California Code of Regulations › Title 2 - Administration › Division 6 - Fair Political Practices Commission › Chapter 5 - Campaign Finance Reform › Article 1 - Statewide Measures › Section 18570 - Return of Contributions with Insufficient Donor Information

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The 60-day
				  period within which a contribution must be returned pursuant to Government Code
				  section
				  85700
				  commences on the first day the candidate or committee, or an agent of a
				  candidate or committee, obtains possession or control of the
				  contribution.
(b) Pending receipt
				  of the information required by Government Code section
				  85700, a
				  candidate or committee, or an agent of a candidate or committee, may deposit a
				  monetary contribution in the candidate's or committee's campaign bank
				  account.
(c) A contribution lacking
				  the information required by Government Code section
				  85700 is
				  deemed returned on the date the contribution or its monetary equivalent is
				  mailed, delivered or otherwise transmitted to the contributor within 60
				  calendar days of the date identified according to subdivision (a) of this
				  regulation. If the contribution cannot be returned, the contribution shall be
				  paid within 60 calendar days of the date identified according to subdivision
				  (a) of this regulation to the Secretary of State for deposit in the General
				  Fund of the State. If the contribution was made in connection with a local
				  election, the contribution shall be paid to the general fund of the local
				  jurisdiction in which the committee is based.
(d) A candidate or committee shall maintain
				  in its files a record of the date on which the information required by
				  Government Code section
				  85700 was
				  obtained, if that date is different from the date the contribution is
				  received.
(e) Except as provided
				  otherwise, campaign disclosure statements shall be amended within 70 calendar
				  days of the closing date of the reporting period to include information
				  required by Government Code section
				  85700 that
				  is obtained after the original disclosure statement is filed. Campaign
				  disclosure statements filed pursuant to Government Code sections
				  84203,
				  84204,
				  85309 and
				  85500 need
				  not be amended pursuant to this regulation.
(f) Contributions that are returned by check,
				  pursuant to Government Code section
				  85700,
				  which are not cashed by the original contributor within 90 calendar days of
				  being returned, pursuant to subdivision (c) of this regulation, shall be paid
				  within an additional 30 calendar days to the Secretary of State for deposit in
				  the General Fund of the State. If the contribution was made in connection with
				  a local election, the contribution shall be paid to the general fund of the
				  local jurisdiction in which the committee is based.
1. New
					 section filed 10-9-2001; operative 11-8-2001 (Register 2001, No. 41). For prior
					 history, see Register 78, No. 5.
2. Amendment of subsection (c) and
					 new subsection (f) filed 7-20-2005; operative 8-19-2005 (Register 2005, No.
					 29).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						83112,
						Government Code. Reference: Sections
						84213 and
						85700,
						Government Code.