CHAPTER 5. Limitations on Contributions [85100. - 85802.]

Chapter 5 added June 7, 1988, by initiative Proposition 73.

§§ 85100–85802 · 48 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Title of Chapter § 85100 · 1 section

   • § 85100 This chapter shall be known as the “Campaign Contribution and Voluntary Expenditure Limits Without Taxpayer Financing Amendments to the Political Reform Act of…
2. ARTICLE 2. Candidacy §§ 85200–85201 · 2 sections

   • § 85200 (a) Before becoming a candidate for a specific office, an individual shall file a statement of intention to be a candidate, signed under penalty of perjury.… see note
   • § 85201 (a) Before the solicitation or receipt of any contribution or loan, a candidate who has filed a statement of intention pursuant to Section 85200 shall… see note
3. ARTICLE 2.5. Applicability of the Political Reform Act of 1974 §§ 85202–85206 · 6 sections

   • § 85202 Unless specifically superseded by the act that adds this section, the definitions and provisions of this title shall govern the interpretation of this chapter.
   • § 85203 “Small contributor committee” means any committee that meets all of the following criteria: (a) The committee has been in existence for at least six months.…
   • § 85204 “Election cycle,” for purposes of Sections 85309 and 85500, means the period of time commencing 90 days prior to an election and ending on the date of the…
   • § 85204.5 With respect to special elections, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Special election cycle” means the day on which the office becomes…
   • § 85205 “Political party committee” means the state central committee or county central committee of an organization that meets the requirements for recognition as a…
   • § 85206 “Public moneys” has the same meaning as defined in Section 426 of the Penal Code.
4. ARTICLE 3. Contribution Limitations §§ 85300–85321 · 22 sections

   • § 85300 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a public officer shall not expend, and a candidate shall not accept, any public moneys for the purpose of seeking…
   • § 85301 (a) A person, other than a small contributor committee or political party committee, shall not make to a candidate for elective state office other than a…
   • § 85302 (a) A small contributor committee may not make to any candidate for elective state office other than a candidate for statewide elective office, and a candidate…
   • § 85303 (a) A person may not make to any committee, other than a political party committee, and a committee other than a political party committee may not accept, any…
   • § 85304 (a) A candidate for elective state office or an elected state officer may establish a separate account to defray attorney’s fees and other related legal costs…
   • § 85304.5 (a) A candidate for elective office other than an elective state office or an elected officer other than an elected state officer may establish a separate…
   • § 85305 (a) A candidate for elective state, county, or city office or committee controlled by that candidate shall not make a contribution to any other candidate for…
   • § 85306 (a) A candidate may transfer campaign funds from one controlled committee to a controlled committee for elective state, county, or city office of the same…
   • § 85307 (a) The provisions of this article regarding loans apply to extensions of credit, but do not apply to loans made to a candidate by a commercial lending…
   • § 85308 (a) Contributions made by a husband and wife may not be aggregated. (b) A contribution made by a child under 18 years of age is presumed to be a contribution…
   • § 85309 (a) In addition to any other report required by this title, a candidate for elective state office who is required to file reports pursuant to Section 84605…
   • § 85310 (a) Any person who makes a payment or a promise of payment totaling fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or more for a communication that clearly identifies a…
   • § 85312 For purposes of this title, payments for communications to members, employees, shareholders, or families of members, employees, or shareholders of an…
   • § 85314 The contribution limits of this chapter apply to special elections and apply to special runoff elections. A special election and a special runoff election are…
   • § 85315 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an elected state, county, or city officer may establish a committee to oppose the qualification of a…
   • § 85316 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a contribution for an election may be accepted by a candidate for elective state, county, or city office after the…
   • § 85317 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 85306, a candidate for elective state, county, or city office may carry over contributions raised in connection…
   • § 85318 (a) (1) A candidate for elective state, county, or city office may raise contributions for a general election before the primary election, and for a special…
   • § 85319 A candidate for state elective office may return all or part of any contribution to the donor who made the contribution at any time, whether or not other…
   • § 85319.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a committee that receives a contribution, or a portion thereof, that exceeds a contribution limit set forth in Section…
   • § 85320 (a) A foreign government, foreign principal, or foreign national shall not make, directly or through any other person, a contribution, expenditure, or…
   • § 85321 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if a candidate for elective state office or the candidate’s controlled committee had net debts resulting…
5. ARTICLE 4. Voluntary Expenditure Ceilings §§ 85400–85403 · 4 sections

   • § 85400 (a) A candidate for elective state office, other than the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, who voluntarily accepts… see note
   • § 85401 (a) Each candidate for elective state office shall file a statement of acceptance or rejection of the voluntary expenditure limits set forth in Section 85400…
   • § 85402 (a) Any candidate for elective state office who has filed a statement accepting the voluntary expenditure limits is not bound by those limits if an opposing…
   • § 85403 Any candidate who files a statement of acceptance pursuant to Section 85401 and makes campaign expenditures in excess of the limits shall be subject to the…
6. ARTICLE 5. Independent Expenditures §§ 85500–85505 · 3 sections

   • § 85500 (a) In addition to any other report required by this title, a committee, including a political party committee, that is required to file reports pursuant to…
   • § 85501 A controlled committee of a candidate may not make independent expenditures and may not contribute funds to another committee for the purpose of making…
   • § 85505 (a) The Secretary of State shall include on the Internet Web site of the Secretary of State’s office, as part of the campaign finance activity that is publicly… see note
7. ARTICLE 6. Ballot Pamphlet §§ 85600–85601 · 2 sections

   • § 85600 The Secretary of State shall designate in the state voter information guide those candidates for statewide elective office, as defined in Section 82053, who…
   • § 85601 (a) A candidate for statewide elective office, as defined in Section 82053, who accepts the voluntary expenditure limits set forth in Section 85400 may…
8. ARTICLE 7. Additional Contribution Requirements §§ 85700–85802 · 8 sections

   • § 85700 (a) A candidate or committee shall return not later than 60 days of receipt by the candidate or committee any contribution of one hundred dollars ($100) or…
   • § 85701 Any candidate or committee that receives a contribution in violation of Section 84301 shall pay to the General Fund of the state the amount of the contribution.
   • § 85701.5 (a) (1) A solicitation by a candidate or committee, directly or through an agent or intermediary, for a recurring contribution shall be in a form that requires…
   • § 85702 An elected state officer or candidate for elected state office may not accept a contribution from a lobbyist, and a lobbyist may not make a contribution to an…
   • § 85702.5 (a) A county or city may, by ordinance or resolution, impose a limit on contributions to a candidate for elective county or city office that is different from…
   • § 85703 (a) This act does not nullify contribution limitations or prohibitions of any local jurisdiction that apply to elections for local elective office, except that…
   • § 85704 (a) A person shall not make any contribution to a committee or candidate that is earmarked for a contribution to any other particular committee, ballot… see note
   • § 85802 There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the state to the Fair Political Practices Commission the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000)…