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Timestamp: 2020-02-23 15:12:18
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Matched Legal Cases: ['arts 114', 'arts 114', 'art 114', 'art 115', 'art 116', 'arty 1977', 'art 114', 'arty 1996', 'arty 2014', 'arty 1996']

Citation index: Parts 114, 115 and 116
› Citation index: Parts 114, 115 and 116
Part 114: Corporate and labor organization activity
Part 115: Federal Contractors
Part 116: Debts owed by candidates and political commitees
114.1 - Definitions 1977
- (a) Contribution and expenditure 1977
- (a)(1) Contribution and expenditure 1977
- (a)(2) Exemptions 1977
- (a)(2)(i) Communications 1977
- (a)(2)(ii) Voter drives 1977
- (a)(2)(iii) Separate segregated fund 1977
- (a)(2)(iv) Honoraria 1977
- - Section removed and reserved 1992
- (a)(2)(v) Corporate vendors 1977
- (a)(2)(vi) Legal or accounting services rendered to party 1977
- (a)(2)(vii) Legal or accounting services rendered to campaign 1977
- (a)(2)(viii) Convention activity 1977
- (a)(2)(ix) Donations to building fund 1977
- (a)(2)(x) Activity permitted by part 114 2014
- (b) Establishment, administration and solicitation costs 1977
- (c) Executive or administrative personnel 1977
- (c)(2)(iii) Former personnel who aren't stockholders 1977
- (c)(2)(iv) Consultants 1977
- (c)(3) Individuals on commission 1977
- (d) Labor organization 1977
- (e) Members 1977
- (e)(1) Membership association 1993
- (e)(2) Definition of member 1993
- (e)(2)(i) Investment or ownership stake 1993
- (e)(2)(ii) Dues and voting rights 1993
- Annual membership dues 1999
- (e)(2)(iii) Significant voting rights 1993
- (e)(3) Special cases 1993
- (e)(4) Members of local union 1993
- (e)(5) Multi-tiered organizations 1999
- (e)(6) Inapplicability of State law 1999
- (f) Method of facilitating the making of voluntary contributions 1977
- (g) Method of soliciting voluntary contributions 1977
- (h) Stockholder 1977
- (i) Voluntary contributions 1977
- (j) Restricted class for communications 1996
114.2 - Prohibitions on contributions and expenditures 1977
- - Prohibitions on contributions, expenditures and electioneering communications 2007
- (a) Prohibition on national banks and federally chartered corporation 1977
- (a)(1) Application of laws to national bank and federally chartered corporation 1977
- (b) Prohibition on any corporation 1977
- (b)(1) Prohibited corporate contributions 2002
- - -* 2002
- (b)(2)(i) Prohibited corporate expenditures 2002
- - Removed 2014
- (b)(2)(ii) Prohibited express advocacy beyond restricted class 2002
- (b)(2)(iii) *Prohibited electioneering communications 2002
- - Removed 2007
- (b)(3) *Electioneering communications 2007
- (c) Coordination of activity with candidates 1996
- (d) *Knowing acceptance of prohibited contribution 1996
- (e) *Consent to making of prohibited contribution 1996
- (f) Facilitating the making of contributions 1996
- (f)(1) Facilitating the making of contributions 1996
- (f)(2) Examples of facilitation 1996
- (f)(2)(i)(A) Employees engaged in fundraising 1996
- (f)(2)(i)(B) Use of facilities 1996
- (f)(2)(i)(C) Use of list 1996
- (f)(2)(i)(D) Use of meeting rooms 1996
- (f)(2)(i)(E) Catering and food services 1996
- (f)(2)(iii) Soliciting earmarked contributions 1996
- (f)(2)(iv) Use of coercion 1996
- (f)(3) Examples of what is not facilitation if conducted by SSF 1996
- (f)(4) Examples of what is not facilitation if conducted by corporation/labor organization 1996
- (f)(4)(iii) Soliciting earmarked contributions through SSF 1996
- (f)(5) Facilitation is not incidental services provided by corporate member as collecting agent for trade association, including payroll deduction 2005
114.3 - Partisan communications 1977
- - Communications to restricted class 1996
- (a)(1) Communications with restricted class 1983
- (a)(2) Communications by membership organizations 1983
- (b) Reporting of communications 1977
- (c) Manner of making 1977
- - Communications containing express advocacy 1996
- (c)(1) Communication of organization's views 1977
- (c)(1)(ii) News in publications 1983
- (c)(2) Candidate appearances 1977
- (c)(2)(iv) Coverage by news media 1996
- (c)(3) Phone banks 1977
- (c)(4) Registration and get out the vote drives 1977
- (c)(4)(i) Aimed at restricted class 2014
