{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"89515","citation":"Gov. Code, § 89515","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 9. POLITICAL REFORM [81000. - 91014.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-9"},{"name":"CHAPTER 9.5. Ethics [89500. - 89522.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-9/chapter-9.5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 4. Campaign Funds [89510. - 89522.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-9/chapter-9.5/article-4"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 227.   (AB 378)   Effective January 1, 2022.","effective":"2022-01-01","html":"<p>Campaign funds may be used to make donations or loans to bona fide charitable, educational, civic, religious, or similar tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations, where no substantial part of the proceeds will have a material financial effect on the candidate, elected officer, campaign treasurer, or any individual or individuals with authority to approve the expenditure of campaign funds held by a committee, or an immediate family member of one of those individuals, and where the donation or loan bears a reasonable relation to a political, legislative, or governmental purpose.</p>","text":"Campaign funds may be used to make donations or loans to bona fide charitable, educational, civic, religious, or similar tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations, where no substantial part of the proceeds will have a material financial effect on the candidate, elected officer, campaign treasurer, or any individual or individuals with authority to approve the expenditure of campaign funds held by a committee, or an immediate family member of one of those individuals, and where the donation or loan bears a reasonable relation to a political, legislative, or governmental purpose.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/campaign-funds-89515","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}