Sec. 9-614. (Formerly Sec. 9-333p). Organizations.
Sec. 9-614. (Formerly Sec. 9-333p). Organizations. (a) Formation of political
committee. Method of funding. An organization may make contributions or expenditures, other than those made to promote the success or defeat of a referendum question,
only by first forming its own political committee. The political committee shall then
be authorized to receive funds exclusively from the organization's treasury or from
voluntary contributions made by its members, but not both, from another political committee or, from a candidate committee distributing a surplus and (1) to make contributions or expenditures to, or for the benefit of, a candidate's campaign or a political party,
or (2) to make contributions to another political committee. No organization shall form
more than one political committee. A political committee shall be deemed to have been
established by an organization if the initial contribution to the committee is made by
the organization's treasury or an officer or director of the organization.
(b) Change in method of funding. A political committee established by an organization may elect to alter the manner in which it is funded if it complies with the requirements of this subsection. The committee chairperson shall notify the repository with
which the committee's most recent statement of organization is filed, in writing, of the
committee's intent to alter its manner of funding. Within fifteen days after the date of
receipt of such notification, the campaign treasurer of such political committee shall
return any funds remaining in the account of the committee to the organization's treasury
after payment of each outstanding liability. Within seven days after the distribution and
payments have been made, the campaign treasurer shall file a statement with the same
repository itemizing each such distribution and payment. Upon such filing, the campaign
treasurer may receive voluntary contributions from any member of the organization
which established such committee subject to the limitations imposed in subsection (b)
of section 9-612.
(c) Designation of funding method. The chairperson of each political committee
established by an organization on or after July 1, 1985, shall designate the manner in
which the committee shall be funded in the committee's statement of organization.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 17, 34; Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 34.)
History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 added provision in Subsec. (a) re when political committee deemed established
by an organization, effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date; Sec. 9-333p
transferred to Sec. 9-614 in 2007.
See Sec. 9-717 re effect of court of competent jurisdiction's prohibiting or limiting the expenditure of funds from the
Citizens' Election Fund established in Sec. 9-701.