ORS § 260.402

Current through 2024 Regular Session legislation effective March 27, 2024
Section 260.402 - [Effective 91st day after sine die] Contributions in false name
(1) A person may not directly or indirectly reimburse a person for making a contribution or donation, or make a contribution or donation in any name other than that of the person that in truth provides the contribution or donation, to:
(a) Any other person, relating to a nomination or election of any candidate or the support of or opposition to any measure;
(b) Any political committee;
(c) Any entity required by section 13 of this 2024 Act to disclose the original source of funds used to pay for candidate campaign independent expenditures; or
(d) A petition committee required to file a statement under ORS 260.118.
(2) A person may not establish an entity for the purpose of obscuring the original source of funds used to pay for candidate campaign independent expenditures or evading contribution limits.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, a person, political committee, petition committee or entity required to make a disclosure under section 13 of this 2024 Act may not knowingly receive a contribution or donation prohibited under subsection (1) of this section or enter or cause the contribution or donation to be entered in accounts or records in another name than that of the person that actually provided the contribution or donation.
(4) If a person receives a contribution from a political committee, the person may enter the contribution into accounts or records as received from the political committee.
(5) As used in this section, "original source of funds" has the meaning given that term in section 13 of this 2024 Act.

ORS 260.402

Amended by 2024 Ch. 9,§ 17, eff. 91st day after sine die.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 637, § 5, eff. 8/2/2019.
Formerly 260.210; 1973 c.744 §25; 1979 c.190 §369; 1991 c.911 §1; 2005 c. 797, § 19; 2005 c. 809, § 15; 2007 c. 848, § 30; 2009 c. 818, § 16
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.