Section 10-2A-70.1 Limitation on amount of political contribution; provisions supplemental.
Section 10-2A-70.1
Limitation on amount of political contribution; provisions supplemental.
(a) It shall be legal and permissible for any corporation, other than a public utility that is regulated by the Public Service Commission, whether for profit or nonprofit, incorporated under the laws of or doing business in this state, to directly give, pay, expend, or contribute, any money or other valuable thing in any amount not to exceed $500.00 to any one candidate or political party, or to aid or defeat any question or proposition in any one election in order to aid, promote or prevent the nomination or election of any person, or defeat any question or proposition submitted to the vote of the people, or in order to aid, promote or antagonize the interest of any political party. In the case of a group of parent-subsidiary corporations, the $500.00 limitation described above shall apply to the entire group.
A corporation which is a public utility because it owns, controls or operates a railroad shall not make a contribution to any candidate for the Public Service Commission, but shall otherwise be entitled to take any action permitted nonpublic utilities under this section.
(b) The provisions of this section are supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating political contributions; however, those laws or parts of laws which are in direct conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this section are hereby repealed.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-543, p. 911, §§1, 3; Acts 1988, No. 88-107, p. 137, §1.)