- (c)(4)(ii) Nonpartisan drives exempted 2014
- (c)(4)(iii) Drives that are not nonpartisan 2014
114.4 - Nonpartisan communications 1977
- - Expenditures for communications in connection with a federal election to the restricted class and the general public 1983
- - Communications beyond restricted class 1996
- (a) Nonpartisan communications by corporation or labor organization to employees or restricted class 1983
- - General 1996
- (a)(1) General 1983
- (a)(1)(i) Nonpartisan communications by corporations and labor organizations 1983
- (a)(1)(ii) Nonpartisan communications by other organizations 1983
- (a)(2) Nonpartisan candidate and party appearances on corporate premises or at function 1983
- (a)(2)(ii) Appearances by presidential and vice presidential candidates 1983
- (a)(3) Nonpartisan candidate and party appearances on labor organization premises or at function 1983
- (b) Nonpartisan candidate appearances 1977
- - Nonpartisan communications by corporations and labor organizations to the general public 1983
- - Communications to employees beyond restricted class 1996
- (b)(1) General 1983
- - Candidate appearances on corporate premises or at corporate functions 1996
- (b)(1)(i) Opportunity for other candidates to appear 1996
- (b)(1)(iii) Opportunity for other political parties to appear 1996
- (b)(1)(iv) Solicitation and collection of contributions 1996
- (b)(1)(v) No express advocacy 1996
- (b)(1)(vi) Similar time and location 1996
- (b)(2) Nonpartisan registration and voting communications 1983
- - Candidate appearances on labor organization premises or at labor organization functions 1996
- (b)(2)(i) Factors in determination of nonpartisan communication 1983
- (b)(2)(ii) Media through which a communication may be made 1983
- - No express advocacy 1996
- (b)(3) Official registration and voting information 1983
- (b)(3)(iii) Printing of registration materials and voter information 1983
- (b)(4) Appearances on labor organization facilities 1977
- - Voting records 1983
- (b)(5) Appearances on labor organization facilities 1977
- - Voter guides 1983
- (b)(5)(i) Nonpartisan voter guides 1983
- - Rule invalidated 1996
- (b)(5)(i)(A) Candidates to be included in guide 1984
- (b)(5)(i)(B) Candidates' responses in voter guide 1984
- (b)(5)(i)(C) Wording of questions 1984
- (b)(5)(i)(D) Editorial opinion or support within guide 1984
- (b)(5)(i)(E) Inclusion of biographical information 1984
- (b)(5)(i)(F) Area of distribution 1984
- (b)(5)(ii) Candidates' responses in voter guides 1983
- (b)(5)(iii) Wording of questionnaires in voter guide 1983
- (b)(5)(iv) Express advocacy within voter guide 1983
- (b)(5)(v) Inclusion of biographical information 1983
- (b)(5)(vi) Geographic area 1983
- (c) Nonpartisan registration and voter information 1977
- - Nonpartisan registration and get-out-the-vote drives 1983
- - Communications to general public 1996
- (c)(1) Requirements for conducting nonpartisan drives 1977
- (c)(1)(ii) Table for distribution of voting information 1983
- (c)(2) No candidate endorsement 1977
- - Donation of funds 1983
- - Registration and voting communications 1996
- (c)(3) Use of personnel and facilities 1983
- - Official registration and voting information 1996
- (c)(3)(ii) Distribution of registration forms and absentee ballots 1996
- (c)(4) When co-sponsorship not required 1983
- - Voting records 1996
- (c)(5) Identification of drive sponsors 1983
- - Voter guides 1996
- (c)(5)(i) Voter guide produced without coordination with campaign 1996
- (c)(5)(ii) Voter guide produced with limited contact with campaign 1996
- (c)(6) Endorsement 1996
- (c)(6)(ii) No coordination with campaign 1996
- (c)(7) Candidate appearances at educational institutions 1996
- (c)(7)(i) Institution may charge candidate for use 1996
- (c)(7)(ii) Use of facilities at no charge or reduced charge 1996
- (c)(7)(ii)(B) No express advocacy or favoritism 1996
- (c)(8) Electioneering communications 2007
- (d) Nonpartisan registration and get-out-the-vote drives 1977
- - Candidate appearances at membership organization facilities 1983
- - Registration and get-out-the-vote drives 1996
- (d)(1) *No express advocacy 1996
- - Voter registration and GOTV drives permitted 2014
- (d)(2) No coordination with candidate or political party 1996
