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joint fund-raiser; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
 Sec. 44.
    (1) A person shall not make a contribution to another person with the agreement or
 arrangement that the person receiving the contribution will then transfer that contribution to a
 particular candidate committee.
    (2) Except as otherwise provided in this section and sections 21a, 44a, 45, and 71, a
 candidate committee shall not make an expenditure or other disbursement except to further the
 nomination or election of the candidate for which it is formed. A candidate committee shall not
 make a contribution to or an independent expenditure on behalf of another candidate
 committee. This subsection does not prohibit the purchase of tickets to another candidate
 committee's fund-raising event that does not exceed $100.00 per candidate committee in any
 calendar year.



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    (3) An individual, other than a committee treasurer or the individual designated as
 responsible for the record keeping, report preparation, or report filing for a committee, who
 obtains possession of a committee's contribution for the purpose of delivering the contribution
 to another committee shall deliver the contribution to that committee, that committee's
 treasurer, or that committee's agent, or return the contribution to the payor, not later than 10
 business days after obtaining possession of the contribution.
    (4) Two or more persons, other than individuals, may hold a joint fund-raiser if the receipts
 and expenses of the fund-raiser are shared proportionately.
    (5) A person who knowingly violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
 imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.