GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 14

Short Title:  Contribution Limits.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Plexico; Perdue, Speed, Hoyle, Blackmon, Edwards, Warren, Dannelly, Martin of Guilford, Winner, Odom, Gulley, Lucas, and Plyler.

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Referred to:  Judiciary II/Election Laws.

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January 26, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN THE LAW LIMITING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 163-278.13 reads as rewritten:
"§ 163-278.13.  Limitation on contributions.
(a)	No individual or political committee shall contribute to any candidate or other political committee any money or make any other contribution in any election in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for that election.
(b)	No candidate or political committee shall accept or solicit any contribution from any individual or other political committee of any money or any other contribution in any election in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for that election.
	(d)	For the purposes of this section, the term 'an election' means any primary, second primary, or general election in which the candidate or political committee may be involved, without regard to whether the candidate is opposed or unopposed in the election.
	(e)  This section shall apply to State, district or county executive committees of any political party. The limitation in this section on contributions to or from political party executive committees shall apply collectively to all executive committees of the same political party within the State.  For the purposes of this section only, the term 'political party' means only those political parties officially recognized under G.S. 163-96. Contributions by political party executive committees under G.S. 163-278.42 are subject to the limitations of this section.
(e1)	No referendum committee which received any contribution from a corporation, labor union, insurance company, business entity, or professional association may make any contribution to another referendum committee, to a candidate or to a political committee.
(f)	Any individual, candidate, political committee, or referendum committee who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 1996, and applies to all primaries and elections conducted on and after that date.  This act applies to all contributions made, accepted, or solicited on or after January 1, 1996.