- - Disbursements for certain voter registration and GOTV drives not expenditures 2014
- (d)(2)(i) No express advocacy 2014
- (d)(2)(ii) No targeting voters of favored party 2014
- (d)(2)(iii) Services made available regardless of political preference 2014
- (d)(2)(iv) No payment to register or transport particular voters 2014
- (d)(2)(v) Notification that assistance available regardless of political preference 2014
- (d)(3) *No targeting voters of favored party 1996
- (d)(4) Facilities of corporation 1977
- - Services made available regardless of political preference 1996
- (d)(5) *No payment to register particular voters 1996
- (d)(6) *Notification that assistance available regardless of political preference 1996
- (e) Funding of candidate debates 1979
- - * Candidate appearances at membership organization facilities or functions 1996
- (f) Candidate debates 1996
114.5 - Separate segregated funds 1977
- (a) Voluntary contributions to a separate segregated fund 1977
- (a)(1) Money obtained by coercion or condition 1977
- (a)(2) Guideline for contributions 1977
- (a)(5) Required disclosures 1977
- (b) Use of treasury monies 1977
- (c) Membership in separate segregated funds 1977
- (d) Control of funds 1977
- (e) Disclosure 1977
- (e)(2)(i) Separate segregated fund costs incurred for express advocacy communication 1980
- (f) Contribution limits 1977
- (g) Solicitations 1977
- (g)(1) Affiliation factors 1989
- (g)(2) Solicitations by labor organization 1983
- (h) Accidental or inadvertent solicitation 1977
- (i) Communications paid for with voluntary contributions 1977
- (j) Acceptance of contributions 1977
- (k) Availability of methods 1977
- (l) Methods permitted by law to labor organizations 1977
114.6 - Twice yearly solicitations 1977
- (c) Written solicitation 1977
- (d) Custodial arrangement 1977
- (d)(3)(i) Confidentiality of records 1996
- (d)(5) Who may serve as custodian 1996
- (e) Availability of methods 1977
- (e)(2) Restricted to SSF solicitation 1977
- (e)(3) Requirements for corporation 1977
- (e)(4) Notification of labor organization 1977
- (e)(5) Solicitation of labor organization employees 1977
114.7 - Membership organizations, cooperatives or corporations without capital stock 1977
- (a) Solicitation rights 1977
- (b) No waiver of corporate/labor prohibition 1977
- (c) Trade association solicitations 1977
- (d) Incorporated professional organization 1977
- (e) No limit on soliciting restricted class of membership organization 1983
- (g) Separate segregated fund 1977
- (h) Communication rights 1977
- (i) Mutual life insurance company 1977
- (j) Prohibition on soliciting separate segregated funds of members 1977
- (k) Cooperatives 1993
- (k)(1) Solicitation rights of federated or rural cooperative 1993
- (k)(2) Communication rights of cooperative 1993
114.8 - Trade associations 1977
- (a) Definition 1977
- (c) Solicitation of member corporation's restricted class 1977
- (c)(2) Limit on authorization 1983
- (d) Separate and specific approval 1977
- (d)(2) Retention of approved requests 1977
- (d)(4) Separate authorization 1983
- (e) Solicitation after approval 1977
- (e)(3) Solicitation method by trade association 2005
- (e)(4) Corporate member as collecting agent 2005
- (f) Solicitation of parent or subsidiary 1977
- (g) Federations of trade associations 1977
- (g)(1) Affiliates of trade association federation 1989
- (h) Communications other than solicitations 1977
- (i) Trade association employees 1977
114.9 - Use of corporate or labor organization facilities and means of transportation 1977
- - Use of corporate or labor organization facilities 2004
- (a) Use of corporate facilities for individual volunteer activity by stockholders and employees 1977
- (a)(1) Incidental use of corporate facilities 2006
- (a)(1)(i) Safe harbor for employees 2006
- (a)(1)(ii) Safe harbor for stockholders 2006
- (a)(2) Reimbursement for use of facilities 1980
- (a)(2)(i) Safe harbor for incidental use of facilities 2006
- (a)(2)(ii) Safe harbor: incidental use, Internet activities 2006
- (a)(2)(ii)(C) Internet activities not performed under coercion 2006
- (a)(3) Commercially reasonable time for reimbursement 2006
- (b) Use of labor organization facilities for individual volunteer activity by officials, members and employees 1977
