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      Making corporate collection methods available to labor organizations

Making corporate collection methods available to labor organizations Any lawful method of soliciting and collecting SSF contributions (such as payroll deduction) that is used by a corporation may also be used by a labor organization that represents the corporation’s employees. Moreover, upon written request by a labor organization, a corporation and its subsidiaries must provide the labor organization with the same method used by the corporation for soliciting and collecting contributions for its own SSF or for a trade association’s SSF. Reimbursement A corporation must provide its solicitation and collection system to a labor organization at a cost sufficient only to reimburse the corporation for the expenses incurred in doing so. The reimbursement may not be waived, since that would result in the corporation’s absorption of the labor organization’s solicitation costs—a prohibited contribution. The Commission has approved a labor organization’s advanced payment of solicitation and collection costs to a corporation rather than reimbursement. Exception If neither a parent corporation nor its subsidiaries sponsor an SSF, they are not required to make any solicitation or collection method available to any labor organization, though a corporation may agree to make some system available at cost. Twice-yearly solicitations A corporation must make available to the labor organization the method it uses for soliciting and collecting contributions through a twice-yearly mailing.
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          Collecting and forwarding contributions to the SSF: Collecting agentsTwice-yearly solicitations of expanded classWho may be solicited for an SSF contributionPayroll deduction Need help? Get help from the FEC by phone or email
 Legal citations Regulations 11 CFR 114.5(k) and (l)Availability of methods 11 CFR 114.8(e)(4)Application to trade association solicitations
 Advisory opinions AO 1981-39Union payments to corporation for administering payroll deduction plan AO 1979-21Reimbursement for use of payroll deduction plan


This information is not intended to replace the law or to change its meaning, nor does this information create or confer any rights for or on any person or bind the Federal Election Commission or the public. The reader is encouraged also to consult the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.), Commission regulations (Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations), Commission advisory opinions and applicable court decisions.


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