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California Government Code Section 89511.5

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(a) An incumbent elected officer may utilize his or her
personal funds for expenditures authorized by subdivision (b) of
Section 89510 without first depositing those funds in his or her
controlled committee's campaign bank account, if both of the
following conditions are met:
   (1) The expenditures are not campaign expenses.
   (2) The treasurer of the committee is provided with a dated
receipt and a written description of the expenditure.
   (b) An incumbent elected officer may be reimbursed for
expenditures of his or her personal funds, from either the controlled
committee campaign bank account established pursuant to Section
85201 with respect to election to the incumbent term of office, or
from a controlled committee campaign bank account established
pursuant to Section 85201 with respect to election to a future term
of office, if all of the following conditions are met:
   (1) The expenditures are not campaign expenses.
   (2) The incumbent elected officer, prior to reimbursement,
provides the treasurer of the committee with a dated receipt and a
written description of each expenditure.
   (3) Reimbursement is paid within 90 days of the expenditure, in
the case of a cash expenditure, or within 90 days of the end of the
billing period in which it was included, in the case of an
expenditure charged to a credit card or charge account.
   (c) When the elected officer's controlled committee is notified
that expenditures totaling one hundred dollars ($100) or more in a
fiscal year have been made by the incumbent elected officer, the
committee shall report, pursuant to subdivision (k) of Section 84211,
the expenditures on the campaign statement for the period in which
the expenditures were made and the reimbursements on the campaign
statement for the period in which the reimbursements were made.
   (d) If reimbursement is not paid within the time authorized by
this section, the expenditure shall be reported on the campaign
statement as a nonmonetary contribution received on the 90th day
after the expenditure is paid, in the case of a cash expenditure, or
within 90 days of the end of the billing period in which it was
included, in the case of an expenditure charged to a credit card or
charge account.
   (e) This section shall not be construed to authorize an incumbent
elected officer to make expenditures from any campaign bank account
for expenses other than those expenses associated with his or her
election to the specific office for which the account was established
and expenses associated with holding that office.

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