- (b)(1) Incidental use of labor organization facilities 2006
- (b)(1)(i) Safe harbor for employees 2006
- (b)(1)(ii) Safe harbor for members 2006
- (b)(2) Reimbursement for use of facilities 1980
- (b)(2)(i) Safe harbor: incidental use, facilities 2006
- (b)(2)(ii) Safe harbor: incidental use, Internet activities 2006
- (b)(2)(ii)(C) Internet activities not performed under coercion 2006
- (b)(3) Commercially reasonable time for reimbursement 2006
- (c) Use of facilities to produce election materials 1977
- (d) Use of corporate or labor organization facilities by other persons 1977
- (e) Use of airplanes and other means of transportation 1977
- - Section (e) removed and reserved 2004
- - No effect on provision re: communications to and beyond restricted class 2006
114.10 - Extension of credit and settlement of corporate debts 1977
- - Section removed and reserved 1990
- - Qualified nonprofit corporation 1995
- - Corporations and labor organizations making independent expenditures and electioneering communications 2014
- (a) Scope 1995
- - General 2014
- (b) Definitions 1995
- - Reporting independent expenditures and electioneering communications 2014
- (b)(1) Promotion of political ideas 1995
- - Requirement to file reports of independent expenditures 2014
- (b)(2) Express purpose 1995
- - Requirement to file reports of electioneering communications 2014
- (b)(2)(i) Purpose stated in organization papers 1995
- (b)(3) Business activities 1995
- (b)(4) Shareholder 1995
- (c) Debt settlement procedures 1977
- - Qualified nonprofit corporation defined 1995
- - Non-authorization notice 2014
- (c)(1) Express purpose 1995
- (c)(2) Prohibition on business activities 1995
- (c)(3) Prohibition on shareholders and business affiliates 1995
- (c)(3)(i) Shareholders 1995
- (c)(3)(ii) Persons with disincentives to disassociate 1995
- (c)(4) Relationship with business corporations and labor unions 1995
- (c)(4)(i) No establishment by 1995
- (c)(4)(ii) No donations from 1995
- (c)(4)(iii) Ability to demonstrate 1995
- (c)(5) Section 501(c)(4) status 1995
- (d) Permitted corporate independent expenditures 1995
- - *Permitted corporate independent expenditures and electioneering communications 2002
Segregated bank account 2014
- (d)(1) QNC may make independent expenditure 2002
- (d)(2) QNC may make electioneering communication 2002
- (d)(3) Contributions by QNC prohibited 2002
- (e) Reporting requirements 1995
- - Activities prohibited by the Internal Revenue Code 2014
- (e)(1) Certifying exempt status 1995
- (e)(1)(i) Certification for independent expenditures 2002
- (e)(1)(ii) Format for making certification 2001
- - Certification for electioneering communications 2002
- (e)(2) *Reporting independent expenditures 1995
- (e)(2)(ii) Made by qualified nonprofit corporations in excess of $10,000 2010
- (f) Solicitation disclosure 1995
- (g) *Non-authorization notice 1995
- (h) *Segregated bank account 2001
- (i) *Activities prohibited by internal revenue code 2002
114.11 - Employee participation plan 1977
- (b) Availability to members of a labor organization 1977
- (c) Communications about participation in the plan 1977
- (d) Identification of corporation in transmittal of contributions 1977
114.12 - Miscellaneous provisions 1977
- - Incorporation of political committees; payment of fringe benefits 1996
- (a) Incorporation for liability purposes only 1977
- (b) Use of meeting rooms 1977
- - Section removed and reserved 1996
- (c) Costs of fringe benefits 1977
- (c)(1) Who may/may not pay costs of fringe benefits 2014
- (d) Payroll deduction plan 1977
- - Section repealed 1995
114.13 - Use of meeting rooms 1996
114.14 - Further restrictions on use of corporate and labor organization funds for electioneering communications 2002
- (a)(1) Prohibited from providing funds for electioneering communications not permissible under exemption at 114.15 2002
- (a)(2) When a corporation is deemed to have provided funds 2002
- (b) Persons who accept funds from corporations and labor organizations 2002
= - - 2007
- (b)(1) Persons accepting corporations and labor funds shall not use funds to pay for electioneering communications not permissible under exemption at 114.15 2007
- (b)(2) Persons accepting corporations and labor funds shall not use funds to defray costs of EC not permissible under exemption at 114.15 2007
