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Volume 4, Number 2 

ADVISORY OPINIONSi SUMMARIES 

The following are brief summaries of recently issued 

Advisory Opinions (AOs). 

AO 1977-32: Trade Association Solicitations 

of Municipal Corporations · 

APTA-PAC is a poljtical committee established by the 

American P\lblic Transit Association (APTA), a trade association representing the urban transit Industry. It must 

obtain specific solicitation approval from its municipal 

corporate members (as well as other corporate members) 

before soliciting those members' executive and administrative personnel. ·(length, including 1 dissenting opinion: 5 pages) . . 

AO 1977-43: Recei11ing Contributions After· 

Termination Reports 

The Glenn Brown for Congress Committee (the Committee) 

may not receive contributions or make expenditures after it 

has filed a valid Termination Report. The Committee may 

not be reactivated solely for the purpose of accepting a contribution designated to retire a 1976 election debt which 

the Committee previously owed to the candidate, but 

which the candidate subsequently forgave in order to per-· 

mit the Committee to terminate. (Length, including 1 dissenting opinion: 3 pages) 

AO 1977-56: Preserving AnonymitY for Contributors 

to Separate Segregeted Funds 

The custodian of employees' contributions solicited (under 

the twice yearly provisions of 2 U.S.C. §441b) ·by 

SA FEPAC •. the. political action committee of the Western 

Company of North America,. may also be the treasurer of 

SAFEPAC prO'iided he/she preserVes the anonymitY of 

contributors and files the required reports. A custodian 

who serves as treasurer is subject to all the responsibilities 

of a treasurer under the Act arid may not participate in the 

decision-making processing whereby tlhe separate segregated 

fund makes contributions and expenditures. 

February 1978 . ' 

The treasurer-custodian may not disclose tO a eompany. 

accountant or an o.utside auditing firm the records ·of· 

persons· making a single contribution of $50 or less or 

multiple contributions aggregating $100 or less in a ·calendar year. The custodian-treasurer could, however, disclose 

to eitlher a company accountant or outside auditing firm 

those records required with respect to single contributions 

exceeding $50 In a calendar year or contributions from an 

individual which aggregate over $100 in a calendar .year. 

(Length: ~ pages) 

AO 1977-59: Assistant,Treasurer May Assume 

Treasurer's Duties 

The treasurer of AICPA Effective Legislation Committee 

(the Committee) may designate an assistant treasurer to 

serve in his ·absence provided the Committee first files an 

amendment to Its Statement of Organization identifying 

tlhe assistant treasurer. In this case; the assistant treasurer 

may essume all the duties and responsibilities of the 

treasurer, ii)Ciuding tlhe dutY to sign required reports. 

(Length: 2 pages) · 

REGISTRATION REMINDER 

Any candidate in a 1978 election, regardless of their 

Involvement in prior Federal elections, must file a Statement of Candidate (FEC Form 21 or letter containing the 

same information, designating lor redesignating), his/her 

principal campaign committee as the 1978 committee. 

Political committees, including principal campaign committees and authorized committees, which supported one or 

more candidates in a 1976 election (and which have not 

terminated) must,amend their Statements of Organization 

(FEC Form 1) if they plan to support candidates for a 197!1 · 

election. Amendments must indicate i:he change in election 

dates and any other new information; suCh as change"s In 

address, officers, bank depositories, or office sought by the 

candldate(s). Amendments may be mode by filing an 

amended Statement of Organization or by letter containing 

the same information. · · 
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IOWA 

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Des Moines, lA 50319 

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MAINE. 

Election Division . 

Office ·of 'the Secretary of State 

State Office Building 

Augusta, ME 04333 

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MARYLAND 

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One As!lburton Place 

Boston, MA 02108 

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MICHIGAN 

Elections_ Division 

Office. of the Secretary of State 

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Lansing, Ml 48918 

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MINNESOTA 

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180 State Office Building 

St. Paul, MN 55155-. 

