GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

CHAPTER 352

HOUSE BILL 490

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE DUTY OF CANDIDATES, POLITICAL COMMITTEES, AND REFERENDUM COMMITTEES TO REPORT RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES RECEIVED OR MADE AFTER THE ELECTION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 163-278.6(4) is amended by adding the following at the end:

"Status as a candidate for the purpose of this Article continues if the individual is receiving contributions to repay loans or cover a deficit or is making expenditures to satisfy obligations from an election already held."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 163-278.6(14) is amended by adding the following immediately before the period at the end of the first sentence:

", or which receives contributions to repay loans or cover a deficit, or which makes expenditures to satisfy obligations of an election already held".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 163-278.6(18b) is amended by adding the following immediately before the period at the end:

", or which receives contributions to repay loans or cover a deficit, or which makes expenditures to satisfy obligations of a referendum already held".

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective September 1, 1985.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of June, 1985.