California Code of Regulations › Title 2 - Administration › Division 6 - Fair Political Practices Commission › Chapter 5 - Campaign Finance Reform › Section 18530.3 - Reporting of Specified Contributions and Expenditures by Political Party Committees

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				A political party committee as defined in Government Code section
				85205
				shall disclose on campaign reports filed pursuant to this title contributions
				to any accounts holding what are commonly known as "Federal Levin Funds"
				pursuant to title 2 U.S.C.A.,
				section 441i(b), which are
				used to make "contributions" under Government Code section
				82015, for
				the purpose of supporting or defeating any state or local candidate or ballot
				measure. The limitation set forth at Government Code section
				85303(b)
				applies to all contributions made for the purpose of making contributions for
				the support or defeat of candidates for elective state office, including
				contributions to Levin Fund accounts.
(b) A political party committee as defined in
				Government Code section
				85205
				shall disclose on campaign reports filed pursuant to this title expenditures
				made from any account established and maintained under provisions of the
				Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, which are "expenditures"
				under Government Code section
				82025,
				made for the purpose of supporting or defeating any state or local candidate or
				ballot measure.
(c) A political
				party committee as defined in Government Code section
				85205
				shall disclose on the allocation schedule of its campaign reports, and on any
				other reports which the political party committee is required to file under
				this title, any expenditures by its federal committee which are "contributions"
				or "independent expenditures" made for the purpose of supporting or defeating
				any state or local candidate or ballot measure, as defined in Government Code
				sections
				82015 and
				82031. For
				each such contribution or independent expenditure the political party committee
				shall include a description of the account or accounts from which the
				contribution or expenditure is made, but shall not be required to allocate or
				itemize under Government Code section
				84211(f),
				(g), or (h) any contributions received by its
				federal campaign committee used for the purposes described in this
				subdivision.
(d) Any committee
				described in Government Code section
				82013,
				including any major donor committee, shall disclose on its periodic campaign
				statements any contribution it has made to the Federal Levin Fund account of a
				political party committee as defined in Government Code section
				85205.
(e) A political party committee as defined in
				Government Code section
				85205
				shall provide notification of potential major donor committee filing
				obligations under Government Code section
				84105 and
				2 Cal.
				Code Regs. section
				18427.1, to donors of contributions
				reported under subdivision (a) of this section.
1. New section
				  filed 1-9-2007; operative 2-8-2007. Submitted to OAL for filing pursuant to
				  Fair Political Practices Commission v. Office of Administrative Law, 3 Civil
				  C010924, California Court of Appeal, Third District Court of Appeal,
				  unpublished decision, 1992. (FPPC regulations only subject to 1974
				  Administrative Procedure Act rulemaking requirements) (Register 2007, No.
				  2).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 83112,
					 Government Code. Reference: Sections
					 82015,
					 82025,
					 82031,
					 85303 and
					 85205,
					 Government Code.