§ La. R.S. 18:1505.2(untitled)

Contributions; expenditures; certain prohibitions and limitations
A.(1) No person shall give, furnish, or contribute monies, materials, supplies, or make loans to or
in support of a candidate or to any committee, through or in the name of another, directly or indirectly. This
prohibition shall not apply to dues or membership fees of any membership organization or corporation made
by its members or stockholders, if such membership organization or corporation is not organized primarily
for the purpose of supporting, opposing, or otherwise influencing the nomination for election, or election of
any person to public office.
(2)(a) Any person who violates the provisions of this Subsection unknowingly shall be assessed a
penalty equal to the amount of the contribution plus ten percent.
(b)(i) Any person who violates the provisions of this Subsection knowingly and willfully shall be
assessed a penalty equal to twice the amount of the contribution.
(ii) "Knowing and willful" for the purposes of this Subsection means conduct which could have been
avoided through the exercise of due diligence.
B.(1) No candidate or committee shall make any expenditure from funds the source of which is
anonymous, and any contribution received by a candidate or committee from an anonymous source and
deposited shall be reported as provided in R.S. 18:1491.7(B)(19) and 1495.5(B)(18) and shall escheat to the
state and shall be paid over to the state by such candidate or committee.
(2) Any single transaction involving the sale of paraphernalia, which transaction is for not in excess
of fifty dollars and in which transaction the purchaser is not known, shall not be deemed to constitute an
anonymous contribution under the provisions of this Subsection.
C.(1) No person shall make a cash contribution to a candidate or a committee and no candidate or
committee shall receive cash contributions in excess of two hundred dollars during any calendar year. Any
contribution in excess of such two hundred dollar aggregate amount, other than an in-kind contribution, shall
be made by an instrument containing the name of the contributor and the name of the payee.
(2) Upon receipt of a cash contribution of two hundred dollars or less, the candidate or committee
receiving the contribution shall provide to the contributor a receipt for the exact amount of the contribution;
such receipt shall contain the name and address of the contributor, shall be signed by the contributor, and the
candidate or committee receiving the contribution shall retain a copy of the receipt. If the contributor refuses
to furnish his name or address or refuses to sign the receipt, the contribution shall be immediately returned
to said contributor. If the contributor is unable to write, he shall affix his mark to the receipt, and the person
receiving the contribution shall affix the name of the incapacitated person to the receipt, provided he does
so in the presence of a witness who shall also sign his name as witness to the mark. The copy of the receipt
retained by the candidate or committee provided for in this Subsection shall be available to the supervisory
committee for inspection. The supervisory committee shall promulgate rules and regulations relative to the
receipt required by this Subsection.
D.(1) No person shall knowingly coerce or attempt to coerce another person to give or withhold a
contribution.
(2) No person based on an individual's contribution, promise to make a contribution, or failure to
make a contribution shall directly or indirectly affect an individual's employment by means of:
(a) Denial or deprivation or the threat of the denial or deprivation of any employment or position.
(b) Denial or deprivation or the threat of the denial or deprivation of the loss of any compensation,
payment, benefit, or other emolument derived from or related to such employment or position.
(c) Discharge, promotion, degradation, or change in any manner in rank or classification, or the
threat or promise to do so.
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(3)(a) No person based on an individual's contribution, promise to make a contribution, or failure
to make any contribution shall directly or indirectly affect an individual by means of:
(i) Denial or deprivation or the threat of the denial or deprivation of membership or participation
in any organization.
(ii) Denial or deprivation or the threat of the denial or deprivation of the loss of any compensation,
payment, benefit, or other emolument derived from or related to such membership or participation in any
organization.
(iii) Discharge, promotion, degradation, or change in any manner in rank, status, or classification
in any organization, or the threat or promise to do so.
(b)(i) No organization shall directly or indirectly have as a condition of membership or participation
the requirement that a person make a contribution to such organization which will be used by such
organization for the purpose of supporting, opposing, or otherwise influencing the nomination or election
of any person to public office, for the purpose of supporting or opposing a proposition or question submitted
to the voters, or for the purpose of supporting or opposing the recall of a public officer.
(ii) For the purposes of this Subparagraph, "contribution" shall have the same meaning as provided
for in R.S. 18:1483 and shall also include any dues or membership fees of any organization.
(c) For the purposes of this Paragraph, "organization" shall mean a partnership, association, labor
union, corporation, or other legal entity, including its subsidiaries. For purposes of this Paragraph,
"organization" does not include a political committee or independent expenditure-only committee.
(4) No committee, candidate, or other person shall knowingly and willfully make a contribution or
expenditure using funds which were obtained through practices prohibited in this Subsection.
(5) Any contribution received by a candidate, committee, or other person required to file reports
under this Chapter which was obtained through practices prohibited in this Subsection shall be reported as
provided in R.S. 18:1491.7(B)(21) and 1495.5(B)(20) and shall escheat to the state and shall be paid over
to the state by such candidate, committee, or other such person.
