§ ORS § 260.402Contribution in false name; prohibition on establishment of entity to obscure original source of funds

(1) A person may not directly or indirectly reimburse a person for making a
contribution or donation, or make a contribution or donation in any name other
than that of the person that in truth provides the contribution or donation,
to:

(a) Any other
person, relating to a nomination or election of any candidate or the support of
or opposition to any measure;

(b) Any political
committee;

(c) Any entity
required by ORS 260.059 to disclose the original source of funds used to pay
for candidate campaign independent expenditures; or

(d) A petition
committee required to file a statement under ORS 260.118.

(2) A person may
not establish an entity for the purpose of obscuring the original source of
funds used to pay for candidate campaign independent expenditures or evading
contribution limits.

(3) Except as
provided in subsection (4) of this section, a person, political committee,
petition committee or entity required to make a disclosure under ORS 260.059
may not knowingly receive a contribution or donation prohibited under
subsection (1) of this section or enter or cause the contribution or donation
to be entered in accounts or records in another name than that of the person
that actually provided the contribution or donation.

(4) If a person
receives a contribution from a political committee, the person may enter the
contribution into accounts or records as received from the political committee.

(5) As used in
this section, “original source of funds” has the meaning given that term in ORS
260.059. [Formerly 260.210; 1973 c.744 §25; 1979 c.190 §369; 1991 c.911 §1;
2005 c.797 §19; 2005 c.809 §15; 2007 c.848 §30; 2009 c.818 §16; 2019 c.637 §5;
2024 c.9 §17]



260.405 [1967 c.593 §2; 1971 c.749 §55;
renumbered 260.542]