GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2017
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HOUSE BILL DRH30312-LU-90 (03/21)
Short Title: Increase Threshold/Certain Contributions. |
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Representative Speciale. |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to increase the threshold for certain cash campaign contributions from fifty dollars to one hundred dollars.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 163‑278.11(a1) reads as rewritten:
"(a1) Threshold for
Reporting Identity of Contributor. – A treasurer shall not be required to
report the name, address, or principal occupation of any individual who
contributes fifty dollars ($50.00)one hundred dollars ($100.00)
or less to the treasurer's committee during an election as defined in G.S. 163‑278.13.
The State Board of Elections shall provide on its reporting forms for the
reporting of contributions below that threshold. On those reporting forms, the
State Board may require date and amount of contributions below the threshold,
but may treat differently for reporting purposes contributions below the
threshold that are made in different modes and in different settings."
SECTION 2. G.S. 163‑278.14(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) No entity shall
make, and no candidate, committee or treasurer shall accept, any monetary
contribution in excess of fifty dollars ($50.00)one hundred dollars ($100.00)
unless such contribution is in the form of a check, draft, money order, credit
card charge, debit, or other noncash method that can be subject to written
verification. No contribution in the form of check, draft, money order, credit
card charge, debits, or other noncash method may be made or accepted unless it
contains a specific designation of the intended contributee chosen by the
contributor. The State Board of Elections may prescribe guidelines as to the
reporting and verification of any method of contribution payment allowed under
this Article. For contributions by money order, the State Board shall prescribe
methods to ensure an audit trail for every contribution so that the identity of
the contributor can be determined. For a contribution made by credit card, the
credit card account number of a contributor is not a public record."
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to contributions made on or after that date.