§11-200 - Campaign contributions; restrictions against transfer.

§11-200 Campaign contributions;restrictions against transfer. (a) A candidate, campaign treasurer, orcandidate's committee shall not receive any contributions or receive or makeany transfer of money or anything of value:

(1) For any purpose other than that directly related:

(A) In the case of the candidate, to thecandidate's own campaign; or

(B) In the case of a campaign treasurer orcandidate's committee, to the campaign of the candidate, question, or issuewith which they are directly associated; or

(2) To support the campaigns of candidates other thanthe candidate for whom the funds were collected or with whom the campaigntreasurer or candidate's committee is directly associated; or

(3) To campaign against any other candidate notdirectly opposing the candidate for whom the funds were collected or with whomthe campaign treasurer or candidate's committee is directly associated.

(b) Any provision of law to the contrarynotwithstanding, a candidate, campaign treasurer, or candidate's committee, asa contribution:

(1) May purchase from its campaign fund not more thantwo tickets for each event held by another candidate, committee, or partywhether or not the event constitutes a fundraiser as defined in section 11-203;

(2) May use campaign funds for any ordinary andnecessary expenses incurred in connection with the candidate's duties as aholder of an elected state or county office, as the term is used in section11-206(c); and

(3) May make contributions from its campaign fund toany community service, educational, youth, recreational, charitable,scientific, or literary organization; provided that in any election cycle, thetotal amount of all contributions from campaign funds and surplus funds shallbe no more than the maximum amount that one person or other entity maycontribute to that candidate pursuant to section 11-204(a); provided furtherthat no contributions from campaign funds shall be made from the date thecandidate files nomination papers to the date of the general election.

(d) This section shall not be construed toprohibit a candidate for the office of governor or lieutenant governor fromsupporting a co-candidate in the general election.

(e) This section shall not be construed toprohibit a candidate from making contributions to the candidate's party so longas that contribution is not earmarked for another candidate. [L 1979, c 224, ptof §2; am L 1980, c 232, §2 and c 246, §1(d); gen ch 1985; am L 1987, c 369,§1(5); am L Sp 1995, c 10, §2(8); am L 2000, c 99, §3; am L 2005, c 203, §6]