§ Ethics Rule 2.38Candidate Contributions to Own Committee

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No candidate or candidate committee shall receive contributions
from a political party, political action committee or other person in
excess of the limits provided in this Rule. Provided, however, a
candidate may contribute an unlimited amount to his or her candidate
committee from his or her personal funds or from joint funds of the
candidate and the candidate's spouse. A gift or gifts to a candidate
or a candidate's spouse that are nontaxable under the United States
Internal Revenue Code shall be considered contributions to the
candidate's candidate committee to the extent that the gift or gifts
exceeds gifts from the same donor in three (3) of the preceding five
(5) calendar years. No candidate or candidate committee shall refund
contributions of the candidate unless the contribution is a properly
executed loan under Rule 2.67 between the candidate, and the
candidate committee.

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