CHAPTER 80. CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES
Subchapter II. Contribution Limits
§ 8010. Contribution limits for candidates.
(a) No person (other than a political party) shall make, and no candidate, treasurer or anyone acting on behalf of any candidate
or candidate committee shall accept, any contribution which will cause the total amount of such person's contributions to
or in support of such candidate to exceed, with respect to a statewide election, $1,200 during an election period, or with
respect to any election that is not statewide, $600 during an election period.
(b) No political party shall make, and no candidate, treasurer or anyone acting on behalf of any candidate or candidate committee
shall accept, any contribution which will cause the total amount of contributions from any political party to or in support
of a candidate in an election period of such candidate to exceed, for the following offices:
(1) Governor: $75,000;
(2) All other State-wide offices: $25,000;
(3) N.C.C. Executives: $25,000;
(4) N.C.C. President: $15,000;
(5) All other county offices: $5,000;
(6) State Senate: $5,000;
(7) State House of Representatives: $3,000;
(8) All other offices: $3,000.
67 Del. Laws, c. 449, § 1.;
§ 8011. Contribution limits for parties.
No person shall make any contributions which will cause the total amount of such person's contributions to a political party
to exceed $20,000 during an election period. No treasurer or other person acting on behalf of any political party shall accept
any contribution which such person knows will cause the total amount of the donor's contributions to a political party to
exceed $20,000 during an election period. The contribution limits set forth in this chapter shall not be applicable to any
contributions received by a political party from or on behalf of any national political party, any organization subordinate
to such national political party or any other national political organization established for the purpose of supporting elections
to national, state and local offices including, but not limited to, the Republican and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committees,
the Republican and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committees, the Republican and Democratic Victory Funds, the Republican
and Democratic Governors' Associations.
67 Del. Laws, c. 449, § 1.;
§ 8012. Contribution limits generally.
(a) No person shall make, and no candidate, treasurer or any other person acting on behalf of a political committee shall
accept, any contribution in excess of $50 in cash to a political committee during an election period.
(b) No political party shall make any contribution to any political action committee.
(c) Any contribution by a political action committee shall be by a check which discloses the full name and address of said
political action committee.
(d) No agency of the State, no political subdivision of the State, no agency of any political subdivision of the State and
no agency authorized by an act of the General Assembly shall make any contribution to any political committee or candidate
for any elective office. No candidate, treasurer or other person acting on behalf of a political committee shall accept any
contribution from any agency of the State, any political subdivision of the State, any agency of any political subdivision
of the State or any agency authorized by an act of the General Assembly. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a political subdivision
of the State which has enacted an ordinance providing for public financing of elections shall be permitted to make contributions
in an amount authorized by such ordinance for campaign expenditures authorized by § 8020 of this title to a candidate committee
of a candidate for public office of such political subdivision and the candidate committee shall be permitted to accept such
contributions.
(e) A corporation, partnership or other entity (other than a political committee) which makes a contribution to a political
committee shall notify such political committee in writing of the names and addresses of all persons who, directly or otherwise,
own a legal or equitable interest of 50 percent or greater (whether in the form of stock ownership, percentage of partnership
interest, liability for the debts of the entity, entitlement to the profits from the other entity or other indicia of interest)
in such corporation, partnership or other entity, or that no such persons exist. The political committee may rely on such
notification, and should the notification provided by the representative of the entity be inaccurate or misleading, the person
or persons responsible for the notification, and not the political committee which received the contribution, shall be liable
therefor. A ratable portion of the contribution by the corporation, partnership or other entity shall be deemed to be a contribution
under this chapter to the political committee by each such person who owns a 50 percent or greater interest in the entity,
shall be included within the limit imposed by this section on individual contributions, and shall be so included in the reports
filed by the candidate committee with the Commissioner under § 8030 of this title.
(f) Any expenditure made by any political committee on behalf of or in connection with the campaign of any candidate (except
an independent expenditure that meets the requirements of this chapter) shall be deemed a contribution under this chapter,
shall be included within the limit imposed by § 8010(a) of this title on individual contributions, provided, however, that
such expenditures by political parties shall be included within the limit imposed by § 8010(b) of this title on contributions
by political parties, and shall be so included in the reports filed by the candidate committee with the Commissioner under
§ 8030 of this title. Where such an expenditure by any political committee benefits more than 1 candidate, such expenditure
shall be prorated among the candidates benefitted for purposes of the limits on contributions. For example, if a billboard
depicts 2 candidates' names and likenesses with equal prominence, each candidate is benefitted equally by the expenditure
for the billboard.
