Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 172 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 172.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this part, have
					 the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Affiliated organization
-Both of the
					 following:
(i) Authorized committees
				  of the same candidate.
(ii)
				  Committees-including separate segregated funds-established, financed,
				  maintained or controlled by the same corporation, unincorporated association,
				  person or group of persons, including a parent, subsidiary, branch, division,
				  department or local unit thereof; provided that nothing in this subparagraph is
				  construed to mean that committees which merely have a common source of
				  contributions are affiliated organizations.
Contribution
-A payment, gift,
					 subscription, assessment, contract, payment for services, dues, loan,
					 forbearance, advance or deposit of money, or any valuable thing to a candidate
					 or political committee made for the purpose of influencing any election in this
					 Commonwealth or for paying debts incurred by or for a candidate or committee
					 before or after any election. The term includes the purchase of tickets for
					 events such as dinners, luncheons, rallies, and all other fund raising
					 events-including but not limited to, advertising space in publications
					 promoting the candidacy of certain individuals, such as "Ad-Books"; the
					 granting of discounts or rebates not available to the general public or the
					 granting of discounts or rebates by television and radio stations and
					 newspapers not extended on an equal basis to all candidates for the same
					 office; and payments provided for the benefit of a candidate, including
					 payments for the services of a person serving as an agent of a candidate or
					 committee by a person other than the candidate or committee or a person whose
					 expenditures the candidate or committee must report under the Pennsylvania
					 Election Code (25 P. S. §
											§
											2600-3591). The term includes any receipt or
					 use of anything of value received by a political committee from another
					 political committee and any return on investments by a political
					 committee.
Connected organization
-An organization
					 which is not a political committee but which directly or indirectly
					 establishes, administers or financially supports the registrant, such as a
					 corporation including one without capital stock, an unincorporated association,
					 a membership organization, a cooperative or a trade association.
File, filed
or
filing
-The
					 reports and statements shall be deemed filed when they are received by the
					 Secretary or respective County Board of Elections.
Financial activity
-The receipt of
					 contributions or the expenditure of funds, or both.
Lobbyist
-A natural person whenever the
					 person is one of the following:
(i)
				  Registered under the Lobbying Registration and Regulation Act (46 P. S. §
											§
											148.1-148.7b).
(ii) Employed or engaged for compensation by
				  another person or partnership, committee, association, corporation or another
				  organization to lobby.
(iii) Makes
				  expenditures or incurs obligations on behalf of a person he represents in
				  excess of $300 in a calendar month; except that a natural person may not be
				  considered a lobbyist when that person either:
(A) Formally communicates with or formally
				  presents testimony before an agency of the Commonwealth or the General
				  Assembly.
(B) Testifies before a
				  committee of the General Assembly.
(C) Is an officer, official or employe of the
				  Commonwealth or a political subdivision thereof and is acting in an official
				  capacity.