E. No expenditure in excess of two hundred dollars shall be made from a petty cash fund, and no
expenditure shall be made from a 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.
F. No profit or nonprofit corporation, labor organization, or trade, business, or professional
association shall make any contribution or expenditure unless specifically authorized to do so whether: by
the vote of the board of directors of the corporation, of the executive board of the labor organization or of
the trade, business, or professional association at a regular or special meeting thereof; by the president, vice
president, secretary, or treasurer of a corporation or labor organization whom the board has specifically
empowered to authorize such contributions or expenditures, or, for a corporation, by any other person
designated by resolution of the board of directors of a corporation to authorize contributions or expenditures;
or by a vote of the membership of the labor organization. No profit or nonprofit corporation, labor
organization or trade, business, or professional association shall make any contribution or expenditure, other
than an in-kind contribution or expenditure, except by check.
G. No committee shall receive contributions or loans or make expenditures or loans, or make or
receive a transfer of funds to or from another committee in the aggregate in excess of one thousand dollars
during a calendar year until it has filed the annual statement of organization required by R.S. 18:1491.1. The
chairman and the treasurer of any committee which violates the provisions of this Subsection shall be subject
to the penalties provided in this Part. No candidate shall make a contribution to any committee required to
file an annual statement of organization by the provisions of R.S. 18:1491.1 which has not filed such a
statement.
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H.(1)(a) The following contribution limits are established for contributions made to candidates or
the principal campaign committee and any subsidiary committee of a candidate for the following offices:
(i) Major office - twelve thousand dollars.
(ii) District office - six thousand dollars.
(iii) Other office - two thousand dollars.
(b) The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to contributions made to a candidate or the
principal campaign committee or any subsidiary committee of a candidate by a recognized political party or
a committee designated to receive such contributions on behalf of the state central committee of the political
party by joint fundraising agreement or otherwise.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, the contribution limit for
contributions made to an unsuccessful major office candidate, or the principal campaign committee and any
subsidiary committee of such unsuccessful candidate, who does not participate in the general election, or a
party primary candidate who does not participate in either the second party primary, primary, or general
election and for the time period for which such candidate has a deficit for expenditures made through the day
of the primary election or closed party primary, shall be twenty thousand dollars.
(2)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the following contribution
limits are established for contributions by political committees or leadership committees supporting or
opposing a candidate for the following offices:
(i) Major office - twelve thousand dollars.
(ii) District office - six thousand dollars.
(iii) Other office - two thousand dollars.
(b)(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection and Subparagraph (a) of
this Paragraph, the following campaign contribution limits are established for contributions by political
committees supporting or opposing a candidate for the following offices, the membership of which political
committee exceeds two hundred fifty members as of the December thirty-first of the preceding calendar year,
and additionally, provided that at least two hundred fifty of the members have each contributed at least fifty
dollars to the political committee during the preceding one-year period:
(aa) Major office - twenty-four thousand dollars.
(bb) District office - twelve thousand dollars.
(cc) Other office - four thousand dollars.
(ii) No contribution in excess of the limits contained in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph shall be
made by any political committee until such membership certification is made on the statement of organization
form required by this Chapter and timely submitted to the supervisory committee by the applicable due date.
Any political committee certified under this Paragraph shall notify the supported candidate in writing at the
time that any contribution is made under this Paragraph.
(c) If the contribution is made to a leadership committee, political committee, or independent
expenditure-only committee which is supporting or opposing candidates for different offices, the highest
applicable limit shall apply.
(d) The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to recognized political parties and their
committees.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection and Subparagraph (a) of this
Paragraph, the contributions limit for contributions by political committees to an unsuccessful major office
candidate, or the principal campaign committee and subsidiary committee of such unsuccessful candidate,
who does not participate in the general election, or a party primary candidate who does not participate in
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either the second party primary, primary, or general election and for the time period for which such candidate
has a deficit for expenditures made through the day of the primary election or closed party primary, shall be
twenty thousand dollars.
(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection and Subparagraphs (a) and
(b) of this Paragraph, the contributions limit for contributions by political committees certified according to
the provisions of Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph to an unsuccessful major office candidate, or the
principal campaign committee and subsidiary committee of such unsuccessful candidate, who does not
participate in a second party primary or the general election and for the time period for which such candidate
has a deficit for expenditures made through the later of the day of the party primary or the second party
primary election, shall be forty thousand dollars.
(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Paragraph, the contribution
limit for contributions by a political committee, leadership committee, or a principal campaign committee
to a recognized political party or any committee thereof designated to receive such contributions on behalf
of the state central committee of the political party by joint fundraising agreement or otherwise shall be as
provided in Subsection K of this Section.
(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Paragraph, the contribution
limit for contributions by any committee to a leadership committee shall be twenty-five thousand dollars per
calendar year.
(3)(a)(i) For purposes of this Subsection, a primary election and a general election shall constitute
two separate elections, and, if held, an election held pursuant to R.S. 18:512 shall constitute a separate
election. For a party primary of