Section 13-227 - Transfers - Limits.
§ 13-227. Transfers - Limits.
(a) Scope.- In this section, a "campaign finance entity" includes a nonfederal out-of-state political committee.
(b) Applicability.- The limit on transfers set forth in subsection (c) of this section does not apply to a transfer:
(1) by a campaign finance entity to a ballot issue committee;
(2) between or among:
(i) political committees that are State or local central committees of the same political party;
(ii) a slate and the campaign finance entities of its members; and
(iii) the campaign finance entities of a candidate.
(c) In general.- During an election cycle, a campaign finance entity may not directly or indirectly make transfers in a cumulative amount of more than $6,000 to any one other campaign finance entity.
(d) Affiliated transferors or transferees.-
(1) All affiliated campaign finance entities are treated as a single entity in determining:
(i) the amount of transfers made by a campaign finance entity; and
(ii) the amount of transfers received by a campaign finance entity.
(2) Campaign finance entities are deemed to be affiliated if they:
(i) are organized and operated in coordination and cooperation with each other; or
(ii) otherwise conduct their operations and make their decisions relating to transfers and other contributions under the control of the same individual or entity.
(e) Multiple candidacies.- The limit on transfers to the campaign finance entities of a candidate prescribed in subsection (c) of this section applies regardless of the number of offices sought by the candidate.
[An. Code 1957, art. 33, §§ 13-212(a)(3)(i), 13-213(a)-(e), 13-214; 2002, ch. 291, § 4.]