(g) For purposes of this chapter:
(1) Amounts paid by a political party to compensate individuals working on behalf of all of the candidates of the party, and
amounts incurred on behalf of or in connection with 5 or more candidates shall not be deemed to be contributions to the candidates
of such political party;
(2) Any reimbursement paid by 1 political committee to another political committee for costs actually incurred by the other
political committee on behalf of the political committee that makes the reimbursement shall not be deemed to be a contribution
to such other political committee;
(3) If two or more candidate committees share the amount of any expenditure permitted under this chapter, no contribution
is made, so long as the amounts respectively paid by the respective candidate committees reasonably reflects the amount of
the use made by each candidate committee of goods or services for which the expenditure was made; and
(4) Costs incurred by political parties for voter registration and get-out-the vote activities conducted by a political party
shall not be considered contributions to any candidate.
67 Del. Laws, c. 449, § 1; 68 Del. Laws, c. 230, § 1.;
§ 8013. Short title.
Repealed by 67 Del. Laws, c. 449, § 1, effective Jan. 1, 1991.
CHAPTER 80. CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES
Subchapter II. Contribution Limits
§ 8010. Contribution limits for candidates.
(a) No person (other than a political party) shall make, and no candidate, treasurer or anyone acting on behalf of any candidate
or candidate committee shall accept, any contribution which will cause the total amount of such person's contributions to
or in support of such candidate to exceed, with respect to a statewide election, $1,200 during an election period, or with
respect to any election that is not statewide, $600 during an election period.
(b) No political party shall make, and no candidate, treasurer or anyone acting on behalf of any candidate or candidate committee
shall accept, any contribution which will cause the total amount of contributions from any political party to or in support
of a candidate in an election period of such candidate to exceed, for the following offices:
(1) Governor: $75,000;
(2) All other State-wide offices: $25,000;
(3) N.C.C. Executives: $25,000;
(4) N.C.C. President: $15,000;
(5) All other county offices: $5,000;
(6) State Senate: $5,000;
(7) State House of Representatives: $3,000;
(8) All other offices: $3,000.
67 Del. Laws, c. 449, § 1.;
§ 8011. Contribution limits for parties.
No person shall make any contributions which will cause the total amount of such person's contributions to a political party
to exceed $20,000 during an election period. No treasurer or other person acting on behalf of any political party shall accept
any contribution which such person knows will cause the total amount of the donor's contributions to a political party to
exceed $20,000 during an election period. The contribution limits set forth in this chapter shall not be applicable to any
contributions received by a political party from or on behalf of any national political party, any organization subordinate
to such national political party or any other national political organization established for the purpose of supporting elections
to national, state and local offices including, but not limited to, the Republican and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committees,
the Republican and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committees, the Republican and Democratic Victory Funds, the Republican
and Democratic Governors' Associations.
67 Del. Laws, c. 449, § 1.;
§ 8012. Contribution limits generally.
(a) No person shall make, and no candidate, treasurer or any other person acting on behalf of a political committee shall
accept, any contribution in excess of $50 in cash to a political committee during an election period.
(b) No political party shall make any contribution to any political action committee.
(c) Any contribution by a political action committee shall be by a check which discloses the full name and address of said
political action committee.
(d) No agency of the State, no political subdivision of the State, no agency of any political subdivision of the State and
no agency authorized by an act of the General Assembly shall make any contribution to any political committee or candidate
for any elective office. No candidate, treasurer or other person acting on behalf of a political committee shall accept any
contribution from any agency of the State, any political subdivision of the State, any agency of any political subdivision
of the State or any agency authorized by an act of the General Assembly. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a political subdivision
of the State which has enacted an ordinance providing for public financing of elections shall be permitted to make contributions
in an amount authorized by such ordinance for campaign expenditures authorized by § 8020 of this title to a candidate committee
of a candidate for public office of such political subdivision and the candidate committee shall be permitted to accept such
contributions.
