Michigan Administrative Code › Department - State › Elections & Campaign Finance › Campaign Financing Rules - Solicitations by Separate Segregated Funds › Part 6 - OFFICEHOLDER'S EXPENSE FUND › Section R. 169.62 - Disbursements; records

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 62.
(1) An
				  officeholder's expense fund shall be used only for disbursements which are
				  incidental to the office of the elected public official who established the
				  fund. A disbursement is incidental to the office of the official if it is
				  traditionally associated with, or necessitated by, the holding of a particular
				  public office and is included within 1 or more of the following categories:
(a) Fund-raising disbursements of the
				  officeholder's expense fund.
(b)
				  Reasonable and necessary disbursements which are directly related to assisting,
				  serving, or communicating with constituents.
(c) Disbursements for office equipment,
				  furnishings, and supplies.
(d)
				  Disbursements for a district office if the office is not used for campaign
				  activity.
(e) Disbursements which
				  are directly related to conferences, meetings, receptions, and
				  events.
(f) Disbursements for a
				  publicly owned residence or a temporary residence at the seat of
				  government.
(g) Bona fide travel,
				  lodging, meal, and other unreimbursed disbursements incurred by the
				  officeholder, a member of the officeholder's immediate family, or a member of
				  the officeholder's staff.
(h)
				  Donations to a tax-exempt charitable institution, including the purchase of
				  tickets to charitable or civic events.
(i) Disbursements to a ballot question
				  committee.
(j) Purchase of tickets
				  for use by that public official and members of his or her immediate family and
				  staff to another candidate's fund-raising event or a fund-raising event
				  sponsored by an independent committee, political party committee, or a
				  political committee if the officeholder's expense fund has not accepted
				  corporate donations.
(k)
				  Educational disbursements for a course or seminar if the course or seminar
				  maintains or improves skills which are employed by the officeholder in the
				  performance of his or her administrative or legislative responsibilities.
(l) Purchase of advertisements in
				  testimonials, program books, souvenir books, or other publications if the
				  advertisement does not support or oppose the nomination or election of a
				  candidate.
(m) Consultation,
				  research, polling, and photographic services not related to a
				  campaign.
(n) Fraternal, veterans,
				  and service organization fees.
(o)
				  Payment of a tax liability incurred as a result of authorized officeholder's
				  expense fund transactions.
(p)
				  Accounting, professional, and administrative disbursements of the
				  officeholder's expense fund.
(q) A
				  debt or obligation incurred by the officeholder's expense fund for a
				  disbursement authorized by subdivisions (a) to (p) of this subrule, if the debt
				  or obligation was reported in the officeholder's expense fund report filed for
				  the year in which the debt or obligation arose.