GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 1017

Short Title:  Out-of-State PACs.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Jones.
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Referred to:  Judiciary.
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April 5, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT REGULATING REPORTING IN NORTH CAROLINA BY POLITICAL COMMITTEES ORGANIZED UNDER FEDERAL OR OTHER LAW.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Article 22A of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 163-278.19B.  Contributions prohibited.
(a)	It shall be unlawful for any political committee not registered under this Article, to make any contribution, as defined by G.S. 163-278.6(6), to any candidate for State or local office in North Carolina or to make any contribution, as defined by G.S. 163-278.6(6), to any political committee registered pursuant to this Article.
(b)	All political committees registered under this Article, regardless of whether or not they are affiliated with a political committee organized under laws other than North Carolina law, shall abide by the applicable provisions of this Article.  Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the State Board of Elections shall require all political committees registered pursuant to this Article to use the same or equivalent forms to make the reports required in those sections.
(c)	All funds solicited for a political committee organized under this Article must be segregated from other monies solicited for a political committee organized under law other than this Article.  No contributions received for a political committee organized under this Article shall be deposited or commingled in any account maintained for a political committee organized under law other than this Article.  No transfers may be made to the account of a political committee organized under this Article from a political committee not registered under and in compliance with all requirements of this Article."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 163-278.27(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Any individual, candidate, political committee, referendum committee, treasurer, person or media who violates the provisions of G.S. 163-278.7, 163-278.8, 163-278.9, 163-278.10, 163-278.11, 163-278.12, 163-278.14, 163-278.16, 163-278.17, 163-278.18,  163-278.19B, 163-278.40A, 163-278.40B, 163-278.40C, 163-278.40D or 163-278.40E is guilty of a misdemeanor."
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective September 1, 1989.