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MISSOURI 

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MONTANA 

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Capitol Station 

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NEBRASKA 

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2300 State Capitol 

Liilcoln, NE 68509 

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NEW HAMPSHIRE 

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Concord, NH 03301 

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NEW MEXICO 

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State Capitol 

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NEW YORK 

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Albany, NY 12223 

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NORTH CAROLINA 

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NORTH DAKOTA 

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OKLAHOMA 

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101 _State CaPitol Building 

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OREGON 

Elections Division 

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State Capitol, Room .141 

Salem, OR 97310 

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PENNSYLVANIA 

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Nonh Office Building, Room 305 

Harrisburg, PA 17120 

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RHODE ISLAND 

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State House, Room 219 

Providence, AI 02903 

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SOUTH CAROLINA 

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P. 0. Box 5987 

Columbia, SC 29250 

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SOUTH DAKOTA 

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Capitol Building 

Pierre, SO 57501 

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TEXAS 

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UTAH 

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VERMONT 

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MontPelier', vt 05602 

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VIRGINIA 

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WASHINGTON 

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Olympia, WA 98504 

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State Capitol; A(>om 157 · 

Charleston, WV .25305 

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WISCONSIN 

State Elections Board 

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Madison, WI .53703 

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WYOMING 

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Office of the Secretary of State 

Capitol Building 

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INDEX TO 

MULTI.CANDIDATE COMMITTEES ·.on· January '19, -19'18, the Federal Election Commission 

published in the Federal -Register a notice on the avail· 

. . ability of a comprehensive lnde_x of Multlcandidate .Political 

. Committees. A "multicandidate committee" is ·defined 

· urider. .the Act as a committee registered for at least six 

rrionihs, Which has-received, contributions from more 'lllan 

· 50 pe!Sons ,and, .Xcept·in the case of State party organiza-

. tions, has made contributions to five or more candidates 

for Federai 'office. A· multicandidate committee is permit· 

ted to cbntribute up to $5,000 to each Federal candidate, 

per election. Contributions, made by any political commit· 

tee affiliated with ·a multicandidate committee courit 

a~lnst 'lllat multicandidate committee's $5,000 limit. 

The Multlcandidate Committee Index contains two sections: party-related commi- and nonparty-related com· 

mi-. It is based on a review of the reports and statements filed with the Commission, the General Accounting 

--Offiea, the· Clerk of 'llle House and 'llle Secretary of the 

Senate since April 7, 1972. Committees which have met 

the qualifications for "multicandidate committee" prior to 

January 1, 1975; were.!letermined to have been qualified as 

-of Januaiy 1, 1975, the effective date of 'llle 1974 Amend: 

ments to the Federal Election Campaign Act. 

The Index, as required under the Act, includes _each committee's date' of regis_tr.atlon and .the date it qualified as a 

multicandidate cOmmittee, :either ·on its own or through 

affiliation with anOther qualified rnulticandidate commit· 

tee. The , index may· be used to verify the contributing 

committee's status . as· a ·•multicandidate committee" 

qualified to give up to $5,000. 

Updates of the Index will be P.Ublished on a monthly besis 

dUring the 1978 election year; Copies of the Index are 

available, ,UPon written request, from the Commission's 

Office of Public Records for $1.00 per copy, paid in 

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FEC PUBLIC APPEARANCES · In keeping wi'lll its- objective of making information available . to the public, the Federal Electi_on 

Commisslol'l regularly accepts invitations for its 

representatives tQ. address public gatherings on the 

subject of campaign finance laws and the Commission _ 

·:itself. (For a sllmmary of the Commission's ppllcy on 

accepting invitations, see the Record, June 1977, p. · 

6.) This regular column will list scheduled Commis; 

sion appearances, detailing th' name of the sponsor· 

ing organization, location of. the event and 'llle 

CommiSsion's representative. Any .inquiries concerning the ·event should b<i addressed to the sponsoring . 

organization. 

2/7 - Chamber of Commerce Seminar Series 

Denver, Colorado 

Dre\N McKay, Associate Staff Director 

218 Chamber of Commerce Seminar Series 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 

Drew McKay, Associate Staff Director 

.2/9 .Chamber of Commerce Seminar Series 

Minneapolis, Minnesota • 

_ Drew McKay, Associate Staff Director 

2110 Federal Bar Association 

Washington, D.C. 

William C. Oldaker, Genera! Counsel 

2!23 Precticlng Law lnstitu1e 

Wasl\ington, D.C. 

commissioner Joan Aikens 

Kent C. Cooper, Asst.: Staff Director for the 

Public Disclosure Division 

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