- (c) Exceptions 2002
- (d)(1) Persons accepting corporate and labor funds must be able to demonstrate these funds not used to pay for EC not permissible under exemption at 114.15 2002
- (d)(2) Use of segregated bank account 2002
- (d)(2)(i) Use of segregated account by persons other than corporations and labor organizations that make electioneering communications that come under exemption at 114.15 2007
- (d)(2)(ii) Use of segregated account by persons other than corporations and labor organizations to make electioneering communications that do not come under exemption at 114.15 2007
114.15 - Permissible use of corporate and labor organization funds for certain electioneering communications 2007
- (a) General exemption (WRTL II) 2007
- (b) Safe harbor provision 2007
- (b)(1) Mentioning election or candidacy prong 2007
- (b)(2) Taking a position on character or qualifications prong 2007
- (b)(3) Lobbying communications or commercial ads prong 2007
- (b)(3)(i) Legislative, executive or judicial matters 2007
- (b)(3)(ii) Proposed commercial transaction 2007
- (c) Interpretation for electioneering communications that do not qualify for the safe harbor 2007
- (c)(1) Indicia of express advocacy 2007
- (c)(2) Content of communication 2007
- (c)(2)(i) Focus on public policy 2007
- (c)(2)(ii) Proposes commercial transaction 2007
- (c)(2)(iii) Includes call to action 2007
- (c)(3) Interpreting the communication 2007
- (d) Information permissibly considered 2007
- (e) Examples of communications 2007
- (f) Corporate and labor organization reporting requirement 2007
115.1 - Definitions 1977
- (a) Federal contractor 1977
- (b) Period of prohibition 1977
- (c) Contracts 1977
- (d) Contractual relationship 1977
- (e) Labor organization 1977
115.2 - Prohibitions 1977
115.3 - Corporations, labor organizations, membership organizations, cooperatives, and corporations without capital stock 1977
115.4 - Partnerships 1977
115.5 - Individuals and sole proprietors 1977
115.6 - Employee expenditures 1977
116.1 - Definitions 1990
- (a) Terminating committee 1990
- (c) Commercial vendor 1990
- (e) Extension of credit 1990
- (f) Creditor 1990
116.2 - Debts owed by terminating committees, ongoing committees and authorized committees 1990
- (a) Owed by terminating committee 1990
- (c)(1) Debt settlement by authorized committee 1990
- (c)(2) Transfers of funds prohibited 1990
- (c)(3) Assignment of debts to another committee 1990
116.3 - Extensions of credit by commercial vendors 1990
- (c) Ordinary course of business 1990
116.4 - Forgiveness or settlement of debts owed to commercial vendors 1990
- (a)(1) Unincorporated vendor – exempt from definition of contribution 2002
- (b)(1) Incoroporated vendor – exempt from definition of contribution 2002
- (c) Reasonable efforts by a political committee 1990
- (c)(1) Exempt from definition of contribution 2002
- (d) Commercially reasonable 1990
- (d)(2) Reasonable efforts to satisfy outstanding debts 1990
- (e) Settlement or forgiveness not required 1990
- (f) Reporting 1990
116.5 - Advances by committee staff and other individuals 1990
- (b) Treatment as contributions 1990
- (b)(2) * Subsistence expense 1991
- (d) Settlement or forgiveness 1990
116.6 - Salary payments owed to employees 1990
- (a) Treatment as debt or volunteer services 1990
- (b) Settlement or forgiveness 1990
116.7 - Commission review of debt settlement plans 1990
- (a) Procedures for filing plans 1990
- (b) Debts subject to settlement 1990
- (c) Debts that shall not be settled; disputed debts 1990
- (d) Reporting 1990
- (e) Contents of plans 1990
- (e)(4) Separate list of remaining obligations 1990
- (f) Commission review 1990
- (g) Debts dischargeable in bankruptcy 1990
116.8 - Creditor forgiveness of debts owed by ongoing committees 1990
116.9 - Creditors that cannot be found or that are out of business 1990
116.10 - Disputed debts 1990
- (b) Owed by terminating committees 1990
116.11 - Restriction on authorized committee repayment of candidate loans exceeding $250,000 2003
- (a) Definition of personal loan 2003
- (b) Repayment rules on or before election date 2003
- (c) Repayment rules after election 2003
116.12 - Repayment of candidate loans $250,000 or less 2003