Arizona Laws 16-913. Candidate committee contribution limits; requirements
A. A candidate committee shall not make contributions to a candidate committee for another candidate.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 16-913
- Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Candidate: means an individual who receives contributions or makes expenditures or who gives consent to another person to receive contributions or make expenditures on behalf of that individual in connection with the candidate's nomination, election or retention for any public office. See Arizona Laws 16-901
- Candidate committee: includes the candidate. See Arizona Laws 16-901
- Committee: means a candidate committee, a political action committee or a political party. See Arizona Laws 16-901
- Contribution: means any money, advance, deposit or other thing of value that is made to a person for the purpose of influencing an election. See Arizona Laws 16-901
- Election: means any election for any ballot measure in this state or any candidate election during a primary, general, recall, special or runoff election for any office in this state other than a federal office and a political party office prescribed by chapter 5, article 2 of this title. See Arizona Laws 16-901
- Excess contribution: means a contribution that exceeds the applicable contribution limits for a particular election. See Arizona Laws 16-901
- Legislative office: means the office of representative in the state house of representatives or senator in the state senate. See Arizona Laws 16-901
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: means an individual or a candidate, nominee, committee, corporation, limited liability company, labor organization, partnership, trust, association, organization, joint venture, cooperative or unincorporated organization or association. See Arizona Laws 16-901
- Personal monies: means any of the following:
(a) Assets to which the individual or individual's spouse has either legal title or an equitable interest. See Arizona Laws 16-901
- Political action committee: means an entity that is required to register as a political action committee pursuant to section 16-905. See Arizona Laws 16-901
- Political party: means a committee that meets the requirements for recognition as a political party pursuant to chapter 5 of this title. See Arizona Laws 16-901
B. A candidate committee may transfer unlimited contributions to any one or more other candidate committees for that same candidate under the following conditions:
1. A candidate committee for a city or town candidate shall not transfer contributions to that same candidate’s committee for a statewide or legislative office.
2. If a candidate committee for a city or town office transfers contributions to a candidate committee for a county office for that same candidate, the candidate committee for the county office shall not transfer contributions to a statewide or legislative candidate committee for that same candidate during the twenty-four months immediately following that transfer of contributions to the county candidate committee.
3. Contributions originally made to the transferring candidate committee are deemed to be contributions to the receiving candidate committee. On transfer, an individual’s aggregate contributions to both candidate committees during the election cycle shall not exceed the individual’s contribution limit for that candidate.
C. A candidate committee shall not knowingly accept contributions in excess of the contribution limits prescribed by law. A candidate committee that unknowingly accepts an excess contribution shall refund or reattribute any excess contribution within sixty days after receipt of the contribution. A candidate committee may reattribute an excess contribution only if both of the following apply:
1. The excess contribution was received from an individual contributor.
2. The individual contributor authorizes the candidate committee to reattribute the excess amount to another individual who was identified as a joint account holder in the original instrument used to make the excess contribution.
D. A candidate committee may accept contributions only from an individual, a partnership, a candidate committee, a political action committee or a political party.
E. A candidate committee may make unlimited contributions to a person other than a candidate’s committee.
F. A candidate may contribute unlimited personal monies to the candidate’s own candidate committee.