Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 970 CMR - OFFICE OF CAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL FINANCE › Title 970 CMR 4.00 - Public Finance Regulations › Section 4.03 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Terms used in
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				4.00 shall have the meanings provided in M.G.L. c. 55
				or 55C unless the term is specifically defined in 970 CMR 4.03 or the context
				otherwise requires.
Campaign Expenditure Limit
means the
				self-imposed expenditure limit established by a candidate or a candidate team
				pursuant to M.G.L. c. 55C, § 1A(b) and (c) or the statutory expenditure
				limit established by M.G.L. c. 55C, § 1A(a).
Candidate
means a candidate for the
				office of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general,
				state treasurer and receiver general and auditor as defined by M.G.L. c. 55C,
				§ 1 and who files nomination papers with the secretary of state pursuant
				to M.G.L. c. 53 or who is appointed to fill a vacancy in a nomination for such
				office. The term "candidate" shall include, unless the context otherwise
				requires, the candidate committee organized on behalf of such candidate.
Candidate Team
means the team for
				governor and lieutenant governor nominated at the state primary election during
				an election cycle or otherwise nominated in accordance with M.G.L. c.
				53.
Depository Account
means the bank
				account established by a candidate, as defined by M.G.L. c. 55, § 1, for
				statewide elective office under M.G.L. c. 55, § 19.
Director
mean the Director of the
				Office of Campaign and Political Finance.
Election Cycle
means the calendar year
				in which elections are held for statewide elective office and the next
				preceding calendar year.
Eligible Candidate
means a candidate
				as defined in 970 CMR 4.03 whom the director certifies to the state treasurer
				as eligible for limited public financing pursuant to M.G.L. c. 55C, §
				3.
General Election Campaign
means the
				period which begins on the day after the primary election and concludes on the
				day of the general election except, in the case of an unenrolled candidate as
				defined in M.G.L. c. 53, § 6, such period shall begin on the day after the
				day for filing such unenrolled candidate's nomination papers and conclude on
				the day of the general election.
In-kind Contribution
means a
				contribution of anything of value other than money.
Non-participating Candidate
means a
				candidate who has filed the statement required by
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				4.04(1)  stating that the
				candidate has not agreed to abide by the statutory expenditure limit applicable
				to such candidate for the primary and general election campaign.
Non-participating Candidate Team
means
				a candidate team in which either the candidate for governor or the candidate
				for lieutenant governor has filed the statement required by
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				4.04(1)  stating that the
				candidate has not agreed to abide by the statutory expenditure limit applicable
				to the candidate for governor or the candidate for lieutenant governor as the
				case may be for the primary election campaign and the statutory expenditure
				limit applicable to a candidate team for the general election campaign.
Participating Candidate
means a
				candidate who has filed the statement required by
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				4.04(1)  stating that the
				candidate has agreed to abide by the statutory expenditure limit applicable to
				such candidate for the primary and general election campaign.
Participating Candidate Team
means a
				candidate team in which the candidate for governor and the candidate for
				lieutenant governor have each filed the statement required by
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				4.04 ( 1) stating that the candidate for
				governor or the candidate for lieutenant governor as the case may be has agreed
				to abide by the statutory expenditure limit applicable to the candidate for
				governor or the candidate for lieutenant governor as the case maybe for the
				primary election campaign and applicable to a candidate team for the general
				election campaign.
Primary Election Campaign
means the
				period which begins on the day after the last day for filing a candidate's
				nomination papers with the secretary of state pursuant to M.G.L. c. 53 and
				concludes on the day of the primary election.
Qualifying Contribution
means any
				monetary contribution made by an individual and deposited in the depository
				account of a candidate, as defined by M.G.L. c. 55, § 1, during the
				election cycle provided that the contribution does not exceed an individual's
				qualifying contribution limit as defined by 970 CMR 4.03 and complies with the
				requirements of
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				4.05. A qualifying contribution shall not
				include a contribution:
(a) made in the form of a loan;
(b) refunded or intended to be refunded to a
				contributor;
(c) uncollected due to lack of sufficient funds or for other
				reasons; or
(d) prohibited by M.G.L. c. 55,
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				1.00 or any other law or regulation.
Qualifying Contribution Limit
means
				any qualifying contribution to a candidate which is equal to or less than $250,
				or, when added to any previously submitted contribution made by the same
				individual to that candidate during an election cycle, is equal to or less than
				$250.
Self-imposed Expenditure Limit
means
				the expenditure limits established by a candidate or a candidate pursuant to
				M.G.L. c. 55C, § 1 A(b) and 1 A(c).
Statutory Expenditure Limit
means the
				expenditure limit established for a candidate or a candidate team by M.G.L. c.
				55C, § 1 A(a).