GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION

CHAPTER 593
HOUSE BILL 1157

AN ACT TO CODIFY AND CLARIFY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS' RULING CONCERNING CONTRIBUTIONS TO STATE CAMPAIGNS BY FEDERAL COMMITTEES.

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:
"§ 163-278.7A.  Gifts from federal political committees.
It shall be permissible for a federal political committee, as defined by the Federal Election Campaign Act and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, to make contributions to a North Carolina candidate or political committee registered under this Article with the State Board of Elections or a county board of elections, provided that the contributing committee:
(1)	Is registered with the State Board of Elections consistent with the provisions of this Article;
(2)	Complies with reporting requirements specified by the State Board of Elections;
(3)	Makes its contributions within the limits specified in this Article; and
(4)	Appoints an assistant or deputy treasurer who is a resident of North Carolina and stipulates to the State Board of Elections that the designated in-State resident assistant or deputy treasurer shall be authorized to produce whatever records reflecting political activity in North Carolina the State Board of Elections deems necessary."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 20th day of June, 1996.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives