Oregon Statutes 260.402 – Contributions in false name
(1) A person may not directly or indirectly reimburse a person for making a contribution or donation, or make a contribution or donation in any name other than that of the person that in truth provides the contribution or donation, to:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 260.402
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- Measure: includes any of the following submitted to the people for their approval or rejection at an election:
(a) A proposed law. See Oregon Statutes 260.005
- Person: means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, labor organization, association, firm, partnership, joint stock company, club, organization or other combination of individuals having collective capacity. See Oregon Statutes 260.005
- Petition committee: means an initiative, referendum or recall petition committee organized under ORS § 260. See Oregon Statutes 260.005
- Political committee: means a combination of two or more individuals, or a person other than an individual, that has:
(a) Received a contribution for the purpose of supporting or opposing a candidate, measure or political party; or
(b) Made an expenditure for the purpose of supporting or opposing a candidate, measure or political party. See Oregon Statutes 260.005
(a) Any other person, relating to a nomination or election of any candidate or the support of or opposition to any measure;
(b) Any political committee;
(c) Any covered organization required to file a donor identification list under ORS § 260.281; or
(d) A petition committee required to file a statement under ORS § 260.118.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a person, political committee, covered organization or petition committee may not knowingly receive a contribution or donation prohibited under subsection (1) of this section or enter or cause the contribution or donation to be entered in accounts or records in another name than that of the person that actually provided the contribution or donation.
(3) If a person receives a contribution from a political committee, the person may enter the contribution into accounts or records as received from the political committee.
(4) As used in this section, ‘covered organization’ and ‘donation’ have the meanings given those terms in ORS § 260.275. [Formerly 260.210; 1973 c.744 § 25; 1979 c.190 § 369; 1991 c.911 § 1; 2005 c.797 § 19; 2005 c.809 § 15; 2007 c.848 § 30; 2009 c.818 § 16; 2019 c.637 § 5]
[1967 c.593 § 2; 1971 c.749 § 55; renumbered 260.542]