Idaho Code 44-2604 – Criminal Acts — Penalties
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(1) (a) It is unlawful for a labor organization to make expenditures for political activities by using contributions:
(i) Secured by physical force or threat of force, job discrimination or threat of job discrimination, membership discrimination or threat of membership discrimination, or economic reprisals or threat of economic reprisals; or
(ii) From union dues except as provided in section 44-2603(4), Idaho Code.
(b) When a labor organization is soliciting contributions for a fund from an employee, it is unlawful for a labor organization to fail to:
(i) Affirmatively inform the employee orally or in writing of the fund’s political purpose; and
(ii) Affirmatively inform the employee orally or in writing of the employee’s right to refuse to contribute without fear of reprisal or loss of membership in the labor organization.
(c) It is unlawful for a labor organization to pay a member for contributing to the fund by providing a bonus, expense account, rebate of union dues, or by any other form of direct or indirect compensation.
(2) Any person or entity violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Terms Used In Idaho Code 44-2604
- Fund: means the separate segregated fund established by a labor organization for political purposes according to the procedures and requirements of this chapter. See Idaho Code 44-2602
- labor organization: includes each employee association and union for employees of public and private sector employers. See Idaho Code 44-2602
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114Political activities: means electoral activities, independent expenditures, or expenditures made to any candidate, political party, political action committee or political issues committee or in support of or against any ballot measure. See Idaho Code 44-2602 Union dues: means dues, fees or other moneys required as a condition of membership in a labor organization. See Idaho Code 44-2602