California Government Code ARTICLE 3 - Contribution Limitations

• Section 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...
• Section 85301.
  (a) A person, other than a small contributor committee or political party committee, may not make to any candidate for elective state office other than a...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 85305.
  A candidate for elective state office or committee controlled by that candidate may not make any contribution to any other candidate for elective state office...
• Section 85306.
  (a) A candidate may transfer campaign funds from one controlled committee to a controlled committee for elective state office of the same candidate. Contributions transferred shall...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 85311.
  (a) For purposes of the contribution limits of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) “Entity” means any person, other than an individual.(2) “Majority owned” means...
• Section 85312.
  For purposes of this title, payments for communications to members, employees, shareholders, or families of members, employees, or shareholders of an organization for the purpose...
• Section 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...
• Section 85315.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an elected state officer may establish a committee to oppose the qualification of a recall measure, and the...
• Section 85316.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a contribution for an election may be accepted by a candidate for elective state office after the date of...
• Section 85317.
  Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 85306, a candidate for elective state office may carry over contributions raised in connection with one election for elective state...
• Section 85318.
  A candidate for elective state office may raise contributions for a general election prior to the primary election, and for a special general election prior...
• Section 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...
• Section 85320.
  (a) No foreign government or foreign principal shall make, directly or through any other person, any contribution, expenditure, or independent expenditure in connection with the qualification...
• Section 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 from an...

Last modified: October 22, 2018