing in this
subsection shall prevent a participating candidate from having a legal defense fund.
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