§ Ethics Rule 2.37Contributions to candidate committees

(A) No person shall make a contribution in excess of Two Thousand
Six Hundred Dollars ($2,600.00) to any candidate committee prior to a
primary election.
(B) No person shall make a contribution in excess of Two Thousand
Six Hundred Dollars ($2,600.00) prior to a runoff primary election to
any candidate committee of a candidate whose name will appear on the
ballot for a runoff primary election. Provided, however, after the
primary election a person who has made a contribution of Two Thousand
Six Hundred Dollars ($2,600.00) or less to the candidate committee prior
to the primary election may make an additional contribution of no more
than Two Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($2,600.00) to the candidate
committee prior to the runoff primary election.
(C) No person shall make a contribution in excess of Two Thousand
Six Hundred Dollars ($2,600.00) to any candidate committee prior to a
general election. Provided, however, after the primary election or
runoff primary election, whichever is the last for determining a
political party’s nominee, a person who has made a contribution of Two
Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($2,600.00) or less prior to the primary
election or runoff primary election, or both, may make an additional
contribution of no more than Two Thousand Six Hundred Dollars
($2,600.00) to a candidate committee of a candidate whose name will
appear on the general election ballot.
(D) After the general election, a person who has made no
contribution or a contribution of less than Two Thousand Six Hundred
Dollars ($2,600.00) in the aggregate under the provisions of subsections
(A), (B) or (C) may make an additional contribution or contributions to
a candidate committee in an amount or amounts that, aggregated with any
prior contributions, do not exceed Two Thousand Six Hundred Dollars
($2,600.00).
(E) No person shall make a total contribution to a candidate
committee in excess of the aggregate contribution limits of subsections
(A), (B) and (C) or in excess of Two Thousand Six Hundred Dollars
($2,600.00) to the candidate committee of a candidate who is unopposed
for election.
(F) No candidate committee shall make to another candidate
committee, and the receiving candidate committee shall not accept, a
total contribution in excess of Two Thousand Six Hundred Dollars
($2,600.00) in the aggregate for all three elections or for the benefit
of a candidate who is unopposed for election.
(G) For purposes of this section, “contribution” shall include
multiple contributions, the amounts of which shall be aggregated.
(H) Beginning no earlier than January 1, 2015, and no later than
July 1, 2015, and every two years thereafter, the limitations in
subsections (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) of this section shall be
increased by the percent difference between the price index for the
twelve (12) months preceding the beginning of the calendar year during
which the adjustment is made and the price index for 2014. If the
adjusted limitation amount is not a multiple of One Hundred Dollars
($100.00), the limitation shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of
One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). For purposes of this section, “price
index” shall mean the average over a calendar year of the Consumer Price
Index (all items — United States city average) published monthly by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics. The adjusted limitations shall be published
on the Commission’s Internet website and shall be otherwise communicated
as the Commission determines appropriate. The adjusted limitations shall
apply to the primary, runoff primary and general elections in 2016 and
every two (2) years thereafter as well as to any special primary, runoff
primary or general elections that occur after the limitations are
adjusted but before the regular primary, runoff primary or general
elections.
(I) If a candidate files a statement of organization for a
candidate committee with the Commission for one state office and accepts
one or more contributions for that candidate committee, then files a
statement of organization for a candidate committee for a different
state office prior to the filing period for that office, contributions
to the two committees shall be aggregated for purposes of maximum
contribution amounts for the second candidate committee.