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7-9-405. Contributions and expenditures limited.
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7-9-405. Contributions and expenditures limited.
(a) No ballot question committee or legislative question committee shall accept any contribution in cash, meaning currency or coin, that exceeds one hundred dollars ($100).
(b) No ballot question committee or legislative question committee shall accept any contribution from a prohibited political action committee as defined in § 7-6-201.
(c) No ballot question committee, legislative question committee, or individual shall make an expenditure in cash that exceeds fifty dollars ($50.00) to influence the qualification, disqualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot question or the passage or defeat of a legislative question.
(d) No contributions shall be made, directly or indirectly, by any person in a name other than the name by which the person is identified for legal purposes.
(e)(1) No person shall make an anonymous contribution totaling fifty dollars ($50.00) or more to a ballot question committee or legislative question committee.
(2) Any such anonymous contribution actually received by any ballot question committee or legislative question committee shall be promptly paid by the recipient to the Arkansas Ethics Commission for deposit into the State Treasury as general revenues.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-9-405
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7-9-405. Contributions and expenditures limited.
(a) No ballot question committee or legislative question committee shall accept any contribution in cash, meaning currency or coin, that exceeds one hundred dollars ($100).
(b) No ballot question committee or legislative question committee shall accept any contribution from a prohibited political action committee as defined in § 7-6-201.
(c) No ballot question committee, legislative question committee, or individual shall make an expenditure in cash that exceeds fifty dollars ($50.00) to influence the qualification, disqualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot question or the passage or defeat of a legislative question.
(d) No contributions shall be made, directly or indirectly, by any person in a name other than the name by which the person is identified for legal purposes.
(e)(1) No person shall make an anonymous contribution totaling fifty dollars ($50.00) or more to a ballot question committee or legislative question committee.
(2) Any such anonymous contribution actually received by any ballot question committee or legislative question committee shall be promptly paid by the recipient to the Arkansas Ethics Commission for deposit into the State Treasury as general revenues.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
7-6-201. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1)(A) “Approved political action committee” means any person that:
(i) Receives contributions from one (1) or more persons in order to make contributions to candidates, ballot question committees, legislative question committees, political parties, county political party committees, or other political action committees;
(ii) Does not accept any contribution or cumulative contributions in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000) from any person in any calendar year; and
(iii) Registers pursuant to § 7-6-215 prior to making contributions.
(B) “Approved political action committee” does not include an organized political party as defined in § 7-1-101, a county political party committee, the candidate's own campaign committee, an exploratory committee, or a ballot question committee or legislative question committee as defined in § 7-9-402;
(2) “Candidate” means any individual who has knowingly and willingly taken affirmative action, including solicitation of funds, for the purpose of seeking nomination for or election to any public office;
(3)(A) “Carryover funds” means the amount of campaign funds retained from the last election by the candidate for future use but not to exceed the annual salary, excluding expense allowances, set by Arkansas law for the office sought.
(B) “Carryover funds” does not include campaign signs, campaign literature, and other printed campaign materials that were:
(i) Purchased by the campaign;
(ii) Reported on the appropriate contribution and expenditure report for the campaign at the time of the purchase; and
(iii) Retained for use in a future campaign by the same candidate;
(4)(A) “Contribution” means, whether direct or indirect, advances, deposits, or transfers of fund
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-6-201
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