(e) A corporation, partnership or other entity (other than a political committee) which makes a contribution to a political
committee shall notify such political committee in writing of the names and addresses of all persons who, directly or otherwise,
own a legal or equitable interest of 50 percent or greater (whether in the form of stock ownership, percentage of partnership
interest, liability for the debts of the entity, entitlement to the profits from the other entity or other indicia of interest)
in such corporation, partnership or other entity, or that no such persons exist. The political committee may rely on such
notification, and should the notification provided by the representative of the entity be inaccurate or misleading, the person
or persons responsible for the notification, and not the political committee which received the contribution, shall be liable
therefor. A ratable portion of the contribution by the corporation, partnership or other entity shall be deemed to be a contribution
under this chapter to the political committee by each such person who owns a 50 percent or greater interest in the entity,
shall be included within the limit imposed by this section on individual contributions, and shall be so included in the reports
filed by the candidate committee with the Commissioner under § 8030 of this title.
(f) Any expenditure made by any political committee on behalf of or in connection with the campaign of any candidate (except
an independent expenditure that meets the requirements of this chapter) shall be deemed a contribution under this chapter,
shall be included within the limit imposed by § 8010(a) of this title on individual contributions, provided, however, that
such expenditures by political parties shall be included within the limit imposed by § 8010(b) of this title on contributions
by political parties, and shall be so included in the reports filed by the candidate committee with the Commissioner under
§ 8030 of this title. Where such an expenditure by any political committee benefits more than 1 candidate, such expenditure
shall be prorated among the candidates benefitted for purposes of the limits on contributions. For example, if a billboard
depicts 2 candidates' names and likenesses with equal prominence, each candidate is benefitted equally by the expenditure
for the billboard.
(g) For purposes of this chapter:
(1) Amounts paid by a political party to compensate individuals working on behalf of all of the candidates of the party, and
amounts incurred on behalf of or in connection with 5 or more candidates shall not be deemed to be contributions to the candidates
of such political party;
(2) Any reimbursement paid by 1 political committee to another political committee for costs actually incurred by the other
political committee on behalf of the political committee that makes the reimbursement shall not be deemed to be a contribution
to such other political committee;
(3) If two or more candidate committees share the amount of any expenditure permitted under this chapter, no contribution
is made, so long as the amounts respectively paid by the respective candidate committees reasonably reflects the amount of
the use made by each candidate committee of goods or services for which the expenditure was made; and
(4) Costs incurred by political parties for voter registration and get-out-the vote activities conducted by a political party
shall not be considered contributions to any candidate.
67 Del. Laws, c. 449, § 1; 68 Del. Laws, c. 230, § 1.;
§ 8013. Short title.
Repealed by 67 Del. Laws, c. 449, § 1, effective Jan. 1, 1991.
CHAPTER 80. CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES
Subchapter II. Contribution Limits
§ 8010. Contribution limits for candidates.
(a) No person (other than a political party) shall make, and no candidate, treasurer or anyone acting on behalf of any candidate
or candidate committee shall accept, any contribution which will cause the total amount of such person's contributions to
or in support of such candidate to exceed, with respect to a statewide election, $1,200 during an election period, or with
respect to any election that is not statewide, $600 during an election period.
(b) No political party shall make, and no candidate, treasurer or anyone acting on behalf of any candidate or candidate committee
shall accept, any contribution which will cause the total amount of contributions from any political party to or in support
of a candidate in an election period of such candidate to exceed, for the following offices:
(1) Governor: $75,000;
(2) All other State-wide offices: $25,000;
(3) N.C.C. Executives: $25,000;
(4) N.C.C. President: $15,000;
(5) All other county offices: $5,000;
(6) State Senate: $5,000;
(7) State House of Representatives: $3,000;
(8) All other offices: $3,000.
67 Del. Laws, c. 449, § 1.;
§ 8011. Contribution limits for parties.
