§ 3517.108Additional contributions for unpaid debt

(A) As used in divisions (A) and (B) of this section:


(1) "Candidate" has the same meaning as in section 3517.01 of the Revised Code but includes only
candidates for the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor of state,
treasurer of state, attorney general, member of the general assembly, chief justice of the supreme
court, and justice of the supreme court.


(2) A "general election period" begins on the day after the primary election immediately preceding
the general election at which a candidate seeks an office specified in division (A)(1) of this section
and ends on the thirty-first day of December following that general election.


(3) A "primary election period" begins on the first day of January of the year following the year in
which the general election was held for the office that the candidate seeks, including any mid-term
election, and ends on the day of the primary election.


(B) Whenever the campaign committee of a candidate has unpaid debt at the end of a primary
election period or at the end of a general election period, the committee may accept additional
contributions during the immediately following election period up to the applicable limitation
prescribed under section 3517.102 of the Revised Code from any individual, political action
committee, political contributing entity, or other campaign committee who, during the primary or
general election period for which debt remains unpaid, has contributed less than the contribution
limitations prescribed under section 3517.102 of the Revised Code applicable to that individual,
political action committee, political contributing entity, or other campaign committee. Any
additional contribution that a campaign committee accepts under this division shall count toward the
applicable limitations prescribed under section 3517.102 of the Revised Code for that primary or
general election period at the end of which the debt remains unpaid, and shall not count toward the
applicable limitations for any other primary or general election period if all of the following
conditions apply:



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(1) The campaign committee reports, on the statement required to be filed under division (A)(2) of
section 3517.10 of the Revised Code, all debt remaining unpaid at the end of the election period. The
committee shall also file a separate statement, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, at the
same time that the committee is required to file a statement of contributions and expenditures under
section 3517.10 of the Revised Code. The separate statement shall include the name and address of
each contributor who makes an additional contribution under division (B) of this section, how the
contribution was applied to pay the unpaid debt as required by division (B)(3) of this section, and the
balance of the unpaid debt after each contribution was applied to it.


(2) The additional contributions are accepted only during the primary or general election period,
whichever is applicable, immediately following the election period covered in the statement filed
under division (B)(1) of this section.


(3) All additional contributions made under division (B) of this section are used by the campaign
committee that receives them only to pay the debt of the committee reported under division (B)(1) of
this section.


(4) The campaign committee maintains a separate account for all additional contributions made
under division (B) of this section and uses moneys in that account only to pay the unpaid debt
reported under division (B)(1) of this section and to administer the account.


(5) The campaign committee stops accepting additional contributions after funds sufficient to repay
the unpaid debt reported under division (B)(1) of this section have been raised and promptly disposes
of any contributions received that exceed the amount of the unpaid debt by returning the excess
contributions to the contributors or by giving the excess contributions to an organization that is
exempt from federal income taxation under subsection 501(a) and described in subsection 501(c)(3),
(4), (8), (10), or (19) of the Internal Revenue Code.




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