§ Ethics Rule 2.31Contributions to Political Party

No person shall make, and no political party shall accept, a
contribution to any political party committee in excess of Ten
Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) in any calendar year, except as
otherwise permitted by law or these Rules. For purposes of this
limitation, “contribution” shall include multiple contributions, the
amounts of which shall be aggregated. For purposes of this
limitation, contributions to a state committee, a Congressional
District committee, a county committee, a precinct committee or any
other committee or entity of the party officially recognized in the
party’s bylaws or similar governing document shall be aggregated.
Funds to be used for federal election activity, as defined in 2
U.S.C. Section 431(20) and subject to requirements of 2 U.S.C.
Section 441i, commonly referred to as “Levin Funds”, shall not be
aggregated with other contributions to a political party committee.
A contribution to a political party committee that is designated
directly or indirectly to be used for the benefit of a particular
candidate or candidates shall be considered a contribution by the
contributor to the candidate or candidates. If a political party
committee sells goods or services to a candidate committee for
ordinary and necessary campaign expenses as defined in Rule 2.43, the
expenditure by the candidate committee shall not be considered as a
contribution to the political party committee; provided further, that
to the extent that it is practicable, the amount charged to a
candidate committee for such goods or services shall not exceed the
cost to the political party committee.