No person shall make any contributions which will cause the total amount of such person's contributions to a political party
to exceed $20,000 during an election period. No treasurer or other person acting on behalf of any political party shall accept
any contribution which such person knows will cause the total amount of the donor's contributions to a political party to
exceed $20,000 during an election period. The contribution limits set forth in this chapter shall not be applicable to any
contributions received by a political party from or on behalf of any national political party, any organization subordinate
to such national political party or any other national political organization established for the purpose of supporting elections
to national, state and local offices including, but not limited to, the Republican and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committees,
the Republican and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committees, the Republican and Democratic Victory Funds, the Republican
and Democratic Governors' Associations.
67 Del. Laws, c. 449, § 1.;
§ 8012. Contribution limits generally.
(a) No person shall make, and no candidate, treasurer or any other person acting on behalf of a political committee shall
accept, any contribution in excess of $50 in cash to a political committee during an election period.
(b) No political party shall make any contribution to any political action committee.
(c) Any contribution by a political action committee shall be by a check which discloses the full name and address of said
political action committee.
(d) No agency of the State, no political subdivision of the State, no agency of any political subdivision of the State and
no agency authorized by an act of the General Assembly shall make any contribution to any political committee or candidate
for any elective office. No candidate, treasurer or other person acting on behalf of a political committee shall accept any
contribution from any agency of the State, any political subdivision of the State, any agency of any political subdivision
of the State or any agency authorized by an act of the General Assembly. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a political subdivision
of the State which has enacted an ordinance providing for public financing of elections shall be permitted to make contributions
in an amount authorized by such ordinance for campaign expenditures authorized by § 8020 of this title to a candidate committee
of a candidate for public office of such political subdivision and the candidate committee shall be permitted to accept such
contributions.
(e) A corporation, partnership or other entity (other than a political committee) which makes a contribution to a political
committee shall notify such political committee in writing of the names and addresses of all persons who, directly or otherwise,
own a legal or equitable interest of 50 percent or greater (whether in the form of stock ownership, percentage of partnership
interest, liability for the debts of the entity, entitlement to the profits from the other entity or other indicia of interest)
in such corporation, partnership or other entity, or that no such persons exist. The political committee may rely on such
notification, and should the notification provided by the representative of the entity be inaccurate or misleading, the person
or persons responsible for the notification, and not the political committee which received the contribution, shall be liable
therefor. A ratable portion of the contribution by the corporation, partnership or other entity shall be deemed to be a contribution
under this chapter to the political committee by each such person who owns a 50 percent or greater interest in the entity,
shall be included within the limit imposed by this section on individual contributions, and shall be so included in the reports
filed by the candidate committee with the Commissioner under § 8030 of this title.
(f) Any expenditure made by any political committee on behalf of or in connection with the campaign of any candidate (except
an independent expenditure that meets the requirements of this chapter) shall be deemed a contribution under this chapter,
shall be included within the limit imposed by § 8010(a) of this title on individual contributions, provided, however, that
such expenditures by political parties shall be included within the limit imposed by § 8010(b) of this title on contributions
by political parties, and shall be so included in the reports filed by the candidate committee with the Commissioner under
§ 8030 of this title. Where such an expenditure by any political committee benefits more than 1 candidate, such expenditure
shall be prorated among the candidates benefitted for purposes of the limits on contributions. For example, if a billboard
depicts 2 candidates' names and likenesses with equal prominence, each candidate is benefitted equally by the expenditure
for the billboard.
(g) For purposes of this chapter:
(1) Amounts paid by a political party to compensate individuals working on behalf of all of the candidates of the party, and
amounts incurred on behalf of or in connection with 5 or more candidates shall not be deemed to be contributions to the candidates
of such political party;
(2) Any reimbursement paid by 1 political committee to another political committee for costs actually incurred by the other
political committee on behalf of the political committee that makes the reimbursement shall not be deemed to be a contribution
to such other political committee;
(3) If two or more candidate committees share the amount of any expenditure permitted under this chapter, no contribution
is made, so long as the amounts respectively paid by the respective candidate committees reasonably reflects the amount of
the use made by each candidate committee of goods or services for which the expenditure was made; and
(4) Costs incurred by political parties for voter registration and get-out-the vote activities conducted by a political party
shall not be considered contributions to any candidate.
67 Del. Laws, c. 449, § 1; 68 Del. Laws, c. 230, § 1.;
§ 8013. Short title.
Repealed by 67 Del. Laws, c. 449, § 1, effective Jan. 1, 1991.
