candidate's immediate family; contribution for particular election cycle; violation as
misdemeanor; penalty; contributions made by political or independent committees
established by corporation, joint stock company, domestic dependent sovereign, or labor
organization; bundled contributions.
Sec. 52.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (5) or (11) and subject to section 46 and subsection (8),
a person other than an independent committee or a political party committee shall not make
contributions to a candidate committee of a candidate for elective office that, with respect to
an election cycle, are more than the following:
(a) $6,800.00 for a candidate for state elective office other than the office of state legislator,
or for a candidate for local elective office if the district from which he or she is seeking office
has a population of more than 250,000.
(b) $2,000.00 for a candidate for state senator, or for a candidate for local elective office if
the district from which he or she is seeking office has a population of more than 85,000 but
250,000 or less.
(c) $1,000.00 for a candidate for state representative, or for a candidate for local elective
office if the district from which he or she is seeking office has a population of 85,000 or less.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and subsection (12), an independent
committee shall not make contributions to a candidate committee of a candidate for elective
office that, in the aggregate for that election cycle, are more than 10 times the amount
permitted a person other than an independent committee or political party committee in
subsection (1). A house political party caucus committee or a senate political party caucus
committee is not limited under this subsection in the amount of contributions made to the
candidate committee of a candidate for the office of state legislator, except as follows:
(a) A house political party caucus committee or a senate political party caucus committee
shall not pay a debt incurred by a candidate if that debt was incurred while the candidate was
seeking nomination at a primary election and the candidate was opposed at that primary.
(b) A house political party caucus committee or a senate political party caucus committee
shall not make a contribution to or make an expenditure on behalf of a candidate if that
candidate is seeking nomination at a primary election and the candidate is opposed at that
primary.
(3) A political party committee other than a state central committee shall not make
contributions to the candidate committee of a candidate for elective office that are more than
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10 times the amount permitted a person other than an independent committee or political party
committee in subsection (1).
(4) A state central committee of a political party shall not make contributions to the
candidate committee of a candidate for state elective office other than a candidate for the
legislature that are more than 20 times the amount permitted a person other than an
independent committee or political party committee in subsection (1). A state central
committee of a political party shall not make contributions to the candidate committee of a
candidate for state senator, state representative, or local elective office that are more than 10
times the amount permitted a person other than an independent committee or political party
committee in subsection (1).
(5) A contribution from a member of a candidate's immediate family to the candidate
committee of that candidate is exempt from the limitations of subsection (1).
(6) Consistent with the provisions of this section, a contribution designated in writing for a
particular election cycle is considered made for that election cycle. A contribution made after
the close of a particular election cycle and designated in writing for that election cycle shall be
made only to the extent that the contribution does not exceed the candidate committee's net
outstanding debts and obligations from the election cycle so designated. If a contribution is not
designated in writing for a particular election cycle, all of the following apply to that
contribution:
(a) The contribution is considered made for the election cycle that corresponds to the date of
the written instrument.
(b) The contribution limits for the current election cycle apply to that contribution.
(c) A candidate committee may use that contribution to pay outstanding debts and
obligations from a previous election cycle regardless of whether the contribution, when
aggregated with any contributions made in that previous election cycle, would exceed the
contribution limits for that previous election cycle.
(7) A candidate committee, a candidate, or a treasurer or agent of a candidate committee
shall not accept a contribution with respect to an election cycle that exceeds the limitations in
subsection (1), (2), (3), (4), (11), or (12).
(8) The contribution limits in subsection (1) for a candidate for local elective office are
effective on the effective date of the amendatory act that provides for those contribution limits,
however, only contributions received by that candidate on and after that date shall be used to
determine if the contribution limit has been reached.
(9) A person who knowingly violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable, if
the person is an individual, by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or imprisonment for not more
than 90 days, or both, or, if the person is not an individual, by a fine of not more than
$10,000.00.
(10) For purposes of the limitations provided in subsections (1) and (2), all contributions
made by political committees or independent committees established by any corporation, joint
stock company, domestic dependent sovereign, or labor organization, including any parent,
subsidiary, branch, division, department, or local unit thereof, shall be considered to have been
made by a single independent committee. By way of illustration and not limitation, all of the
following apply as a result of the application of this requirement:
(a) All of the political committees and independent committees established by a for profit
corporation or joint stock company, by a subsidiary of the for profit corporation or joint stock
company, or by any combination thereof, are treated as a single independent committee.
(b) All of the political committees and independent committees established by a single
national or international labor organization, by a labor organization of that national or
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international labor organization, by a local labor organization of that national or international
labor organization, or by any other subordinate organization of that national or international
labor organization, or by any combination thereof, are treated as a single independent
committee.
(c) All of the political committees and independent committees established by an
organization of national or international unions, by a state central body of that organization, by
a local central body of that organization, or by any combination thereof, are treated as a single
independent committee.
(d) All of the political committees and independent committees established by a nonprofit
corporation, by a related state entity of that nonprofit corporation, by a related local entity of
that nonprofit corporation, or by any combination thereof, are treated as a single independent
committee.
(11) The limitation on a political committee's contributions under subsection (1) does not
apply to contributions that are part of 1 or more bundled contributions delivered to the
candidate committee of a candidate for statewide elective office and that are attributed to the
political committee as prescribed in section 31. A political committee shall not make
contributions to a candidate committee of a candidate for statewide elective office that are part
of 1 or more bundled contributions delivered to that candidate committee, that are attributed to
the political committee as prescribed in section 31, and that, in the aggregate for that election
cycle, are more than the amount permitted a person other than an independent committee or
political party committee in subsection (1).
(12) The limitation on an independent committee's contributions under subsection (2) does
not apply to contributions that are part of 1 or more bundled contributions delivered to the
candidate committee of a candidate for statewide elective office and that are attributed to the
independent committee as prescribed in section 31. An independent committee shall not make
contributions to a candidate committee of a candidate for statewide elective office that are part
of 1 or more bundled contributions delivered to that candidate committee, that are attributed to
the independent committee as prescribed in section 31, and that, in the aggregate for that
election cycle, are more than 10 times the amount permitted a person other than an
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