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SECTION 14-107-A
Prohibited spending by independent expenditure committees and political action committees
Election (ELN) CHAPTER 17, ARTICLE 14, TITLE 1
§ 14-107-a. Prohibited spending by independent expenditure committees
and political action committees. 1. An independent expenditure committee
shall not contribute to any candidate, constituted committee, political
committee, or party committee.

2. (a) A political action committee shall not make any independent
expenditures and may only make contributions to any independent
expenditure committee if such committee does not have common operational
control. For purposes of this paragraph, "common operational control"
means that (i) the same individual or individuals exercise actual and
strategic control over the day-to-day affairs of both the political
action committee and the independent expenditure committee, or (ii)
employees of the political action committee and the independent
expenditure committee engage in communications related to the strategic
operations of either committee.

(b) No candidate, candidate's authorized committee, party committee,
or constituted committee shall contribute to an independent expenditure
committee that is making expenditures benefitting the candidate or the
candidate supported by such party or constituted committee.