§ La. R.S. 18:1495.2(untitled)

Campaign treasurers; campaign depositories; expenditures; petty cash fund
A. The candidate shall be his own campaign treasurer, unless he appoints a campaign treasurer.
The name and address of the campaign treasurer shall be filed with the supervisory committee at the time
of the first report following appointment. Changes in appointment shall be reported in the first report after
such change.
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R.S. 18:1495.2
B.(1) Any person may solicit contributions for or on behalf of a candidate or sell paraphernalia or
tickets to a testimonial or other fundraising event, provided that all contribution(s) or proceeds are
transmitted directly to the candidate or his designated treasurer together with such information as may be
required by this Chapter. No candidate or designated treasurer shall accept such funds without such
information and they shall be responsible under the provisions of this Chapter for any errors and omissions
in records or reports for such funds. Any contribution received by a candidate who has appointed a campaign
treasurer shall be transferred to the campaign treasurer.
(2) When any person who is not the campaign treasurer of a candidate makes any expenditure for
the candidate, he shall transmit directly to the campaign treasurer all information concerning the expenditure
required by this Chapter. The candidate and his campaign treasurer, if any, 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 campaign treasurer of a candidate and all expenditures made by a campaign treasurer or by any other
person on behalf of the candidate shall be considered contributions or expenditures of the candidate.
C.(1) The candidate 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 his
campaign depositories and may invest in a money market mutual fund and designate such fund as a campaign
depository. The candidate and his campaign treasurer 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
candidate, campaign treasurer, or any other person on behalf of the candidate, except by check drawn on such
account or accounts, except as specifically provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection and Subsection D
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. 18:1495.3. The name and address of each campaign depository so designated shall be filed with the
supervisory committee in the first report after such designation. If any additional depositories are designated,
they shall be reported in the first report following such designation.
(2) An expenditure may be made by the candidate, campaign treasurer, or other authorized person
on behalf of the candidate 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. 18:1495.3.
D. A candidate 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 funds of the candidate 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
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. 18:1495.3(D).
E. Any person not prohibited by law from doing so, including any candidate or elected official, may
solicit contributions on behalf of any committee. Any such contributions shall be considered contributions
made to the committee and reported by the respective committee pursuant to R.S. 18:1491.6 and 1491.7.