§ La. R.S. 18:1491.4(untitled)

Campaign treasurers; campaign depositories; expenditures; petty cash fund
A. The chairman of each committee shall be the treasurer of the committee, unless the committee
appoints a treasurer. Committees also may appoint one or more deputy treasurers. The names and addresses
of any treasurer or deputy treasurer so appointed shall be filed with the supervisory committee in the
statement of organization required by R.S. 18:1491.1, or if appointed after the statement of organization is
filed, the names and addresses of any treasurer or deputy treasurer shall be reported to the supervisory
committee within ten days following appointment.
B.(1) Any person may solicit contributions for or on behalf of the committee, or sell political
paraphernalia or tickets to a testimonial or other fundraising event, provided that all contribution(s) or
proceeds are transmitted directly to the chairman of the committee or its treasurer or deputy treasurer together
with such information as may be required by this Chapter. No chairman of a committee or designated
treasurer or deputy treasurer shall accept such funds without such information and they shall be responsible
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under the provisions of this Chapter for any errors and omissions in records or reports of such funds. Any
contributions or transfer of funds received by a committee which has appointed a treasurer shall be
transferred to the treasurer.
(2) When any person who is not the treasurer or a deputy treasurer of a committee makes any
expenditure for the committee, he shall transmit directly to the treasurer or a deputy treasurer all information
concerning the expenditure required by this Chapter. The treasurer of the committee shall be responsible
under the provisions of this Chapter for any errors or omissions in the records or reports of such
expenditures.
(3) For purposes of all reports required by this Chapter, all contributions received by or transferred
to a treasurer or a deputy treasurer of a committee, and all expenditures made by a treasurer or a deputy
treasurer of a committee or by any other person on behalf of the committee, shall be considered contributions
or expenditures of the committee.
C. A deputy treasurer of a committee may exercise any of the powers and duties of a treasurer as
set forth in this Chapter when specifically authorized to do so by the treasurer and the chairman of the
committee.
D.(1) The chairman of each committee shall designate one or more national or state banks or state
or federally chartered savings and loan associations or savings banks, or state or federally chartered credit
unions, as the campaign depositories of the committee and may invest in a money market mutual fund,
certificate of deposit, or United States treasury security and designate such investment or fund as a campaign
depository. The committee chairman, the committee treasurer, and any deputy treasurers shall deposit any
contributions received by them into an account or accounts maintained at such depository or depositories.
No expenditure shall be made by any committee chairman, committee treasurer, deputy treasurer, or any
other person on behalf of the committee, except by check drawn on such account or accounts, except as
specifically provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection and Subsection E of this Section. Each check drawn
on any such account shall be made payable to a specific person, except a check made payable to petty cash.
Each check drawn on such an account shall indicate the objects or services for which such check is drawn
and such check shall be maintained as part of the records required by R.S. 18:1491.5. The name and address
of such campaign depository so designated shall be filed with the supervisory committee in the statement of
organization required by R.S. 18:1491.1. If any additional depositories are designated, they shall be reported
within ten days following such designation as required by R.S. 18:1491.1.
(2) An expenditure may be made by a committee chairman, committee treasurer, deputy treasurer,
or other authorized person on behalf of the committee by electronic funds transfer provided that the transfer
of funds is to a specific person and that records are maintained as to the objects or services for which such
transfer of funds was made. Detailed records of each electronic fund transfer shall be maintained as part of
the records required by R.S. 18:1491.5.
(3) A committee, which is not the principal campaign committee or designated subsidiary committee
of a candidate, or that makes a contribution to a candidate or to the principal campaign committee or
designated subsidiary committee of a candidate shall clearly indicate to the candidate or the principal
campaign committee or designated subsidiary committee of the candidate that the contribution is from a
political committee either by a designation on the check or by a separate notification attached to the
contribution.
E. A committee may maintain a petty cash fund or funds. A petty cash fund shall be maintained on
an imprest system, that is, expenditures may be made in cash from the fund, and the fund shall from time to
time be restored to its original amount by a transfer of funds from other committee funds of a sum equal to
the aggregate of the sums expended from the fund. No expenditure in excess of two hundred dollars shall
be made from the petty cash fund, and no expenditure shall be made from the petty cash fund for any
personal services, except for gratuities paid for the serving of food or drink. No expenditure shall be made
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from the petty cash fund in violation of R.S. 18:1531. A complete record of petty cash expenditures shall
be maintained in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 18:1491.5(D).